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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
PACIFYING THE PHILIPPINES,
Americans VIII Undertake the Task
With EnEianti's Best Wishes.


From the London Times.
But we presume that the Americans will
not be in a hurry to establish all the ap-
paratus Of government In every corner of
the islands. They will make themselves
secure at important points, and will leave
the rest to time. The F'ilipinos will tire Of
knocking their heads against a brick wall
and, by degrees, will find out that life is
quite tolerable under American administra-
ton. 1t may be few years before out
lying districts are thoroughly organized on
satisfactory basis, but they will not be
years of war. They will only be years of
waiting for the conquest Of barbarism by
civilization.
Already we learn that the Filipinos in
Manila regard the attack upon the Ameri-
can lines as great mistake, and as putting
an end to all hopes of an independent FIJI
Pine government. When the gentlemen out
side have blazed away the rest of their am
lie Just where they did and that American
troops push forward just as far as they
want to, they will bow more or less grace
fully to the DEGREES of destiny. Then by
degrees the policeman will extend his be-
neficent influence over the islands; he will
be followed in due course by the other
agencies of civilization; and, though the
Filipinos may never become quite the
| noblest specimens of the human race, few
American civil servants will probably suf-
flee to give them as much blessedness as
their nature permits.
1t is all very well for continental Journals
to exult in the difficulties In front of fine
Americans. but we have done so much
work OF that kind that we are perhaps bet
ter judges of the issues. Englishmen would
never entertain doubt of their own ca
pacity to reduce the Philippines to order
within a reasonable time, and they will
just as little question the capacity of the
Americans. These unruly but essentially
feeble characters have first to be convinced
m Sfa
these masters are essentially Just, and
finally that, so long as they yield obedience
to certain broad rules of conduct, their
own customs, habits and peculiarities will
be let alone. Great progress has already
| been made in Cuba, where some people ex-
pected to see stubborn and prolonged re-
sistance to everything In the nature Of for
eign domination. There is not the lea
reason to fear that equal progress will not
be attained in the Philippines when the
present efervescence has worked itself out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

Sour boy has taken three bottles of
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
for St. Vitus's Dance" says Mrs. E. A.
Bender, of Keene, Coshocton Co., Ohio.
"He was very nervous and constantly
jerking and twitching, but now he is as
steady as anyone; in fact, seems entirely
cured. He thinks a great deal of DIR.
Pierce. As a cough remedy and blood.
purifier there is nothing better.
IT IS JUST THE RIGHT MEDICINE
FOR A COMPLETE BRAcIN0 UP"
Send 81 one-cent stamps to pay the cost
of mailing on free copy of DR. Pierce's
1000 page illustrated Common Sense
Medical Adviser" complete family med.
ical library in one volume, or for 81 stamps
q heavier, cloth-bound copy will be sent
Address Dr.. R. ". Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

The close of the academy show will not
leave Philadelphia long without an exhi-
bition, as the Art Club win open an exhi-
bition of water colors and pastels on March
81, and will leave this display on view un-
for the best water color contributed, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

Next Monday afternoon is the date set
for the second of the series of Illustrated
lectures on 1.-THE Renaissance of Art in
England which Miss Dora Duty Jones is
giving during Lent. AS was the case last
year, the talks are given under the pat
ronage Of many well-known ladies of So
ciety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

The collection of flower studies by Pau
de Longpre will be the attraction at Veer.
hoffs next week. and his daintily handled
water colors will doubtless prove a draw
ing card, as usual. He has chosen a lin.
tied field that he may make himself master
of that, and his works appeal to flower
lovers everywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

Miss G. E. McKinstry. who has recently
come to the city from St. Paul, is now at
work on a portrait of Mrs. Senator Davis
She has had the benefit of technical train
ing in the Paris schools, and her work
shows ability and seriousness of aim. Miss
McKinstry will probably locate in Wash
ngton permanently, and will certainly be
desirable addition to the strong band of
women workers here in the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

The mission for the women, which is bs
ing held this week at st Augustine's
church, will close tomorrow. The mission
Tor the men will begin tomorrow at 7:30 and
continue for one week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

At the fourth quarterly conference of
trace Nj. Z. Church. just held, reports were
received which show the charge to be in an
excellent condition, and that ITO new MEM
bers have been received during the year.
resolution was passed requesting the an
nual conference to return for the coming
year the presiding elder, Dr. L. B. Wilson,
and the pastor, Rev. Z. L. Watson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

Clarence Gross who was one Of the VIC
inns of the accident at the Ebbitt House
stables, was buried Monday at 10 O'Clock
from this church.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13

aggregate deposits from s55o,@0O, 0OC
to over 81, 900, 900, OOo. And bhesefve
million depositors are nearly aid from
the working classes. Verysafew large
deposftors will be found among them.
And had the postmaster general ex-
tended his Investigations to other
banks he would have found additional
testimony showing that this vast
wealth OF the nation Is widely diffus-
ed. The vast majority of depositors
in all banks are farmers, clerks,
teachers and the laboring classes, and
they hold the bulk of the deposits OF
the bangs of the nation. Aud these
same classes, with the exception Of
farmers, hold the majority of build
ing and loan association stock and
take advantage of it to get homes of
their own. All of these features are
evidences of the wide diffusion of the
country's enormous wealth,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13

1--WE have arranged to have the band
placed in the first division of the parade,
Immediately in front of battery B, and
on arriving at the exposition building
after the out door exercises they will
take position inside of the building and
play during the banquet of the
Thirteenth regiment. / had arranged
for local band to play during the ban
quet, but desiring to give the Mankato
band place of honor, have made this
change and the band will participate in
the banquet.
'Please have the band report on Goth
street west of Park avenue to the
marshal of the division at 400 m.
for location which will be in the mill
tary division heading battery B."
The position given the band is i'm
mediately behind the presidential party.
The honor accorded it IN the parade and
at the banquet will be greatly appre-
ciated by Mankato people.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13

The statement in the Pioneer Press
which was quoted in our local col
umns Monday evening, regarding
VIM. LEM, that Judge Severance had
written that 'the testimony on which
he was convicted may all be true and
still he may be innocent;" has caused
a wonderment possibly on the part of
some as to how the Judge could have
passed the death sentence under such
circumstances. Judge Severance in
forms us that he was hardly done JUS
tice in the quotation by the Pioneer
Press. That he also wrote that he was
Of the belief when he passed the SEN
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13

tence that the defendant was guilty
and he had not yet changed his mind.
AS to the statement as published, he
says there is nothing new, strange or
peculiar about it, but will apply to ali
cases Of circumstantial evidence. AS
to the passing the death sentence in
such case the Judge says that after
the jury' has brought in verdict of
murder in the 6rst degree, the statute
does not allow any discretion as to
matter OF doubt, but obliges him to
pass sentence accordingly, and relief
can come only through Communication
of sentence, which he joined in ask
ing in the LEM case. There must be
other causes than matter of doubt,
which will allow the Judge to give q
life imprisonment instead of a death
sentence and these causes Judge Sew
erance says, did not exist in the LEM
case.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13

innate Of Mulhall as a basis of calcula.
tion figures that. rs 900. 900 in round
numbers, will be abonr1te population
reached by the census next year. This
is simply the continental population.
That OF our island possessions will
figure up at some 10000, 900 more.
The estimate for the United States will
show a very comfortable increase over
the census Of 1890 Another interest
ing feature will be as to what the CEN
sus will reveal in the distribution of
this increase over the country and
what effect, if any, the hard times had
on city and country growth.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13
THE NEXT CENSUS FIGURES.

In the current North American Re.
view, Mulhall, the great English
statistican estimates the twelfth census
taken next year will show a population
of 77,3O0,00O. Mr.. Henry Farquhar,
the statistical expert of the agricul.
tural department, has made four dis.
tinct and elaborate calculations as to
what the results of the census next
June will show. These four calcula-
tions give the following results: First,
70, 64S, 600; second "a, 693, 600; third, 75,-
679, 600; fourth, ID, 466, 00O Mr.. Far.
quehar bases his calculations on the in.
crease of population by decades since
1920. The Chicago Inter Ocean taking
the Farquehar calculations and the es-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13

Chairman Jones Of the Democratic
national committee, who has just re.
turned from Europe, says )Bryan and
Mckinley will be the presidential
candidates next year, and that Bryan
will win easily on the silver issue,
which will be stronger than ever next
year, having gained strength from
unexpected sources. Jones seems to
have all kinds of faith in dead things.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13
DIFFUSION OF THE NATIONS
WEALTH.

In speaking of the growth of the
wealth of the United States since
1870, Postmaster General Smith in his
address at the laying of the corner
stone of the Chicago postofice yester-
day, said: "Since 1870 the distributed
wealth of the country has increased
from $4,000, ooO,OOO to over $50, oOO,-
100000. This unexampled gain is
widely diffused. The savings banks
furnish q direct test. The number OF
their depositors has grown from l.
eoOioOo to more than 100000, and the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13

Frank A. Day took in the editorial
association junket to Colorado. The
way Frank has been croaking about
hard times and oppression it is mys.
terry to US how he can afford such a
luxury.-Blue Earth Post.
While he has been croaking he has
doubtless been raking in a little of
the Mckinley prosperity. Franks
croaking is simply for. political effect.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13

1t seems that the censorship to
press dispatches was removed in the
Philippines nearly a month ago, and
yet we have not heard any startling
stories of mismanagement and SUI.
ferings which the anti-expansionists
used to tell US last spring would be
the case If Gen. Otis allowed the
news to 60 freely.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13

Poultney Bigelow, who has spent
most Of his time abroad, is now en-
gagged in roasting this country for it's
Philippine policy. Poultney is one of
the few fellows who had the mis-
fortune of being born in this country
and are sorry for it
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13

While everything else that is
advancing in price is charged to
the manipulations of a trust, how
about the price of butter. That has
gone up out of sight, and no trust
back of 1t either. Supply and demand
still have something to do with some,
prices. ~ L~s.A..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13
OUR ADVANCE SINCE THE CIVIL
WAR.

Matthew Marshall in his weekly
financial letter in thes New York Sun
calls attention in the following man.
ner to the gain we have made in this
country since the civil war, and argues
from it that no currency reform is
needed. Perhaps this is true, but the
country does need legislation firmly es
tablishing the gold standard, and re.
vision of our banking system, increas.
ing the facilities, would also be bene-
fetal. Marshall says:
GLOW we'll we have employed the
thirty-four years of internal peace
which we have enjoyed since the war
for the preservation of the union ended
our present condition demonstrates.
Not only have we paid off many hun
dreds of millions of the public debt,
which the prosecution Of that war cost
us, and expended some hundreds of
millions more in the recent war with
Spain, but we have purchased back
from our foreign creditors thousands of
millions of corporate and private debts
incurred for railways, mines, manufac-
lures and similar means of internal inn
provement, besides reducing the rate
of interest on other debts which prac
tically reduces the principal by one
half The growth of our cities in popu-
lation and in buildings, the miles of as
phalt paving laid down, and of electric
street railroad built, the extension of
electric lighting, of water works and Of
gas works, the double tracking and
laying of heavy steel rails of our great
railroads, and the enlargement of their
terminal facilities, the improvements
in lake navigation, the larger output of
manufactured iron in various forms,
and the increased yield of our gold and
silver mines, all testify to the energy
and to the productivity of the indus
trial efforts. 1t is not surprising there
fore, that we have been able, without
foreign aid, to finance the great indus
trial combines which the past two
years have brought forth, nor that we
view with serene tranquility the finan-
cial troubles of foreign countries. 1t
may even soon come to pass that we
shall be lenders to foreign borrowers
as we were for 80 many years borrow
ers from foreign leaders, and that Brit
ish and German promoters shall look to
New York, as they have hitherto look
ed to London, for the assistance they
need in their undertakings.
"The robust health and strength of
our money market, demonstrated by
its present resistance to the shock of
both home and foreign financial trou-
bles, is also conclusive answer to the
complaints which ill-informed grum.
blers are making against our currency
system, and their demands for its re.
form. The test of any machine is its
practical working If our currency
system were as defective as some peo-
Pile say it is its defects would show
themselves in its failure to perform it's
legitimate functions, whereas the
worst that. can be said of it is at times
it checks stock speculation and causes a
fall in the stock market. To any but
gamblers for a rise this is a merit
rather than a defect, and reform
that would destroy it would be dis
aster rather than benefit"
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13

Aguinaldo is playing his last card.
He is pleading for his followers to
hold out until Bryan is elected, when
their cause will win. But his fol-
lowers cannot hold out forever.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13

The Chicago people kept President
Mckinley busy Sunday, and had him
out to religious services three times
in the afternoon and evening. They
probably wanted to disabuse his mind
Of theirs being the wicked city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13

will be no more receptions until Fargo
is reached, and as the time is getting
short. there may not be much left fol,
their purpose when they reach the
state line.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13
THE BANDS POSITION.
Honors to be Heaped Upon II at Mime
apoIis Thursday.

A letter was received this afternoon
from Chief Marshal A. M, Shuey, who
has charge of Thursdays parade at
Minneapolis. that the Concordia band
will be given very desirable position
on that day. BE says:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13

The Thirteenth regiment was hand
somely received by the people OF
Spokane yesterday forenoon and start
ed on the remaining 1 500 miles of
their trip in the afternoon. There
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13
child's Drawing Book.

trace the pictures beneath, thus afordlng
enjoyment, as well as instruction to the
hand and eye. These drawing books and
the box of crayons go very we'll together.
There are six different kinds, and each
drawing book requires 6 lion heads and
2-cent stamp.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13

illustration is only two-thirds actual size.
Color a delicate pink, with jewel setting
and gold trimmings. Best enamel finish,
stylish and durable.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-10-13

Mailed free for II lion heads cut from
Lion Coffee wrappers and 2-cent stamp.
An unusually fine picture, from the brush
Lions Bride" The story is interes ting,
and we send with each picture a hand
some folder, containing copy of the poem
and telling all aboutit. Size, 15x26 inches.
Marshall County independent., 1899-12-15
Was Rebuilt After the Flood.

1t is claimed for building near St.
Adams England that it is the oldest
inhabitated house in that country A
part of it. at any rate, is more than
1000 years old. This is the foun latiOn
which was built by King Offa. The
structure was originally used as a fish
ing lodge by the monks of the abbey
of St Albans. of which monastery it
formed Il part. 1t was situated on the
bank of an immense fish pond near st.
Adams, belonging to the royal palace
of kingsbury, of which little but the
name now remains. The present build
ing resting upon these ancient founda
tions WAS probably erected during the
fifteenth century 1t has possessed sew
eral names. and is at present known as
the Fighting Cocks" There is a
wooden tablet on the front wall set
ting forth that it is The oldest in
habited house in England" But this.
though enough to satisfy any reason
able being, is feeble when compared
with a former sign which ran: THE
Old Round House Rebuilt after the
flood"
Marshall County independent., 1899-12-15
CHAPTER al


The freight was very bright.
leant back in my chair to escape from
it, My heart had suddenly turned
cold; / waited for a moment. then
asked a question very quietly.
Was Madame Arnaud there-at the
office, Meg?"
Meg hesitated for moment. She
put down her cup, folded her hands in
her lap. and looked closely at me.
Kitty. for goodness sake. be a ra-
tional being" she exclaimed. IF you
had meant to be jealous of Madame
Arnaud, you should have been jealous
before you married John. and not have
married him. For goodness sake.
don't be jealous at this late date"
I'm not jealous l replied in a dull
yet protesting tone. Why should
be-"
For many minutes sat in silence,
the clock on the little chimney-piecc
ticking audibly in the stiffness of the
ROOM Then it was / who broke the
silence. | spoke with sudden passion,
yet in a low, slow, deliberate tone.
IL wish | had never married John,
I said Il wish it every day. Meg.
have spoilt his life. l have made him
wretched."
Marshall County independent., 1899-12-15

She would need to be an imapina-
1--WE guest. | returned. laughing. Il
casnot imagine Johns being anything
but very good to me-
Don't you find it dull. dear?" asked
Meg. with a reflective air. Il couldn't
possibly love man whom couldn't
imagine being anything but good TO
me. Tastes differ, Talking of tastes
kitty, my dear | like cream, not milk
in my tea. Don't be economical so
early in life. it's vice that grows Re-
hold mamma, / think mamma grows
worse than ever; father promised TO
take tickets for the Haymarket next
week and we had such a fuss about il
1t seems. Kitty. that the expenses of
your very quiet wedding were quite
ruinous; We mustn't dream OF the ex-
travagance of the theater for a year to
come. OF course, father yielded: so |
ran in to see John this morning as |
passed the office; | thought | might
drop a hint that you were pining for
the theater and pining to take me with
you. So | strolled ostensbly to ask
John if | might tie my snoelace and
if a black speck had not dropped upon
my cheek"
Meg, what cheat you are, l shall
tell John"
DO, dear. Well. we're going. Mad
anne Arnaud had or will take a box,
and she invites us all"
Marshall County independent., 1899-12-15


last she went indoors and John re-
turned alone.
month went by-a chill gray Octo-
Der, with raw mornings and misty
evenings and rare glimpses of pale
wintry sunshine. l grew more than
one month older in those four long
weeks. l scarcely knew what troubled
me; | tried to put the thought of the
trouble away shrank from facing it,
John asked me sometimes if | was
happy; always assured him Yes"
and perhaps the assurance was more
eager than spontaneous, for he would
look at ne gently and turn away with
little sigh.
He was always gentle. | wished i'm
patiently sometimes that he would be
less patient, less good, less kind. Were
men so invariably patient with wives
they were sure they loved? Again and
again his sisters words came back to
me-"You loved her because you
wished to love her. Is such love trust
worthy? Will 1T wear lifetime? Hus-
band it with all your energy" The
words seemed to echo in my BRAIN |
could not, strive as | would, put them
away from me.
1t was a misty. chilly afternoon to
ward the end of October Meg had run
IN to see me. She was full of life and
spirits; she laughed at me because |
was sitting in the twilight; she kissed
me and rang the bell for the lamp and
tea; then she kissed me again and
bade me tell her / was glad to see her.
When | assured her of my gladness she
put her hands upon my shoulders and
snook me little. because my assur-
ance. she said, was too lukewarm:
then, repenting. she kissed me again
because she had shaken me-
Kitty. my dear, whenever | see YOU
| say to myself. Don't marry" she
said, divesting herself of her trim lit
tie sealskin jacket, and looking round
for the most softly-cushioned chair
Poke your fire, Kitty; let us have a
blaze"
/ poked my fire obediently. The
merry blaze shot up and dispersed the
shadows. The freight was so pretty
that the lamp, which the maid at that
moment brought in. was banished by
Meg to the piano in the corner. The
little afternoon tea table was wheeled
before the fire, and Meg drew her chair
opposite to mine and sank back in it
with a sigh of luxurious content.
"One question. Kitty she said.
"Will John come in?"
II think not-not yet"
Then I'm happy" she replied; II
breathe freely. Now confess. Kitty
I'll never tell soul-don't you feel a
sense Of relief when John goes out?"