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Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14
10000 FARMS.
Indian Reservation to be
Opened to Settlement.

Guthrie, Ok. June S-The sig
nature of President Mckinley to
the bill providing for the opening
of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apa-
che Indian reservation puts within
reach of homesteaders more than
10000 farms of 100 acres each.
This land is adapted to the raising
of corn, cotton, wNat and other
crops common to WilahOma and
the Chickasaw nation. The coun-
try has been noted for many years
as unexcelled for grazing purposes
and hundreds of thousands of head
of cattle, owned by Texas ranch
men, have been fattened annually
on its luXuriant grasses and sent
to northern markets.
The government is to pay two
million dollars to the Indians, one
half million cash, the remaininin z
one and one-half million is to be
held as II perpetual trust fund for
their benefit, on which the United
States is to pay D per cent annually
in interest to be prorated annually
among the Indians. The bill leav-
es the disputed lands among the
tribes and the Choctaw and Chick
asaw nations to be settled by the
courts, and gives Congress com
plete control of the reserved mon
ey.
The value of the lands was man
ifeStly misrepreScnted in II letter
written on January -, 1900, by
the secretary of the interior To the
Senate in response to II resolution
asking for Il report relative to their
quantity, nature and character.
Basing his letter upon the prcju-
diced information of representatives
of cattle syndicateS, who had most
of the country leased for grazing
purposes, the secretary of the int,
rior classified the 2,06S, 1913 acres
in reservation rs follows:
Unfit for agriculture but yaiua
BILE for grazing, 2,4l4, 553 acres;
Wichita mountains, worthless fol
agriculture and of little value for
grazing, 400,0OO acres; Keechi
hills, worthless for agriculture an,
of little value for grazing, 5,00C
acres; Fort Sill Military reserva
ton, 10000 acres; agricultur
lands, 70, $40 acres; total, 2,06S,
1913.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14

ten cents worth of the body-con-
Stunning, soul destroying broth OF
the devils own brewing and wall,
out smacking his lips, transact his
business, go home to the sacre d
family circle, and as the family
are seated around the supper table
the father, with all the solemnlty
of swamp owl, will close his
eyes, and with head bowed in rev.
erence, with those same lips, ask
God to bless the food he will send
down into his stomach to mix with
his dead shot whisky. On Sunday
he may voluntccra prayerin church
asking God to keep us unspottcd
from the wicked world.
The average church member will
frequent the social cuchcr party
and enter into the game with the
brethren and sisters with as much
zeal and enthusiasm as a conform
ed gambler. Do we wonder why
the church does not prosper! Dc
we wonder why precious souls are
not saved! o, my God, listen!
Gods spirit shall not always
strive with man. - Is it possibl,
for man or woman to possess tn,
spirit of Christ, to have been re-
deemed by the application Of the
divine Spirit upon the heart, to he
born again, born of the Spirit, tc
possess the joyful realization oi
Gods pardon aud still do theS,
things! You might rs well try tc
convince me that an angel from
heaven would hang out his sign OF
the gilded balls, representing ;
pawn broker, and loan money a
30 per cent, as to try to convinc,
me that converted man or won
an will enter saloon, and gull
down the stuff that leads men OF
to sorrow and despair. If the re
ligion of the Lord Jesus Christ vii
permit it's adherents to do this it il
not what we want, it is not wortl
seeking, Christ's mission on eartl
was II failure. But, no. Away
with such thoughts. II is becaus,
of the absence of Gods love in tn,
heart that men and women sin.
BY their works ye shall know
them.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14

dumps of earth taken out of the
claims during the winter months.
Residents are very much gratilicd
with the excellent mail service. the
mail coming and going regularly
every week during the past winter.
Letters only from the United States,
however.
Provisions are little cheaper
i'm some lines, but there is no change
in the cost of living, and board
and lodging at 5000, eggs 50 per
dozen. oranges at II each and APP
pies of questionable quality cost
ing 30 cents apiece are examples of
the high prices ut Dawson City.
The license on saloons has been
reduced from 50, 800 per annum to
81 300. a duty of 81 per gallon
is assessed on all wines, liquors
and beer brought into the Yukon
territory.
BY August it is expected the
White Pass and Yukon Railroad
will have been extended seventy
miles to White Horse. and from
there i'll the summer months. the
steamers can make the run to
Dawson City in Il couple of days.
All kinds of boats are being fitted
up in Dawson to convey people to
Cape Nome, but as many people
came into Dawson last winter as
went out. y
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14
BRYAN FOR PRESIDENT

with renewed faith i'm the abil-
ity, patriotism and courage of Hon.
William j. Bryan, believing him
to be the greatest exponent of the
principles for which the Democrat
ic party stands. and satisfied that
power would not dazzle nor wealth
blind him to the duties which he
owes to the people, we express it
as the wish of this convention that
the delegates from Missouri to the
National Democratic convention
shall east their votes for him as
the nominee of the party for presi-
dent of the United States"
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14

Geo. w. Hervey, editor of
Omaha Weekly World-Ilerald, suf-
fered for years with stomach
trouble and was unable to get help
from the three best physicians in
the state, or from various other
remedies until he took DR.. Kay's
Renovator, which renovated his
system and cured him completed,
in very short time. 1t cures con
stipatiOn, liver and kidney troub'
les, etc. Send for II full report OF
Editor llervey's ease and man,
others cured by DR.. Rays Reno
vator after many physicians hat
failad to benefit them, Free nd
vice, samples and book of DR.. b
j. Kay, Saratoga, n. Y.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14

The CORN, Mo, Argus has this
fish story: a Wyaconda woman
fell into railroad pond, and when
she was rescued Il ten-pound cat
fish was found cntangled in her
wire hustle. Her husband wanted
to set her again, but she would
not consent.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14
STATE TICKET.
The Democrats Select Nom
inees and Adopt A
Platform.

Below is the ticket which will
lead Missouri's Democracy to Vie
tory this year:
For Observation-Disclosures NJ.
Dockery, of Gallatin.
Lieutenant Governor-.John a.
Lee, of st. Louis.
Secretary of State-Sam h..
Cook, of Mexico.
State Auditor-Albert o. Allen,
of New Madrid.
Attorney General-E. G. Grow,
of Webb City.
State Treasurer-R. p. Will
liams, of Fayette.
Railway Commissioncr-Joseph
Harrington, of Sedalia.
Presidential Electors at large
James A. Reed, of Kansas City;
William a. Rothwcll, of Moberly.
James NJ. Seibert, of Cape Gil
rarleau, was chosen as chairman
of the State Central Committee.
THE PLATFORM.
1t endorses the Expansion of
the trade relations of this country
with all the world" and in such
expansion of contiguous American
territory MS shall be consistent
with the views of Jefferson and
our fathers of the Democratic par
ty. 1t is held that the Consttu-
ton of the United States follows
the flag into all territory over
which its sovereignty and jurisdic-
ton is extended.
I'VE extend our earnest sympa-
thy to the people of the Boer Re-
publcs in South Africa, who are
struggling to maintain their right
of sclfgovernment and liberty.
1--WE favor the construction of
the Nicaragua Canal as of the
greatest Importance to our com
merce and national defence, but
we believe that the canal should
not only he constructed but con.
trolled by the United States"
The economical and business Xix,
administration of Governor Steph
ems is endorsed.
Missouri's school system is eXtoll
ed-Missouri now having the larg
est school fund of any state in tn,
Union.
Opposition to trusts is declared
We reaffirm and indOrse the ma
tional Democratic platform dept
ed at Chicago in 1896, and declar
our continual fealty to the utter
ances therein enunciated upon tn,
free and equal coinage of silvel
and gold at the established ratio
of l6 to |, and we denounce as un
wise and dangerous in the extrem
the single gold standard bank ac
of the present session of Congress
which places the control of pape
circulating medium in the hand
of the national corporations.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14

Alexander testers trial for the
alleged murder of Gilbert Gates,
thirty years ago, is set for trial the
9th of next month in the Rails
County Circuit Court. One humid
red persons have been summonsed
from which to select the jury.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14

DR.. +. NJ. Moore, at Mt. Car
mel, writes the Wcllsville Optic
News rcitcrating that there has
been smallpox ut Nandalia, and
that the condition has been sup
pressed. DR.. Moore says he has
been Il practicing physician for %
years, and has seen smallpox before.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14

There is more outspokcn sympa-
thy for the old man Alexander Jes-
ter of late months. As to Jester
prosecutor the Rails County Intel
ligenccr says: John w. Gates, the
man who threw thousands of men
out of employment by closing
down so many mills, has been sent
to Paris by Governor Tanner, of
Illinois, as the States representa-
tive at the exposition. How proud
the state must be of its representa-
ton. It's IA pity that John was
not Gilbert.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14

Jerry Simpson says his people
can think of but one thing at a
time.
In 1896 they could think only of
free silver, and this year they are
only thinking of how barbed wire
has rid
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14

DR., kay's Renovation wonder
full system RenovatOr. Sold by j
+. Llewellyn.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14
THE MESSAGE
THURSDAY. JUNE II, 1900.

To have willing feet,
A smile that is sweet,
A kind, pleasant word
For all that You meet
That's what it is to be helpful.
In a mild. gentle way
To help through the day
To make some one happy
In work or in play
That's what it is to be helpful
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14

Renovate the system with DR..
Kay's Renovation. Price 2jc and
81. Try it.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14

To purify the blood rcnOvate
with DR.. Rays Renovrtor. Ask
j. f. Llewellyn for it.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14

DR.. kay's Renovation a perfect
system rrmoyator. Sold by j. f.
Llewellyn ut 2Jc and 81.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-06-14
MRS. HOPKINS & BROOKS

Headquarters for Stylish Mill
merry in Mexico. See our ladies'
and children's hats; they will
please YOU. We take pleasure in
trying to please our patrons.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-15
suggest an improvement.

The indications now are that if the can
didate for the vice presidency on the Re-
publican ticket comes from the West, that
it would be either former Senator Wash
burn, of this state or Congressman Dolli-
yer. of Iowa. Both are we'll equipped for
the place, and either one would make
splendid official. 1t is said that Washburn
would stand very fair chance of being
nominated if he had an organization of his
forces. This being the case, it would
seem that his friends and the Minnesota
delegation to Philadelphia ought to be ac-
lively engaged in effective work in this d.
rection. No man that could be named
would add more strength to the ma
tional ticket than would w. D. Washburn.
His selection would be graceful recogni.
ton of the West. and strengthen the party
in the sections where four years ago it was
weak. His views upon the great econom-
ic and industrial questions of the day are
in accord with the advanced views of his
party, and with the working masses. and
no move that could be made would more
fully emphasize the trend of party thought
along the leading questions of the day,
than would his choice by the Philadelphia
convention.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-15
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CON
VENTION.

By the direction of the Republican Cor gres-
sional Committee of the Second district of the
state of Minnesota, convention of the Repub-
Iican voters of the Second congressional dis
trict of the state of Minnesota will be held in
Athletic hall in the city of Mankato, Minnesota
on Tuesday, the Goth day of June, A. d 1900, at
80 o'clock p. m. of that day for the purpose of
placing in nomination candidate for congress
and for the transaction of such business as
shall regularly come before the convention.
All voters who are in sympathy with the
principles of the Republican party and who
desire its success regardless of their past poll
tical affiliations are invited to participate in
the selection of delegates to this convention.
At a meeting held by the Republican Con-
gressional Committee of the Second congress
sional district of the state of Minnesota, at the
city of Mankato, Minnesota on the 10th day of
March A. d. 1900, the following motion was
duly made and carried. to-wit:
That each county in the district shall be en-
titled to one delegate for each $50 votes or
major fraction thereof cast for the Republican
candidate for president in 1896, and that each
county be allowed in addition thereof five dele
gates at large.
In accordance with said motion the several
counties are entitled to representation In the
colo "a follows tO-wit:I
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-15
AUTOMATICALLY OFF.

MAC" is good fellow, but he won't do
for years more. Already he and his son
have drawn about 100000 from Uncle
Sans Golfers, but not cent of it has ever
been invested in Mankato property. nor
has he ever given Mankato laboring man
days employment. w. A. Funk every
year pays taxes to the amount of $225.
Since he has been resident of the second
district he has paid about $40. 900 in taxes.
How much has Mr.. McCleary paid? Let
his rooters answer
Above is paragraph cut from letter
sent out from Funk headquarters to be
published in the Funk organs throughout
the district. 1t may be good politics, but
we fail to see. We do not elect man to
congress solely on account of his wealth or
ability to pay taxes. but because he is an
upright, honest man. of intellectual ability
and good judgment All will admit that
there are many opportunities in congress
to "sell out" and that in eight years if he
had been dishonest McCleary could
have been wealthy. The fact that he is
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-15

1t is strange that the Democrats who
want this country to interfere in the Boer
war, do not start sympathy howl for
China in the present crisis in the far East
China is recognized nation of the world,
which the Transvaal never was. yet all
Europe has designs upon her, and it more
than likely that Russia is at the bottom of
the Boxer movement, in the hope of get
ting an excuse to more firmly fasten its
grip upon good slice of China. This
has been thwarted somewhat by the ac-
tons of the representatives of other ma
tons, which has given the movement there
an international color.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-15

The Democratic party of New York de-
clared against monopolies. and then elect
ed Mayor VanWyck. who holds $500, 600
worth of stock in the ice trust of
that city. one of the worst and
most grasping combines in exist
ence, as delegate at large to Kansas
City. But then, come to think of it, the
Democrats in congress in their vote on the
proposed amendment to the federal consti-
tuition to give congress power to legislate
for the control and regulation of ttrusts,
were in favor of the trusts.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-15

The North Star" political writer in the
Minneapolis Journal sees all kinds of
''colored folks" hidden behind the propo-
sition to nominate Lieut.. Gov. Smith as
one of the railroad commissioners and
Judge Werner of Minneapolis as Lieut.
Governor. The Free Press has vigorously
supported such a combination, and still
firmly believes that if the gentlemen
named are nominated for these respec.
tive places by the state convention it will
materially strengthen the Republican tick.
et So far as the Second district is con-
cerned it would much prefer to see Lieut..
Gov. Smith on the railroad commission
than to see him renominated to his old po-
sition. The reason for this is, that Mr..
Smi tn can be of vastly more service to the
people of the state on commission of the
importance of the railroad and warehouse.
than he can as presiding officer of the SEN
ate. And another point that touches the
campaign with depth of reason that must
appeal to the good sense of every we'll
posted republican lies in the fact that
Judge Werner is a representative Swedish
American of wide acquaintance and ex-
ceptional popularity, and it would be a
most fitting tribute to his abilities, and
deserved recognition to large and infu-
entail element of Republican voters to ten
der him place on the ticket 1t is, if we
are correctly informed, the only place that
his large business interests would permit
him to accept, and while he does not seek
the nomination it is understood that he
will not decline it if it shall come to him in
the right way and in that spirit of unanim-
ity which his name and standing clearly
demands. So far as the nomination of
these two gentlemen for the places sug-
gested goes, it should have no bearing
whatever upon the remaining places to be
filled on the ticket And we do not believe
it has. Certain it is that the Free Press,
in its advocacy of the proposition, has had
no thought and less care how it may effect
Mr.. Staples, Mr.. Quist, Mr.. Dare, Judge
Mills or any other aspirant for place on
the railroad and warehouse commission.
1t is our belief, backed up by personal
acquaintance with Mr.. Smith. that he
would make an ideal commissioner,
strengthen the ticket more as a candidate
for that office than for the other, and that
Judge Werner would add more strength to
the ticket as Lieut.. Governor than any 9TH
er man in the state. These are the rea-
sons that have guided the Free Press in
advocating the Smith-Werner matter, and
we would like to hear from some one who
can suggest an improvement.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-15

Congress adjourned Thursday. The
session has been busy one. and there
have been few sessions in which more i'm
portant legislation has been enacted than
during the one just closed. The Demo-
Gratis made all sorts of predictions as to the
disaster that would befall to the Republi-
cans at this session, but these predictions
have fallen harmless to the ground. The
best of harmony has prevailed. and the po-
litical capital which the Democrats hoped
to get out of the session is of very deficient
quality.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-15
HOW THEY MISREPRESENT.

The Democratic leaders and papers
are trying to make capital out of ex-
penses of the government under the
Mckinley administration, and are COM
pairing them with those of the Harrison
and Cleveland administrations. and de-
claring that this is the most extrava-
CANT administration the country has
ever SEEN 1t will be remembered that
they raised the same howl during the
Harrison administration, but when
Cleveland came into power they found
that this was really a billion. dollar
country. But in their present treat
ment of the expenditures of the McKin-
ley administration the Democrats are
dishonest in their manipulation of fig
ures. They put the war expenditures
down as simply covering the 5000, 0OO,-
900 of bonds issued, and then state that
the ordinary" annual expenditures un-
der the Mckinley administration have
been S5l4, 4S0. 254, as against 1851, 291. 1893
for the Harrison administration, and
$3.50. Ais, SAG for the Cleveland admins
tration, and then declare that the ordi-
nary expenditures of the government
have increased about 1854, 600, 900 annu-
ally under Mckinley. AS this is a
growing country, the annual expendi-
lures would naturally be somewhat
more now than they were eight or ten
years ago But the actual fact is that
the greater part of the increased expen.
ditures under Mckinley are attribute
BILE to the Spanish war. The surplus
now in the federal treasury very nearly
equals the amount received from the
bond sale. The receipts from the wal
revenue measure and the surplus hand
ed over by the Cleveland administration
from it's last bond sale, nearly paid the
expenses of the Spanish war and the
later expense in the Philippines, and
covers the increased ordinary" expen'
ditures of the Mckinley administration.
OF course for campaign purposes the
Democrats would like to make the peo
pie believe the Mckinley administers
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-15

Hennepin county. with usual modesty,
only demands secretary of state and one of
the members of the railroad commission
this year. 1t may get along with less.
The Republicans of the state will do doubt
be very glad to have Judge Werner on the
ticket. and as he comes from Minneapolis
that city should be satisfied with him.
One thing is certain, Hennepin will not
get the secretary of stateand railroad COM
missioner. 1t may not get either.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-15
The ST Peter Herald remarks that e

The St. Peter Herald remarks that "the
shabby treatment accorded the Boer en-
voys to this country cannot fail to cause a
blush of shame to every true American. F"
The Herald hits some of the demagogues
in its party pretty hard, but none the less
in a deserved manner. The way they
have hauled the Boer representatives
around for political purposes is disgrace
deserving of the severest condemnation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-15

not wealthy is proof of his honesty.-Ma-
della Messenger.
A little mathematical reckoning on the
above statement'shows peculiar condition
If Mr.. Funk has been paying $225 taxes
per year, and has paid about SIo 600 in
taxes since he become a resident of the
second district. it would show that he be.
came a resident in the district some al
years ago, when he was quite small boy,
whereas, if memory serves US right. he
only claims to have been a resident of the
district some fifteen years. Some one
must have blundered in their arithmetic,
and the letter ought to be revised.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-15

ton unduly extravagant, but it will be
found that outside Of the war expenses
that the administration has been as
economical as any the country ever had
Calling the increased war expenses, as
ordinary" expenses will not throw
dust in the public eye in the least, and
our Democratic friends will have to
take a new line of thought on the mat
ter. We notice that our neigEbor down
the street has been led off in this at
tempt to pull the wool oyer the eyes of
the people.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-15
Speaking of trusts, reminds one that the

Speaking of trusts, reminds one that the
Democratic party is the greatest trust pro-
tector in America. And in the great Dem
ocratic Tammany organization of New
York, it has the king of trusts. The poor
people of the great American metropolis
can't even look at piece of ice these hot
days without paying tribute to Tammany
chiefs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-15

Robert A. Roosevelt of New York, who
has just returned from Europe, says that
the Paris exposition is fake. In fact. he
says it is the worst fake ever perpetrated
on mankind. He says that unless one has
been there they cannot understand how
Americans are being robbed in Paris this
summer. Speaking of the exhibits, he
says that the American exhibit is the best