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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-02-10

world now if, ah if, men would start
right and live truthful lives. If par
ents of one generation could become
anxious to impress their children by
example and precept to live lives of
truthfulness as far as possible, to avoid
all sham and fattery, to honor Gods
laws upon which all other laws are
based
Where withal shall young man
cleanse his way? By taking heed here
to according to thy word Ps. 119, 9.
In thousands of homes Gods word,
the standard of right living and right
dying, is denied, dishonored and
Knocked. little dreaming that by so do
ing they are tearing down the founda-
ton of the structure of good society,
home and individual character No
evil becomes a social evil that has not
first been an individual evil. Who is
to blame, do you say? l know what
answer might give, and what each of
you may expect. but l will simply ask
each of you who read this to commune
with your own heart and life and home
and business transactions
If even our young men and women
have not had the best influence, home
or training, all is not lost and you need
not despair and besides you are per-
sonally held respor sible You have a
God given mind, you are an intelligent
hence reasoning being.
First be su you are right, then go
ahead. If you have imbibed wrong
IDEAS of skeptic writers, ask yourself
how much comfort and peace of mind
they have given you? Have the teach
ings of skeptics ever given any indI-
vidual peace and joy and an assurance
of eternal bliss? So you wonder why
write in this strain to young peopl-
connected with Christian and religious
institution. You meet not, for family
does not consist of children altogether.
Sometimes the relationship is large and
[ have often found families of few
actual children who after all had a
large connection of uncles, aunts,
cousins, second cousins and sometimes
/ forty-second cousins.
I have heard it said that some people
have various reasons for belonging OF
, joining churches aud why may not even
this be the fact with young people full
of love which they wish to share with
some of their cousins Seriously speak
ing, in visiting some young peoples
societies you are almost persuaded tC
believe them to be all cousins of dis
tant connection and very few rea.
children. Oh, for more real children
in our Christian Endeavor societies.
Epworth Leagues, Young Peoples
Unions, etc. Do 1 criticise you toe
hard? Well, I don't know, YOU had
better ask yourself if you are hard
enough on yourself. How near do you
p, fill your pledge? 1 am aware truth
plainly Gold does not. feel very good
but Sol mon says in Prov. 26, Faithful
are the wounds of a.friend. l know
pastors realize the foregoing statement
of conditions but are afraid of giving
offense Let our youngipeople's socie
ties live up to their pledge and we shall
find less unhappy disappointed girls an6
more happy marriages and subsequent
happy homes and a more God-like ris
ing generation because founded on Goo
and his eternal truth. Then our Sun
day schools would flourish and be
success all around
| HENRY BEELER,
Missionary Am. Sunday School Union
Il
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-02-10

Architect Gerlach went to Tracy to-
day to inspect the school building,
which is cracking and showing signs
that something is wrong with it.
Michael Mahoney, who is sick at the
hospital with pneumonia, is better, and
his daughter who is sister of Notrs
Dame, has returned to st. Louis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-02-10

Aid. Petersen moved that the fire de
partment committee and two from each
fire company, to be selected by the COM
panies, be appointed committee to ar
range for defeating the new fire sta
ton, and this was carried.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-02-10
GET A MOVE.
st. Peter Busin ess Men Form
An Organization.
Ats Object is to Protect st. Peters Rail.
road Interests and Secure an Exten.
sion Of the Milwaukee.

Over one hundred citizens met at
at ST. Peter Thursday evening and or
ganized the est Peter Board of Trade I"
The object of the association is to take
steps to see that the city's interests do
no not suffer by the proposed action of
the Chicago 81 North Western railway
in building it's line from Mankato to
New Ulm. If this is done by the North
western company, movement will be
inaugurated to induce the citizens of
Nankato, Henderson, LIE Sueur and
Minneapolis to use all possible en-
deavors to secure the extension of the
Milwaukee from Mankato to'Minneapo-
lis. Other matters pertaining to the
general welfare of the city were discus
sed and much interest manifested The
officers of the association are as follows:
President, henry Mol; vice president,
f. M. Donahower; secretary, G M.
Evenson; treasurer, M. L. Klein. The
board starts out with over one hundred
members.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-02-10

VIM. Bahrer is erecting.a blacksmith
shop at the north end of the Minnesota
river bridge. making the third to be
located there.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-02-10

Mrs. A. B. Moffat arrived from st.
Joe, Mich, this noon to visit relatives
in the city for a week.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-02-10
NEW CHARTER.
WILL BE SUBMITTED AT THE
CITY ELECTION.

Council Will Ascertain The Cost of Pub
fishing it in the p pers==-Action Taken
Toward Another Park-..BilIs From
TourtalOte Hospital Cause Discus
sion al. ". Chambers $1,000 Claim
Disallowed and Another one Received
.-s0ther Business.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-02-10

Several surveying parties have con-
tinued at work locating route for the
proposed extension of the Minneapolis
& st. Louis to Omaha. The company
is in earnest concerning the proposed
extension and will have $50 miles of
the extension completed before the end
of the year. Much of the material has
already been purchased. 1t is the in
tention to make it standard branch.
Seventy pound steel rails will be used,
and all brii ges will be of steel 1t will
be necessary to con >truct five bridges
of considerable length across rivers.
The whole of the extension to Omaha
will not be completed this year, as there
will remain about $50 miles to build
after constructing the $50 miles beyond
New Uln, planned for this summers
work An official of the Minneapolis q
st Louis states that he expects opposi-
, ton from the North western the Omaha
and other lines, but this would neither
stop nor delay the construction of the
new branch He thought it probable
that parallel lines would be built by the
North Western, but if that company
should build within fifty feet of the
Minneapolis & ST. Louis, that would
not change the present plans of the
latter road
Surveying parties are at work be-
tween this city and New Ulm for the
Mankato q New Ulm road Everything
will be gotten in shape to commence
work early in the spring.
With so much railroad building in
this vicinity as is now proposed, our
stone quarries will probably run to their
full capacity. Vast amounts of cut
stone will be required to put IN all the
culverts and br dyes that will be needed
and our stone men will be apt to get a
good share of these contracts.
Right of-Way Agent H P. Barlow
and H. H Woodman, of the Omaha
road, and Engineer c. S. Hall, of the
G & NV. road, were guests at The
Saulpaugh over night.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-20
WE HAVE SINNED.
German Professor Says We Were Led
Into War by Brainless sDemagogues.

Berlin, May l9.-The Independence
Beige publishes an interview with Prof.
Rudolph Virchow, the leader of German
liberalism on the subject OF the peace
conference, in the course of which he is
represented as having said:
disarmament is In the air. Sooner or
later 1t will be realized by all nations,
under the law of development. The pro-
gramme Of Emperor Nicholas is compre-
hensive. and complicated but the fact that
the powers accepted his call, Is signitt-
cant enough.
"Ona 1. factor in the situationlis the
weakness of public opinion. Nations are
led astray by a deceptive idea of glory
and honor. The United States have late
ly offered pitiable example of that,
"a civilized land has been plunged
into war by the criminal agitation of
brainless demagogues and the 1ncapaoity
of rulers. The United States have sinned
against humanity and civilization.
Let US hope that the Amercans have
at last recovered from their bout of intox.
ication and will redeem the errors of their
country. All this is an illustration of
the difficulties confronting the confer
ence, but 1T will not matter If success Is
finally attained. The conference l be-
lieve, will deepen the study Of pea0e
problems and the new century will be 1D
age of real enlightenment, civilization
and peace"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-20
MAY DELAY PEACE.
Filipinos Restrained From Communi-
eating with Americans,

.Manila, May 1850 p. m.-Gen. Luna
Is reported to be making desperate efforts
to restrain the educated Filipinos within
tine limits Of his self-appointed Jurisdic-
tion, from communicating with the
Americans, even to arrestiDg Encamina
and Gerrera, two of the most influential
officials, while on their way to Malolos
30 join those who are coming via San
Isidro.
This, and the removal Of the seat OF
government to Tarlsc, 80 miles north OF
San Fernando, may lead to complica-
tions and delay in the pacifications. But
1t is generally conceded that further op-
position to American sovereignty is USE
less and ridiculous. Neither Gen. Luna
nor Gen. Pho Del Pillar has sufficient
force to resist or compel submission.
Gen. Wheaton has been relieved Of the
command of the second division for a
special assignment, and Gen. Funston
has been assigned to his brigade. A board
consisting of Col. French of the 22d in
fAntry, and Major Caball and Capt Ran
dolph of the Third Artillery, has been
appointed to proceed to Batavia for the
purpose OF Investigating the European
methods Of providing for the health of the
troops there and to report on the subject
for the benefit Of the Americans here.
The United States Transport Warren
has arrived here from San francisco.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-20
DECLINE IN STOCKS.

New York, May 19.-R.. G. Dun &
Co., in their weekly review OF trade to-
morrow will say:
Decline in stocks after the death of ex-
Gov. Flower was entirely natural. his
personal influence was worth many
millions TO corporations which he chose
to join. The stocks in which he was
most largely interested were strongly sup
ported and after an hours weakness began
to recover but his place in business will
not be filed in an hour. No otLer occa-
sion appeared for weakness and very
large share of the depression in Industrial
stocks had previously appeared on Tues
day owing to this multiplication and
highly magnified stories Of new oombina-
tions in iron and stecl. The official report
OF foreign trade in April showed de-
crease compared with last year OF S19, 900.
600 in the export of the principal pro-
ducts, but an increase In manufactured
articles and in that respect the month
was only surpassed by March.
Failures for the week have been 147 in
the United States against $50 last year.
and II in Canada against 80 last year.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-20
CANAL COMMISSION.
Admiral Walker Interviews President
On Its Future Work.

Washington, May 19.-Admiral John
Walker, the president Of the Nicaraguan
canal commission, called at the state de-
partment today and had a long talk with
Secretary Hay respecting the work OF the
committee and the course to be pursued
by the new Isthmian canal commission
which is to be appointed to carry for
ward the work of the canal commission.
Admiral Walker was able to announce
the completion of the work of the present
commission and promised to have the
final report ready for submission to the
President by next Monday. He intimated
that the estimate of the cost of the pro-
iected canal was 1925, ,000, 900, the mean
between the estimates of the individual
members.
AS soon as he receives the report OF the
commission, the President will announce
the new commission, who ara to be ap'
pointed under the act of the last Congress
to canvass all of the isthmian routes suit
able for canals. He has already practi'
cally selected the personnel, and it may
be stated positively that the nucleus OF
the new commission will be formed by
Admiral Walker, Col. Haines and Prof..
Haupt, the three members OF the expir,
ing Nicaraguan commission. Several
members will be added, mainly engineers
OF high technical requirements, and
among them will be Major Simonds OF the
u. S. engineer corps.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-20
Weather Observation.

The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, May 10, taken
at p. m. meridian time. the observation
for each section being given in this order;
Temperature, direction of wind, state OF
weather:
Boston, 50 degrees. e, cloudy; New
delphia, IS degrees, NV, cloudy; Wash.
ington, 5s degrees, NV, cloudy; Albany
so degrees, W, cloudy; Buffalo, As de-
grees. W, cloudy; Detroit, o. degrees, W.
cloudy; Chicago. 4s degrees NE. cloudy
St Paul, GO degrees, NE, clear; huron
Dak, 90 degrees, e, cloudy; bismarck,
20 degrees, Sc, cloudy; Jacksonville, 81
degrees, Sc, clear.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-20
MAY STRIKE AGAIN.
Not All Men In SacO Machine Shops Got
Raise of Pay.
ESPECIAL TO THE pREssJ

Riddeford, May IA special meeting
of the machinists' union was held tonight
to discuss the conditions in the Saco g.
Pettee machine shops. Today was the
first pay day since the strike. The ma
chinists found that their envelopes con-
tanned an increase Of pay at the rate of
two cents per hour, as the agent had
promised the committee but no extra
wages were received by the yard hands,
pickle hands or furnace men.
1t is understood that the company
claims not to have included these classes
of employees in the agreement for an in
crease, but the machinists say that their
committee reported the agent as promis-
ing to increase the wages of all but the
moulders.
What was done at tonight's meeting
could not be ascertained, but it is not
unlikely that the machinists will stand
behind the furnacemen, If the latter de-
eide to strike.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-20
A NEW BRUNSWICK TRAGEDY.

St. John, N. b., May 9.-Word comes
from Fredericton today of a horrible
tragedy at Green Hill, a small settlement
near Stanley. William Mclean of Cross
Greek was stabbed with a seven inch
bladed butcher knife by Alfred Cover, in
the latter's home and died almost in
stantly. Cover Ia a well-to-do-farmer and
at times possessed of quick and ungov
ernable temper.
Last night Mclean went to Covers to
spend the night and took q bottle of
liquor along with him. The drinking
bout continued all night. About five In
the morning Cover arose end went
down stairs, returning shortly afterwards
to find Mclean in company with Mrs.
Cover. He took down a loaded gun
threatening both but they overpowered
him and took the gun away. Cover went
to the kitchen and returned with
butcher knife and in conflict with Nc
Lean drove the knife into the latters
body just above the heart. Mclean ex
pired almost Immediately. Cover then
started to kill his wife, but she had es-
capped through window to the roof OF II
shed and jumped to the ground. Her
husband started down stairs after her but
was intercepted by some netghbors who
heard her screams and came to investi.
gate the trouble. Mrs. Cover was found
lying on the ground with both ankles
injured, unab le to stand up.
The deputy sheriff was notified by tele-
phone and started at once for the scene OF
the murder. Mclean was an unmarried
man about IS years of age.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-20
SABBATH NEARLY LOST
And With 1t Goes American Lfberties--
Presbyterians Pessimistic In Views
ON Subject.

Minneapolis, Mimi. May 10 9-Sunday
observance was the question which took
the major part of the Presbyterian As
sembIy's time today. Most Of the long
afternoon session was devotsd to an
earnest and often excited d soussion Of
the report of the special committee on
Sabbath observance. In the end tine COM
mittee's eight resolutions were adopted
with slight amendment and two more
were added. In the discussion the Sunday
street, car ths Sunday train and railroad
excurs on, the Sunday newspapers the
Sunday working Presbyterian and every
form of activity which Is not In harmony
with the liberal meaning of the fourth
commandment, were condemned. Indig-
nant comments were made when another
special committee reported that it had
not been able to keep Congress and the
President from granting the Roman
Catholics permission to erect chapel on
the West Point academy reservation.
In E g debate on the Sabbath resolu-
tions, almost every speaker gave evidence
| OF being imbued with the feeling ex-
pressed in the words of the committee:
1.-THE American Christian Sabbath is in
| imminent peril; in fact in many OF our
large cities and in other parts OF our land
| IL is already nearly lOSt. 1 MS 1ne3DS tnaO
American liberty and American institu-
tions ara In peril, for of those the Ameri-
| can Sabbath has been both the founda-
| tion and the protection:
| An attempt TO get the phrase Chris
tian Sabbath" substituted for the" "Ameri-
can Sabbath" in the resolutions, was de-
feated.
| AS adopted the resolutions deprecate
the secularizing of the Sabbath urge
members and young people of the church
to realize the Importance of Sabbath OBJ
seryances; urge Legislatures and congress
to protect the American Sabbath; COM
mend the American Sabbath union and
the women's national Sabbath alliance;
recommend every pastor to preach on
Sabbath observance on soma Sabbath OF
next October and take collection for
| the Sabbath union; and request the board
Of publication to prepare and Sabtath
| school supsrintendents to use specific
Sabbath observance leaflet. sympathy Is
expressed with 8. GOO, COO Americans who
because of Sabbath desecration ara com
PEELED to do secular work on the Sabbath.
President McKinley's attention is re-
spectfully called to the fact that en-
ployees Of the post offices and many other
| depar tments of the government are com
pe1led to work on Sunday.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-20
LOOKING FOR ANDREE.
An Expedition VIII Start For Green
land Today.

London, May 20.-The Daily Mail pub
fishes the following from Stockholm:
An expedition under Prof. nathorst
will leave tomorrow Saturday for the
northeast coast of Greenland in search Of
Prof Andree.
After carefully examining the region
between the 73d and 10Th degrees north
latitude, the expedition will proceed to
ward Cape Bismarck, on the east COAST OF
Greenland, in the hope of meeting Capt.
Otto Sverdrup's expedition which left
Christlana last June on the Fran. Every
effort will be made to find the explorer.
NOTHING KNOWN OF LETTER.
Copenhagen, May l9.-Nothing is
known here as to the reported discovery
of letter written by Prof. Andree. the
missing Arctic explorer. said to have
been found in hottie early last month
on the northeast coast OF Iceland by a
farmer named Johau Magnussen
letter in bottle was found recently
containing reports of last years work OF
Prof. Nathorst's expedition engaged In
testing Arctic currents. This bore the
address of Ernest Andree. brother of the
aeronaut who was the manager OF the ex'
pedition.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-20
Must Be Settled Before
Another Meeting.
Commissioners Invited to Pay
Visit to Skaguay.

Washington, May LEACH of the mem
bers Of the American branch of the joint
high Canadian commission has received
handsomely prepared invitation from
the Chamber of Commerce of Skaguay,
to visit that port and see for themselves
the conditions. The invitation reoites
in strong language the desire of the peo-
pie Of Skaguay to have the commission
maintain to the utmost the claims Of the
United States, to every foot Of territory
within the thirty miles lying between
the sea and the boundary line, as it has
heretofore been recognized. The invita-
tion has made an impression upon some
members OF the commission be cause of
the earnest expression of determination
one thing, 1t Is taken as completely mega
tiving the statement published some time
ago to the effect that a majority of the
people of Skaguay are desirous of annex
alton to Canada. There is every indica-
tion of the absolute and final determine
tion of the American commissioners Ito
uphold this view of the proper boundary
line set out by tie people of Skaguay, If
the boundary question is to be retained
as one of the subjects for the action Of
the joint commission.
1t has come to that pass in the negotia-
tions now going on in London between
Lord Salisbury and Sir Julian Pauncefote
on the one side, and Ambassador Choate
on the other, that the resuming of the
joint commission depends entirely upon
the disposition made of this Alaskan
boundary question. When the commits
sion adjourned last winter, it was be-
cause the two branches were unable to
agree upon 1t.
The Americans finally proposed to
drop the bundary question entirely. as ,
subject for consideration by the commits
sion leaving 1t to be adjusted by diplo-
matte methods or by arbitration. The
Canadians refused to consent to the separ-
alton of this question from the others.
Therefore the adjournment followed and
it Is necessary for the United States and
Great Britain to agree upon one Of two
courses before the commission meets
again-either by mutual agreement, the
boundary question must bs withdrawn as
| a subject for consideration, or the two
nations must settle 1t outright them
selves before the commission meets. The
negotiations now In progress are directed
! to securing one of these results.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-20
How An Undertaken Secured Flu.
nerals From Hospital.
Political Contributions
Touched Upon.
A Photographer Causes Sensa.
tiOn in Court.

New York. May 19.-The feature Of to-
days session of the Mazet investigating
committee was the unearthing of an all
legged system Of corruption In the dispo.
sition of dead bodies from a city hospital,
a somewhat ghoulish tale, but one that
was we'll corroborated and Yeplete with
details. By several witnesses ID was
stated that an undertaken named Marren
Illegally secured the funerals of all bod
les taken to Harlem hospital, and that he
was enabled to do this by bribing clerks
in the employ Of the city to break the
rules. 1t was also shown apparently, an
acquaintance existed between Marren
and Messrs. Croker and Carroll.
A large number of witnesses were called
and a multiplicity of subjects were
touched upon during the examination.
This old question of sewer pipe and the
connection between the contractors sup
ply company and the city departments
was gone into, several witnesses being
called, but the only apparent important
point elected was that Richard Croker
had objected to his sons going into this
concern when he learned that it intended
to supply the city departments.
Contributions to the political fund by
candidates and Office holders was also
touched upon. The explosion Of an unbid.
den photographers flash light threw the
court into CONSERVATION toward the close
of the afternoon session, but no one was
hurt, and the photographer, having
proved the innocence OF his intentions
was let go.
The committee will not sit again until
MAY 81