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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-09-22
FINANCIALLY A SUCCESS.
Street Fair Association Makes Good
Showing This Year.

The officers of the street fair associa-
ton held meeting Monday and went
over the bills. 1t was found that the
expenses of the fair were about $4,000,
and the receipts, if all of the subscrip-
tions are paid, will be about the same.
There are about 5000 of subscriptions
outstanding. which it is expected to
collect in at once. The amount realized
from privileges was 1915.
The financial side of the fair is very
gratifying, and shows that the officers
carried out the resolution of the assocl-
alton to the letter, wherein it was voted
not to incur any liability beyond the
associations ability to pay. More than
this, the association has visible asset
of $40 in the lumber and sheeting for
I the booths, which is being stored in one
of the old linseed oil plant buildings
for the use of future fairs, if any are
held. This is clear gain and represents
profits, Last year the council appro-
priated nearly $500 to meet deficiencies,
and bills were left for this year amount
ing to 1926. Thus the financial show
ing this year is s1,265 better than it
was last year, not to mention the fact
that the value of the premiums offered
by the merchants was about twice as
great as a year ago. President Hart
states that the number of entries ex-
ceeded that of last year.
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Cure When Others Fail.

Diseases of the Eyes and Ears, Granulated Lids.
Cataract, Cross Strengthened w1tncut Pam W
eases Of Nose and Throat, Catarrh, bronchitis,
Asthma Diseases of Stomach and Liver, Dys-
pepsia, Indigestion, Headache, Billiousness,
Jaundice, Kidney and Bladder troubles, Blood
and Skin Diseases, Scrofula, Pimples Blotches,
Eczema, Ulcers, etc. Nervous Diseases, Head
ache, Hysteria, Insomnia, Lack of Vitality, Nerv-
BUSINESS, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Functional
Heart Disease. Palpitation, Dizziness, Shortness
of Breath Heart Pains, etc. Glandular Diseases,
Tumors, Abnormal Growth, Cancers cured with
out pa1n-new method Piles and all Rectal Dis
of development of any organ Small and weak
parts enlarged and strengthened
Middle-A3ed and Young Men,
suffering from Lost Manhood, Nervous or Ply
steal Debility, Seminal Weakness, Lost Vigor,
Decline of Manly Powers, Drains, Discharges
and Losses. Varicocele and all the train of evils
resulting from Excesses, Errors of Youth ETC.,
producing some OF the following effects, as Nerv-
business, Weakness, Emissions PimpIes and
Blotches, Debility, Dizziness Defective Memory,
Absence of Will Power, Confusion of Ideas, Aver
Back, Dreams, etc, blighting the most radiant
hopes, rendering marriage unhappy and busi-
ness failure; sweeping thousands to an I'M
timely grave. No matter who has failed consult
the doctor. He has cured thousands when they
had given mp in dispair. A Perfect Restoration
Guaranteed. Consultation sacredly confden-
tial. Delays are dangerous.
MARRIAGE.
rage, who aware of physical defects or weak.
nesses which would render marriage a disap-
pcintment would do well to call.
WEAKNESS.
In many cases drains occur unobserved bv the
sufferer. To this hidden drain upon the vitality
may be attributed the cause of many diseases OF
the nerves, stomach, heart, kidneys and bladder.
LADIES'.
We have long given careful attention to the
treatment of diseases peculiar to women and our
method of treatment has been universally sue
cesstul. No lady, married or single, need hesi-
tate to call for consultation, either alone OF witt,
a friend.
REMARKABLE CURES perfected in old cases
which have been neglected or unskillfully treat.
ed. No experiments or failures. Free Exami.
nation of the Urine, chemical and microscpical.
in all cases. Bring specimen of urine Cases
and correspondence strictly confidential and
medicine sent to any part of the United States.
List of questions free. Address with postage.
DR.. DOWNING,
@s-- CHICAGO. ILLS
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nominated, that of the Social Demo

nominated, that of the Social Demo
Gratis.
Mississippi will elect govern or and
nine other state officers and legisla-
ture. For the state officers there are
two tickets in the feld-Democrat
/ and Populist. The people of Missis-
sippi will also vote uIon a proposed
amendment to the state constitution.
The legislature will choose a United
States senator to ill out the term,
ending March 4, 1901, of Edward @.
Walthall, Democrat, deceased, whose
seat is occupied temporarily by Will
liam Van Amberg Sullivan, Democrat,
by appointment of the governor.
Nebraska will elect judge of the su-
preme court and two regents Of the
state university. For these the Demo-
Gratis, Populists, and silver Republi-
cans have nominated fusion ticket.
The Republicans are to nominate
Sept. 81.
New Jersey will elect part OF its
legislature.
New York will elect the members OF
the assembly, and vote upon four pro-
posed amendments to the constitu-
tion Of the state.
Ohio will elect governor aud six
other state officers and Legislature.
For the state officers there are four
tickets in the field-Democratic, Re
publican, Prohibition, and Union ke-
form.
Pennsylvania will elect state treas
urer, justice Of the supreme court, and |
Judge Of the superior court. There |
are four tickets in the feld-Demo-
cratic. Republican, Populist, and Pro-
inhibition.
South Dakota will elect chief justice
and two associate justices, for which
thus far the Republicans alone have
made nominations.
Virginia will elect a legislature
which will choose a United States
senator to succeed Thomas S. Martin,
Democrat, whose term will expire
March 4, 1901.
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HORSESHOERS MEET.
State Convention Held in Man
kato Tuesday.
ST. Paul Chosen as the Next Place OF
Meeting, and New Officers
Elected.


met in annual convention in this city
= Tuesday, forty delegates from various
parts of the state being in attendance
James Dougherty called the convention
to order at $50 o'clock in the A, y. U.
w. hall and introduced Mayor Currie1
and Senator G. L. Benedict, who made
some welcoming remarks and extended
the freedom and hospitality of the city.
President L. B. Albright, of st. Cloud,
then took the chair and responded APP.
propriately. The other officers present
were First Vice President Geo. r.
Daley, of st. Paul, who filled the Office
of recording secretary; Financial Sec
rotary P; 81. Ryan. of Saltwater, and
Corresponding Secretary James Gray,
of Minneapolis. who is also national
delegate.
A committee on credentials was ap-
pointed, consisting of P. II, Ryan, of
Saltwater; Chas. Terrier, of ST. Paul;
and 1. H. Foley, of this city. Twenty.
three new members were taken in.
Chas. Gray, Chas. Terrier and Thos.
Riley were appointed an auditing COM
mittee and reportedsthis afternoon.
A resolution that the next three meet
ings be held at st. Paul during state
fair week was lost. A resolution was
adopted that three years must elapse
between meetings of the association in
any one city. A motion to meet in Feb
ruary, 1900, was lost.
Geo. R. Daily made a verbal report on
the work done by the insurance COM
mittee and made suggestions as to in
corporation, etc. The committee was
continued.
Financial Secretary Ryan reported
$4O0 due from delinquent members
He also made report for the treasurer
1t was voted to suspend all members
who have not paid by the 1900 meeting.
A discussion of the benefits of the as
ISOLATION, what it's aims to do, and how
best to do it, followed.
This afternoon the following officers
were elected:
President-James Dougherty. of
Mankato.
First Vice President-E o. Gulbrou-
son, of Winnebago City.
Second Vice-President - Otto
Schweer, of Mapleton.
Recording Secretary-Geo. R. DAILY,
of st. Paul.
Financial Secretary-P. H. Ryan, of
Saltwater.
Treasurer-Julius H. Smith, of Min
neapolis.
Corresponding Secretary and Dele
gate to the National Meeting-L. b.
Albrecht, of St. Cloud.
Mr.. Daily moved that the next meet
ing be held at Winona, Mr.. Dougherty
moved that it be held at st. Paul dur.
ing state fair week, and an invitation
was received from New Ulm. A ballot
resulted as follows: st. Paul, "a; Wi
mona, 7; New Ulm. 5. The matter of
which day of the fair the meeting
should be held was left with the execu-
tive board.
After some routine business had been
transacted the meeting adjourned. A
dance was held at the A. O, U. W.
hall in honor of the visitors.
The main objects of ther organization
are to influence favorable legislation in
the way of general license law, and a
law giving lien on horses for unpaid
bills.
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Sealed Bids Wanted.

Bids are wanted for the construction
of the Willow Creek Telephone line,
bids to be per mile, and must be in by
six o'clock p. M, Sept. Goth. Plans and
specifications can be seen at the store of
S. II. Ulrich, Willow Creek, MINI. The
company reserve the right to reject any
and all bids.
WILLOW CREEK TELEPHONE Co.
Willow Creek, MINI.
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DREYFUS PARDONED.
French Government Grants Him His
Liberty, but the Stain Still Sticks.

Special to Daily Free Press.
Paris, Sept. 19.-Capt. Dreyfus WHO
was convicted by court martial on the
charge of treason, with eXtenuating
circumstances, has been granted a
pardon by the government.
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There is hardly a meeting of the
city council that convenes that does
not emphasize the crying need of
new charter that shall contain less
ambiguity than the present one and
more clear cut provisions as to the
duties of the various city officers, end
otherwise provide for needed reforms
in municipal affairs. The meeting of
the council last evening was cause for
considerable discussion between the
council on'the one side and the mayor
and city recorder on the other, as to
'who is who" and (which is which,"
Frequent reference to the charter pro-
visions shed little light upon the diff
erences Of .opinion, because of it's sus-
ceptibility Indifferent Interpretation
and led each side to claim itself en-
dorsed. The main cause for difference
is wrought over the firm stand taken
by City Recorder Williams on keep
ing the different funds of the city
separate and distinct and applying
them only to the channels calling for
disbursements from such specific
funds. For instance, the city recorder
very properly takes the ground that
inasmuch as a specific tax levy is
made for road and bridge fund, this
fund is sacred and cannot be used dis
criminately for other purposes as has
been the practice heretofore. And
he takes the same view of all other
funds-that they should be applied
wholly and exclusively TO the objects
for which the levy was made and the
taxes paid.
C ty Attorney Daley is quoted as
holding that the city recorder is
merely the clerk or servant of the
council, and should do as it directs.
This is true to the extent that when
the council directs the recorder to do
that which he is auth orized by law to
do, and not otherwise. The city re-
oorder's duties ale specifically defined
by charter, and among these duties he
is required to keep the several FUNDS
of the city separate, and that he shall
not sign any contract, the expenses Of
which shall exceed the revenue &C
tually collected for the fund to which
such expenses are properly chargeable.
II Recorders Williams will strictly ad-
here to this provision, as he now gives
evidence, he will be upheld by public
sentiment.E The powers Of the city
recorder, If exercised properly, are
great, and can be put to valuable use
to the city 's.fnances. The recorder,
being elected by the people, is amen
able to the people for his official acts
as much ,as the mayor or members
of the city council, and it is truly re-
freshing to know that we have an Of
ficer who proposes TODD alittle think
ing for himself, and use his mental
powers to assist him in the proper
and lawful execution of his duties.
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DR.. Downing, President of the Down.
ing Medical Association and Ger.
man Medical and Surgical insti.
tute, Chicago, Illinois.

This eminent expert specialist, well and favor
ably known throughout the United States for the
many wonderful cures of all forms of Chronic,
Nervous and Special Diseases that bafled the skill
Of other physicians and specialists; ably assisted
by full staff of skilled physicians and expert
specialists, whose experience in the largest hos
pitais of both Europe and America, enable them
to successfully treat obscure and chronic dis
eases. Their long experience, remarkable skill
and universal success entities them to the conf
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xPAY EXAMINATIONS.

Our Offices have the most complete electrical
apparatus in the west, including most power
full and perfect X Ray machine, with which the
innermost organs of the body may be readily
seen and examined. Obscure and difficult dis
eases positively diagnosed.
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A basket social was held at the home
of John Peterson, in Belgrade, on Sat-
urday night.
The evening times., 1899-11-02
TERRAPIN SEASON OPEN.
2 er cIpts This Year Expected to Be
Very Light.

BALTIMORE. Md. Nov. 2.-The season
ll1 the sale of Chesapeake Bay terrapin
C ned yesterday and will continue until
April next. Very few were in Baltimore
III. irkets on the first day. Prices ranged
as follows: Five-inch, SIS to SIS a dozen;
inch, $50 to $i5; Finch, $50 to SIS. These
-e expected to remain about the ruling
rices during the season, and it is thought
nat very few will come to market.
Receipts Of Chesapeake Bay terrapin
grow smaller each year. This season 1t is
estimated that pot one-fourth as many will
be received as were a few years ago. The
stock is practically depleted. One large
dealer who formerly handled from $25. 900
to $50, 600 worth each season last year
handled but $4,000 worth. A Somerset
county shipper who last year at the begin
ming Of the season had $1,000 worth ready
for the market this season has but 5000
worth. Another shipper who last Novem-
ber had ffty-seven 7-inch terrapins on
hand has now only seven.
The law provides that no terrapin shall
be marketed which measures less than
five inches in length on the under shell.
fine of from IS to $40 for each under
sized terrapin is to be imposed. Worcester,
st. Mary's, Charles. and Calvert counties
are exempt from the provisions Of the law.
Dealers state that singular fact about
the Chesapeake Bay terrapin is that those
on the western shore grow much faster
than those on the other side. Western
The evening times., 1899-11-02
EXPELLED BY DUNKARDS.
4 Young Woman Declines to Give u
Fashionable HOnnets.

wAYNESBoRo, Pa. Nov. Miss May
Oller, a prominent young woman Of this
place. who lately returned from a trip to
the Holy Land, has been expelled from the
Antietam German Baptist Dunkard Church
for disregarding the conventional plain
bonnet for a pretty creation of the milli-
ner's art.
At a meeting of the church authorities
in July Miss Oller was notified that she
must return to the wearing Of the bonnet,
and that she would be given until October
to put away her hat. She wrote TO the
:hurch people asking them to extend the
time. But the authorities at a meeting a
few days ago took the matter up, and, al
though the defence was set forth that the
annual meeting OF the denomination had
made the wearing Of a hat or bonnet dis
cretionary, Miss Oilers expulsion was or
dered by a large majority.
The Rev. ]. B. Ruthrauff and Rev. John
Oelig young ministers, insisted that the
church's traditions must be upheld, while
Miss oilers brothers stood out against ex-
pulsion. Miss Oller and her friends will
appeal 10 the annual meeting for final de-
termination of the matter.
Miss Oller is now visiting in New York.
She is a daughter OF the late Bishop Jacob
F. Oller who was prominent in the work of
the denomination in this section.
The evening times., 1899-11-02
FR1G1D WAVES IN NEBRASKA
Stockmen Fearing the Eject on
Cattle Ranges.

Stockmen Fearing the Eject on
Cattle Ranges.
LINCOLN. Neb., Nov. "A biting cold
wave swooped down on Nebraska last
night. the entire State feeling its effects.
The temperature fell almost fifty degrees
within a few hours. The weather bureau
report shows at a. m. the mercury in
this city registered 2S above; Omaha, 30:
Valentine, 20; Alliance, 10; North Platte.
%, and McCook, 81. The forecast for to-
day Is colder, and it is growing colder. A
heavy wind. approaching the intensity Of a
gale. is reported to be sweeping over the
range country in the western and north
western parts of the State, and with an
accompanying snowstorm, which is now
threatened, stock may suffer materially.
Nebraska was visited by severe bliz-
zard early last year, and the effect on cat
tie and sheep on the ranges was disas-
trous. Numerous stockmen will be many
years in recouping themselves by reason
Of the losses sustained in that storm. The
fear of another such experience is report
ed by wire to be general in the frontier
towns today.
The evening times., 1899-11-02
NEW CORPORATIONS FORMED.
Trusts FlOated in October With
SIG. 100000 Cnnital stock.

There were incorporated in America dur
total Capitalization Of 1864. 400, 600, or a
triie over one-third CT a billion dollars.
This total does not include the Pittsburg
Coal Company, which was incorporated
during the month, but for which prelimi-
nary incorporation papers were filed in
September. The number and size CT the
new trusts formed during the month both
show falling off compared with recent
months, owing largely, it is thought. to tine
stringency CT money in New York and
other financial centres. Several important
trusts are ready for launching. and only
waiting fer easy money conditions TO make
possible a successful sale OF their securi-
ties.
Another cause for the decrease in trust
forming is undoubtedly a growing unwill-
ingness cn the part of bankers TO financing
these new industrial concerns. 1t is
known that the underwriters OF many
of the blanket corporations already formed
have suffered heavily financially through
them, and apparently they do not believe
further ventures would be any more profit
able. The result has been that many bank
ers have dropped underwriting in this line
entirely and that others will only consent
to act as sponsors for excessive fees in
cash and the securities of the proposed
concerns.
New Jersey, as usual. has taken the lead
in the number of charters granted. The
State is responsible for new trusts for
October aggregating s152. .OO0, 900 in capital.
West Virginia is second on the list, with
new charters representing capital stock Of
SCI, 200. 200. Washington State has granted
charters. to mining companies chiefly, with
an authorized capital of S44, zoo, 900.
The evening times., 1899-11-02

Millard P. Mccormick. forty-four years
of age. an employe of the W. NJ. Gait Com
pany, dealers in flour and feed. and for
mer United States deputy marshal, made
an unsuccessful attempt to end his life by
shooting himself in the mouth with a re-
volver at his home, AL First Street north
west, about 8:15 o'clock this morning.
The attempt was deliberate and was
made in the kitchen in the presence of
Mrs. Mccormick, who was preparing the
family breakfast. The deed is attributed
to the fact that Mccormick had been drink
ing heavily and feared that he would lose
his position.
Mccormick is now confined to a ward
at the Casualty Hospital, with the bullet
lodged in the muscles Of the back Of his
neck. According to a statement made by
the physicians at the hospital, Mccormick
is in no immediate danger and will, it is
thought, recover.
Mrs Mccormick says that her husbands s
attempt to end his life was premeditated.
though when he spoke Of it she thought
him joking. When he arose this morning,
his melancholia had increased, but little
attention was paid to him until he appear
ed in the kitchen with a revolver in his
hand. Mrs. Mccormick looked up from
her work at her husband as he entered the
room, and was shocked when he said
"Good-by," placed the muzzle Of the revol-
yer in his mouth, and pulled the trigger.
There was a muffled report. Mccormick
did not fall, but calmly walked about the
room. Mrs. Mccormick was Mortified, and
called for help. with the result that a po-
liceman appeared and sent in call for
No. patrol wagon. When the wagon ar
rived Mccormick refused to accompany it.
but was finally persuaded to go to the hos
pital.
Then an examination revealed the fact
that the bullet had cut a furrow an inch
in length along the tongue, pierced the
palate, and glancing. had lodged in The
back OF the neck. The physicians say that
it will not be an inconvenience. and that
no attempt will be made TO remove 1t.
Mccormick was not unconscious at any
time. and talked with the physicians while
they were dressing his wounded mouth.
Mccormick has been in the employ OF
the W. NJ. Gait Company for about three
years. Previous to that time he was
deputy United States marshal, serving IN
der Marshal Wilson. He has been regarded
as steady and Industrious man and boasts
of host of friends. He has four children.
the Oldest being sixteen years and the
youngest four years Of age. 1t was learned
today that Mccormick had borrowed trou-
BILE. as he had not been discharged.