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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-14
CAUSED BY A CHINOOK
All Montana Rivers Turned Into Raging
Torrents.

All Montana Rivers Turned Into Raging
Torrents.
ANACONDA. Mon, April 10.-Specials
to The Standard from various parts of
Montana show that the recent chinook
has made raging torrents out of most of
the rivers, in many cases breaking all
records. The Yellowstone has caused
the greatest loss to life and property.
Ice jams have backed the water up at
Glendive and Miles City, where the
greatest, damage has been done.
At Miles City the ice damned the
mouth of the Tongue river, forcing the
water back until the entire south side
of the city was under water. Seventy
five houses had to be abandoned, the
people having to be rescued in boats
so quick had been the rise of water
Later in the afternoon the water broke
over the track into Main street where
it ran torrent.
Washouts are reported all along the
Northern Pacific and passenger trains
are stalled all along the line, but the
details are slow in coming.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-14
Rise of Water So Rapid Resi-
dents Are Unable to Make
Their Escape.
WAS CAUSED BY A CHINOOK
Majority of the Rivers of the
State Swollen Into Rag
ing Torrents.
WaShoutS on the Northern Pa
CifiC Stall Trains at Vari-
Gus Points.

GLENDIvE, Mon, April 10.-An ice
gorge in the Yellowstone river at this
point caused the stream to overflow,
drowning IL persons. Three spans of
the steel bridge are washed out, causing
loss of $25, 200; the Northern Pacific
tracks are inundated and possibly
washed away for some distance, and the
loss to live stock by drowning will in
volve large sum. The dead are: Mrs.
R. w. Snyder, wife of rancher; Miss
Nellie Reagan, her niece; Miss Rose
Wybrecht, a visitor to the Snyder
ranch; George F. O'Connor, and James
Sullivan, wife and six children.
The ice began moving at $50 in the
evening and continued flowing until
$3.50 p. M, when it formed a gorge. The
Snyder party, noticing the backwater,
started for the Northern Pacific tracks,
Hoping to Escape Drowning,
but before they covered half the dis
lance the water was waist deep and
they took refuge in tree. O'Connor
was the first to be washed from the
tree, Mrs. Snyder the second and Miss
Wybrecht the third. A huge piece of
ice struck the tree and broke it in two,
carrying off Miss, Reagan.
Later developments found eight more
persons who were victims of the over
flow. making IL in all. They COM
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-14
Excursion Rates
Western Canada

And particulars how to secure 100 acres
of the best wheat-growing land on the
Continent can be secured on application
to the superintendent of immigration
Ottawa, Canada, or to the undersigned.
Specially Conducted Excursions
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-14

| Levy, of Elysian, was in the city
Friday
J. G. Hamlin, of Blue Earth, was a
Saulpaugh gust Friday night.
Mrs. Viva Williams Glacier returned
to her home in st. Paul Friday after
brief visit in the city.
R. o. Craig of GAINESVILLE, accom-
panied by his attorney, John Moonan,
of Waseca, was in the city Saturday.
Miss Fife Mason, of Minneapolis,
was in the city Monday on her way to
Wells, where she is teacher.
Mrs. Herbert Carleton, son and
daughter, of New Ulm, are the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Barney.
Prof. G. F. Koebler has returned from
Luverne, where he conducted weeks
institute for Rock county teachers.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Douglas, of
Worthington, were in the city to spend
Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. w.
A. Funk.
Misses Finckh and Olson returned to
Elmore to take up their teaching
after spending weeks vacation in the
city.
Edwin, the two year old son of Mr.
and Mrs J. E. Hart, fell out of bed
Saturday night and broke his collar
bone.
Rev.S. D. Works and family will move
into the Parsons house, just north of
the Baptist church, this week
Cbas. Andrews and family are about
to move into P. B. Sparrow's house on
Hickory street.
Mrs Y. g. Seelye received telegram
Monday morning cancelling the engage
ment of Nellie Mowry. This is a great
disappointment to the ladies of the
Maccabees as they had been to con.
siderable expense and work.
Petitions in bankruptcy were filed
with Referee Flittie Monday byPatrick
Riley, of Lake Crystal, and Joseph
Stensil and George Masser, Jr, of
Mountain Lake, Mr. Riley's Liabilities
are 81, 600 with no assets.
L. A. Moore, of St. Paul, has received
a telegram from San Francisco an
nouncing the safe arrival of his son,
Russell, who was discharged for dis
ability from Company c, Thirteenth
Minnesota. He arrived Friday on the
Scandal.
Joseph Dumbeck died at his home at
No. 15S Dickson street Sunday, aged
7S years. He leaves a wife and several
grown children, one of whom is Mrs.
Minor, of this city.
Atu the Board of Trade Monday
John c. Noe presented his resignation
as member of the Board Jno G Hall
wanted to see something done with the
oil plant, and thought possibly if the
COM Iany was correspondent with it
might be induced to start it up again
in the fall. Mr.. Klein thought starch
factory would pay, if the matter was
worked up, bat no steps were taken in
the question.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-14
Losses and Gains on the Turf.

1t is estimated that as much as be-
tween 5000 O00 600 and $3.50, 100000 is
lost yearly on the turf Australia is the
largest loser. No less than $4,000 900
changes hands there yearly If the
money could be estimated which miser-
able people spend in vain endeavor to
get health, it might prove as appalling
as the above amounts Hostetter' s
Stomach bitters has cured hundreds of
people who had spent small fortunes
trying to regain health The Bitters
strengthens weak stomachs, and thus
cures as well AS prevents constipation,
indigestion, biliousness, liver and kidney
ailments, which indicates an over.
worked or abused stomach. 1t is the
only medicine to take in the spring, and
is recommended by all honest physi-
clans.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-14
For Manitoba, Assiniboia,

Alberta and Saskatchewan will leave
St. Paul, Mimi, on the first and third
Wednesdays in each month; and spe
cially low rates on all lines of railway
are being quoted for the mammoth ex.
cursion leaving st. Paul on April 9Th.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-14

WASHINGTON, April 10. = Secretary
Long announces that the delicate and
important duties devolving upon Admit
raj George Dewey. in connection with
the restoration of peace and the reorgan-
ization of government in the Philippines,
precludes compliance with the request
of the Business Mems Association OF
Washington, looking to his participation
in the proposed peace jubilee in this city
next month.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-14
YOUNG LIFE ENDED.

May, the adopted daughter of Mrs
]. A. Willard, died Saturday night of
consumption. aged fourteen years. The
funeral occurred at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon from the residence, on South
Broad street May was very promising
girl, possessed of kind and gentle dis
position, and her death causes deep re-
greet among all who knew her.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-14

prlsed the entire FAMILY or James Sui
livan, wife and six children, whose resi-
dence is within 200 yards of the nearest
point of the Yellowstone river. When
Sheriff Aiken and Charles Parker
crossed the river amidst the floating ice
they found the Sullivan residence with
doors and windows open and the entire
family dead in the room.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-14

ruANDAN, IN. ~, April 1O.-At
o'clock fire started in the Northern Pa
cific carpenter shop and in few min
utes the roof was ablaze. Notwith
standing the efforts of the fire depart
nents of the city and railroad company
the carpenter shop, machine shop
boiler shop and blacksmith shops were
burned and nothing but the brick walls
are standing Loss S1h 600
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-14
Michigan Hotel Burned.

ALPENA, Mich, April 1O.--Fire de.
stroyed the Churchill hotel with all its
contents. Several of the inmates mar
rowly escaped. The hotel was one of
finest in the state. 1t was remodeled
eight years ago at cost of $4,000. It
will be rebuilt
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-14
The Best Cough Remedy on Earth.

Wdfn6r'S Willis Wine OF Tar
Syrup, Consumption Cure, cures
cold in "a hours if taken in time
and does not stop cough in one
minute by paralyzing the throat,
but it cures the disease and leaves
the throat and lungs healthy and
strong. IS and SO cts.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-14
PARENTS MEETING AT FRANKLIN

The beautiful weather of yesterday
together with the enterprise of the
Franklin teachers brought out a fine at
tendance at the Parents meeting held
in their building at o'clock in the
afternoon There was larger per
cent. of men present than usual at such
meetings and all seemed to enjoy the
papers and the talks, Mrs Koke acted
as chairman and at the close of the
more formal part of the program called
on County Supt w. E. Freeman and
Mr.. L. G. NJ. Fletcher for remarks.
Both gentlemen responded to the in
yitation, the former giving something
of his early experience in school life
drew comparisons with present condi-
lions and counted those happy, indeed,
who are born in this generation. He
spoke very highly of the Mankato
schools and the spirit of the meeting
Mr.. Fletcher was quite eloquent in his
encomiums of the Franklin teachers,
and expressed much satisfaction at the
hearty support the patrons of the
school had given the meeting of the
day The papers were all more than
ordinary and their effect can be moth
ing other than beneficial. Both parents
and teachers were enthusiastic over the
success of the meeting and another will
be called before the end of the present
school year. The program was as
follows:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-14
THOSE $500 TEETH

Are all right, they just grin and win
every time. IT your own teeth are
worthless or if you have poor fitting
plates, it will pay you to take adj
vantage of this offer Call and see me
for any kind of dental work which you
may be in need of. 1t pays to save
your natural teeth if they are worth it,
and you should have this done in the
best and easiest manner possible DIR.
Eberhart has an established reputation
of being good, thorough, conscientious
dentist, and you cannot so amiss by
having him do your dental work. At
office from a. m. to 5 p M. every day
in the week, over the Mankato Saving
bank.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-05

To arouse dormant liver and secure
permanent regularity of the bowels use
Or. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-05
Buy cotton and hold it; it's the
the only cheap thing left.

This ad appeared one morning in
newspapers in New York and in
every newspaper from New York to
San Francisco and from Maine to the
Gulf Bankers asked what it meant,
and who caused its publication. The
name of the person has never been made
public, but the circumstances leading to
the publication were t Did for the first
time by Andy Penn n the Wall Street
Press last Thursday. Here is the
narrative:
sit was at the time when stocks had
doomed gloriously and wheat vas up
fifteen cents or so bushel Cotton
was selling at 6S7. [ was sitting at
my desk writing some market letters
when the telephone rang. | answered
it. recognizing the voice of the speaker,
although did not indicate it. 1t was
request that one of the most prominent
advertising men of the city come around
on an important matter. The upshot of
it was that an order was given to put
the advertisement quoted above in every
paper in the United States published in
a town of 10000 inhabitants or over the
next morning. The cost was not reck>
oned on. There was h 1t time in thai
advertising Office that night. There
was hot time, zoo in the telegraph Of
flee. They kept 1t up, with the news
paper directory before them, until ?
o'clock in the morning.
There are two men in the world
who know who inserted that advertire.
ment. | and one other. We are both
pledged TO secrecy and no one else will
ever know. He explained that his own
partners knew nothing of his sudden
freak. Moreover, he was not cotton
merchant, lie did not own bale of
cotton, nor was he short of any. What
was his motive? He said he merely
wanted to give the boys free pointer.
Everything was sky high except cotton.
1t banged right down to five and one
quarter cents. 1t has never gotten up to
SIX and elghty-seven hundredths. But
those bills. He paid them cheerfully,
over $780, 900. And all for freak idea.
Queer, isn't it?' Those who placed the
advertisement have always suspected
that the ad vas not such "freak no.
ton" after all. They are inclined to
believe that ii the man who paid the
bills would admit it, it would be found
that whenever an order reached Wall
street to buy cotton during the few
days following it's publication he un-
| loaded some of the SOCK he held.
To arouse dormant liver and secure
I ~ SNE hn 1u Nca
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-05
CENSUS OF INSECTS Is TAKEN.
they Are Good Bad and Indifferent aud
Comprise 800 Families.

they Are Good, Bad and Indifferent aud
Comprise 800 Families.
An insect census has just been taken
! on purely scientific lines with view to
determine as far as it is posi- BILE which
insects are boon and a blessing to
mankind and which are the reverse.
Although the statistics quite upset the
| old idea that all insects and lower
| animals we're created solely for man S
; > nefit, vet it is conclusively proven that
while some insects are rightly termed
"pests." there are others that render US
considerable service, and fortunately fof
our crops and vegetation the latter are In
the majority.
According to the census insects are to
be classi ded as good, bad and lDdltter-
ent. The good insects numoer ll6 tamil
lies, the bad insects amount to ll3 famls
lies, while the Indifferent insects, who
could not for one reason, or another
satisfactorily answer all questions OF
| their census papers, and must, there
fore, for the present be looked on as
doubtful characters, reach total OF
seventy-two families.
No fewer than 112 families of the bad
insects feed upon cultivated plants and
crops, doing damage TO ana deVourlng
tn usands of pounds worth of vege-
table products annually, gobbllng up
our spring cabbages and succulent
yaung peas, etc, in the most ruthless
fashion, while the 113 family is paraslt-
| ic upon and causes much harm to
war ~ blooded animals.
OF the good or beneficial insects
seventy nine families devote themselves
| to the destruction of their wicked,
vegeta ble> devouring brethren, which
they accomplish in the most satlsfac-
! tory and wholesale manner, while of the
r m lining useful insects thirty-two
/ antilles act as scaveDgers, clearing
away with great rapidity all sorts OF
decaying vegetable and animal matter
| two families aid us as pollenisers an
~ r., form food for our eatable fishes.-
= A4qnd@Ma;l.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-05
d,tarrh Cannot he Cured

WITH local applications, s~gthey cannot
reacn the seat of the disease. Catarrh is
blood or constitutional disease, and In
order to cure it you must take internal
remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh
Cure is no quack medicine. It was pre-
scrlbed by one of the bes. physicians 10
this country for years, and is regular
prescription. 1t is composed of the pest
tones known, combined with the best
bl cd purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect comblna'
ton of the two Ingredients is what pro
duces such wonderful results in curing
catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Props,
Sold by druggist, 75c. Toledo, y.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-05
NEGRO MIGRATIONS.
Is Seriously Affecting Farming Interests
Around EufAula.

Is Seriously Affecting Farming Interests
Around EufAula.
The migration of the negroes from
the cotton fields to the railroad work
still goes on. If it continues much
longer the lack of hands will seriously
affect the farming interests of this
section. Squad after sqEad have lie t
here since the first of the year. The
emigration was to the turpentine
works in lower Georgia and Florida.
Afterwards the negroes left in lunches
for the her works down the river.
OF late their Mecca has been the new
railroad work in southern Alabama
For the past few days Mr.. Vinson az
CLAYTON AID Mr.. Hall at Eufaula have
been at work recruiting hands for the
railroad that is being built from
Georgianna. They left this morning
with the results of their labor. Thirty
eight came down from Clayton and
went with nineteen from Eufaula. An
extra was attached to the morning
train to accommodate the migrating me-
groes.-Eufaula Times.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-05
WORK FOR GENERAL WOOD.
One of the Many Sad Signs of sModerp
Times.

One of the Many Sad Signs of Modern
The presence of General Wood, the
governor of Santiago, in this country.
has aroused the people who are always
anxious to win little distinction by
doing something for the man who hap
pens to be the hero of the hour.
AS consequence of General Wood $
presence, schemes of all kinds have
been brOached, one among which is to
make the general the president of some
huge corporation with large salary.
The statement is made that because he
Is man "who has nothing further to
gain in the military service he should
enter the business world in order 20
gain the reward to which he is en-.
titled. This statement is remarkable
for Its modesty, because Its author
might have gone on further and allow
ed him TO enter into business relations
without resigning the office he now
holds.
1t is one of the sad signs of modern
existence when every service a man
may render has TO be measured by the
money standard. No sooner does an
official become noted for honesty and
industry in office than the wheels are
set to work to gain for him a compe-
tency in money. 1hls does away com
pletely with the idea that the sense of
duty we'll performed is The highest re-
ward which any man may aspire TO. 1t
was neither intended by providence,
nor is 1T necessary, that every man
should become rich merely because he
performs the duty Of his station The
world is full of men who, in obscurity,
walk the line Of duty and whose deeds,
il blazoned forth, would mark them as
heroes. These men are not claimants
for so much gold coin nor for contin-
ued advancement IN salary. They are
actuated by higher motives, and it is
only the existence of this motive which
has made them capable of performing
the work they had in hand.-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-05

There is not the slightest doubt that the
doctors do more harm than good in treating
Contagious Blood Poison; many victims OF
this loathsome disease would be much better
off to-day if they had never allowed them
selves to be dosed on mercury and potash, the
only remedies which the doctors ever give for
blood poison.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-05
TO RESTORE LIFE.
London Man Claims To Have Found Meth
cd of Resuscitating Drowned People.

London Man Claims to Have Found Meth
cd of Resuseitating Drowned People. {
Charles Mansfield, mechanic
London, claims that he has discovered q
sure method of resuscitating persons
Who have been drowned. This is simply
oy covering the entire body with dry
salt, which becomes moist with contact
ana draws the water from the victim S
iungs Mansfield has revived cat
alter it had been drowned thirty min
uteS, after putting it in salt, and dog
vas brought to life after it had been
drowned two hours He believes the
same me thod will prove feasible in the
case of human beings.
J. II you bave headache, pain IN the back,
u!zziuess with spots floating before the
VISION, it indicates serious disease of the
HH1i n! Or. J. II. McLean's Liver and
A"'heS Balm removes these symptoms
ana cures the disease.
SALE-DAvIs DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-05

A man named John Spqs was arrest
ed in New York day or TWO ago On
being brought into court he gave his
name and then spelled it, but neither
the Judge nor any one of the court Of
ficers was able to pronounce it. LAS
uttered by the prisoner" said the
clerk, later. sit seemed to be the com
mingllng of the hiss of punctured BIZ
cycle tire and the wheeling of Florl-
da alligator"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-05

MilitarIsm and the tendency toward
imperialism in this country is the fruis
that we expected when we began TO
dabble In SPANS affairs in Cuba
Those who were responsible for the
Spanish war must assume RESPONSE OH OH
tty for the war in the Philippines also;
The last but shows what an lll-adViseu
stem we made in the first.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-05

THE hottest town in the United
States under yearly contract with Mons
sieur Caloric Is said to be Rio Grande
City, Texas, where the average tenn
perature is trfe over 73 degrees.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-05

tired, sleepy, bilious ill is cured by
DR.. sawyers Little Wide Awake Pills
regulate the stomach and liver and fill
the bill. SALE-DAvIs DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-05
A MYSTERIOUS AID.

One Explain alton of a Newspaper Notice
That Puzzled Many.
In the summer of 1897 the following
advertisement attracted the attention
of the financial world:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-05

Mr.. and Mrs. b. Lackamp, Elston,
Mo-, write: cone Minute Cough Cure
saved the life Of our little boy when
nearly dead with the Group" SALE
DAVIS DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-05

Cooling and soothing in its effects you
will find DR.. Sawyer's Arnica and Witch
Hazel Salve for eczema, piles, hives,
burns and cuts. SALE-DAvIs DRUG Go.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-10

whole crowd from up stairs had come
down, having heard the shooting. They
held tho tenderfoot up, and for ten min
utes he had his hand shaken as it was
probably never shaken before. and he
would have been blind
PARAEYzED ON CHAMPAGNE
that cost $12 bottle If he had consented
to drink it. ~ a.
''He walked up the street couple of
blocks, when he met the night marshal.
who had heard Of the shooting and was
on his way at LOPEZ to Hardesty's place.
The plano player surrendered himself to
the night marshal and was locked up
over night in the calaboose. A coroner q
jury was got together at 10 o'clock the
next morning and inside of exactly eight
minutes the verdict was reached that
'Bucking Freeman had met justifiable
death at the hands of a tenderfoot, who
Is hereby acquitted The Jury having
been dissolved, the members of 1t re-
paired to a room and formulated resolu-
tons of thanks to the tenderfoot for hav-
ing wiped two hard citizens out of the
towns population. When Joe Hardesty
came back the next dayGand heard how
his piano thumper had lined up to meet
nm occasion he gave Algernon Montclair
$500 and a ticket up TO the Colorado mir
Ing country, where the tenderfoot wanted
to go.
Tenderfeet haven't been toyed with
much here in Phoenix since that thing
happened