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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-02-02
INJUNCTION ASKED.
Effort to Stop Payment on Well.
man Contract.
S. H. Grannis Takes the Initiative in
the Move to Test the Tax
Experts Standing,

Papers were served late Monday
in an action to restrain the county from
paying any more to the tax experts
who are working under the contract
made between the county commission
ers and G. W. Wellman. S. II. Gran
mis- is the plaintiff in the action, and the
defendants are the county commission
ers of Blue Earth county, Chas. Graf,
chairman, Auditor Gunders, Treasurer
Ewing, Martin Flener, Harry S. Saylor
and Chas W. Wellman, the last tire
being experts.
The plaintiff asks Judge Cray to
grant an order requiring the defendants
to show cause why the county should
not be permanently restrained from
paying to the tax experts 81, 795 now in
the treasury and which the commits
sioners have allowed. The plaintiff
also asks that temporary injunction
be granted pending the hearing on the
order Feb. 1st.
The grounds alleged in the action are
that the county commissioners did not
have authority to enter into the con-
tract; that the contract was against
public policy; that the commissioners
have no right to pay out money belong
ing to the city, state and municipal cor
porations of the county; and that if the
county pays the experts wholly from
the county funds it will leave deficit
in the county treasury.
The action does not question the get
ting the taxes paid into the treasury,
but the contract whereby the county
pays the experts one half of the taxes
paid.
w. E. Young and II, L. Schmitt are
the attorneys for Mr.. Grannis, The &C
ton will raise the point for the first
time in this state, and its settlement
will be matter of Importance, as many
counties are making contracts along
the line of that made by this county.
The supreme court will pass upon the
matter.
The tax experts have thus far actual
ly drawn from the treasury about S4,-
900, and are entitled to the balance at
any time, so the auditor holds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-02-02
A CONFERENCE HELD.
City and County Officials talk over Mat.
tiers of Mutual Interest.

County Attorney Hughes, City At
torney Daily and City Recorder Will,
liams held conference yesterday af'
ternoon and the evidence against for
mer City Recorder Brown was gone
over. 1t will be gotten in proper form
and will be presented to the grand jury
week after next by County Attorney
Hughes.
The question of the countys claim
against the city, the city's counter
claim and the county's counter claim
was talked over, but nothing definite
done, as the matter is in the hands OF
the committee on claims and &C
counts The split, if one occurs, will
be upon the county's claim fol
the fines paid County Attorney Hughes
holds that the charter provision for the
retention of these by the city is uncon-
stitutional. and this may be tested in
the courts before the other claims are
settled.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-02-02
MINNESOTA LAKE.
Its Bed Will be, Divided up by
Farmers.
1t Will Give a Large Amount of LAND
to Thirteen Adjacent Property
Owners.

Minnesota lake, that was once a
beautiful sheet of water, has gone dry,
and its bed is to be divided among the
owners of the shore line according to
the manner prescribed by law. There
are thirteen of these property owners,
and they have agreed to make a fair
division without resorting to the courts.
Judge Daniel Buck has been employed
by some of them to attend to the legal
phase of the division, and M. B Haynes
has been secured to do the surveying.
Mr.. Haynes went to Minnesota Lake to-
day to do his part of the work. All of
the owners have agreed to follow Judge
Bnck's advice and have plat made of
the land from which the water seems
permanently to have drained.
The lake was two miles long by a
mile and a half wide, and covered
many hundreds of acres, so that the
share of each will be large unless
he owned but small margin of the old
lake. When the survey and plat have
been made, each owners share will be
designated on the plat and all of the
owners will sign it and agree that it is
correct, and thus an amicabe adjust
ment of the whole matter will have
been made and much litigation saved.
Thus the lakes that formerly were
the delight of all are gradually disap-
pearing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-02-02

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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-02-02
NOTHING is BETTER.
Impossible to Manufacture
Better Remedy.
Minnesota People Take Good Wit
nesses of the success 1t has
Achieved,

There can be nothing better fol-
backache, nervousness, sleeplessness
and all ailments arising from kidney
disorders than MorroW's Kid-ne.oids.
1t is impossible to manufacture a
better kidney remedy. Kid-ne-oids
contain the very best ingredients that
are good for ailments arising from the
kidneys. The vast number of people
in this city who have testified to the
merits of Kid-ne-oids is sufficient
proof that none of our claims are
false.
Mr.. T. E. Carey. captain of the fire
patrol, $40 Western Ave, st. Paul,
Mimi, says: For the benefit of peo-
pie who are suffering from kidney
backache, nervousness, sleeplessness
and other symptoms of deranged
kidneys, l desire to state 1 was re-
lieved of these troubles by using
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids. OF course
will tell my friends about Morrow's
Kid-ne-oids and what they did for
me and will also permit my state
ment to be published that many
others may learn of this grand
remedy"
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills
but yellow tablets and sell lat fifty
cents box at all drug stores. at 81. 1.
Parry's drug store.
Mailed on receipt of price. Manu-
featured by John Morrow & Co.,
chemists, Springfield, Ohio.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-02-02
RUN DOWN.
Geo. FOss Suffers a Broken
Leg.
His Team Killed by the West Bound
Omaha Passenger Train
Friday Afternoon.

An accident happened at the crossing
of the Omaha railway track at the
SibIey park entrance Friday afternoon
as the west bound passenger train was
leaving at :25 o'clock. George Foss, a
teamster, did not notice the approach
ing train and started to drive across
the track towards the park. The team
had no more than gotten on the track
when the engine struck the horses,
throwing them aside dead. Mr.. Foss
was thrown into the air and fell in the
wreck of his wagon.
The train was stopped and the
wounded man was picked up and
taken back to the union depot by the
train. Mr.. Foss was placed on truck
in the baggage room, and DR.. Warner
was summoned. The surgeon found
that both bones of the right leg were
broken between the ankle and knee,
but aside from few bruises and cuts
there were no other injuries. He de-
cided to reduce the fracture before
having the man removed to his home,
and did this during the afternoon.
Mr. Foss resides in North Mankato,
where he has wife and family. He is
a blacksmith by trade, and has been
employed at times by the Dougherty
Bros. He owned the team that was
engaged in hauling ice for Frank Hidde
at the time of the accident.
When seen by Free Press reporter,
Mr.. Foss stated that his head was muf-
fed up and he did not hear or see the
approaching train. He was driving
across the track toward the park, and
said that every other time that he had
crossed he had looked up and down the
track. For the first time, he neglected
to do it on this trip. 1t is probable that
the cold wind caused him to turn his
head little the other way, and may
have deafened him.
Andrew Leighton is engineer of the
train that struck Foss. and the conduc
tor is Mr. Monte. The engineer was
looking out of the window on the river
side and could not see Foss approach
ing the track and did not know of the
presence of the team until the engine
struck it. The fireman was busy
shoveling coal. The bell rings auto
matically through the city. and the
proper whistle signals had been Civ
en-. No blame attaches to the railroad
Approaching trains can be seen fol
some distance from either direction.
Supt. Spencer saw that Foss was
properly cared for at the depot. A
stretcher and blankets were secured
for him.
Foss served in the regular army be
fore coming to Mankato several years
ago. His father resides over Lamn
Bros. shoe store.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-02-02
LECTURE ON PHRENOLOGY.

Mr.. J. F. L. Cragun, of Scott county,
will give lecture on Phrenology .at
the Yaeger school house Tuesdays eve
ming Feb. 9th, at 500 o'clock.
Also at the Indian Lake school house
Wednesday evening, Feb. 7th, at the
same hour.
Mr.. Cragun is of the Morris school
Admission 10 cents. Public examina
tion tree.
The proceeds will be for the. benefit
of the poor. Come everybody and
at the same time be helping the needy
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-02-02

We neglected to state yesterday in
our notice of the transfer of w. w,
Phalen's grocery store and the Mills
building to Fred Force that the sale
was negotiated through the real estate
agency of M E. Babcock.
The public examiners assistants
were engaged in looking over the
records of Director Clark. of the nor.
NAL school, Monday
A son arrived at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fl. R. Weicking Monday. He
is the first boy in the family, and Mr..
w. is the happiest man in town.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-02-02
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-02-02

My farm of 100 acres 1875 acres in
high state of cultivation, balance
timber and pasture. Farm is all well
fenced, good room house, barn room
for 10 horses and IA cows, hay, grain
and two buggies. Will be sold at q
bargain. Inquire at G.. q. Stoner,
Vernon Center. MINI.
Wanted-3,00 cords soft wood at
Fowler g Pays lime kiln.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-02-02

Mrs. A B Ewing returned Friday eve
ming from Bloomfield, Iowa, where she
spent week. Her father, j. Mccain,
died there week ago yesterday. He
visited in this city last fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24

showed that he considered It advisable to
be early on the wing. The. friends Of Mp.
Cleveland had been secretly grooming him
for third nomination. and part OF their
program was to secure instructions for him
from New York. Mr.. Hin discovered the
play and stepped in and, at date earlier
than such action had ever been taken be-
fore. secured instructions for himself. He
did not, it Is true, secure the nomination,
and Mr.. Cleveland did. But, as matters
turned out, Mr.. Hill lost nothing by the
maneuver. The national situation proved to
be such that no power could Withstand the
Cleveland pressure for that years nominal
ton. Had the Cleveland tide been checked
in the convention, Mr.. Hill was in position
of such advantage that he would probably
have won the prize.
What Mr.. Hills real strength may be In
his party as the result of Mr.. Bryans
second defeat and the desire in many quar-
ters for a new leader is as yet a matter of
opinion. He was undoubtedly an attractive
figure at Kansas City, and his admirers are
persuaded that If his advice had been taken
there in the matter of the platform success
would have followed at the polls. And may
be it is just as we'll for him to promptly fol-
low up any advantage he may have gained
by showing himself wiser than those who
turned him down and yet obedient enough
to party authority to support the majority's
unwise action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24
The Man With the Box,

The Man with the Box supplants the Man
with the Hoe today in popular esteem His
burden is awkward. sometimes heavy, but
freighted with good cheer. A great re-
sponsibility rests upon him. that Of snug
Cling his goods past the frontier of the
domicile, closely watched by eager Juveniles
whose conscience battles with curiosity. The
Man with the Box smiles as he trudges
home, or elbows his way into the street
car. Maybe a sprg of holly bangles from
an otherwise unoccupied finger. Perchance
bit of mistletoe peeps from a pocket
bought In a moment of "Reminiscences of
the earlier days when this mystic branch
held rare charm for young hearts. Along
Woman with the Bundle, distraught with
many missions, rent in soul by conflicting
bargains, pains takingly selecting suitable
tokens. There Is no caste today on the
streets. Sometimes the Man with the Box
transfers his burden to other arms, always
ready for service. Sometimes his coat is
shabby and the Box itself represents only
the spending Of a few carefully counted
pennies. But rich or poor, old or young
the Man with the Box goes forward today
and works tonight with one intent, that of
sending brightness into little hearts and
verifying a tradition as beautiful and en-
nobling as 1t Is old. May the days of the
Man with the Box be long in the land!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24

charge that twenty bridges fall In thia
country every year before demanding . do
nestle investigation. As the London agent
of one Of the foremost American bridge
concerns says IN reply. 1t would be inter-
~esting to learn what kind Of structures
fall thus according to Sir Alfred's indict-
ment. Are they modern steel structures, or
are they old-fashioned ones, either Of steel
or of wood? Are they of the permanent
class, or merely temporary constructions
which have served their purpose and have
been allowed to detsriorate? Or has Sir
Alfred used round number in his zeal?
The Engiish-made bridges, 1t Is asserted.
are unduly heavy and uneconomically and
unscientif1cally braced and rebracsd. Bridge
making is now reduced to an exact scien-
tiflc basis. and 1t is next to impossible to
believe that any progressive. intelligent
manufacturer would dare to violate the
MISUNDERSTOOD rules Of construction which
are now accepted by all the leading design
ers. The lesson of good products has been
fairly well learned by our exporters after
series of setbacks, due to excessive enter
prise, and it may be assumed that having
captured the foreign market by legitimate
means, through the perfection of processes
and the standardizing of types, the Ameri-
can bridge makers are not guilty Of the SUI
preme folly of putting out unstable struc-
lures whose collapse would mean the ruin
OF our export trade in manufactured steel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24

Some of the friends of Mr.. Bryan are lee
ur!ng ex-senator Hill about the early
-dunching of his presidential boom They
-onstrue his activity at home as evidence of
plan 10 capture the New York delegation
0 the next democratic national convention,
md his acceptance of an invitation to speak
n Ohio on Jackson's day as evidence that
Re is seeking delegates elsewhere. They
warn him that, politically considered, 1914
remote. and that many things may hap
pen between now and then. He would do
we'll. as they pretend to believe to remain
luiet and observant, and, instead of irving
% force the situation, to simply hold him
self In readiness to seize any advantage that
he situation, enforced, may develop.
The effect of this sort of talk on an old
campaigner like Mr. Hill Is easily imagined
Nor will he be likely to fail to note how
appropriate the suggestion is as coming
rom the followers Of the man who imme-
lately after his defeat for President in
.s96 began to lay pipe for 1900, and as
promptly after his defeat this year has be-
Jun his campaign for the third nomination.
not 1904 as remote for the one man as
or the other? II Mr.. Hill Is an early bird
l too early bird-what may be said of Mr.
Bryan? Or are the Bryanites merely warn
ng Mr.. Hill off in order that their favorite
nay again have an undisputed field?
Mr. Hill seems to be constitutionally an
carly bird in these matters. His campaign
ior the presidential nomination in 1882
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24

Elsewhere In The Star today appears an
lrticle noting a decision by the state su
preme court of Illinois which is expected to
relieve the city of Chicago from all re-
5pOrsibility for damages charged to the ele-
yation of the steam railroad tracks in that
city. 1t appears that the court has held
hat no damage can be shown which the
rity Is bound to pay, even though the mu-
Gcpality specifically assumed this risk
|shen it bargained with the railroad COM
oanies for the elimination Of the grade
rossings. The case directly in point turned
upon the complaint of property owner
hat the elevation of the tracks caused an
increase in the noise, smoke and cnders,
which the court held could not be assessed
tgainst either the railroad or the city.
The grade crossing improvements in Chi
ago in the main followed existing rights
f way, so that the tracks We're elevated
irectly from the street levels. There were
,ew and immaterial changes in the street
trades at the approaches to subways and
o the incidental damages turned upon the
mere process of changing the level of the
racks. Had the elevated road occupied
/ new right of way different legal PROPOSE
ion would have been before the court, such
Is in the case of the B. and Q. road on Del
v are avenue north of II street, where the
right of way under the pending measure
) different from the old one.
This decision shows that Chicago has
AIRED better in the matter of eliminating
he grade crossings than has any other
american municipality on record, with the
possibe exception of Buffalo. The cost to
he city has been very slight and the rail-
Dads have paid out upward of s23.OOO,G0O
n the works ordered which are as yet In
romplete. The citizens have, in other
words. been properly protected, both as to
ife and limb and as to purse. They have
oeen saved from loss mutilation and death
without being robbed in the process.
There Is no comfort in this decision for
he Westinghouse, who have been men,
tCed by the grade crossings for many years
,nly to be now menaced with debt to pay
an unjust charge for their elimination. To
hose who will be disturbed by the railroad
practices under the new conditions it sug-
'ests that the courts will grant no pecun-
airy relief. To the municipality confront
ng the obligation to assume responsibility
or other kinds of damages it indicates no
ne of relief To the taxpayer 1t shows
low much more equitably the financial ad-
,ustment Is accomplished elsewhere than
II the capital of the nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24

We should not allow ourselves to become
Exercised over the first reports from Lon
lon about the amended treaty now that It's
Precise terms are officially declared On the
hand the announcement is made tfat
he British government will reject the in
7trument promptly and with emphasis
Lord Salisbury Is in no humor to be trlhed
with Great are his embarrassments in
south Africa and in China, he has spirit
nough to rebuke this unblushing attempt
the part of the United States to bully
nm. and he will make the proper display
If it. On the other hand we are told that
We are entirely right even from the English
.iewpoint and that We have but to make
some additional show of aggressiveness to
1ring his lordship around. 1t is unneces-
AIRY to point out that this latter assurance
comes from Mr.. Labouchere. who enter
aims no good will for us, but with practiced
malice is trying to embarrass his own gov
nrnment.
1t is our time now to feel the force of
his sort of sensationalism. The English
rave just had their dose of it from this side
While the Senate was busy with the treaty
=ome of the widest interpretations We're
nut upon its discussions and intentions and
.abled across the water That body was
represented as being in militant spirit,
md as feeling that American interests had
peen so grossly betrayed it was necessary
o roundly rebuke both the President and
Secretary Hay. Lord Pauncefote might
ind it comparatively an easy matter to
,ull the wool over the eyes of those two
,fficials but the Senate guard and
would take the conceit both out of him and
lis government And so on through col
INNS of as silly blather as ever enriched the
oils of a cable company.
Suppose then, We discount in advance
such stuff as we are now getting the first
nstallments of. There was no studied pur-
pose on the part Of the Senate to offend
treat Britain, nor is there any doubt In the
minds of the American people as to the
of either the President or the
secretary Of State The charge that the
one official was the victim of intimate Eng
ish associa tons and that the other lacked
he resolution to rebuke him for his COM
Dlacency, may safely be entered to the ac-
cunt of malicious opposition, or to the
spirit of keeping comic journalism up to
nigh pressure. And equally wide of the
mark will probably be all yarns from Lon
lon tending to show belligerency there,
when every consideration of sound sense
md business requirement calls for temper
lte discussion and calm decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24
English Attack on American Bridges.

Euulfsh Attack American Bridges.
American steel bridges have been sore
subject with English manufacturers ever
since the Atbara affair, which demon
strated to the world that the bridge makers
of this country were In position to under
bid and out-deliver the best of the British
establishments. 1t is natural. therefore. to
find Sir Alfred Hickman. prominent steel
manufacturer Of Northampton. England.
the former president Of the British Iron
Trade Association, taking the field
against the American bridge and charging
it with serious deficiencies He claims that
the American manufacturers secure cheap
ness and speed Of completion at the ex-
pense of durability and safety. and he
AYERS that no less than twenty bridges
collapse in the United States each year.
The British bridges, he declares, are sub
stantial and reliable. being made to last.
whereas their American rivals are made to
sell.
Were it not for Sir Alfred's obvious In
terest in decrying the American bridge
there might be cause for some concern here
over his charge that our manufacturers are
engaged in sending shoddy structures
abroad as representative OF American skill
and honesty. But it Is safe. under the cir
cumstances. to await particulars OF the