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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
BuckWheat Wanted.
Will pay highest market price.
HUBBARD MILLING Co.
Jan q % Feb II IS Is Mch 4
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE


Default having been made in the conditions
Of a certain mortgage executed by Elizabeth
S. Willis and John G. Willis. her husband,
mortgagors, to the Mankato Mutual Building
and Loan Association, a corporation duly Gre
ated and existing under and by virtue of the
laws of the state of Minnesota, mortgage,
Of 6 aSa
the county of Blue Earth and state of Mime
tsota. on the 10Th day of October, A. d. 1895, at
5 o'clock p. M, in book 10 of mortgages, on page
$50, by which mortgage there was conveyed and
granted the following described real estate in
the county of Blue Earth aforesaid, to-wit
A. c. shaubut's addition to ManIato accord CO. d
ing to the plat thereof on file and record in said
register of deeds Office, to secure the payment
| of the sum of Fourteen Hundred and Fifty
Dollars, with interest at the rate of eight per
cent. per annum, according to the conditions
of certain bond bearing the same date as said
mortgage made by said Elizabeth S. Willis and
John g. Willis to said Mankato Mutual Building
and Loan Association, and there being due and
unpaid upon said bond and mortgage at the date
of this notice the sum of Fifteen Hundred and
Thirty and &-iOO D. liars, all of which said mort
gage now declares to be due and payable to it.
That said mortgagors have neglected to pay the
| taxes assessed and levied against said land be-
fore the same became delinquent, and said mort
gage was obliged to and did on December 3lst,
1897, pay said taxes against said land to the sum
of Seventy-seven and $1,000 Dollars. and the same
is due and payable to said mortgage, with eight
per cent. interest, as provided in said mortgage,
and no action or pr ceeding at law OF otherwise
having been instituted to recover said mortgage
debt or any part thereof.
Now, therefore notice is hereby given, That
by virtue and in pursuance of power of sale
| in said mortgage contained. and Herewith re-
corded and of the statute in such case made and
| provided, the above described premises will be
sold at public auction, at the east front door of
the court house in and for said county of Blue
Earth and at the city of Mankato therein, on
Saturday, the 9Th day of March, A d. 1898, at 10
| o'clock in the forenoon, to satisfy the amount
of said mortgage debt then due and unpaid. to-
w n Nv Cnu0p and 10
taxes paid by said mortgs gee as aforesaid, with
eight per cent. interest thereon from December
3lst, 1897, together with the costs and expenses
of such foreclosure proceedings, including
Fifty Dollars attorneys fees as stipulated in
said mortgage, and the said mortgage will be
hereby foreclosed.
Dated Jan. 18th. 1898
MANKATO MUTUAL BUILDING AND
LOAN ASSOCIATION,
Mortgage.
THos HUGHES,
Attorney for Mortgage.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
GREAT ACTIVITY SHOWN.

Waterv.iet Arsenal Working the Entire
Force Night and Day.
ALBANY, n. Y, Feb. 2S.-The great
es. ACTIVITY known since the late rebel
hon Is now witnessed at the Watervliet
arsenal and he entire force is working
ght and day. Cruers have also been
received Tor the Shipment of all projec-
tiles now On hand to the several forts
about New York and to forward all
competed guns as speedily as possible
t. tie provinI grounds at Sandy Hook.
Su . a.. order has not been received at
MateIvllet since the close of the war.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
Navy Department Not in Possession of
Further Information.

Navy Department Not in Possession of
Further Information.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-No impor-
tant developments in connection with
the Maine disaster occurred during the
day. Secretary Long stated that the
department was in possession of no
more Information ON the cause of the
disaster than it was Immediately after
the occurrence, and that no evidence
had been received up to the present
time showing that the disaster was
caused by design. During the after.
noon the secretary received call from
Assls ant Secretary Roosevelt, who
assured him that an examination of the
map said TO show mines in Havana har-
Dor disclosed that no such mines were
Oh the map.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
BARREN OF VITAL RESULTS.
Inclination at Havana to Criticize th'
Maine Invest liz alton.

Inclination at Havana to Criticize the
Maine Investigation.
HAVANA. via Key West, Feb. 28.-
Many Americans and some Spaniards
here insist that the investigation into
the Maine disaster has thus far been
superficial and barren of vital results.
They calm that, though nearly two
weeks have passed, no knowledge has
been gained as to the condition of the
forward part of the hull or as to
whether the or l0-inch ammunition
magazines forward to the starboard ex-
ploded. They insist, moreover, that
expert divers, with enough experience
to make drawings of the condition OF
things submarine, might have been at
work a week ago and might have set
tied the question as to the magazines
at least ere this.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
Feb. Bismarck Ali '9S.
THos. HUGHES,
Attorney for Mortgage.


ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth-ss. In Probate Court, Special Term,
February n, 1898.
In the matter of the estate of Edna Phoeba
Jones, deceased
On reading and filing the petition of George
T. Barr adm illustrator of the estate of Edna
Phoebe Jones, deceased, representing, among
other things, that he has fully administered
said estate, and praying that time and
place be fixed for examining and allowing the
final account of his administration, and for the
assignment of the residue of said estate to the
parties entitled thereto by law.
1t is ordered, that s nd account be examined
and petition heard by this court, on Saturday,
the 9th day of March, A. D 1898, at IL
O'Clock a. M, at the Probate Office in the City
OF Mank alto, in said county.
And it is further ordered, That notice there
OF be gwen to all persons interested by publish
ing copy of thsorder once in each week for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hearing in
the Mankato Free Press a weekly newspaper
printed and published at the city of Mankato in
said county.
Dated at the City of Mankato the 18th day
of February. A. d. 1898.
By the Court,
Seal Probate of GEO. W. MEAD,
Probate Court. Judge OF Probate
LoriD Crav,
Attorney for Administrator.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, /
IUCAS COUNTY,

ohlI5 MI VI 1OLEDo. [ CO
LUCAS COUNTY, ~
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm of
f. J. CHENEY & Co.. doing business in
the City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said fire will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Ca
tarrh that raruOt De cured by the use
of Halls CaLarrh Cure.
FRA NIX j, CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day of
December, A. d 1886,
A. W. GLEASON,
SEAL Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials. free.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
WTSold by Druggists, Toe.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
Blue Stem Seed Wheat.

We have a limited quantity of
pedigree Blue Stem wheat" guaran-
teed to US absolutely pure Blue Stem.
1t is a choice article and well cleaned.
Farmers desiring to change seed
should call and examine at once.
HUBBARD & PALMER Co.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
THE OONS ARE BUSY.

Active War Preparations in the Armories
and Navyyards.
MADRID, Feb 28.-The work of ma
sal construction and armament is be-
ing pushed by the government with the
greatest activity at the arsenal and
dockYard
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
Stat. uepartment Has No News.

" AsHINGIoN, Feb. 2S.-Judge Day,
thu sslslant secretary of state, said at
2 d clock that no cable had been re.
s,.ved from Minister Woodford an
D urcng that five Spanish warships
l. sailed for Havana. The assistant
secre, aly further sand that all was
qu,e, and he mad no news of any kind
tor the press
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
Cleared More Than $4,000.

NEW York, Feb 2S-Ihe benefit
given at the Metr poLtan Opera House
for the widows and orphans Of the sail.
or. and men on the battleship Maine
Was d thorough success. The receipts
were more than $4,000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
Alliance Ordered to Sea.

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Feb. 28.-An
order has been received at the navy.
yard to send the warship Alliance to
sea on April l. She will be put In
first class repair by that time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
Detroit at Key West.

KEY WEST, Fla, Feb. 2S.-The
United States cruiser Detroit, Captain
Dayton, has arrived here from Mobile.
She came Up to the wharf to take on
soal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04

Potatoes and onions wanted by A
d. Heath & Co., two doors south Ut J
q. Roller, S. Front street.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
Potatoes Wanted. Will pay
the highest price for potatoes.
F. J, HOerr, 729 N. Front street,
near the stone quarry.

J. G.. Roller wants 20 600. bushels of
corn, rye, oats, barley and clover seed.
also potatoes at highe It prices,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
Monitor Terror at New York.

NEW YORK, Feb 2S-Tue monitor
Terror passed III at Quarantine at 1880
and anchored off Tompklnsville.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
SpaniardS Have Set the Date
of the War With the
United States.
Think a Conflict Inevitable and
Are Actively Engaged in
Preparation.
Archbishop of Valladolid Asks
United Defense of Ma
tional Honor.

MADRID, Feb. 28.-The cardinal
archbishop of Valladolid has published
a pastoral letter blaming America for
the prolongation of the Cuban war.
His eminence says: "The hypocritical
friendship of the United States fosters
the rebellion and wastes Spain's re-
sources in order the better to attack
her when weakened"
"He exhorts all true Spaniards to
''unite in defending the rights and
honor of the nation"
The letter has caused widespread
comment.
The Correspondence Militar, organ
of the army. says: "The prevailing
impression is that war between Spain
and the United States will break out
in April"
Opinion of General Campos.
A former captain general of Cuba
presumably Marshal Martinez Cam
posi-, interviewed by a representative of
Correspondence Militar, is reported as
saying: 81 never entertained doubt
that if the rebellion was not suppressed
before 1898 war with the United States
would become an accomplished TACT.
Unhappily my prophecy will be full
filed.
81 have the consolation of having
done all in my power to avert it, and,
therefore, do not regret the blame
which has been heaped upon it. All
that is now possible is that we should
all unite to meet the danger that
threatens the country"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04

We offer liberal terms to expert.
enced sal smen to handle our Lubri-
eating Oils on commission. The
Euclid Oil Company, Cleveland, Ohio.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-14
THE DISMISSED GRAND JURY.

HE Grand Jury dismissed by Judge Belcher
 yesterday for incompetency is not likely to get
 much sympathy from the public. The distress of its members is of enlinently achrymose char acter If few of the desperate resolves with which they acquainting the public had been exc cuted while the jury Investigating the ferry depot scandal, the School Department thefts and the paving frauds the disgraceful ending which has overtaken them might have been prevented Several of the jurors say they the point of doing something It Is significant fact, however, that they never were on this point until Judge Becher an- nounced his intention of dismissing them.
 It is childish for the jurors to charge District At torney Barnes and his assistants with responsibility for their failure to do their duty Had they been de- ermined for instance, to indct the thievng contract ors who robbed the State in constructing the ferry depot-proof of whose criminality presented in abundance-neither the District Attorney his as sistants could have averted the result Had they been intent bringing the School Department rascals to justice power earth could have stopped them. Moreover nobodywould have attempted to stop them. The bravest District Attorney Superior Judge who ever served the tax eaters would have dared to stand between honest Grand Jury and the political thieves of the Harbor Commission and School De- partment
 The people of this city will not be apt credit what IS now being said concerning the desperate 1nten- tions of the jurors. Josh Billings said he never wagered a who told what he would have done had he been there Nor will the public lay any money Grand Jurors who tell what they would have done had Judge Belcher let them alone while longer The fact of the matter is the dismissed Grand Jury although in session for six months, did nothing If its inactivity had been due to lack of material to work on, there would have been occasion to de- mand its dismissal. But political thieves have been unusually abundant for long time. finer oppor- tunty for the display of civic virtue pre- sented to Grand Jury than has been presented to this one Yet its members completely failed to do their duty.
 What the disgraced jurors should do is to retire from public view quietly Anything they may now say can only vex the public They had chance to purify the political atmosphere and they neglected it. What they might have done, what they were going do, why they did not do it, and who to blame for the internecne difficulties longer of public interest The historical fact is they quarreed when they should have attended to business The pull" of the predatory politicians too much for them It is well that they dead and buried
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-14
A GUN ASSEMBLING PLANT.

D PETITION has been addressed to the Senators / \ and Representatives of California in Congress requesting them to use their best efforts to bring about the establishment of a gun-assembling plant for the Pacific Coast Bencia. The petition has been signed not only by leading citizens of Benica but by such representative organizations as the State Board of Trade the Chamber of Commerce. the Merchants Association and the Manufacturers Association It IS therefore one that will compel at tention by of the influential men who support it, and delegation in Congress can be safely counted to do what they to obtain favor able consideration of it by the Government.
 The petition, however has a strength of its own over and above that given 1t by the eminence of the men and organizations who have signed it. The req sons why gun-assembling plant should be estab- ished on this coast are many and all strong. The Pacific Coast frontage of the republic has ceased be the back door of the nation. The whole trend of events of recent years is toward the extension of wealth. commerce and industry along these shores. It is reasonably certain that within comparatively short time the principal energies of the nations will be exerted on the Pacific Our country must prepare
 strong front here where it will have to meet the ex banding commerce and naval and military energies of Russia, Germany Great Britain and Japan. This coast equally with that of the Atlantic, will have to be defended and tor defensive purposes there will be required every 10TH OI plant known to modern war
 When it to the selection of site for the To- cation of a gun-assembling plant the claims of Beuica cannot be overlooked That point is ideally situated for such establishment It holds cen tral position along the coast is so andlocked as to be safe from the attack of enemy and at the same time is so directly connected with the ocean as to make place where either the navy or coast defense troops promptly resort for guns when needed.
 Further arguments for the establishment of the pro- posed plant Bencia to be found in the fact that the Government has already there suitable site for the purpose The reservation at Bencia includes $50 acres bordering the waters of Carquinez Straits point where the waters are of sufficient depth at low tide to afford ample facilities for the docking or anchorage of the largest vessels On this site the Government has now extensive barracks and shops. It is within five miles of the navy yard at Mare Island and every advantage which could be desired.
 The petition should be strongly pushed It is one on which all Californians can unite We need gun assembling plant on this coast, and Benicia is the place for it. Moreover. it should be established at once. The Government should act without delay.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Every man loses his dearest ideals sev- eral times before he finds them.
 To live, a woman has first to love: to love, man has first to have lived
 Religion offers no consolation to man when he is putting in the stair rods
 House-cleaning with the women Is prob- ably more of a mental condition than any, thing else.
 About this time of the year you hear a lot of the liar who boasts that he always wears the same kind of underclothes all the year round.
 Love isn't lawless; 1t only makes it's own laws.
 A girl is always ready to look as if she was in love with any man who will take her to the theater.
 When a girl really feels distressed she gets afraid to do anything suddenly for fear her clothes won't set right
 When you devil a woman she will al ways smile like she enjoyed 1t till you get near enough to reach. A cat acts the same way.
 Every woman thinks she can make a man happy, and every man thinks he can fl the drawer in the kitchen table so 1t won't stick.
 When girl can't buy a piece of ribbon without wondering whether a certain man will like it it is time for her to begin 10 wear the things she knows he hates.-New York Press.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-14
THE FUN OF FUSION.

THE first real political fusion of the year has been | l effected at Fresno In that county the Demo
 crats, Silver Republicans and Populists have struck palms and agreed to make a joint hght on common platform. The first knowledge gained by the outside world of this Fresno compact IS i'll the port made to the Popuist State Committee by Mir Dore, who seems to have been its principal nego- 1 tiator.
 In the first place the Democratsagree to haveany Democratic platform. This is abstention that must cost many pang for if there is any privilege dear to the Democratic heart is that of passing resolutions and making State, county township and precinct plat forms The Democrats agree to eat their tag, which is genuine hardship The Silver Republicans never had any platform principles except declaration that the tail is bigger than the dog and should wag him whenever it Is fed. These two members of the political happy family of Fresno agree to fuse with the Popuists on the Oregon platform, and, having no other to cleave unto that until death does them part Now the Oregon platform IS the Popuist platform The Democrats of Oregon fused with the Populists once and lost their identity. The Populists went to the front and in the socaled fusion in operation in that State they said to the few and scattering bands of Democrats who had strayed so far from their own reservation that they couldn't find the way back that they could take inside the Populist lion by sub scribing the regular platform. As they had re-
 
 form the Fresno fusion is made. It is the full Popu- list programme It demands "a national money, safe and sound, issued by the General Government only, without the intervention of banks of issue to be full legal tender for all debts public and private; also just equitable and efficient of distribution di- rect to the people through the lawful disbursements of the Government and that the volume of circulating medium be speedily increased to an amount sufl- cient to meet the demands of business and population of this country and to restore the just level of prices monetizaton of any kind of legal tender money by private contract" The platform also demands the initiative and referendum and the submission of "al important national questions for advisory vote of the people"
 The Populists not content with the admins traton of this dose to the Fresno Democrats MT. Dore reported to the State Committee that after the Democrats and Silver Republicans had agreed to the platform "a fair division of the offices arrived at the Populsts however stpuating for control of the the 1evying of taxes and the expenditure of public moneys"
 The humor of this is exquisite. The Democrats seem not to have seen 1t. Though they took their platform medicine the Populists deemed it wise not to trust them with money, and stipulated for control of the purse. But, after a this is wise poli tics If the Populists hang to the bait-can, the other parties to this funny compact must wig when they wag
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-14
COUNSEL TO THE ERRING.

THERE is no longer need for considering the
 Examiner seAiously. From a newspaper it has
 dcgenerated into serial freak, to whose opinion not the slightest importance attaches and whose news reader regards as indicative of anything that has happened is likely to happen. But a freak becomes tresome; the sde-show and the voice of the spieler pa Would it not be well for the Ex aminer when 1t has published truth statements having not the coloring of fact to refrain from boasting? The public is ready to assume that the verbose liars who represent yellow journalism abroad will keep up their regular lick, especially as the present affords end of opportunity.
 Recently named Creelman-as correspond utterly unrelable-sent word that he had broken through the Spanish censorship and began to forward interviews which all knew to be fictitious. Then he announced that the fleet which Sampson had ex- pccted to meet had returned to Cadiz. He let the public know that he had given the United States the benefit of this knowledge, and that Uncle Sam was duly grateful The location of the fleet named definitely, not rumor possibility, but as matter settled and certain. Yet 1t absolute lie, wrong in itself and doubly wrong that official might have credited it and been led to disastrous
 Happily the lie was discovered in time to destroyany power for ill But when news to all the papers showing the real character of the Creelnan fake the Examiner printed such of 1t as limited facilities per mitted 1t obtain, and the time bragged of the achievement the real news stamped a stupid and malign fabrication Such is the manner of it. Its errors are not of ignorance wholly The same ambition which surges in the breast of gold sharp every time he spies greenhorn strs the great heart of the Examiner when nickel in sight There is no need to waste sympathy on the owner of the nickel who permits it thus to be wooed away. There is no use advise the sheet to reform but if it were to by displays of red fire and blare of horn to call attention to its own frailties it would abate nuisance and confer considerable boon