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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-09
Russian Oil Burning.

ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. ga dis
patch from Baku on the Caspian an.
nounces that the Mussianijeff kerosene
refinery is in flames and that 300,0 900
pools of oil have been consumed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-09
Bayard's End Near.

DEDHAM, Mass, Sept. 5.-The condi-
ton of Thomas F. Bayard, once am
bassador to England, who is at Karl
stein, the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Warren, was critical during the day.
So pronounced has been the change in
the past two or three days that it was
thought the patient would not survive
many DAYS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-09
King Oscar Will Send Delegates.

STOCKHOLM, Sept 5.-On the recon-
Nendation of the Swedish Norwegian
council, King Oscar has notified the
czar of his acceptance of the invitation
to send delegates to peace conference.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-09
Unencumbered Land Wanted.

In exchange for trotting stallion,
eight years old. sired by Patronage,
sire of Alix 2:034 Worlds record) etc.
Dam, full sister 70 the grand dam of
Alix. Standard and registered. Also
black Norman stallion, recorded, six
years old, very fine black.
Address e. E. GUTHRIE,
NOrwalk,
Iowa.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-09

A deed was sfiled transferring
from Elizabeth Carter to Chas. W.
Russ the east half of the northwest
quarter of sec. 80, Pleasant Mound,
for 81 500.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-09
Declined the Portfolio.

LONDON, Sept. 5.-The Paris CORE.
spondent of the Daily News says that
both General Saussier and General
Surlinden heve declined the war Office
portfolio.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-09
The Colon Arrives Home.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.-The trans.
port Colon which has carried troops
from this port to Manila arrived here
on her homeward trip.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-09
Great Chintz Factory Burned.

RoUEN, France, Sept. 5.-The chintz
factory of Gartaide & Co., at Melan.
nay, near here, has burned. The loss
is estimated at 100000 francs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-09

JACKSON, Miss, Sept. 5.-The board
of health tonight quarantined the state
against the city of New Orleans pend
ing investigation of suspicious cases
there.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-09

Attorney for Assignee.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21
YELLOW JACK SPREADING
FROST IS NOW THE ONLY HOPE
The state of Mississippi is Grad
uaIIy being Drawn Into the Dead
~ Grasp of yellow Fever-On Sat
urday There Were Ninets-Eight
New Cases.

Washington, Oct. l7.-Ninety eight
new cases of yellow fever in Mississippi
were officially reported Saturday.
Without the intervention of frost the
spread OF yellow fever over the entire
state of Mississippi seems certainty.
ach nights report indicates how surely
and rapidly the disease is getting the
whole state into its clutches. Two coun-
ties were added this week to the list OF
ties or nearly 25 per cent of the whole
number These are Pearl River and Per
ny, both in the southeastern part of the
state.
The continuance of the present warm
weather will guarantee further spread,
which the resources of the state board
seem unable to stop. The disease is firm
ly rooted in all the different sections OF
Mississippi and its appearance in counties
adjoining those already in the grasp OF
The fever is only a question of short
time. The state board of health has, of
course, long ago despaired of continuing
the infection, and is now devoting itself
more to the general work of relief and sc
curing of nurses for the places that are
stricken. 1t is still waging stubborn
but hopeless fight against the rapid ad-
vance and whenever a new place is re-
ported a state inspector is sent at once
with orders to isolate and Gordon the
town. As a general thing, however, the
exposure has usually been too widespread
to render this inspection of any great
value.
At the capital the work of enrolling
immune nurses under the Howard asso.
citation still goes on. Jackson is head
quarters from whence they are distribut
ed. The supply is by no means equal to
the demand. Many have been secured
from New Orleans and Memphis. The
appeal of the governor OF the state tc
the federal government for relief has had
the effect of arousing neighboring states
to the necessities of the situation. About
So 900 has been raised in Memphis foi
general distribution in the shape of foot
and supplies. The helpless restitution %
negro reconcentadOes continues in Jack
son and other towns without matcria
alienation. They crowd as close to the
guard line as possible when any one goes
down near the cordoned district, ant
beg eagerly for money and supplies. Man,
without families have managed to ge
out and away. Helpless, ignorant Great
ues, they can not understand why the,
should be sacrificed for the general good
II didn't think you could put man il
Jail for murder without giving him some
thing to eat" said one today.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21
WHITE DAMSON PLUMS.
Only One Man In the World Has This
Fine Plum.

Nearly so years ago General Adair, the
attended an exhibition at Louisville.
There he met Lawrence Young, an en-
thusiast from jefferson county, who had
on exhibition what he termed a" white
damson plum. General Adair had never
heard of the variety before and was anx-
ious for some of the trees. Mr.. Young
promised to send him some, but for some
reason failed to do SO. About 20 years
ago the general made another effort but
learned that Young had died. A few
years later Major Haines OF Louisville
visited in Hawesville and told General
Adair that he knew the Young farm, but
that no such plum had ever grown upon
it.; but he promised TO examine all the
surrounding farms and see if he could
find the desired fruit. About ~ years
ago Major Taylor found some small plum
sprouts in an abandoned fence corner
near the Young farm anu sent them to
Adair, who planted them and improved
them. He has been rewarded by pro-
ducing fine milk-white damson, sweet "a
sugar, and about four times as large as
the old blue damson. This new plum
never decays, but dries up like raisin,
snd never falls from the tree. They have
been known to keep in house for two
years. General Adair is the only man
in the world who has this fine plum,
and he has only few trees. Judge John
Adair is going to plant 5vO0 of the trees.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21

The constantly widening range OF
medical science Is rapidly 1engthening
the list of classified ills that flesh is
heir 10. Only few years ago drunken
ness was popularity regarded merely as
a vice. whereas to-day it Is looked up
on as a disease. bears the Formidable
scientific name "dipsomania,' and the
medical books contain formulas for its
treatment. Inconsistencies. too. has won
recognition in the medical profession
under the name OF nostalgia and the
serious nature of the disease now Is
generally recognized. One OF the sol
diers of the Sixth Massachusetts volun-
teers died in Cuba from the effects OF
nostalgia. General Skaters official re-
port says that the patient simply be-
came homesick. pined away, and died
At Columbia, Mo-, three deaths occur
red as the direct result Of bashfulness.
which Is one Of the latest diseases to
find classification in the medical books.
A most estImable young woman, Cora
Havens, was engaged to marry Charles
L. Fait, a prosperous young farmer.
ems to postpone the marriage several
times. and at last. after the wedding
guests had assembled. she refused TO
allow the ceremony to proceed. There
upon the prospective bridegroom com
mitted suicide by taking morphine. A
few days later the girls mother com
mitted suicide by drowning. and final
ly Miss Havens herself died. There
seems to be no room for doubt that In
the case of this unfortunate young
woman bashfulness was as clearly a
disease as scarlet fever or typhoid. The
day probably will come when the skill
ed physician will minister not only to
the body, but also to the mind. and
when shades of feeling and personal
peculiarities Of disposition and temper
ament will come within the purview OF
his Office,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21
GOOSE BONE WHITE IN FRONT
Corn HuskA, Nuts and Fur Also Tell
of . Hard Winter Coming.

According to Ezekiel Bonzy, who IL
held to be one of the most accurate read
ers of goose's breastbone in Maine, the
coming winter is going to be a shorter.
1t is to start with a snowstorm, which
will come in November, and the snow
will stay on the ground for the purpose
of catching and holding other snowstorms
that will arrive frequently and with great
vigor until about the middle of March.
Mixed in with the output of snow will
be hail, wind, and consecutive periods
of zero weather, which will cause great
demand for overeoats and double mittens.
For the first time in eight years the
goose bone is white at the front end, in
dicating an early snowfall, As the bone
of lS9S-99 is very wide and mostly white
over all it's surface, Mr. Bonzy infers
there viii be deep snow and good sled
ding for fully five months. His conclu-
sions are well reinforced by researches
among corn husks, beechnut burrs and
the fur of animals, all of which are un-
commonly thick and well laid on.
Acting on Mr.. Bonzy's advice the hum
bermen are planning to 60 into the woods
early, and operators are getting options
upon large areas of stumpage. For three
years past Mr.. Bonzy has predicted that
there would be no SNOW until after the
new year and has hit it right every time.
Therefore much confidence is placed in
his representations this year.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21
IDAHO.

Chipn inks have become pest N
Greenwood cemetery at HALEY. They
burrow under the tombs and headstones
shrubbery.
Charley Melroy reports 1873 men and
80 women registered in Murray, with
about 80 women and few men vet to reg
lister. The total is expected to be 2OD.
At Delta % names have been registered
SO far. Of these nine are women. The
total vote is expected to be about 20.
J. NJ. Hill, who canvassed the Nez
Perez reservation in the interest of Dern-
ham & Kaufman of Moscow, reports over
100000 bushels of flax seed for sale in
that district. This agent offers 80 cents
a bushel for flax.
Philip Bremen of lewiston has receiv-
ed advices from Washington that he has
been granted pension of So per month
from July 3, 1896, for disabilities and old
age. Mr.. Bremen is a veteran of the civil
war.
An Indian payment of Sl65,000 will he
made during this week. Telegraph adj
vices have been received at Lewiston -
the effect that the treasury drafts We're
on the way from Washington by mall
The Indians have been complaining bit
terly about the bad faith OF the govern
ment in not regarding the conditions of
the solemn contract by which the Indians
coded their land in consideration of these
payments, which are now long past due.
A company has been formed at Lewis
ton to combine the city water system
with the Sweetwater irrigation PROPOSE
ton and to establish pipe line from the
Sweetwater creek to the city reservoir
and the present city system. Provision
has been made to expend $4,000 in this
improved section. This water system will
irrigate 10000 acres of land, in addition
to furnishing the city with gravity sys-
TEN for all domestic purposes.
Game is plentiful this season, and hunt
ers are meeting with success on their
trips. On the reservation the farmers IN
the localities on the edge of the timber
are complaining of the loss of cattle, as
several head have disappeared. At first
/ it was thought to be the work OF thieves
until bear tracks were discovered. In the
Potlatch bears have become SO bold as
to visit the orchards, where they feast on
apples. Only few weeks ago large
one was seen near Nolmer, and after an
exciting chase was captured.
An irrigation company is about to
make filing at the land office at Black
foot, Idaho, withdrawing $4,000 acres ri
land to be reclaimed by canal system
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21

Few of US are 80 sordid and practical
~ not to wish for beauty about us, In
our homes, In our friends, meeting our
eyes on all sides. How Is it then that
We stand with so much eQuanimity the
hideous array Of staring business signs
and glaring trademarks, with which
our landscape. country as well as city.
10 disnguredf Are We aequiescent sim.
ply from long habit. or 10 IT that we
fear that beauty and taste In advertis-
ing would not pay? The last suDposi-
tioa has been proven false. Not long
since q party Of Belgian artists. recog-
nising that only through the low mo-
tive Of gain can some people be reached
offered to furnish artistic designs to re-
place the snowy daubs Of the Belgian
tradesmen. They had skepticai audi.
ence, but the experiment abundantiy
proved that taste and beauty In adver-
Using are enough more profitable than
ioudness and ugiiness to Challenge the
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21

Those who have estimated the advan-
tages to be gained from rural free de-
livery will be pleased to learn that the
work Of extending this branch of the
postal service is being pushed as rap
idly as possible. The officials at Wash
ington are discovering that the meas
ures authorized by the last Congress
answer real demand Of the people.
One hundred and fifty seven petitions
from thirty-five States have already
been received asking for free delivery
in as many communities. The depart
ment has lnaugurated eighteen new dis
tributing stations In several Eastern
States and special agents are in the
field both In the East and in Illinois.
Indiana, Iowa. Kansas and the DakO-
tas to lay out additional routes of SER
vice. That the time has come in which
to hasten these preparations Is shown
by the statistics obtained by Assistant
Postmaster General Heath. The figures
indicate that the United States, except
In certain spots where experiments are
now being made. Is behind other ad-
vanced nations. In Illinois alone 2,34S,-
14S persons are absolutely without free
delivery. In New York the number Of
persons who are without this service
and must send for their mails is 2.220.-
900; In Indiana. LII. 900: in Iowa.
1.594.OO0: In Michigan. 1.481 600; In
wisconsin. 1885, 900; In Missouri, L.
942, 900; in Ohio. 1907 900. and in Penn
| sylvania, 1900. 900. In all. probably
between 100000 and $4,000 900 in
the entire country must send for their
| mails. Considering the facilities for
free delivery in other civilized countries
these facts should stimulate the postal
authorities to further efforts. In every
| other one Of the greater countries be-
longing to the Universal Postal Union
| mails are delivered at the peoples doors
| throughout the land. although In some
instances slight charge for additional
postage Is made. This country and the
republics Of South and Central Amer
lea are almost alone in failing to pro-
vide rural delivery. Up to the present
the Governments experiments seem ia
show that the proposed improvement
In the postal service Is rapidly becom.
ing a necessity, II the needs Of the peo
pie and their growing desire for close
communication with the outside world
are to be considered. The authorities
may 60 ahead In the assurance tina,
their work has passed the experimental
stage and that when completed 1t will
be q great factor in relieving the PEG
pie Of the country districts of the iso
lation which Is SO serious a draw bacl
to life on the. farms and In small com
munitiee.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21

A book recently published In Berlin
makes public some very curious details
regarding the private life Of the Ger.
man imperial family. We learn that the
Emperor contracts with his chief but.
Ter for meals at 80 much per head. An
ordinary dinner costs rather less than
two dollars a plate. exclusive OF wine.
but on festive occasions the cost of a
dinner varies from IS to $40. The EN-.
peror usually has three meals daily, .
meat breakfast. q hot lunch, and din
ner Of six courses. On the daily menu
are hook. Bordeaux and champagne.
while the castle cellars hold 1900 bot
ties of nne wine. and 1000 casks Of
other wines and LIQUORS.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21

The recent death Of Nine. Worth has
revived some interesting stories of her
celebrated husband. the man dress
maker of Paris. Worth used to congrat-
nlate himself that his wife was free
from jealousy, for his business would
certainly have suffered had she not re-
garded his purely commercial relations
with the ladies Of the grand and OF the
demi monde In other than a sensible
spirit. Worth did not seek in his wife
the love OF dress on which his success
was founded When ] see two
grandes danes talking In n bright and
animated way while waiting for me"
said he once. II know they are talking
about their homes and families: when
they are talking seriously, almost rev,
erently. know they are talking dress
That Is the difference between them
and Nine. Worth. When she is talk
ing about our home she is serious
when she wants new dress she be
comes very animated"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21

Almost the whole of the public debt
Of the nations of the world has been
Incurred In war Since 1902 Great
Britain has added f9O4. 600, 900 to her
public debt in seventy-fve years Of
war, and diminished the debt f2Iei. 900,
600 In one hundred and twenty years
Of peace. Thus 1t takes more than Ave
years of peace to pay the loss occa-
stoned by one year of war. The net
debt OF the United States In July. 1861,
was &S7. zoe. 900: In August, 1865. II
was 81, 7b8. 100000. II reached it's low
est point since the civil war In 1893.
when 1t was $3.50. 900. 900. That is, In
twenty eight years Of peace this rich
country had paid a little more than
ewo-thirds OF the debt incurred In four
years Of war. France staggers under
. public debt which causes an annual
interest charge of $3.50 for every per-
son In the country, and she owes this
debt chiefly to foreign and domestic
wars. 1t 10 nearly the same story every
where, and we are learning this year
that national glory Ia costly even to
our own country.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21

After all. 1t Is generally the woman
and not the man who doesn't like
farming"-and small wonder, consider
ing the way women are treated on
some farms. White slaves and kitchen
slaves at that, Is about the style of 1t,
even II they are not expected to help
at the chores in the evening. While
some men will spend their last dollar,
II needed. to keep their wives in health
others think nothing of killing off two
or three successive helpmeets with
overwork In order to pay the mortgage
In FIVE years instead Of ten, or to salt
down another thousand in the bank
Such prosperity" Is all wrong. For
tunateiy 1t Is becoming more rare thar
in former years.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21
ALL AROUND MARKET REPORT.
Wheat Quotations. Wool Figures,
and the Price of Produce.

Following are the local quotations.
Wholesale prices are given unless other
wise quoted:
Wheat at the ENTHUSIASTICALLY
points: Club, bulk Ace, sacked 41c; blue
stem, bulk 4Sc, sat ked Ace. At Spokane !:
Club, bulk Ale, sacked 4Sc; bluesten,
bulk 49c. sacked soc.
Oat--At Spokane f. o, b. SlS a ton.
Barley-Country points, I. o. b., FOG
soc per cwt.
Rye-Country points, I. o. b., Toe per
cwt.
Flour, per barrel-Gold Drop, 1915;
Big Loaf, %l5; Banner, $3.50; Pansifter
"a; Superb, 1878; Spokane, $3.50; Swan
Patent, SAILS; Snowflake, 1919: White
Lily, $3.50; whole wheat, "a; rye, $425;
graham, $3.50.
Feed-Bran and shorts, Sll per ton;
shorts, $l2; bran, $40; rolled barley, $40;
chicken feed, $l5@2O.
Hay-Timothy, IS per ton; baled tlm'
othy, $40; wheat hay. $7.5O@S.50; oai
hay, $3.50; alfalfa. $40.
Corn-Whole, 1928; cracked, $z4.
Wool-Fine meu,um, o@7c per ID; mo
dunn, 5@6c per ID.
Preduce-Fancy creamery butter, AZ
and 6O-lb tubs, 2sc per Id; s; 10 and 20
ID tubs, zoe per Id; prints, 25c per Id;
country butter, in rolls, l3c per Id; cook
ing butter, l0c Id; eastern creamery
prints, 25c; cheese, twin, full cream. l2at
| ID; cheese, twin, skim milk. 94@l0c ID;
ranch eggs, S625@6.50; selected eggs
1918; honey, white comb, BE per b
fancy, lac per Id.
Vegetables - Potatoes, 75@9Oc cwt
cabbage, $l.75 per cwt; turnips, SIPS Pc
cwt; cucumbers, 75c per box; onions
$l.50 per cwt; beans, l3@l3c per Id
carrots, SLIPS per cwt; beets, SIPS pc
cwt.
Poultry-Chickens live weight. lO@ll
ID; dressed, l2@l3c; spring broilers, $50
$50; turkeys, live ll@l2c, dressed l2@
l3c; spring ducks, dressed $4@4.50 doz
geese, live lO@llc, dressed l2@l2ac.
Meats-Beef cows, live $2.50@275
dressed $5@5.5O cwt; steers, live $2.75@a
dressed $4,000; hogs, live ASSOCIATE
dressed $8@65O; mutton, live 4@4le
dressed 7a@Sc IL; dressed veal, 7@S
ID; lamb, 122c wholesale.
| wheat.
Portland, Or, Oct. l1.--Dffieulty in Sc
curing tonnage will probably cause tn
crop to move slowly throughout the sea
son and today exporters We're more anX
ious for ships than they were for wheat
although they were openly quoting 90
for Walla Walla and 62@63c for vale
and bluestem.
Tacoma, Oct l7.-Wheat-Cub.G cole
bluestem, 63ac.
| Wetals.
San Francisco, Oct. l7.-Bar silvel
6Oc.
Mexican dollars, 473@474c.
Lsxd, &S.82 l-2.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21

What a blessing if this country could
open its eyes to the truth that ugliness
and sordidness and practically don't
pay anywhere and that barbaric taste
is antagonistic to dollars. Let our pub
lie buildings be constructed and orna-
mented on lines of beauty, and surplus
CAPITAL devote itself TO making stores
and factories and depots attractive
places and the light of a better day
will soon dawn. Why not?
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21

A medical student recently advertis-
ed In an Eastern paper: ITO exchange.
well-preserved skeleton for a bicycle
The student evidently decided to make
no bones of his willingness to swap
anything for q wheel.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21
Fatal Collision.

Great Falls, Mont, Oct. l6-In a head
end collision between two freight trains
near here Friday night, due to a misun'
Outstanding OF orders, Engineer Charles
Goddard and Brakeman Robert 4. june
were killed and Fireman A. l.. Richie
probably fatally injured.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21

The fact that France has made he
roes Of the Bourgogne crew indicates
that there is a sad dearth of hero ma
ferial In that country. Perhaps We
might materially increase our export
trade by shipping to France few in
voices Of heroes from our peniten-
tiarieR
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-21

A new bicycle Idea in Germany Is
tunes. OF course the pneumatic tires
at once suggest the question whether
they play by air.