The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-18
in THE
OMAHA SHOW.
Senator Barr Endorsed as a Member of
the Commission---Cheaper Telegraph
Tolls Wanted---Minnesota Academy
of Science Invited to Mankato---Mass
Meeting Proposed to Aid in the Re.
lief of Cuban Sufferers.

The board of trade held an import
ant meeting Monday morning, withsa
large attendance.
A communication received from
the Quincy, Ill, Freight Bureau. ask
ing the cooperation Of the board in
securing an increase in the maximum
number of words that can be sent in
a telegraph message at a fat rate from
ten to twenty. 1t recited that the
telegraph companies have not made a
change since the long distance tele-
phone companies have come into COM
petition with them.
81. E. Hance suggested that more
would be accomplished if prices for
ten word messages were cheapened.
Where there is no competition, as is
the cas- here, more is charged than
where there is competition. The
charge from St. Paul to Chicago is
twenty-five cents, while from Man
kato to any point outside of Mime
sofa the charge is fifty cents.
On motion of Jno. N. Hall, the mat
ter was referred to the committee on
public improvements.
DR.. Andrews presented a letter to
the board from Prof. U. o. Cox, say
ing that the Minnesota Academy of
Science has changed it's plan of meet
ing, and instead of holding meetings
every month in Minneapolis, will
hereafter meet twice a year, once dur
ing the holidays in Minneapolis or St..
Paul, and once during the spring at
some other point. The society num-
bers twenty-five or thirty who would
attend from outside of the city. The
next meeting will be held in May, and
he thought that Mankato could get
it if it puts in an invitation. Duluth
and WinOna would extend invitations.
The only expense would be in furnish
ing conveyances to show the mem
bers around the outskirts of the city.
The session would last two days. The
members are from the university and
colleges of the state, and consist of
biologists, botanists and biologists.
NJ. B. Haynes said that it was not
only hospitable but good policy to en-
courage the holding of meetings of
this kind in Mankato, and moved that
the board Of trade extend an invita-
tion to the society to meet here, and
that the board attend to the convey
ances. This was carried.
Senator Barr said that the governor
had appointed two Mankato men on
the Omaha exposition commission, but
these had declined to serve. He de-
sired that this city be represented and
had appointed the speaker on the COM
mission. Before accepting or declin-
ing, Mr.. Barr said that he had con-
cluded to lay the matter before the
board. 1t was proposed to raise s25,-
900 by pledges from the various coun-
ties, with the expectation that the
next legislature would appropriate
the amount. The share of Blue Earth
county is 1915. 1t was proposed that
a note for this amount be signed by
citizens, and payable by them if the
appropriation is not .passed by the
legislature. If the board was inter-
ested in the matter and wanted to
help it along, he would accept the ap.
poiDtment. Minnesota is the only
state in this section which has O
made an appropriation.
DR.. Andrews favored helping the
state to be properly represented.
f. G. Heinze thought that it was
poor policy to run the state into debt
in this way.
M. G. Willard favored having the
state represented, but thought that
the matter should lay over for further
consideration.
Mr.. Hall thought that there was no
time to lose as the exposition opens in
May or June.
Jno. @. Noe moved that it was the
! sense Of the board that it take an ac-