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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29
July Is, 22. 90


ORDER FOR HEARING PROOF OF WIFI,
CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Rlue
July 18th, 1898. p~0-"1 l GILL;
In the matter of the estate of Carl Wepner
deceased. "NSei'
Whereas, An instrument in writing pprnort-
ing 10 be the last will and testament of
Carl Wegner, deceased. late of SAID
county mas been delivered to this court;
And whereas, August GEM has filed
among other things, that SAID i''el Carl
Wegner died in said county on
the End day of March 1898
testate, and that said petitioner is the
executor named in said last will and testament
and praying that the said instrument NAV he
admitted to probate, and that letters testa-
mentary be to him issued thereon;
1t is ordered That the proofs of said instrr-
ment and the said petition, be heard before this
court, at the probate office in said county,
on the iuth day OF August, A. D., 1898, at 10
O'CLOCK IN the forenoon, when all concerned
may appear and contest the probate OF said
instrument;
And it is further ordered That public notice
OF the time and place of said hearing be given to
all persons interested by publication OF these
orders for three weeks SUCCESSFULLY previous to
said day OF hearing, in the Mankato Free Press.
newspaper printed and published at
the City of Mankato, in said county,
Dated at the City of Mankato this 18th day
OF July, A. D. 1898.
By the Court:
Seal OF Probate Court. SAM. B. WILSON,
Pau & Pfau.
Attorneys for Petitioner
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29
SAILS WITH MORE SOLDIERS
Rio de Janeiro Leaves San Francisco
for the PHILIPPINES.

Rio de Janeiro Leaves San Francisco
for the Philippines.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 25.-The trans.
port Rio de Janeiro, having on board
two battalions of South Dakota volun-
teers, recruits for the Utah light artil-
cry and detachment of the signal
corps, sailed for Manila.
The vessel was given the same ova.
ton which has been given to the other
transports which have sailed for the
Philippines, and nothing unusual oc-
CURED as thesyessel steamed down the
bay towards tie ocean.
The expedition will be under the
command of Brigadier General FL. G.
Otis, who has stated he will make all
possible speed to join the United States
forces in the Philippines. The Rio will
stop at Honolulu to take on fresh sup
plies and to refill her coal bunkers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29
No Yellow Fever at Tampa.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-Owing to
persistent reports that there was yell
low fever at Tampa, Notwithstanding
denials by the Florida state officials,
DIR. Drummer, the yellow fever special
list who represented the marine hospi.
tai service at Havan until the outbreak
of the war was directed to make an in.
vestigation. He reports that after a
close inspection of Tampa it can be
stated that there is not case of yellow
fever there.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29
New Machinery viii Keep Wages Up.

CHICAGO, July 25.-The American
Wire and Steel company whose gen.
eral offices are in Chicago has submit.
ted new scale of wages to the EN-.
ployes of its wire, nail and galvaniz ed
mills at Anderson, Ind, and has closed
the mills down until the men accept.
The new scale amounts practically to
a reduction though the officials claim
new machinery will keep wages at the
same level
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29
spaniards Evacuato Gibara.

MADRID, July %. = A late tele-
gram from Havana reports that the in
surgents attacked Gibara, on the north
coast of the province of Santiago de
Cuba, and the garrison, after a severe
fight, evacuated the place. Many OF
the insurgents were killed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29
Teachers Examinations.

For Blue Earth Co. will be held as follows
beginning promptly at o'clock a m.
Lake Crystal, Friday and Saturday, August
) and 6.
Mankato, Friday and Saturday. August Is
and 90
Mapleton, Friday and Saturday, September
% and24.
PROGRAMME.-1st DAY.
5000 100 Hygiene.
1000-12a0 Grammar.
:00-3 90 Geography.
3:00-5:00 q. s. History.
SECOND DAY.
5000 80 Arithmetic.
1030-12 100 Reading.
1.00-3:00 Theory and Practice.
1908 80 Spelling.
No private examinations will be granted I'M
der any circumstances, to any person. Certit-
Gates from other counties will not be endorsed
nor grades and markings from any summer
schools accepted in lieu of personal exami-
nation. Certificates from this county will not
be extended as whole, except the person ap-
plying for such extension has a permanent
certificate in all subjects or has attended a
summer school for not less than twenty days
Persons applying for certificates will be ex-
cused from examination in those subjects in
which they hold "Permanents."
GEO. W. SCHERER,
Co. Supt. of Schools,
Mankato, July 9Th, 1898.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29
Volunteer Sentenced for Larceny.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, July 25.-Pri-
vate Charles 7. Devine of Company A,
Fourth Illinois regiment, left here
under guard for Fort Leavenworth,
Kan, having been convicted of the
larceny of $40 from a comrade. He
admitted the theft and returned the
money. Devine, who is from Tuscola,
Ills, is senten ced to serve nine months
at hard labor, the forfeiture Of all pay
and dishonorable discharge.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29
Lake Steamer Sunk.

DETROIT, Mich, July 25.-The steam.
or Edward Smith No. was run into
and sunk in Lake St. Clair near the
fats by the steamer Aurania, in tow of
the propeller Aurora. The Smith was
bound up, loaded, and without q con.
sort, while the Aurora and Aurania
were bound down.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29
Seized SPANISH Mail.

SANTIAGO, July %, via Kingston,
Jamaica, July 10. Twenty bags of
mail were seized at the Santiago post
office on the day of the American &C.
cupation. 1t consists of Spanish Off
cial and private correspondence. The
Spanish customs authorities asked to
have the mail bags turned over to
them, but the request was refused and
the matter was sent to New York by
the steumer Concho
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29
VIII Discuss Our Foreign Policy.

CHICAGO, July 26.-The Civic FEEDER
alton of Chicago has given out a call
for national conference to be held at
Saratoga Springs, N. Y, Aug. ~ and
20, to discuss the future foreign policy
of the United States. The call is
signed by over 1000 representative
men from every state in the Union.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29
Escaped Prisoners Reoaptured.

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis, July %. =
-Four out Of five prisoners who escaped
from here few days ago have been
captured near Trempleau, Trempleau
county. They were captured by the
deputy sheriff of the county after de.
termined stand, one being seriously
shot.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29
Americans About to Attact Manila.

LONDON, July 25.-A special dispatch
from Madrid says that General Au.
gust, captain general of the Philip
pines, has telegraphed to the govern.
ment as follows: 1.-THE Americans are
about to attack Manila Grave events
are impending"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29
Halstead Is COnvalescing.

CINCINNATI, July 25.-The CONNER
cial Tribune prints telegram from
Robert Halstead in New York convey.
ing the latest intelligence that his
father, Murat Halstead, is convalescing
at Honolulu, that the fever by which
he was detained there was mild and
that he will shortly resume his trip to
the Philippines and perform the duties
of his mission to those islands.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29
Fol s A.

l have for sale the old Thos. Ire
land place Il miles east of Mankato.
containing 81 acres of ground with
good house and outbulldings, three
wells of water. Nearly all set out to
fruit. This property will be sold at
bargain.
Have also house and lot, 922 North
It'll ST for sale cheap.
Also desire to sell my dray line.
Reasons for selling-going to re-
move to California.
Write or apply to
E. j. MYCUE.
Or to National Citizens bank or Free
Press office.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29
Miss Schley at Madrid.

MADRID, July %. - Miss Jessie
6chley, delegate from the Peace So.
eiety of Paris, has arrived at Madrid
with the intention, it is asserted, of
interviewing members of the cabinet
with humanitarian object.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29

Senator Cushman K. Davis said in
an interview that Porto Rico would
soon be ours, and that "the fate Of the
Philippines is linked with our destiny"
He declared that "we cannot retreat to
our former policy of isolation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29

Admiral Dewey has recommended
that the Chinese servants and other
Chinese who were on the ships of his
squadron during the battle of Manila,
and who rendered efficient service, be
admitted to American citizenship if
they should desire it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29
Amount Probably Exaggerated.

VICTORIA, B. G., July 25.-The
steamer Garrone arrived here from st.
Miehaels. Her purser reports that her
1856 passengers brought down close to
81, 900, 900, but talk with the passen.
gers leads to the belief that this amount
is exaggerated.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29

Washington, July pa dispatch
from Col. Anderson at Manila, says
that Aguinaldo has declared dicta-
torship and martial law has been pro-
claimed. He states that the natives
expect their independence.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29

No Verdict in Senator Kenney's Case.
WILMINGTON, DEL, July 25.-No yer.
dict has yet been rendered in the case
of United States Senator Kenney, who
is charged with aiding and abetting
Teller Boggs in the embezzlement of
the funds of the First National bank of
Dover. The jury reti red on Friday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-29

Madrid, July 22.-Senor Gamazo,
Spanish minister of public instruc-
tion, is authority for the statement
that an honorable peace to Spain
would shortly be concluded.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-25
Nur..a M. wrath TIL, M,nbood.

He was Bath boy, who, when 13 or
IA years old, went to sea as cook on a
fishing schooner. One morning he had
the misfortune to burn some mackerel
which he was frying, and the captain
was 30 angered at this failure of his
breakfast that he took one of the
burned fish from the platter and slung
1t across the table into the boy cooks
face.
The boy nursed his wrath until with
full fare the fisherboat was tied to her
pier in the home dock, when he packed
his kit, went ashore, and from the
wharf made this little speech to the
captain.
"Cap'n, you've insulted and abused
me on this trip, and as sure as I'm
alive, when grow up to be man, I'll
lay for you and lick you If I'm able!"
Years rolled on and the boy cook be-
came master Of a ship and could thrash
almost any man Of his inches and
weight. In Portland one day he was
passing by the Falmouth Hotel when
he encountered face to face his former
Grand Banks captain and accosted him
by name. The captain, surprised, al
lowed he had not the pleasure Of the
others acquaintance, but the former
Bath boy refreshed his memory with
the circumstances of that fishing trip,
and added:
II told you after you had struck me
with that fish, cap'n, that I'd whale
you II ever grew big enough, so look
out for yourself; I'll keep that promise
right off,"
With these prellminaries the Bath
boy sailed in," right in the principal
street of Portland, and sure enough,
satisfactorily to himself. redeemed his
boyish threat.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-25
Hair Matressea.

The first quality of hair is horse
hair and comes chiefly from South
America from wild horses. They use
only the tails and name, and the own
ers of the horses wind them up in
coils every two years. Oftentimes a
horse will have escaped the round-ups
for four or five seasons and will come
in with a tail ten feet long. The hair
of South American wild animals Is
longer than the hair Of animals Of
almost any other section. This hair
is worth from 3S to 4S cents pound
in the rope, according to length. 1t is
twisted into ropes, which gives it the
curl, and in that way shipped to the
mattress makers. Hair over sixteen
inches long is used for making hair
cloth, such as was put in furniture In
our grandfathers' days; that is worth
from S4 to Sc pound.
Second quality Of hair Is mixture
of cattle heads and the short hair Of
the horse. The cheapest is goat hair,
from Siberia, worth from to- cents
a pound.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-25
What Queens Play at.

Queen Victoria, whose especial hob
by is music, has educated her daught-
ers to be useful as well as accomplish
ed women, and they may all be said to
be efficient and artistic. The Queen
herself likes to study Hindostanee and
to see her fsvorite dogs and ponies.
The Empress Elizabeth of Austria,
is an accomplished horsewoman. She
also delights in her fame as pastry
cook, and her daughter, the Archduch-
ess Valerie, is proud Of her accomplish
ments in the methods Of ancient and
modern cuisine.
The Queen Of the Belgians is clever
nurse and good doctor, having not
only studied medicine, but having fire.
quently applied her knowledge in en-
ergencies. The Queen Of Greece is at
the head of an association of women
whose object is the moral regeneration
of criminals.
The Queen Of Portugal Is more friv-
olous, having the reputation of being
the most dressy" lady in Europe. Her
pale complexion and her auburn hair
permit any colors, and she often ap-
pears in astonishing costumes. The
Princess Waldemar, of Denmark, ranks
among the most fashionable of royal
ladies.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-25
A ROYAL COurtship.

In the year 1916 the Grand Duke
Nicholas went to Berlin on the import
ant erraId of selecting bride among
the Prussian princess. Princess
Charlotte vas given to under
stand by her parents that a
union with the grand duke was great
ly desired by them. During supper
given in the Dukes honor he was seat
ed next to this princess, and while
playing absently with a ring, he told
her that he had made a careful study
of her character and disposition, and
that he found her in every quality best
calculated to make him happy in we'd
ded life.
While talking, he thrust the ring In
to roll of bread beside his place, and
asked her to signify her consent to be-
come his wife by taking up the ring.
Presently the princess, in a most un-
concerned way, took Up the roll as If
mistaking it COR her own bread, and,
unnoticed by the company, withdrew
the ring and placed it on her finger,
Soon afterward a magnificent wedding
was celebrated.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-25
Invsnts Deaths for a Living.

Perhaps there Is no more extraor-
dlnary occupation in the world than
that Of certain weary-looking little
man whom I interviewed at his Office
In Fleet street, London, couple Of
weeks ago. He is an inventor Of
deaths. His customers are chiefly
novelists and playwrights; and that
his business must be a somewhat
thriving one is to be easily gathered
from the general sumptuousness Of
his surroundings.
Il recently made $500 by single
out-of-the-way DEATH" he informed
me in a funereal sort of voice. "It
was the final curtain Of a drama
which will be shortly put on at the
Adelphi.
But the work Is not exactly so sim
pie as you might imagine.
you see, not only must invent a
perfectly novel death by which a he
ro or villain Is to end his earthly ca
reer, but have to supply the most ac-
curate information in connection with
each special death as well. l have
spent whole week in a toxicologist's
experimenting room working up mat
ter in relation to some unknown poi
son before selling my tip Of the poi
son in question to some novelist for
perhaps SIS"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-25
BEE MOUNTAIN.
A Crevasse Filled with Honey and occu-
pied by Snakes.

-
A Crevasse Filled with Honey and Ocou-
pied by Snakes.
About twenty miles from Cleburne,
on the Bra2us river, in Texas, is Bee
mountain. On one side 1t rises several
hundred feet above the country around
and the other fronts the river and rises
perpendicularly for over 500 feet On
the perpendicular side are several
c"evasses or caves, in which places
are millions OF bees and tons upon
tons of honey. 1t Is impossible to
scale the dizzy heights from below,
although the rocks are worn out places
that look like steps had been made to
climb this mountain ages and ages ago,
and 1t is believed by some that abo-
rigines scaled this cliff to procure
honey for their primitive meals.
Within the memory Of man, howev-
er, parties have been daring enough to
have themselves suspended with rope
and let down to where the bees enter
the rocky bluff, and the tales they
told of the vast amount Of honey would
sound like tale from the Arabian
Nights"
One man, cowboy who worked on
the old Abe Wilson ranch, which was
quite famous here in an early day, had
the temerity to have some of his CO.
laborers let him down with rope.
Where the bees entered, he said, the
crevasses we're not large enough for
man to enter, but little south Of that
point was hole about four feet high
and eight or ten feet wide, which he
entered. What he saw simply struck
him dumb with amazement. There,
hanging from the top Of the cave,
which seemed to extend for a quarter
of mile back, great combs OF honey
twenty or thirty feet long and from
four to six feet wide. They looked
like a great lot Of fine silk lace cur
tains hanging in some grand old hall
way. The hummlng of the bees sound
ed like the noise of many spindles in
q great factory. He had hunting
knife with him and sliced off piece Of
the honey and ate 1t, and was just
about to slice off more to bring to his
companions on the mountain above,
and who were waiting to pull him up,
when his attention was drawn to an
other direction. On listening closely
he detected kissing sound and orc
unlike that made by the bees. Pres
emily from the direction from which
the sound proceeded, he saw at least
100 serpents coming toward him, their
little, beadlike eyes shining in the
glare of the torch he carried. To use a
street phrase, he tore out" leaving
his hunting knife and his Klondike of
honey behind. When his friends had
pulled him Up he had tainted from the
fright. When he recovered he told
them what he had seen. At first they
laughed at him, but finally 1t became
an accepted fact that in Bee noun
tain there are tons of honey, but no
one since that time has ever been
reckless enough to venture In that
cave, where not only millions Of bees
and tons of honey are to be found
but where den of serpents
greets the intruder. Alderman Tom
Childress has a summer home which
adjoins this mountain, and is going to
tunnel into the side Of 1t and try to
arrange to exterminate the serpents
and have this wonder to exhibit to his
friends.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-25
A TALE OF TIE LOBBY.
low Woman Obtained In Advance an im-
portant Supreme Court Decision.

portnnt supreme Court Dechioh'
Some years ago the widow OF a
famous union general was intimate
with the wife and daughters OF a JUS
tice Of the Supreme court, and was as
familiar with their home in Washing
ton, as with her own, which was In the
immediate neighborhood. She was al
so intimate with the family of prom
inent and popular lobbyist who was
supposed to represent Jay Gould, G. +.
Huntington and other men of large In
terests whenever anything concerned
them in congress. All the parties are
now dead, except the lady in the case,
whom l will call Mrs. Smith. relates
w. Il. Curtis. She was handsome,
ambitious and frivolous woman, whose
husband committed suicide by drown
ing himself in his bathtub. She lived
gay life afterward. but managed to
keep many of her old friends. Know
ing her love Of money and the fact that
her income did not keep pace with her
expense, the lobbyist told her that he
would give her $4,000 If she could get
ullll a CODy VI llG OpIulOh MhlCh thO
justice was expected to deliver in the
Supreme court on the following Mon
day. involving the constitutionality OF
the Thurman Pacific railroad law. He
told her that he knew the opinion was
in manuscript, and believed that the
| his library.
Sunday morning, as soon as she saw
the justice and his family start for
church, she went across the street,
around Thomas circle. rang the bell
and told the servant that she wanted
brary AS she was accustomed to go
about the house almost daily they
! thought nothing of it, and she was al
| lowed to remain undisturbed in the
| same room with the decision
for nearly two hours. 1t is
of false keys, for the justice said
| that the opinion was locked up In his
| desk and could not have been reached
| otherwise. But, at any rate the lob
| byist is known to have obtained the
| opinion in advance, and the woman
was shortly after able to pay off some
pressing obligations. An investigation
disclosed the facts l have stated, and
it seemed to be the only possible way
| the opinion could have been obtained.
| Of course the incident terminated re-
| lations between the two families. and
uhpn tha un al
Smith found it more comfortable to
rent her Washington residence and re-
move to New York.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-25
WHEAT'S NEW KING.
YOUNG JOE LETTER HAS A COR
, NER IN THE CEREAL.

Tie Went into the Deal six Months Ago n
Noyice-Now He is the. Undisp putcd Ruler
of the Pit-SaId to Ise worth About $780,
100000
Joseph Letter, of Chicago, Is the king
Of the wheat pit. He went into the
deal six months ago a novice. He now
nolds all the cards. The veterans who
IN other times have won through sheer
force of money and have slaughtered
opponents in the grain arena without
mercy or pity, find themselves face to
face with new giant, whose check
covers one of the richest estates of tie
world. 1t has been a battle of pluck,
shrewdness, persistence and determina-
ton. The dealers over the way pitied
his verdure, the sublime simplicity
which brought the greenhorn into
their paths. They were chuckling over
the big price which the young man
would contribute for his lesson and ex-
perience. They counted him about the
incest, iuiciest victim they ever had set
their eyes upon. They neglected to
look at his chin.
Joseph Letter is most peculiar man
not peculiar in the sense of eccentric
or in any other disparaging sense,