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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-05

For a good Fourth of-July lesson in
the unselfishness of true patriotism we
commend the following statement of
DIR. w. II. Danforth, the American
physician who volunteered in behalf
of Cuba: THE officers and prlvates
get nothing whatever for the services
in the army, and the privations which
they have to endure are sufficient to
make the strongest man quail. The
food is insufficient and varies not n
particle-eXcept that what there is may
be more abundant at sometimes than
at others. Bread and coffee we never
get and only at rare intervals do we
obtain potatoes. For five months l
lived on meat alone. and when / re-
turned to this country was i'll for sew
eral days on account of the inability
of my system to take care of the food
which | had eaten, and that too of the
plainest sort" How many of our
spread-eagle eulogists of liberty would
submit to such privations in liberty's
cause?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-05

The man who can find no enjoyment in
the festivities of the lever glorious"
should emigrate to England or else take
something for his liver.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-05

friends as confident that the bill, even in
It's present form, would be productive of
sufficient revenue to meet the necessary
expenditures of the government after
the supply of foreign goods now on hand,
upon which duties have already been
paid, Is exhausted. Congressman Dolli-
YER. member OF the ways and means COM
mittee, also expresses the same opinion.
II believe said he, that the new law
will produce sufiic lent revenue as soon as
importations iesLme their usual course.
The fact that there is in the country n
years supply of such important revenue
producing articles as wool, sugar, to-
bacco, woolen goods and other articles OF
this kind, Will. of course, reduce very
much the importations during the next
few months and consequently make tho
receipts under the new law light after
several months. But the people, think,
understand this fully and will not eX-
pect anything else in view Of the fact
that the importers have been permitted
to fill up the warehouses and country
generally with foreign goods before the
new law and people are able to buy and
when the stock now on hand is worked
off, / have no doubt that the new meas
ure will produce ample revenue and un-
til that time the people will understand
that any deficiency in its earnings Is due
to the enormous stock of goods which
have already been brought in and upon
which the duties have all been collected
and turned into the treasury"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-05
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ala ccE u y,
The Tribune AstrOloger.
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Cast: 1,Ol a. M, for Monday.
July ), 1897.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-05

with the character of our institutions
Concerning no subject ought the voice
Of the majority to be more desirable
as giving sanction to representatives
in power than concerning the taking Of
new territory and new population into
the national fold. Though not prob
able, 1t is conceivable that congresses
and state legislatures might be i'm
properly influenced to vote in favor
of annexation schemes werc the in
ducements offered made sufficiently
tempting; but 1t is scarcely to be be-
lievcd under any circumstances that a
majority could thus be obtained at a
papular election in favor of an essen
TALLY unpopular territorial grab.
Coming to the particular proposition
which doubtless prompted the Crum-
packer resolution, we confess that we
have a lively curiosity to know how a
popular vote upon the admission of
Hawaii as n territorial colony would
stand. We believe. however that the
affirmative of this proposition would
carry Overwhelmingly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-05

Other members of the house and senate
agree with Mlr. Ding,ey upon this gem
eral proposition. Senator Aldrich, who has
Just returned to the city and is able TO
resume the consideration Of the new tar
If measure, La, expressed himself to his
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19
CRUELTY ALLEGED.
s. c. neyers Charged With iii Treat
ment of His Child.
A Warrant For His Arrest Is in the
Hands of the Officers.

A week oy two ago, the FREE PRESS
called attention to reports OF the Ill
treatment of fourteen months old
child by its father, who neglected it
and left it for hours locked in room
and without food, so it was
claimed. These reports have
came in a more aggravated form, and
several of our citizens have interested
themselves in the case. Monday
Mrs. w. B. Craig, who is the vice
president of the Humane Society and
also represents the Owatonna state
school for INDECENT and neglected
children, was called upon to make an
investigation. The report which she
made of the condition of things caus'
ed the H umane Society to procure a
warrant today for the arrest OF the
child's father, whose name is given as
S. G. Meyers. Officer E. j. Sheldon
signed the complaint and the case
will be prosecuted by At
torney Plymat. The complaint charges
Meyers with having endanger.
ed the life and health of the
child yesterday and on many days
prior thereto by willfully and cruelty
keeping it in a cold room, without a
fire, for many hours at time, alone
and without food.
1t appears that Myers has room in
Mrs. Hatch's house, corner OF South
Fourth and Cherry streets. He work
ed on the Omaha depot last fall, and
does not seem to be employed at pres
ent. His wife is on the road canvass
ing for corsets, and is said to have
sent small amounts of money home
to her husband. The latter leaves
the child in crib when he goes out,
and its crying has attracted Mrs.
Hatch's attention and she has en-
deavored to care for it. 1t is said by
those who have looked into the case
that the child is insufficiently fed, is
neglected and allowed to live in a
filthy condition generally. On one &C.
cation it is said that it was found
nursing from bottle of water instead
of milk.
Mrs. Craig intends to have the child
sent by the county commissioners to
the Owatonua school.
Up to late in tn afternoon the Of
ticers were unable to find Meyers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19
COUNTY REDISTRICTING.
Nothing Likely to Result From
Fridays rleeting.
Talk of Two Commissioners From
MankatO Alone.

The county board will hold meet.
ing this afternoon to consider the
matter of redistricting the county in.
to commissioner districts, to meet the
changes of population that have made
the present districts Anticipated. The
committee that was appointed to pre-
pare report to submit to this meet
ing has not yet held meeting, and
we learn that it probably will not
meet, but refer the matter to the
whole board. The board has invited
all interested from the various town.
ships to be present, and as that is the
day OF the county declamatory con-
test the chances are that there will
be full representation present to op-
pose any change being made.
We learn that, in the absence of
any better argument, it will be claim
ed that the board should have made
the redistricting Immediately after
the last census, and that the time has
now passed when it can be legally
done. The majority of the county
commissioners seem to be opposed to
redistricting, and these will probably
see that no opponent of the plan is
absent through lack of an invitation
to be present.
One of the county commissioners
states that when the matter was
talked over last fall, the board would
have preferred to have given Manka-
to two commissioners, than to have
given four wards of Mankato one and
attached several townships to the
other two wards, for the reason that
these townships would be with
out representation, the Man
kato part of the district
electing the commissioned. If
the board feels the same way now,
and a change is made in the districts,
Mankato will be given two commits
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19
sOnE GOOD ADVICE.
Buy Your Hay and Wood Before the
Bad Roads Come.

Nicholas Juliar, of Decoria, was in
the city Tuesday afternoon and had
this advice to give our citizens, which
appears to US to be very timely:
'If the people Of Mankato who
need hay and wood are wise they will
buy sufficient supply now to last
them until along in the spring. HAY
will not be any cheaper than it is to-
day. have none to sell, and my ad-
vice is not given from any selfish in
terest. 1t is selling for SO to S. ton
now, but when the thaw occurs the
roads will be in worse condition than
for years, owing to the large amount
of snow on the ground. It will be inn
possible for much hay or wood to be
brought to the city for considerable
period Of time and the demand will
send the price sky high. Those wao
don't want to be caught short will fill
their barns very soon."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19
FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF
Steps Taken Last Evening to
Raise Funds in This City
A Thorough Canvass to be Made
by the Young People.

A meeting of representatives of all
of the young peoples societies Of the
citychurches was heldMouday evening
at the Commercial club rooms to con-
slider the relief of the Armenians.
Each of the ten or more societies was
represented by two delegates, and the
churches represented included all of
the English speaking, the German,
Swedish and Norwegian. DR.. Cleve-
land was chosen chairman, and Rev.
f. M. Marshall, secretary
Miss Pierce opened the conference
by reading statement made by Presi-
dent Clara M. Barton, of the Red
Cross society, that there are $4,000
women and children in Armenia who
are likely to starve this winter unless
relief work is kept up.
After some discussion as to the best
method of raising relief funds in this
city, motion was made and carried
that the meeting agree to take con-
certed action to raise funds.
The matter of holding public
meeting was talked of, but, DR.. Cleve.
land took strong grounds against this,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19

John Ladlie pleaded guilty to the
charge of disorderly conduct, in the
municipal court today, and paid fine
of SS.65.
Work on A. G. Meyers new build
ing will soon begin. Henry Tanger
has the contract for erecting it. Pro-
prietor Traub, of the Post, has signed
i've year lease of the building.
Judge Mead made an order today
to hear petition Cor license to sell real
estate in the matter of the estate of
John Hanna; and an order of license
to sell real estate of the Cora r. Day
estate.
jay Chittenden pleaded guilty in
the municipal court this forenoon to
he charge Of assault in the third de-
gree. preferred by. Robert Johnson,
and paid fine of $13.65. The trouble
arose over glass of beer.
The Great Northern Railway has
One Million acres choice wheat lands
in Minnesota still undisposed of.
Write for maps and full particulars
Land Commissioner, Great Northern
Railroad, ST. Paul, MINI. 33tl3
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19

as three meetings were held for this
purpose last summer, and it would be
hard to arouse interest in another.
He favored still hunt for funds, and
this view prevailed.
A motion made by Rev. Marshall
was carried, that the president and
one other from each society district
the city, portion being allotted to
each. 1t was agreed to make a
thorough canvass, each society to de-
termine the method.
A committee was appointed to pro-
cure literature on the Armenian ques-
tion and provide each society with it.
A resolution was adopted, asking
the cooperation of the schools of the
city-Normal, public parochial and
private.
The First National bank was desig-
mated as the place of deposit, and DR..
Rowe was elected treasurer. The con-
tributions will be solicited for the
orphans and the suffering needy.
An adjourned meeting will be held
Monday evening, March 18th, to hear
reports of the contributions.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19
LAID AT REST.

Mrs. Hester Wakefield died Sunday
forenoon at her home, 1903 n. Broad
street, and the funeral occurred from
the house at 2 o'clock Tuesday after
noon, DR.. Cleveland officiating. She
had been ill for some time and had
not been robust for several years. She
was born at Cincinnati. Ohio, and
was married there to the late A. j.
Wakefield Eight chileren survive
her: A. L. Wakefield, Mae and
Charles Wakefield, of this city; Mrs.
G. J. Whealey, Spokane, Wash; Mrs.
DavidFisher, Winona;B. F. Wakefield,
Christman, Ill; E. w. Wakefield,
Elmore; and J. w. Wakefield, Lime
Creek.
The deceased was very highly re-
spected, and her death will cause
much regret among all who enjoyed
her acquaintance.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19
SAYS 1T Is NO GOOD.
Dakota rlan Who Believes Mr.. Geddes
is After the Brambel Engine.

Attorney w. R. Geddes received a
letter this morning which caused him
some amusement, as the writer seems
to connect him with the now famous
Brambel engine. The writer conducts
a machine shop at Pembina, N. D. A
portion of the letter is about as fol-
lows:
81 understand that you are nego-
stating with Mr. Brambel, of Sleepy
Eye, for his rotary engine. 1 am pre-
pared to say that Mr.. Brambel has no
engine that can be patented. l made
q model of such an engine twelve
years ago, and it is no good. His en-.
CINE is failure. l could show you
plans of more than fifty rotary en-
gines."
Mr.. Geddes does not know the writer
and cannot imagine how he got his
name connected with the BrambeI
engine.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19
SOVEREIGN'S REVOLUTION

General Master Workman Sovereign
says there are two secret societies be-
ing organized having for their founda-
tion the plotting of a revolution.
They cannot destroy this government
by the ballot, so they are going to at
tempt by force to lay the republic in
ruins. The inflammatory utterances
OF such men as Sovereign, Debs and
Bryan has undoubtedly infiamed the
minds and passions of some men, so
they think an overturning of our in
situations can be brought about, and
anarchy prevail. But if they should
attempt such move, which they will
net, they will find, as they found at
the polls last November, vast ma
jority of the people are for law and
order and stable government, Mr..
Sovereign says he is 'against any such
move, though he openly avows his
sympathy for it, as he says that if a
break comes he would be on the side
OF the revolutionists and against
plutOcracy. In other words, Mr..
Sovereign means that he stands ready,
if chance is opened, to raise his hand
against the government of this coun-
try. But Mr.. Sovereign will not have
a chance to so show himself. The
people have been through hard times
enough for the past three or four
years, and are now going back to bust
ness again, along industrial lines.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19
WILL APPEAL 1T.
The Supreme Court Will Pass on a
rlankato Ordinance.

Attorney Young, who represents G..
II. Fay, the ten cent bus man, states
that the hack license ordinance case
will be appealed to the supreme
court. The grounds of the appeal
will be that no proof of publication of
the ordinance was ever made; that
the ordinance delegates the authority
of the council 10 the city recorder;
that the ordinance is unreasonable;
and the original ordinance was void
and could not be made good by
amendment.
Mr.. Young takes the ground that
the ordinance is unreasonable for the
reason that it requires every person
getting license to meet every train,
and this is impossible where the per.
son has but one vehicle.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19
WILL FIGHT IT.
The Defendants in the Base Ball Suit
Take Action.
A Committee of Defense Appointed
at a 1eeting Held Yesterday.

A meeting of those who are named
as defendants in the action brought
by ten members of the Base Ball AS
ISOLATION for the appointment of re-
ceiver and the collection Of $40 each
to pay the debts of the concern, was
called to meet at The Saulpaugh
Monday afternoon at three O'Clock.
About twenty of the fifty defendants
were present, and they were unanl.
mouslY in favor of fighting the action.
A committee of defense was appoint
ed, consisting of j. B. Ford, +. q.
Heinze and Gaylord Lamb, and this
committee was authorized to employ
counsel.
Some of those present said that they
never entered the association as mem
beers. Others said that when they
signed for S. each they did not read
the heading of the paper and thought
that it was donation. Some said
that they did not sign the paper, and
others said that they were never DO
titled of any meeting that was called
or held.
Benedict & Flittie have been re-
tanned by a number of the defen-
dants, w. N. Plymat by others, and
Lorin Cray by part of the balance.
The prospect is that there will be the
biggest kind of legal tangle, and if
the suit is not successful, that the Of
icers and directors will be held for
the 81, 200 Indebtedness
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19
A NEW DIRECTORY.

John Story and E. w. Partridge, OF
St. Paul, arrived in the city Saturday
and have commenced the work OF
gathering material for new city
directory which Polk 81 Co. will issue
this spring. The last directory is now
two years old, and is considerably out
of date, and it is time that a new one
was prepared. Polk & Co. have com
piled the last few city directories fol
Mankato and have done very salts
factory work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19

sioners, and the townships divided in
to three districts. In few years the
population of the city districts would
equal those of the country districts.
The country would have three COM
missioners and a majority of the
board in any event. The city has one
third of the population of the county,
and Mankato and its residents pay
one-half of the taxes. 1t now has but
one commissionersou of the five, on a
basis of population of many years ago.
Those who believe that the city is
entitled to a fairer representation
should be present at the meeting
Friday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19

Poisons engendered by food fer
menting in dyspeptic stomach are
the direct cause of rheumatism, guut,
bronchitis, liver and kidney COM
plants, asthma, pneumonia and many
nervous ailments.
These results are prevented by the
use of the Shaker Digestive Cordial, a
remedy discovered and prepared by
the Shakers of Mount Lebanon, n. Y.
1t is in itself food and has power to
digest other food taken NTH 1t. Thus
it rests the disease and finally
masters the worst cases of dyspepsia.
1t acts promptly and fresh strength
and increase of weight soon follows.
The first dose, taken Immediately
after eating, abates the pain and dis
tress so dreaded by dyspeptics. Trial
bottles-enough to prove it's merit
10 cents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19
MIR. PLYMAT'S ANSWER.
Tie Comes Back at the Base Ball
Association.
A List of the Ten Plaintiffs and Fifty
Defendants.

Attorney Plymat was one Of the
fifty parties named as defendants in
the suit brought by ten members of
the Base Ball Association for the ap-
pointment of receiver and the col
lection of 500 member to meet the
obligations of the association. He
has prepared reply, in which he de-
MES having any information upon
which to form a belief as to whether
the plaintiffs entered into partner
ship, or whether the association elect
ed directors, or whether the direc-
tors elected officers, or whether there
was an Indebtedness contracted as al
legged, and therefore denies all this.
The defendant admits that he
signed a paper and agreed
to and did pay five dollars to
assist in maintaining the bail team,
and refused and now refuses to pay
any further amount. He denies all
of the allegations in the complaint
except as ABOVE.
AS further defense, the defendant
alleges that when he signed the paper
he did so upon the representation of
the plaintiffs and persons represent
ing them that such subscription was
a donation merely, and to be paid to
company thereafter to be organized
by others than this defendant, and
was not to be paid except
that $500 should be subscribed by the
citizens of Mankato. The defendant
further alleges that the plaintiffs
and their agents falsely and
fraudulently represented to him that
the $500 had all been subscribed, and
relying upon this representation he
paid his subscription. Had he
known of the falsity of said represent
ations, he would have declined and
refused to pay the S.. The defendant
believes that many persons who
subscribed discovered that the whole
$500 had not been subscribed, and be-
cause thereof refused to make pay
ment.
1t is believed that the answers of
the other defendants will be similar
to the above.
The ten plaintiffs in the action are
o. Bierbauer, Jno. Krost, w. A. Funk,
HI. Zimmerman Jr., H. l.. Schmitt,
A. r. Pau Jr., 0. w. Schmidt, Chas.
Schwanenbu burg, Geo. F. Traub and f.
M. Crane.
The following is list Of the fifty
defendants: Powell & Conrad, John
A. Weis, Clement Schroeder, A. w.
Robinson, Gaylord Lamb, B. F. Pay,
VIM. Bierbauer, S. G. Pond, A. E.
Brigham, John r. Tinkcom, D. F.
Brewer, Gates Phillips, VIM. Frisbie,
John R. Thomas, L. Lampert. T.
w. Hart, Kruse Bros. Joseph Stahl,
Olaf D. Lundberg, A. L. Wheeler,
G, H. Demaray, w. J. Merchant,
Daniel Bowen, HI. G. Gerlach, J.
J. Martin, A. M. Morrison, Robt.
Lamm, Geo. Pond, J. A. HowiesOn,
f. G.. Heinze, G. d. Banack, J. G.
Moore, G. L. Alleman, w. r. Ham
NETT, j. B. Ford, II. A. Patterson,
VIM. N. Plymat, J. III. Macbeth, J. G.
Hoerr, Powers, Barr & Pay, A. L.
McMuson, A. A. Brooks, E. w Clark,
Fl. Vogelpohl. Geo. H. Long, J. T.
McCleary, f. J. Carney, D. A. Wal
ker, G. M. Masters, A. M. Clements.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19
A DOG POISONER.
Attorney Benedict and Others Loss
Pet Dogs

Some one has been poisoning dogs
during the past few days. Attorney
Benedict's black spaniel, "Lu," died
a day or so ago as result of poison
and several other dogs have met un
timely deaths in the same manner
The dogs that have died have all beer
family pets, and if the poisoner car
be found it will go hard with him, as
it ought to. A quiet investigation i:
on foot, which may lead to results.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19
ACCEPTS THE CALL.
Rev T. Merrill Edmands Will Come
to Mankato.

The Congregational church in this
city has received word from Rev. T.
Merrill Edmands, of Brainerd, Mimi,
accepting their call to the pulpit in
this city. He has resigned his
pastorate of the Brainerd church to
take effect on March 1st next, and will
come to this city shortly after that
time. Mr.. Edmands comes highly
spoken of, and the Congregational
society is to be congratulated in secur-
ing him.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19

In an Iowa county the farmers have
bank deposits amounting to So, COO, 900.
The free coinage calamity howlers
have not gone into that county for
facts. They would not agree with
their desires.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19

ACCORDING to the report OF the
civil service commission there are
now 81, 107 federal places on the lists
of the classified service. OF the 91,-
61O places as yet unclassified, 66,72
are fourth class post offices.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-19

UP to and including yesterday there
had been 275 bills introduced in the
house and 4S5 in the senate. Nearly
every subject possible has been
touched for legislatson, and yet there
are doubtless plenty more bills to fol-
low