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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07
April z IA 2 1899,

ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth-Ss:-ln Probate Court, Special Term
March Is tn, 1899.
Fronert, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Henri,
Mohr, administrator, of the estate Of
10 anna Fronert, deceased, representing among
other things that he has fully administered said
estate, and praying that a time and place be
nxed for examining, aud 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 said account be examined
and petition heard by this court on Tuesday.
the End day OF May, A. D., 1899. at il
O'Clock a. M, at the Probate Office in the Citv
| OF Mankato, in said county.
AND 1t is further ordered, that notice Thereof,
De gwen TO all persons interested by nuhIishin.
copy OF this order once In each week for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hearing in
Cue Mankato Free Press, a weekly news
paper printed and published at Mankato in said
county. oo AZ 0
Dated at Mankato, the soth day Of March,
a. D., 1899. ~
By the Court:
rropate seal. VIM. T. HUGHES,
pr r. p,. Judge of Probate,
atty Tor Administrator.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

The situation in the Philippines con-
tinues to improve. Hundreds of ma
tives are returning to their homes, and
the kind treatment they are receiving
is inducing others to follow. The gen
eral opinion of the officials there is that
the trouble is practically over The
rapid and effective work of the Ameri-
cans has taught the Filipinos lesson
that they will long remember, and
while some of the leaders may stand
out for time, the majority of the ma
tives will drop back into peaceful pur.
suits.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

The executive committee of the
Nat ional Editorial Association, under
the direction of the association has ar
ranged for trip abroad through the
guidance of Thomas Cook & Son. the
we'll known tourists. The party will
be absent SO days, leaving New York,
May 31st and returning to Philadelphia
July 22d. The cost of the trip will be
$3.50 Of this $25 must be paid on re
tention of berth, and the remaining
1925 not later than May 18th All
newspaper people and their families
are eligible to take this trip. The trip
has been arranged for this year as it
was thought better to take it this year
than in 1900, as accommodations will
be more satisfactory and the crowds
not as great as during the Worlds fair
next year. Full information will be
supplied by j. M. Page. corresponding
secretary, Jerseyville. Ill
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07
Apr IA 81 80
ORDER FOR HEARING PROOF OF WILL.

ORDER FOX HEARING PROOF OF WILL.
CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth-ss. In Probate Court, Special term
March 18th, 1899.
In the matter of the estate of Anthony ]
Crisp, deceased.
Whereas, An instrument in writing, purport
ing to be the last will and testament of Anthony
j. Crisp, deceased late of said county, has beer
delivered to this court.
And Whereas, Martha E. Crisp has filed
Herewith her petition, representing, among
other things, that said Anthony j Crisp died
in said county on the 18th day of March, 1899
testate, and that said petitioner is the executrI8
named in said last will and testament, and
praying that the said instrument may be admit
ted to probate. and that letters testamentary be
to her issued thereon.
1t is Ordered, That the proofs of said instru.
meut, and the, said petition, be heard before
this court, at the Probate Office in said county
on the 29th day of April A. ID. 1899, 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 no.
tice 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 Mankato, in said county.
Dated at the City of Mankato this 18th day OF
March A. d. 1892
By the Court,
[sEALl VIM. F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate.
O. w Mead
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

1t is said the Hon. Grover Cleveland
has not been invited to any of the JEFF
fersonian banquets And Grover always
used to be advertised as meek and
lowly follower of Jeffersonian sim
plicity.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

If Jefferson was on earth now it would
probably mix him up so to decide what
kind of Democrat he was that he
would give up the job and join the Re
publicans.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

If Aguinaldo keeps on in his present
march for Manila he will find it a long
one, and will need a fleet of vessels
His line of march will also give him
good view of good deal of the rest of
the world before he reaches his OBJ
jective point.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

The news comes today that the Ameri-
cans under Gen. Macarthur have cap
tured Malolos. the so.called insurgent
capital. The insurgents evacuated it
shortly before and are now retreating
northward where Aguinaldo and his
cabinet went several days ago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

James Hodson has lost six
thoroughbred shorthorn calves from
scours, while other farmers of Nicollet
county have suffered, one losing all of
his calves. Neither the cause of the
trouble nor a remedy for it has been
discovered.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

The politicians generally concede
that president Mckinley will be renom-
mated ey the Republicans next year
without opposition, but they are cast
ing around to see who can be selected
for the vice-presidency. 1t has grown
TO be custom of late years not to re-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

This increase in wages all over the
country is as hard knock to the silver
ties as the increase of gold in the money
volume of the country.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

1t does look as though spring had
come, and possibly it may stay if the
twin city dailies refrain from writing
editorials about it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

Those who expected that spring would
surely set in with April, were badly
fooled Saturday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

And now Aguinaldo doubtless won
ders if Senator Hoar and Billee Mason
really meant what they said.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

Debs is reported saying that he is
proud of being a demagogue. Some
fellows are proud of most anything,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

Leo S. Lamm has received a letter
from his wife stating that her mother,
Mrs. John Luger, who is suffering from
severe attack Of pneumonia, is improv
ing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

Perhaps spring is getting to a point
where she will push winter out of her
lap.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

Aguinaldo is not used to the Ameri
can style of fighting. The Spanish used
to give him time to get his breath.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

Portions of Missouri and Kansas
were bound up in a bad snow storm
We sterday. South Dakota enjoyed a
storm of the same kind Sunday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-07

nominate a vice-president, but the
friends of vice-president Hobart object
to his being unceremoniously thrown
overheard They state that he has
filled his position with credit and honor,
and has also been close personal advisor
of the presidents, something rather I'M
usual of late years. About the only
objection that has been brought against
the vice president is that he is a resident
of New Jersey, the mother OF trusts,
though what that has to do with him
personally is not explained. 1t seems
to be pretty certain, however, that
if new man is to be selected for that
position, he will come from the west.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10
A Significant and Felicitous Fact

Proof Of the cordiality Of feeling now
existent between the United States and
Great Britain abounds on every hand
in the tone of the press of the two
countries, in the public and private
speech of their public men, in such in
cidents as that at Gibraltar recently
when our Warship Helena was spon-
taneously accorded extraordinary hon
ors by the British Mediterranean
squadron as she passed through the
straits on the way TO join Admiral
Dewey-but perhaps the most COM
plete proof that this cordiality is real
is supplied by a paper by William
Laird Cloves in the Fortnightly Re-
view. Says this writer:
1T apepars to me that at this juno
ture Great Britain could render no
greater service to the United States,
and to the common race, than by let
ting 1t be understood, firstly, that she
would feel greatly complimented if the
United States would allow thirty or
forty young Americans of good educa-
ton and character to enter the British
and, secondly, that she would be glad
to place at the disposal of the presi-
dent of the United States, for similar
period, an equal or less number of tried
British colonial administrators of vari-
Gus ranks, to assist American govern
ors in the organization and manage
ment of the new possessions. The
Americans would, for the time, become
civil servants of Great Britain; the
Britons would, for the time, become
civil servants of the United States but
there would be no transfer OF allegi-
ance; and, save as concerned their pay
masters, and the authority under which
they We're temporarily serving, the
Americans would be little different, as
regards status, from the young engin-
eering students who, from time to time,
have been sent to Glasgow, and other
British engineering centers, to study
their profession, under the supervision
of the United States naval attache in
London, We Britons may say, with
out unjustifiable self-confidence, that
we have been, and are, extraordinarily
successful in the foundation and man
agement of colonies; that, all things
considered, our colonies are wonder
fully prosperous, peaceful, and con-
tented, so Tar as government has any
say in the matter; and that we can
wish no better to America than that
her colonies may thrive as well as ours
have thriVen. If we can be instrument
tai in bringing about that result, we
can surely give no better proof OF our
goodwill than by volunteering to put
our experience, our machinery, and our
resources at the service of America"
1t is not necessary TO consider seri-
ously whether such an offer is likely
to be made OF accepted. On the prac-
tical side it is manifestly improbable
But the significance Of the proposition
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10
Civil Service Reform.

The action of the house yesterday in
reversing by q yea and nea. vote of
1l9 to 50 an earlier viva voca vote Of
6l to 67 striking out an appropriation
for the civil service commission prob
ably marks the last serious ATTEMPT
which will be made in the American
congress to strike down the principle
OF civil service reform. There may be
attempts to secure notifications in
methods to effect reform in the civil
service, but the spoils system as a rule
controlling government employment is
clearly thing of the past. It has been
outgrown.
There is such thing as carving
civil service reform to an absurdity.
This is done, it seems to us, when
heads of departments under bonds are
compelled to appoint strangers as cas-
tOdianS Of public funds, not because
these strangers are better men than
the heads of departments could select
themselves in the circle of their per-
sonal friends, but because they have
emerged from written examinations
with higher grades. This reformed"
way of doing things is plainly worse
than the spoils plan since under the
latter even confirmed spokesman
would be careful in choosing his cash
Ter. No business firm would for an
instant tolerate the idea that conil-
Dental posts of trust could best be
filled by men Intellectually bright but
of unknown moral qualities.
These blelnishes, however, will be
corrected in due course. If the principle
back of civil service reform is sound
and it is--the incidental faults of
detail should not lead to wholesale
condemnation. The American people,
since the war with Spain opened their
eyes, are beginning to see that it is
highly essential in certain parts of the
civil service to have trained special
lists who are not subject to the inces-
SAINT fluctuations of ordinary party y H.
itics but who can be relied upon to
display character. conscience, we'll de-
veloped skill and continuity of policy E.
These things are more essential today
than they have ever been before, anl
popular recognition of this fact wins
the battle for intelligent civil service
reform.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10

1t is expected in Philadelphia that
the Supreme court will today an
nounce it's decision on the petition of
Senator Quay and co-defendants for a
writ to remove from the court of quar-
ter sessions OF Philadelphia county sew
eral indictments and proceedings there
in pending against them. The court
can do any one Of four things, TO wit:
% Quash the case against Quay by
claiming that the substance Of the in
dictments does not set forth a statu-
tory offence.
tD Remit the whole matter back to
the original court without interference
with its work
CD Remit the case hut designate a
judge cf the Supreme court to sit dur
ina the trial
~ Grant a change of venue to some
other county.
The FIRST ana second of these posi-
hlttes are Improbable. The Supreme
court might bc!!rN = in Quay's innocence
AM Yet not care to say so until the
case had come before it upon appeal
after trial in \ lower court II the Su-
rrrmc court had considered that the
argument Of The defense upon the peti-
tion involved no merits, it would doubt
less have decided to that effect at once.
What Mr. Watson. one of the law
Ners for the QUAY defense, cont IN led
was that the defendants wera enti-
tied as their fun right, to a fair trial
before fair court and fair jury, and
'hat was all they asked If that is all
they ask they can hardly expect more.
Hence a change of venue or the desig-
nation Of Supreme court audge to
try the case would properly ba regard
I'd as substantial Quay victory. It
would he equivalent to establishing the
contention of the defense that this case
in inception and motive is wholly the
work of political malice. and under fair
conditions it is probable that a jury
would entertain this opinion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10
Aguinaldo's American Allies.

1t is asserted, and the assertion
sounds plausible, that the Aguinaldo
faction in the Philippines are being en-
couraged in their forcible resistance to
American military rule by agents of a
secretly hostile European government,
name not stated. Until, however, there
Is proof 10 this effect the subject is
unripe for discussion.
But no such restraint exists with ref
erence to discussion of the very direct
and palpable encouragement which
:hese armed enemies of the United
States are receiving from such men as
Andrew Carnegie, Carl Schurz, Sena-
tors Hale, Hoar and Wellington, ex-
President Cleveland, w. j. Bryan and
he other open opponents of the Paris
:reaty OF peace. Here we have Aguin-
aldo's strongest allies. These men are
directly melting armed rebellion to the
flag and authority OF the United States.
They occupy the unenviable position Of
men who are giving aid and encourage
ment to a proclaimed enemy What
makes the AFFAIR worse is the fact that
they have no reasonable excuse for
such conduct, They know better.
We can understand how patriotic
Americans may conscientiously oppose
imperialism" so-called; how they may
'avor the early withdrawal of the
American flag from the Philippine
archipelago, That iS one thing; but to
say in effect TO the crafty Malay rebel
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10
The Citv's Future.

Probably no city i'm the Union has a
better police force than Scranton's
when it is efficiently handled. In prob
ably no city in the Union, not except
ing wide open New York, is vice more
bold and petty crime more rampant
than in Scranton at this moment. The
fault is not with the personnel of the
police force. 1t is at headquarters. The
police force Is headless and disorgan-
ized. Its members are unable to tell in
advance whether the doing of their
duty will bring praise or censure. The
result is that they do as little as possi-.
bic. content 10 await change for the
better.
This utter disintegration of the po-
lice system owing to the weakness of
its executive head is the worst feature
of our mal-administered city govern
mcnt. Extravaganza or jobbery in city
contracts is simply the matter of a
few extra pennies to each taxpayer but
the paralysis of the police system. the
advent OF vicious characters in re-
spectacle sections of the city from
which they had hitherto been rigor-
ously excluded by police espionage, the
growing frequency and audacity OF
sneak thievery, burglaries and other
crimes are matters Of vital significance.
Without good police work this city be-
comes unsafe as a residence center,
1t must suffer in a thousand ways.
w" have been hestant to allude to
these subjects i'm detail lest We should
be accused Of political design or bias,
but the time has come when publicity
may be necessary. The future of the
city is at stake and it is in peril. The
rescue must be swift and complete if
the prosperity which is opening to the
public vision is not to be averted or
destroyed by incompetent municipal
administration.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10

people. decide the difficult and delicate
questions bound to arise i'm administering
the new provinces. We cannot possibly
at any rate for the present, do better
than TO take for each province some man
like General Wood give him the largest
power possible both as to his methods
and his subordinates, and then hold him
to q strict accountability for the results;
demanding that he preserve untarnished
the honor of the American name, by
working, not only for the interests Of
America, but for the interests OF the
people whose temporary ruler he Is.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10

is in the condition of mind and spirit
by which it is prompted. The friendly
interest and sympathy thus exempli-
fed exist among all classes OF the two
populations. The sympathetic ANAL
gamation Of the two branches of the
English-speaking race is the most con-
spicuous and fellcitous fact Of the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10

The Importance of all this lies in the
fact that what General Wood has done
in Santiago other officials must do else
where in Cuba, Porto Rico, and in the
Philippines, not to speak of Hawaii f
our rule in these islands is to be hon
orable to ourselves and advantageous to
the natives. There is no need Of prattlng
about the impossibility of governing the
island under our constitution and system
of government The men who so prattle
merely show their own weakness; there
is not the slightest difficulty in governing
the islands If we set about governing
them well, and if we choose the General
Woods because they are lit for the task
and not because they are pressed by sell
fish interests, whether political or COM
mercial. The inhabitants of the islands
are not at the moment tit to govern
themselves. In some places they may
speedily become ft in other places the
intervening time may be very long In
deed Until the moment does arrive,
they have got to be governed; and they
have got to be governed by men carefully
chosen, who are on the ground, who
know what the needs really are and who
have the power given them to meet tn sse
needs. Politics should have as little to
do with the choice of our colonial admin
istrators as 1t should have TO do with
the choice of an admiral or general.
We cannot afford to trihe with our own
honor or with the interests Of the great
alien communities over which We have
assumed supervision. There are plenty
of men fit to administer these colonies
men like General James H. Wilson and
General Fitzhugh Lee; but they cannCt
do their work If they are not left large
ly unhampered and II they are not givel
cordial assistance by the people at home;
and the places under them must be
given to men chosen because they can
do the work and not because politicians
recommend them. If political considera-
tions of the baser sort are supreme in
the administration of New York city
that is New York city's own fault; but
in the Philippines or in Cuba it would be
the fault Of the American people ana
not of the inhabitants, and would estab-
lish just grievance on behelf of the
latter. We cannot afford to let politicians
do with our public service In our depen-
denotes what they have done for the
consular service; still less can We afford
TO let doctrlnaries, or honest, ignorant
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10
SCRANTON, JANUARY 10. 1899.

In proper course yesterdays fright
full accident on the Lehigh Valley rail-
road will be judicially investigated, ani
in the meantime it will be wise TO-
avoid snap Judgment and to keep cool.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10

The AmericanizatiOn of Havana is
proceeding apacc. In less than a fort
night after the flag went up all the
printers in the city struck fo2 50 per
cent. moro wages.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10

If General Gomez really desires an
alliance with Santo Domingo it is evil
dent that the venerable warrior is not
too old to enjoy little excitement now
and then.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10

II Mary Monaghan shall be found in
nocent of completely in the CorcOran
murder the detectives who have worked
up the case against her should be held
To account for an outrage on justice
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-10

who threatens to burn and loot Ilolo
IL our soldiers attempt TO occupy 1t as
under the Paris peace treaty they must
until the question of a permanent gov
crnment in the Philippines is settled:
Go ahead; resist; fire on the Stars and
Stripes: murder and pillage and burn;
we are with you"-this, it strikes us, is
little less than treason.
These men know that under the laws
Of civilized nations the United States
is responsible for the maintenance of
the rights of foreigners resident in this
ceded territory until recognized SOW
ereignty other than our own relieves
us of this responsibility. These men
know that every buncombe word of
hope which they hold out TO the Fill
pino insurgents is cabled to Agunaldo
and interpreted by him as an additional
license to do as he pleases. They are
making trouble for their own country
wilfuly and in full view Of the con-
sequences. They are therefore little
better than the "Copperheads" of 1861.