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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04

The free trade profits who have all
along been predicting the failure of
the Dingley law as a revenue producer
have run against stump. The law
from the first has done all that it's
promoters claimed it would. Before
it became law they stated it would
take time for it to overcome the con-
ditions that confronted it. discourse
has been much as they predicted.
From the first it has gained steadily
in the amount Of revenue it produced,
and this in spite of the fact, that
there had been for several months
previous to it's going into effect, a
tremendous importation Of goods.
This gain has been kept up steadily
until for February just past the yield
of revenue was the largest of any
February since President Cleveland
took the Office in 1893, and surplus
of nearly two millions was the result.
There is no reason why there should
be any change from this, and doubt
less each succeeding month will show
more or less of a surplus.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
INDIAN LAKE ITEMS.

Mr.. Holmgren has just finished cut
ting sixty cords of wood for Joe Kern.
August Erickson has been quite
sick with the measles, but is able to
be around again, and now his brothers,
John and Rudolph, are having them
Mr.. Danhoe has just finished dig.
ging stock well.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster attended the
Old Settlers meeting in Mankato.
VIM. Duffey and John Duffey have
each bought new drill.
Fay Watts brought out a new pail
of bob sleighs.
The school board voted to have the
school extended two weeks longer
which will take it into the middle oil
March.
Mr.. John Halberg has been on the
sick list week, but Is better now.
John Duffey sold over 1000 bushels
Of wheat last week at 90c per bushel.
George Ballard lost a horse short
time ago.
Mrs. Gunders and her sister visited
Mrs. Garberg last week.
PeGer Unlman bought forty acres OF
the Willard farm in Mankato town
ship at $40 per acre.
Mr.. Louis Craver has been laid uI
with severe cold, but is able to be
about again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster and Mr.. and
Mrs. Duffey attended Mrs Schrieber's
funeral last Saturday at Mankato
Mrs. Schrieber was known at Indian
Lake as Miss Berghetta Mahoney.
Frank Watts, who has been teach
ing three months school in Walton.
wan county, has just finished and is
home again.
Joe Kern has bought a driving
team.
The Indian Lake Literary will hold
an entertainment next Saturday
night. This will close the literary
for this season.
VIM. Duffey and his father-in-law
made trip to St. James yesterday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
THE LADY AND THE BIRD.

According to the report of the
Audubon society Of Massachusetts,
which has made an official investiga.
tion into the matter, there were one
million bobolinks killed last year, and
four millions of other birds slaughter
ed that the beadgear of American
women might be decorated with their
mutilated bodies. Five millions OF
birds. Five millions of voices in
Natures great choir stllled. What
an awful record. Commenting upon
this great destruction of birds, the
New York Mail and Express says:
"a birdless country! A voiceless
forest! What a desolation it would
be! And yet that is just what this
country is coming to if the song birds
of our land are to be killed off at the
rate of five millions year in order to
crafty feminine vanity and keep
women Gin style"
"What grewsome, hideous, con-
scienceless "style" it is that murders
melody and silences the lark that
sings from Heavens gate!"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
A UNITED COUNTRY.

The Kansas City Star, in comment
ing upon the situation over the Maine
disaster, says:
"The conduct of the government of
the United States since the loss OF the
Maine has reflected the feeling Of the
controlling mass of the American
people, without regard to political,
sectional or other ordinary divisions.
The time of trial has found this a
united country. Never before, since
the close of the civil war, has the
establishment of a more perfect
union been so evident.
"The practically unanimous senti-
ment of the country is to back the ad-
ministration in whatever steps may
be deemed necessary for the vindica-
tion of not merely American honor,
but of American interests. There Is
no disposition to 60 to war on points
of etiquette, or merely to assert our
power. There is a willingness, how
ever, to meet whatever may come, to
secure indemnity for losses unjustly
and treacherously inflicted upon us,
and to render any further wrongs i'm
possible"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04

sential element of unity and cohesive.
ness, and the results from such con-
dition will not be other than they
have been unless a closer union of In
terests can be brought about through
some such conference as has been
talked of.
The Second is the most thoroughly
entrenched Republican district in the
state. If it can 'get together" NO
reasonable demand made upon the
state convention will pass unheeded.
If it don't want anything for itself it
will be in better form to aid in avert
ing any undesirable results than if it
were to continue divided and strag-
Cling.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
THE QUALITY OF BRAINS.

Under the head of what Two
Boys Did," the st. Paul Globe relates
of the forging to the front of two
prominent characters in the navy, one
of whom halls from this section Of
Minnesota. The other boy is the
present Capt. Sampson, now mem
Der of the board Of inquiry looking
into the Maine disaster, who worked
his way up from a poor boy to the
place he now occupies. The story Of
the first boy, which will be Of in
terest to our readers is as follows:
What boys get to be as men de-
ponds primarily upon the quality Of
brains they come into the world with,
the energy with which they work
them, and the environment. The last
is powerful factor, too often over
towering when deterrent and the
stock of energy is insufficient to over
come it. But no surroundings can
prevent the boy with brains and
energy and pluck from mastering
them Back in the ffties there came
from Germany a poor man and his
wife to the frontiers, of which New
Ulm was then an outpost. When the
Sioux outbreak came the father was
killed, leaving the widow with an in
FAINT son. The woman married man
as poor as her first husband; too poor
to give the boy any further education
than the village schools offered, and
attendance there was interrupted by
home needs of the boys's labor. But
the boys brains were too hungry to
be stated with that quantity of food.
The Normal school was established at
MankatO, and he nursed the ambition
to enter it. He was admitted, but
had to work his way. He did itbravely.
earning enough money by odd jobs
about town to buy books and pay
board.
Zone day he read notice, given
out by the congressman OF the dis
trict, that an examination would be
held for cadetship at Annapolis. He
decided to enter and did so and stood
first in the tests. He went to Anna
polls and met successfully the ex-
animation there. Four years later he
graduated at the head of his class. He
took the two years cruise; was in the
Samoa tornado. On his return his
standing made him one of the three
sent to the school of technology for
special training, in Paris. There, too,
he stood first in his class. Coming
back he was assigned to the bureau of
naval construction, where only the
best scholars 60. He was afterward
sent to superintend the construction
of some of our battleships. He fin
ished that task to take an examina-
tion and receive an appointment as
naval constructor. 1t is now Lieut..
Robert Stocker instead of Bob, the
New Ulm village lad"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04

The city reporter OF the Review
came out last night in half column
article claiming that few Republi'
cans of Mankato had conference the
day before and that as a result of
that conference there would be a
meeting in this city in the near future
of the prominent party men of the
district to lay plans for future action
in matters pertaining to state politics.
The truth of the matter is that while
there has been current rumor for
several weeks that meeting of
Second district Republicans might be
called to convene in Mankato some.
time in March or April, no Mankato
Republican, so far as the Free Press
can learn, has had anything whatever
to do with such proposed gathering.
Within the past week or ten days
several letters have been received
from Republicans in different coun.
ties of the district asking what the
Republicans of Mankato would be
willing to do in the way of entertain.
ment in the event Of the calling Of
district meeting here. More oy
chance than otherwise three or four
Republicans discussed the matter at
the Saulpaugh Monday afternoon, and
agreed that the least the Republicans
here could do would be to tender to
the visitors suitable hall for meet
ing purposes, together with appro-
pirate music. On this point we opine
that the Republicans of Mankato will
all agree, and If a convention or con-
ference shall be called Mankato will
do whatever is possible to make the
stay of the visitors pleasant.
That the calling of such meeting
emanated from Mankato Republicans
as indicated by the Review is not a
fact, but it is reasonably certain that
the Republicans of this city will
gladly cooperate to make such a
gathering a success, if called.
1t is wholly meet and proper that
the Second district Republicans
get together and confer on state poll
tics. For several years this district
has been used as mere tail to the
Republican kite, and it has been
more the fault of the Republicans of
the district themselves than to any
other cause. They have been too
much divided, have lacked the es-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04

A resolution has been introduced
into the house authorizing the secre-
tary of the navy, whenever in his
judgment it shall become expedient
for the best interests of the country,
to secure options upon, and purchase
such battleships, cruisers, rams,
torpedo boats and other form of naval
vessels as are the most modern type
and ready for immediate use. The
sum of s2O,OOO,OOO is appropriated to
be Immediately available. The design
of the resolutions is to call the atten'
tion of the house naval committee to
the necessity of providing for such a
contingency, but if it does not take
steps to include such provision in the
naval appropriation bill, it is said the
house is likely to take independent
action in the matter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
The Tide of Travel to Alaska.

Thirty-six steamers are now run
ming regularly between Seattle and
points in Southwestern Alaska.
Several other vessels are running ir-
regularly, and all are loaded to their
full capacity. Later steamers will
run to St. Michael and the Yukon.
The Alaskan steamers run directly
from Seattle and Portland, and prin-
cipally from Seattle. Seattle is 800
miles nearer Alaska than San Fran
cisco, and this makes the tide Of
travel from the East set strongly to
Seattle. The city council in Seattle
has passed an ordinance creating a
bureau of public comfort. The pur-
pose of this bureau is to provide for
the welfare of gold seekers passing
through Seattle and give them such
information about boarding and lodg
ing places as will enable the pilgrims
to get suitable accommodations.
The increased travel to the far West
has put the trauscontinental rail-
roads on their mettle. Take, for in
stance, the Great Northern railway,
which is the shortest and quickest
line from ST. Paul and Minneapolis to
Seattle and PDrtlaDd. The Great
Northern has put on fast vestibuled
train, the Alaska limited, which,
leaving st. Paul daily at 1870 p NJ,
after the arrival of trains from Chi.
cagO and the South and East, runs
solid to Seattle, reaching that point
on the third morning at 7 O'Clock,
three and half hours in advance of
all previous schedules. At Spokane it
connects with the O. r. & N for
Portland, that line using Great North
ern sleepers and tourist cars. This
''across the Continent" train il vesti-
buled throughout, and besides the
regular coaches has palace sleepeIs
and family tourist cars, dining car,
serving meals a la carte, and library
observation Car, which has the fur.
nishiDgs Of the ordinary club, with
library, writing desks, bath room,
barber shop and big windows for the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
THE NEVERSLIP MFG CO.,

outlook. In every respect the train is
equal to the best on the best Eastern
lines.
The editor of the Times has watch
ed the growth of the Great Northern
with much interest. 1t is the only
trans.continental line built without
help from the government, AND has
meyer discredited the Northwest by
defaulting on it's securities. which
securities have never been the play
thing Of Wall street. The Great
Northern is entitled to full considera-
tion from the travelling public, and
excellent service is guaranteed
Troy IN. W Daily Times, Feb. II.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
THE SUBMARINE BOAT.

The fact that war in the future,
and especially naval warfare, is likely
to be much more serious matter
than it has been in the past, is brought
strongly to public notice by the test
which the Holland submarine boat is
now going through. The boat is
built to float on the surface of the
water, or at any distance underneath
down to distance of fifty feet.
Yesterday it was given test Of
diving, and made successful attempt,
going down twenty feet under the
surface, circled around some and then
came to the surface and fioated away
steadily, Its inventor is jubilant and
thinks she will accomplish all that is
claimed for her. If she should, it is
said that she would give fleet of war
vessels all that they would want to
attend to. The big masses of floating
steel and iron would be no match for
the little terror, as it could inflict
SlSoo N1hluSS upOh "lUh 1OS
dynamite guns, and disappear be-
meath the waves before they would
have a chance to locate it. With
several of these little fellows scattered
along the coast, a hostile. war fleet
would be in most dangerous position,
and their iron tubs would be veritable
death traps. It has been well said
that the tendency of improvement of
engines of war toward increasing
deadliness in execution is doing more
to promote peace than any other
agency, and this is most emphatically
brought to mind by the indicated
success of the Holland submarine
boat. While the one now. being test
ed may possibly in the end prove a
failure, the fact seems assured that
the scheme will prove an ultimate
success, and submarine navigation is
only a question of short time at the
most.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
WAR PROBABLE.

With each passing day the proba-
bility of war with Spain seems to in
crease. 1t may be avoided. Peace
loving people, and the American peo-
pie as whole, are peace loving peo-
pie, hope that it may be avoided if it
honorably can. While the board of
inquiry has not made any official re-
port SO far as the public is aware, and
is not likely to for some time yet,
enough is known by the public to
show that the disaster was due to the
work of outsiders, and that in all
probability the American government
will hold Spain accountable for it, 1t
is also known from the tone of the
Spanish press, and from the utter
ances Of some of the lesser officials
who are in a position to know the feel
ings of the Spanish authorities, that
such a course is likely to be resented
by Spain. In one way and another
Spain is engaged in laying the founda-
tion to be ready to disclaim all re-
sponsibility for the disaster, so that
if this country demands large in
demnity, they can be in position to
decline to pay it. They have given
out in a semi-official manner, that
Havana harbor has no submarine
mines or torpedoes. 1t is not reason
able to suppose a matter of that kind
would be admitted and published to
the world. 1t is sort Of a state
secret. that nations are not in the
habit of sharing with the public.
1t is also reported that Sagasta has
declared that under no circumstances
will any nation be allowed to inter-
fere in the matter of CuOa. That
there is nothing in the condition Of
affairs there that can be submitted to
arbitration. In this the Spanish
premier takes precisely the same
ground the United States took during
the rebellion, that it was family af-
fair in which outsiders had no bust
ness to mix. All of these things go to
show the possible and probable re-
slstance of Spain to the demands of
the United States, and that these de-
mands, whatever they may be will be
enforced by the mouth of the cannon.
Just how soon such steps will be
taken, is matter of mere conjecture.
There is feeling abroad, aud it is
doubtless correct one, that the re-
port of the board OF inquiry will not
be hurried, that it is not likely IT, be
made public until the lat er part Of
this month or the first OF next, that
in the meantime the United States
may be prepared To properly bark up
it's demands, and if war must follow
that il may strike tffnctively from the
fist. This is sharp piece Of diplo-
macy aud will prove more effective in
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
Bee Supplies.

A. W. Robinson has a complete line
of bee supplies on hand, including
everything that Is needed in the
handling of bees. He has man at
work making hives, and orders can be
filled on short notice. There is money
in bees If they are rightly cared for,
and in order to do this it is necessary
to have the latest improvements, and
these can be had of Mr.. Robinson.
Give him a call and look over his
stock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
TAKES AN APPEAL.

Thos. j.. Jones has appealed from
the disallowance of his claim for
$1,S14 by. Assignee Moffatt, of the
Mankato Knitting Mills Co. Mr..
Jones' claim is for money loaned and
wages, and he is represented by W.
A. Funk. The First National bank
has possession of the note, which is
Tor $500, and has put in a claim based
upon it. This makes two claims on
the same note. The bank has also
brought suit against Mr.Jones, so that
triangular fight is on.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04

preserving peace, then In rushing head
long without any preparations. other
than Those that could be made on
the spur Of the moment. In the ef-
fective preparations that are now be-
ing made will the cost of a conflict in
time, blood and treasure be diminish
ed, if war must come.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
HAS ITS VALUE CHANGED

The American, of Philadelphia. a
rank Populist sheet, says:
Gold is not the only honest measure
in which debts can be paid. In fact,
having been made the only measure
it has been made most dishonest
measure for the demands for gold
were by this act arbitrarily increased
and with increased demands came in
creased value aud measure that
grows in size or length is dishonest,
must do injury to those who must full
ill their contracts in accord with it.
And measure OF values is no eXcep-
ton. To stretch the monetary yard
stick by demonetizing silver was an
act of injustice to debtors, an act of
cOnfiscatiOn, for such stretching re-
quired debtors to pay more than they
really owed.
The American has simply made a
string of assertions and left the mat
ter much as it found it. The demand
upon gold has not been so great but
that it has been able thus far to ably
fill it. Instead of growing more
scarce as the silvercrats have all
along prophesied, its supply has an
nually increased. The trouble with
the silvercrats is, they seem to regard
gold dollar as they do bushel of
wheat. As though it had been used
once, it could not be again, but had
fulfilled its mission. They assume
that it's value had increased, What
evidence does the American bring to
that effect. None at all. Had it done
so, it would have doubtless called that
much over-worked citation of the fall
of prices, which they use regardless
of the fact that there may be many
other factors at work reducing prices
other than the alleged increase in
the value of gold. 1t would seem that
no better measure as to the increased
value of gold could be found than that
of labor, and the price of labor has
gradually increased since 1873. In
fact, measured by labor, gold was
cheaper in 1892 than it was in 1873
when the alleged crime was commit
ted against silver.
Again, the Americans assertion
that ito stretch the monetary yard
stick by demonetizing silver" is some
thing that was not done, because sill
yer was not demonetlzed. To demon
etize is to destroy all value. The
value of the silver dollar was not in
terfered with by the act of 1873. Its
further coinage was simply dropped.
Today there are more silver dollars of
full legal tender in circulation than
were ever coined under the free coin
age act during it's entire eighty years
of existence. In fact, all the siyer
that can be kept at parity with gold,
has been put in circulation either in
the shape of silver dollars or their
representatives = silver certificates.
The silvercrats have never yet made
out their alleged case that because
the free coinage of silver was dropped
an injustice was worked upo debtors,
causing them to pay more than they
| really owed, for they have not yet es.
tablished the fact that the suspension
of free coinage had even q remote
bearing upon the fall of prices of any
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04

The suit of D. z q. Harrington VS.
Madelia Merctut,Iie Co. and e. e..
Warner, 10 etforce a Stockholders
that he IL not a stakeholder, Ia on
trial before Judge Severance. The
amount iuvulv, Is abou 5000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04

If the board of inquiry should hap
pen to get convincing evidence that
the Maine was blown up by accident,
there would be surprised lot of cor
respondents in the vicinity of Key
West and Havana. However, the in.
dications point strongly to the fact
that the boys will not be treated to
such surprise.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04

1t is said that number of senators
are going to Cuba to look around.
Possibly they are afraid that war has
become lost in the shuttle and are
going there to look it up.