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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-19

VIM. Owens, of South Bend, is'at the
Rochester hospital. to have an opera
ton performed on his foot. A stone fell
on his heel and crushed it several years
ago, and it has always bothered him
more or less.
F. w Hunt reports the arrival of
fine Senator Wilkinson colt at his barn
This is the second of the Senator's get
to arrive this spring.
The friends of CLas. Veigel will be,
panied to hear that his condition is not
improving, but that he is gradually
failing.
DR. J. B Thomson, a we'll known
physician of Worthington, was in Man
kato Wednesday.
J. W. Sprague and wife and G G.
Spaulding, of Mapleton, were Clifton
House guests Tuesday night.
Dr. Wheelock died at Good Thunder
Wednesday morning of Bright's disease.
DR.. VIM. Corpron, of Minnesota Lake,
was Stahl House guest Tuesday night
R. T. Roberts and wife left Tues
day for a months visit at Lacrosse
Wis, and other points.
Mrs. Mary Steele and daughter, Mrs.
Worthington, of Racine, Wis. are
visiting the formers niece, Mrs Dan
FELTON,, of this city.
A. R Pau, Evan Hughes, H. L.
Schmitt and W. R. Geddes went to St.
Pc :er Wednesday to attend the opening
of the May term of the district court.
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Card of Thanks.

We desire to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation to the many
kind friends who lent their assistance
and sympathy in the recent illness ana
death of our beloved son and brother.
Such kindness can never be torgotten.
MRS. EMMA HARKEE AND FAMILY.
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NOT GRANTED.
Court House Square Must Not
be Intruded Upon.
Patriotic Citizens Must Go Elsewhere to
do Honor to the Memory of the
Country's Fallen Heroes.

Commander W. B. Torrey, DIR. E. j.
Davis and w. N. Plymat appeared be-
fore the county board Tuesday after
noon and asked the privilege of holding
the Memorial day exercises on the north
side of the court house square and OF
erecting temporary speakers stand on
the gravel walk Lincoln park was too
small for the crowd expected, they
said.
The board did not give an answer at
the time, but raised the point that some
of the young trees might be injured.
The post offered to detail man to
guard each tree.
After the committee had withdrawn,
a motion to grant the request of Alex
ander Wilkin post, G. A R., failed to
receive a second and the matter was
dropped.
When the members of the post heard
of the action or non action of the county
board some of them expressed their in
dignation in no measured terms. The
post holds meeting tonight and some
of the members propose to air the stand
taken by the boardeta H..
Members of the post feel that the OBJ
servance of Memorial day Is an act OF
patriotism and love in which all the
people unite to do honor to the memory
of the brave boys who fell in defense OF
their country and that liberty might
abound and the hand of the oppressor
be lifted from the oppressed. They feel
| that the occasion is not observed by any
one sect or order, but is as broad as
American citizenship. Under such cir
cumstances they think it appropriate
that the brief exercises be held on pub
/ lie grounds. 1t is felt that the grass on
the court house square will not be in.
jured by those who seek to maintain
the memory of those who watered the
soil with their blood.
One of the members of the board, in
exp anation of the stand taken, said to-
day that the young trees are set out un-
der a guaranty from the contractor,
and if any of them died from misuse by
the crowd the contractor would prob.
ably not replace them. If the use of
the grounds was granted for this pur-
pose it would not be long before other
applications for it would be received
and there would be no end of trouble
The ditch petition came up before the
board this afternoon, and both the ad-
vocates and opponents of it were we'll
represented.
The forenoon was largely taken up
with listening to applications for abate-
ment of taxes.
The county surveyor was authorized
to make survey, plans and estimate of
the cost of a stone culvert or iron bridge
on the line of section Is, Decoria.
A resolution was adopted instructing
the auditor to cancel the balance due
from the Mapleton bank, the final divi
dend having been declared.
1t was decided to adopt the wolf
bounty law for this county. 1t allows
81 for each full grown wolf during the
months of January, February, March,
April and May and S. at any other time
and So for a cub at any time.
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polls In a presidential year he
over 1000 behind his ticket and in 1895
Mr.. Evans cut into his vote in every
precinct" So Mr.. Day argues that he
stands weaker before the people. Now
Mr.. Evans did not cut into Mr.. Nc
Cleary's vote for the returns show thai
Mr.. McCleary had as large or larger per
cent of the vote cast in the district as at
any previous election heretofore.
Again Mr.. Day says: His boosted
financial policy has been repudiated by
his own party. Tom Reed saw clearly
that Mr.. McCleary's ideas embodied in
law would turn the country over to the
banks, body, soul and breeches and he
quietly dropped his name off the COM
mittee which is to frame financial
legislation Now Mr.. Day knows, or
has had every chance to know, that
this statement is entirely false, and if
he desires to be honest with his readers
he will correct it. In the first place
Mr.. McCleary's financial policy has not
been repudiated by his own party, be-
cause his financial policy is the same as
that of his party. Mr.. Day doubtless
refers to the bill which was framed by
the subcommittee of which Mr.. Nc
Cleary was chairman and which bears
his name But this has not been re-
pudiated by his party, because no at
tempt has ever been made to make it a
party measure, hence there has been no
chance to repudiate it. Again Tom
Reed has never dropped Mr.. McCleary
from any committee which is to frame
financial legislation, but on the other
hand has placed him upon the house
committee for that purpose, each term
he has been speaker. The instance to
which Mr.. Day undoubtedly refers is
the Republican caucus committee for
that purpose, which Mr. Reed did not
only not appoint, but had nothing
whatever to do with. The committee
was appointed by Mr.. Grosvenor,
chairman of the caucus, and on the
understanding that no member of the
house banking and currency committee
should be member of it, as that com
mittee would have to pass upon the
work of the caucus committee if il
reached the house. Mr. McCleary was
aware of this, and was earnest in his
desire that Judge Morris, of Duluth be
member of the committee from
Minnesota, and because of this Chair
man Grosvenor so appointed him.
Mr.. Day puts great deal of stres:
upon the point that Mr.. McCleary will
probably be re-nominated because the
postmasters of the district are straining
every nerve to that end, and will be
reinforced by an army of census
enumerators. He should recall the
fact that Mr.. McCleary has owed his
nominations in the past, not to the poll
ticians but to the people and as long as
he continues to represent them as faith
fully and conscientiansly as he has in
the past it is not likely his personal in
terests will suffer at their hands.
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The Redwood Gazette complains that
Redwood Falls has allowed good oppor-
tunities to slip by. There are few
towns, or individuals either, that have
not
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-19

According to the testimony before the
senate Industrial committee. pure food
seems to be an article unknown to
modern civilization.
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Cough NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .25
27-Kidney Diseases Observation-Disclosures. .25
2S-NervOus Debility. 90
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Mr.. Lockerby states that three eighths
of an inch of rain fell Sunday morning,
one-fourth of an inch Sunday night.
and one inch last night This has all
soaked into the ground
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-19

The Anoka Union says they have
formed a lawyers trust in Minneapolis g.
The end must be near at hand.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-09

lWhen get a good breakfast 1 fee,f
y started for ths day." Eyes ~
ben II ! have a nica luncheon dow
n and n good dinner, at night I'm
bed cheerfully." 50
Plano playing Is said to
+ Yes; the sirl next 100 heallh.
bll to tho parks every door drives
b." sunday after
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-09
'Rudyard KIpling's Modesty.

A great deal has been said of Mr..
Kipling's eccentrcitles and his rude
ness to people who showed n desire to
lionizc him. Those who know him well
say that this is due entirely 10 di!li-
dence; that he is rs baShful as II coun.
try boy and is never himself in the
presence of strangers. Two weeks ago
a prominent society lady of New York,
whose home is the haunt of literary peo-
pie, invited him to Il musicale, and he
went with his wife, expecting to be
treated like ordinary guests When he
arrived, however, to his horror and
amazement. he found the program was
almost entirely composed of his own
poems, that had been set to music, and
that he was expected to occupy con-
spicuous position before the audience
while the entertainment was going on.
He emphatically declined TO do So and
with an abruptncss which his hostess
md the other guests considered very
rude boltcl from the huCse and went
home. or Co,;rsc. his behavior caused
sensation. hut his intimate friends
say he was smply frightened. Strang-
crs. however. considered il one of the
of gcnill.. Chicago Rec
ord.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-09
PARKER TO SUCCEED.
MADE ROCK ISLAND MANAGER.
Takos tho Place of Truesdalc, tho Re-
signing Executive Omcer-Promotions
All Along tho Line Civil Servios
Principles Prevail

H. A. Parker. second vice-prcsident
OF the Rock Island road, was yesterday
appointed general manager of the road
vice w. II. Truesdale, who has been
elected president of the Lackawanna.
Mr.. Parker will have charge Of all
transportation matters. but reports and
communications relative to the freight
and passenger departments will be
handled by the heads of those depart
ments instead OF by the general man
ager. The position of first vice-presi-
dent Is left open for the present. The
following promotions were also an
nounced. all effective March 1: H..
Cover, general freight agent, to be as
sistnnt freight traffic manager, with Of
flce at Chicago; Z. d. Boyd, general
freight agent lines west of the Missouri
river. to be general freight agent lines
east OF the river, vice II. Cover, pro-
NOTED; H. H. Embry. commercial
agent at Buffalo, to be general freight
agent lines west of the Missouri river.
with Office at Topeka, vice L. b. Boyd,
promoted. 1t will be seen that all
these promotions have come to officials
already in the service of the company,
the management preferring to stand
by civil-service principles rather than
go outside for new men.
II. A. Iarker mas Decn IN the CONIln-
uous service of the Rock Island road
since 1866, with the exception of one
period of less than two years. He was
born at Du Plessis, N. Y, in 1S4I and
began his railroad career as chairman
on the Rock Island in 1866. Two years
later he was appointed divisional en-
gineer. During part of 1868 and 1869
he was resident engineer OF the Fort
Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw rail-
way, but speedily returned to the Rock
Island road, with which he has since
remained. From 1869 until 1873 Mr..
Parker was engaged as extension and
divisional engineer and from 1873 to
1876 was chief engineer of the Oska-
loosa & Knoxville division. For the
next nine years he was divisional en-
gineer of the Illinois division and from
1885 to 1889 vice-president and chief
engineer of the Chicago. Kansas &
Nebraska railway, part of the Rock Is
land system. In 1889 he became assist
ant to the president and little later
was elected third vice-president of the
company. Two years ago he became
second vice-president.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-09
CHAPTER II.
How / Got Adrift.

I had been asleep nearly four hours,
when fall on the cabin floor. as l
slipped from the table, awoke me.
Stiff, cold and benumbed, l started
up, confused to find myself in the dark,
and at first I knew not where.
l reeed and fell twice or thrice in my
efforts to keep my feet, for now the
schooner was rolling from side to side
rolling and afloat!
"Home-let me hasten home" was
my first thought. l scrambled up the
companion ladder and reached the
deck, to find water around me on every
side, while the schooner, being without
ballast and light as a cork, lay almost
on her beam ends, as she was careened
by heavy breeze that blew from the
shore. the lights of which, probably
Erlesmere, could see about three
miles distant.
A deadly terror filled my heart!
To swim so far was impossible; I
dared not leave the schooner, even
with spar or anything else that
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-09
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A SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISE IS
BASED ON MERIT.
The Importance of InformInx the
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but nowadays laxative remedy
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or to any who suffer from constipation.
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In the process of manufacturing tho
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Syrup OF Figs. figs are used. as they are
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umns.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-09
ITO be continued.)
Grave for War Correspondent.


The London Daily News the other
day printed mournful little note as
to the death roll of journalists who
had fallen in Egypt and the Soudan:
THE Soudan since troublous times
broke upon 1t has come to be grave
for war correspondents. First to End
their long rest on desert sands were
Edward O'Donovan, the intrepid rep
resentative of the Daily News, ind
Frank Vizitelly, who shared the fate
of Hicks Pasha's army. Power, who
had also been a correspondent of the
Daily News, and later of the Times.
was murdered with Col. Donald
Stewart in Nile village on their way
down from Khartoum. Then Capt.
Gordon, correspondent of the Manches-
ter Guardian, died on the desert, ard
few days later Cameron, of the
Standard, and st. Leger Hubert, of the
Morning Post, were killed in battle
at Gubat. At Suakim, three years
later, Mr.. Walker, a promising young
artist of the Graphic, was killed by
a shot from the dervish trenches, The
Dongola expedition of 1895 claimed an
other victim in Mr.. Garrett of the New
York Herald, who died of enteric
fever, and now another correspondent
of that paper, the Hon. H. Howard (the
correspondent also of tho Times, as
stated above). has given up his life
on the battlefield in front OF Omdur-
man.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-09
A Mouse Almost Causes Death,

A little mouse gnawing through the
rubber feed tube connected with a gas
stove in the bed room of Kate and
Lizzie Kelly, dressmakers, of ScraI-
ton, Pa, nearly caused the young wo-
mems death by asphyxiation. The
gas escaped into the room, which soon
filled 1t. One of the sisters aroused
sufficiently to crawl downstairs ard
call for assistance. The other girl was
found unconscious on the floor.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-09

Onr stock OF blanks is being constant
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contain what you want, call on us any
how.
Orders for quantities filed at special
prices.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-09
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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-09

DO you ,iIrk our igcw llnv Will meet
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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-09
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Serial stories, poetry, wit and humor;
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Lessons, Talmage's Sermons, the Farm
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swers questions for subscribers), the
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other special features.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-09
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Tho following Legal Blanks nro kept
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The Worcester spy., 1899-11-10
CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS.
State Officials Anticipate
No Failure in "Open
Door" Policy.

Washington, Nov. 9.-The diplomatic
representative of every nation directly
interested in the Chinese question called
at the state department today. 1t was
noticeable that the calls of the Spanish
ambassador, Count Cassini, and the
French charge d'affairs, M. Thiebaut,
on Secretary Hay lasted longer than
usual, and the Chinese minister, WI
Ting Fang, extended his call to include
Assistant Secretary Hill who devoted
much time to the interview.
The interest of the Chinese govern
ment in what is going on between the
United States government and the Eu-
ropean powers is intense, but it is be-
lieved that Secretary Hay has relieved
the main apprehension, which was
founded upon a suspicion that our
government, in the event of the Euro
pean powers failure to give formal as
surance of the maintenance of the
''open ,.oor" it seeks, will take posses
sion of a section of the Chinese coast.
So confident are the officials of sue
cess that 1T is intimated they have not
even gone to length of framing a policy
to meet the event of defeat. No answer
has been returned by France to our in
quiry as to a formal assurance of the
retention of trade privileges. 1t is
scarcely expected that the French stip-
ulation will apply to Tonquin and the
sections of China that have been under
French influence for long time past,
but simply to any extension of French
holdings