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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23
YESTERDAY IN THE COURTS
JAMES E. GREEN PLEADED GUILTY
AND WAS FINED $40 IND COSTS.

Assignment of Cases in Court of Common
Pleas for This Week-Abuset officer
Caultleld-Charles t. Murphy Gets Three
Months for Theft-other City Court
Cases.
The criminal side of the common
pleas court opened yesterday morning
and adjourned for the term after re-
opening the case against James e.
Green of Branford, charged with vio-
lating the liquor law. The case was
on last Thursday but Green did not
appear, and his bond of $3.50 was call
ed 1t was learned that he was sick
in bed at the time and the case was
reopened yesterday Green pleaded
guilty and was fined $40 and costs,
which he paid.
REFUSED TO PAY FOR BAGS.
The case of Isaac Levy of New York
against George S. Davis of this city
was heard in the court of common pleas
before Judge Bradstreer. Levy alleges
that Davis ordered quantity of bags
llOlll llllll anu llGIl ICluSCu " pay loA
them. Davis, on the other hand, af-
firms that Levy sent him more than he
ordered and that he merely refused to
pay for the surplus quantity. Levy
asks for $500 damages. This was the
last court case this term. To-day the
jury term begins.
ASSIGNMENT OF CASES.
The assignment of jury cases for this
week in the court of common pleas are
as follows:
Tuesday, November 23-Joseph w.
Moody VS.. William F. Robinson, ct al;
Attorneys Hamilton and Chase. Chris
topher Cassidy VS.. Thomas Francis
O'Connell, Attorneys Kenyon, Clerlzin
and Mcnamara. Edward Glynn and
wife VS.. John f. Stanley, Attorneys
Hamilton, Case. Ely & Webb. Annie
E. Blakeslee VS.. William J. Konold, At
torneys Hamilton, Cox and Bree.
Wednesday, November 24-Agnes
Cochrane vs. Alan W. Hoyt and wife,
Attorneys Goodhart, Hamilton, Ely.
Mcclure & Barry VS.. Gay Bros. & Co.
The Treat & Shepard Co. VS.. ]. S. Wat
rou, Attorneys York and Dryhurst
Paul Schenck VS.. E. e. Burr, Attorneys
D. w. futile and Storrs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT rlATTER

At council meeting Saturday night
bids were opened on electric lighting
for the city. The Mankato Gas &
Electric Co. put in bid, as will be
seen by our news columns, of S74 for
arc lights per year and S24 for mean
descents, for period of five years.
Bids were also submitted by a COM
pany styling itself the Independent
Electric Co. of S74.50 year for arcs,
and S1,75 per month for incandescents
for five year contract, and at $40 per
year and $3.50 per month on ten
year contract.
The city has been fooling along for
the past three years over the lighting
question, and as result has lost
thousands of dollars. This sort of
work ought to be stopped. The bid
of the old company is a low one and
ought to be taken advantage of. 1t
is composed of well known citizens
and taxpayers, and is known by all to
be abundantly able to do all it agrees
to. 1t would seem to be good business
sense to accept it's Did which certain
ly ranges as low as does the
other put in, and put an end
to all uncertainty and the chance Of
its costing the city thousands OF
dollars more than it ought to before
the matter is finally settled. Seventy
four dollars year per arc of 2OO(
candle power is a most reasonable
proposition cs good as would be OBJ
tanned anywhere, and according tc
estimates that have been given to the
city heretofore, as low when all risk:
are taken into consideration, as the
city could furnish them, under the
most advantageous circumstances. Il
is to be hoped that the council will
accept the bid and so settle matte
that has vexed the city for severa
years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13
KLONDYKE WORSE THAN HADES

Ex-Gov. Swineford. of Alaska, says
that hades is a paradise as compared
with the Klondyke country. He
says latter they have been there
three days they will begin to draw
comparisons, and wonder what kind
of a paradise hell is, anyway, compar-
ed to that country. The result will
be much the same whether they ar
rive there in summer or in winter,
The fact is that the upper Yukon
region affords the greatest extremes
of heat and cold that are shown any
where in North America" He also
says that "Any one going into the
Klondyke region at present expecting
to prospect and find claim makes a
mistake. The ground is covered and
the claims already taken. To go now
one must do one of three things: he
must either have money to buy a
claim if heSfnds one for sale, get work
in the mine or prospect new terri
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13
WHEAT AND ITS PRICE.

The Chicago Inter Ocean says that a
syndicate composed mainly OF wealthy
New York men, with number of st.
Louis and Chicago men also interested,
have taken six hundred thousand dol
lars out of the wheat market during
the past sixty days, land it is intimated
that the drop of some cents Thurs
day was due to the manipulations
of this syndicate, that was managing
things so as to get another good hold.
1t is rather hard to tell what wheat
will do and how high it will eventually
90. While the worlds crop seems to
be short and the surplus stocks are
smaller at this time than for years,
an uncertainty seems to prevail
among some as to whether prices will
90 much higher at present. The
break Thursday, however, seems to
have been wholly Of speculative ma
ture, but whether the eastern syndi.
cate the Inter Ocean refers to, has got.
ten through with the market in that
direction for the present, is not indi
Gated. The European crop is said tC
be short 22O,0O0,O0O bushels, and the
larger wheat exporting countries out.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

side OF the United States, have little
or no wheat to send abroad this year.
From this it would seem that wheat
would be certain to bring the farmer
good price, and it probably will, but
it also gives the speculator a splendid
chance to operate, and he is not going
to neglect his opportunity. The IN
ter Ocean states that farmers are be-
coming infatuated with the high price
idea and are not rushing their crop to
market very rapidly. This part of the
game is sometimes oYerdone, they
hold it too long and have to take
lower price than they might have Sc
cured. As to the best time to market
it, however, every farmer should be
his own Judge, and if he keeps a close
watch of the market reports, he is apt
to know as much about it as any one
else, and can decide what is best fol
him to do just as intelligently, and
hit the mark just as often.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13
BOOMS NOT WANTED.

The Klondyke gold excitement has
caused the speculative boomer to enter
the field again for the purpose of Or
ganizing companies to develope min
ing properties in that far-off region,
and they will doubtless attempt to
again start fevered bOoms on the
strength of rich returns. The sue
cess of one or two great syndicates
like the one being formed in Chicago
would, of course, do much to help
along the interests in the many
schemes that will be put forth for the
purpose of getting fortune with lit
tie work, 1t remains to be seen how
we'll the American people will with
stand the alluring pictures that will
be put before them, of great gains
easily secured. They are just emery
ing from one of the most severe de-
pressions ever experienced, which was
greatly aggravated by the extrava-
gance and speculation that had been
tent. 1t is hardly probable chat the
lesson so dearly learned will be lightly
cast aside. Men have been too long
overburdened with stocks and share
OF wildcat companies, and loaded
down with bursted real estate booms,
for any desire to again burn their
| fingers in fire of the same nature.
They might like boom that would
help them out of their own wreck,
but will probably not care to help
others with their schemes. The
country has little need of speculative
booms at the present time, and it is
not probable that they will thrive
and flourish for some time to come tc
the extent they did previous to the
depression that has been upon US.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

OUR manufactured exports for the
fiscal year ending June 30th last,
reached 1916. 357 1851. or an increase of
S4S, 100000 over the figures for the
fiscal year closing in 1896. tits claimed
by the free traders that this increase
in manufactured exports was built up
by the favorable terms OF the Wilson
tariff, and that the Dingley law will
kill it. But there does not seem to
be much ground for this claim. The
increase was largely due to the fact
tnat home consumption was cut off by
the operation of the Wilson tariff, and
manufacturers hadsto look elsewhere
for a market, and so paid attention to
the foreign field, which they had
heretofore ignored. Now that they
have secured better footing there,
they are very likely to keep hold of it..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

EVEN the most obtuse gold bugs
ought to know that compelling man
to resign the presidency of a college
because he believes in free coinage is
not good way to make gold converts.
1t isn't a free country where one is
compelled to accept ready-made opin-
ions as his own Worthington Globe.
Why all this howl by the Popocrats
over this matter. Why didn't you do
little when the Populists turned out
the professors from the Kansas state
university because they didn't teach
Populistic doctrines. Why is it bad
in one case and not the other? Please
eXplain.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13
HIS THEORY EXPLODED.

Frank Day takes exceptions to the
remarks of the FREE PRESS, to his
statement that Republicans have no
right to kick, that they are not kick
ing and are perfectly satisfied, by'say-
ing that those who are perfectly sat-
isfed are those who have gotten Of
flee or expect it. OF course Frank
knows better, but it would no doubt
hurt him badly to admit it. There
are none so bitter at the thought of
returning prosperity as the Republi-
cans who threw up everything and
went off on tangent after the silver
goddess. Good times under the Re-
publicans means the sealing of their
political doom, and none know it bet
ter than they. Frank falls back upon
the old slate Populist-free trade argu-
| ment that the new tariff bill has
| nothing to do with the improvement
| in the price of wheat. Well, there is
| one thing that Frank must admit and
that is that silver has no more to
do with fixing the price of wheat
than has the moon. And yet he re-
tailed out through the columns of his
paper, and on the stump last year, any
| amount of slush to 1.-The effect that
| the farmer could never get a cent
more for his wheat unless silver was
coined free. But silver was not coin
| ed free. The price Of wheat has gone
| upwards and that of silver downward.
Franks theory was all wind. Now
Republicans have never claimed that
| directly the tariff bill fixed the price
of wheat. But indirectly it has a
great deal to do in fixing it. A tariff
| law that tends to encourage the in
| dustrles of the country helps to give
| the farmer better price for his
wheat, for with the industries active,
labor is constantly employed at remun-
erative wages, and is larger con-
sumner of the products of the farm,
because it has more money than
when idle under a low tariff period.
| Again Frank is kicking because
prices are going up. A year ago he
was kicking because prices were too
low, and wanted them higher. Said
if free coinage was adopted they
would be higher, otherwise they
would continue to 20 lower. And
that with higher prices prosperity
would come to all. But then there
are some people who would kick If
they got what they want providing
it don't happen to come just the way
they were looking for it. And that
seems to be the trouble with our
friend down the country.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13
What Do They Care.

Window Reporter:
Debs, Sovereign and all the strike
sympathizers, abettors and managers,
may take comfort in the fact that
they are embarrassing the owners of
the mines and pulling the leg" of
the rich, But neither the owners nor
the rich are the people who are to suf-
fer They may be inconvenience;
they may lose large profits: but they
won't suffer. They can get fuel. They
can draw upon stored wealth to crafty
their necessity. But it is different
with the poor people. who by the way,
are the salt of the earth. With coal
at high prices there must be suffering
in northern ATTITUDES where the long
months of winter will soon begin.
What do Debs and Sovereign care?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

The navy department has taken
action in the matter of armor plate as
directed by congress, in case manu-
facturers refuse to furnish armor plate
at $500 per ton, and has appointed d
board to investigate as to the cost Of
plant, and for the manufacture of
such plate by the government. 1t is
expected that the board will be un-
able to report before the opening of
the regular session of congress in De-
cepber.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

The fellow who contemplates going
to the Klondyke region, had better
wait until spring. 1t is now too late
to get there by the water route, and
the overland route is not blockaded
with freight and gold hunters, many
of whom will have to remain there
this winter. Besides the chance OF
starving to death are not so great
here as at Dawson City.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

IT is claimed from Washington that
that Senator German will not be a
candidate for reelection to the senate
from Maryland, but will turn his at
tention to the chances of securing the
presidential nomination of his party
in 1900. Should he come out openly as
senatorial candidate, and the Re-
publicans happen to carry Maryland,
in would materially injure his pros
poets for 1900.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

A SYNDICATE is being formed in
Chicago to get possession of all of the
quartz lodges in Alaska, and it ex-
poets to make s5O,OOO,oOo out of gold
mining within the next two or three
years. 1t is an easy thing to count
chickens before they are Matched, and
those in Alaska are good distance
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13
A Case for Bryan to Attend to.
Chicago Inter Ocean:

Chicago Inter Ocean:
Our farmers are paying off their mortgaged
indebtedness at such a rate that loan agencies
are complaining of an over-supply OF money.
To get this money back into circulation they
are now offering loans on farm property at re-
duced rates-Plainview (Minn.) News.
Where is w. Jennings Bryan? Is IT
possible that the statesman or the
Platte will allow to pass without com.
ment the above insidious thrust al
the sacred Chicago platform? William
must not permit prosperity to exist il
he exnects to achieve success in 1900.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

THE Globe calls Senator McEnery,
of Louisiana, renegade simply be-
cause he voted with the protection
lists in favor of policy that will help
to restore prosperity to the country
And more than that the Senator'S
vote was in line with the feelings
and wish of the people of his state
and when he returned he was given
grand ovation by them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

THE New York Tribune remarks
that there must surely be something
wrong. America is supplying electric
railroad plants to London, and rail-
road rails to British India. and the
Alabama iron industry is reviving;
and yet we are under protective
tariff. And it might have added,
and also the gold standard.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

DARWIN S. HALL has been rein
stated as Chippewa Indian commits
sioner, to succeed ex-Congressman
Baldwin. Mr.. Baldwin claimed pro-
lection of the civil service law, under
which the place has been put. But
Hall being an old soldier, could be re-
instated under the law, and this was
done, as he had been removed to make
room for Democrat.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

The silverite will doubtless thank
his stars that it is so dreadfully cold
up in Alaska. A prominent resident
of that territory says if it was not SO
cold there, an average of s1O,OOO,OOO a
month of gold would be taken out
there. If such record could be
reached and maintained, silver would
take another great downward slide
toward the price of copper.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

SENATOR MORGAN says that in dis
cussing a question which he knows
absolutely nothing about, he couldn't
talk for more than two days at a
stretch. The people have an idea
from past experience that he could
proceed indefinitely.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

tory" If you have money enough to
60 to the upper Yukon country and
stay year, the best thing you can
do is to stay here. The chances are
that you will do much better, and
will not run the chances Of starving.
Food supplies will be short there be-
fore next May.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

If those returning miners from the
Yukon country, will only keep their
gold out of the banks there will be
more of it in circulation Wanona
Herald.
But if they do not want to use it,
why not put it in the banks rather
than hoard it,. With the reviving
times, if it gets into the banks,it will
soon get into circulation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

WHILE progress is every day noted
in the peace negotiations that are 60
ing on at Constantinople, the final
settlement seems to be as far Off as
ever. 1t is this latter that people
would like to hear about.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

MR.. BRYAN announces that he will
take a rest for the remainder of the
summer. No wonder. The way wheat
and silver have been exploding his
arguments, is enough to give him a
tired feeling, that good nights sleep
will not cure.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

They talk about airships as mode
of conveyance to the Klondyke coun'
try. In the first place it might be
good thing to await the fate OF An
dree in his north pole adventure, and
in the second place, the invention OF
good airship would be necessity.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

KANSAS farmers claim to have
made S1O,OOO,OOO out of their TOO
wheat. The farmers out there are
not worrying much over silver.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

PROSPERITY and protection are
synonymous Northampton AdUance.
Yes, to the beneficiaries of the sys'
tem.-Adria1e Democrat.
And the benefciaries are the peo-
pie.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13

Enroute for the Klondyke Gold Fields of Alaska
for the express purpose of securing large amount of
the yellow metal for extensive dental practice
Our patients say have knack of putting IN gold
filings that last long the teeth SO we have but
is the result of many years of study and hard work.
coupled with the of the latest appliances Sasfac-
ton guaranteed in every particular.
DR.. e. l.. HaweS,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-27
METHODIST MISSIONARY RALLY.
Drs. Kilgo and Swindell the Speakers
Baseball Chat-Local Politics.

Chapel Hill, n. c., April 26.-(Special)
There was a grand missionary rally
held in the Methodist church at Mt.
Peasants, near here, yesterday. Many
hundred people were present from miles
around. Rev. DR.. Kilgo, President of
Trinity College, and Rev. Mr.. Swindell
were the most prominent persons present
from a distance. DIR. Kilgo's sermon
was considered the finest heard at Mt.
Pleasant for many years past. DR..
Swindell charmed all hearers.
The management of the Trinity base
ball team sent q representative here on
Saturday to see if a game could possibly
be arranged with Trinity, but there
seems to be little hope Of the two teams
meeting this year, as the Varsity has
made every date that the faculty will
allow during the season.
The baseball scrub team expects to be
granted one day for q game as was the
scrub football team, and manager Hines.
of the scrubs, / am told, will attempt to
arrange date with Wake Forest. The
Varsity defeats the scrub team daily
with an average score of 10 to 5, and de-
feated Wake Forest Z to 2, so the scrubs
have hopes even of victory. If played,
the game will be called off in Raleigh,
if suitable arrangements can be made.
There is much interest manifested here
| in the fall election.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-27
I'NLEGRArHIS BRIEFS.

New York, April 2G-Theo. 4. Have
meyer, yice-president of the American
Sugar Refining Company, died at an ear
~ hour this laogning, at his home in this
city. 5,.s..
Richmond, Ya., April 26.-BurgMrs,
evidently exsests, blew open the safe in
the postoffite at Lewisburg. Va, at an
early hour this morning, and secured be-
tween 5000 and 500 in stamps and
money. No clue.
Pretoria, Transvaal Republic, April 26.
The case against Lieutenant Eloff the
grandson of President Kruger, who was
charged with slandering the Queen of
EGgland, has been dismissed on .the
ground that the evidence was conflicting.
Madrid, April ga despatch to the
Heraido from Manila, capital of the
Philippine Islands, says that 25,OOO in
surgents who have not submitted to the
Spaniards, have taken mp position in
the mountains and are Offering q stout re-
sistance de the troops. The recall Of
General Polavtsja, it is added iias pro-
duced Il bad Impression jn the PhilEDnipe
Islsnds.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-27
1T WAS ALL ABOUT A DOG
THE U. 8. SUPREME COURT
DEFINES HIS LEGAL STATUS
He Stands Between the Horse and the
Wild Beast With Little Pro.
perty Quality.

Washington, D. c., April 26.-The Uni
ted State Supreme court to-day decided
a case involving a claim for damages for
killing a dog, which had made it's way
from the lower courts of New Orleans
through the varions phases Of litigation to
be finally decided here in opposition to
the claim. The suit was instituted by
Geo. w. Sentell. Jr., vs.. the New Or
leans and CarrOllton Railroad Company.
The dog, a New FOundland, valued at
$500, was killed by a car owned by the
railroad company. The case turned upon
the validity Of an act Of the Louisiana
Legislature recognizing dogs as personal
property only, when placed upon the as
sessment rolls. In this case the dog was
not assessed. Justice Brown delivered
the opinion of the court, sustaining the
cOnstitutiOnality of the law and refusing
damages. Justice Brown laid down the
law in regard to the dogs in general in
the following terms:
''Tne very fact that they are without
protection of the criminal laws shows
that property in dogs is Of an imperfect
or qualified nature and that they stand
as it were between animals ferae naturae.
in which, until subdued, there is no prop
erty, and domestic animals in which the
right of property is complete. They are
not considered as being upon the same
plane with horses, cattle, sheep and other
domestcated animals, but rather in the
category of cats, monkeys, parrots. sing
ing birds and similar animals kept for
pleasure, curiosity or caprice. Unlike
other domestic animals they are useful.
neither as beasts of burden, for draught,
nor for food"