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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-04

Republicans to Meet.


Chins and Fever is bottle OF Groves Tasteless
tflu Tonic II Is simply iron and qunne in a
'asteiess form No cure-no pay. Price soc.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-19
"JOE'. MULH ALTON INSANE.
Modern "Munchausen,, Confined Il
Arizona Asylum and Hopeless.


Joseph Mulhatton. the NOTED pro.
Queer of 'fakes.'' is in the Territorial
Insane Asylum at Phoenix, Arizona, a
hopeless maniac. He beieves that he
has killed a man and that horde Of
avengers are on his trail. He has
been in Arizona six ye'ars. He estab.
aished a mining exchange ait Florence
and had done little writing.
MulhattUn was born in Allegheny,
Pa, fifty-two years ago. Nominally,
he was a travelling man. Perhaps his
most notable "fake" was the story Cd
the me:eor supposed to have faTlen in
Texas. Under his vivid imagination
and facile PEN, this meteor handed In
Brown county. covered an acre of
ground. destroyed all the ranches fol
miles around by reason of its sulphur
Gus fumes. and was still sizzling ita
way into the earth when he gave the
story to the newspapers. His STORY Of
"a wonderful cave in Pike county
Kentucky, set people on two cont1n
ents talking of the ooms full Of mag
nificent jewels. of long halls l:nsd with
great blocks OF virgin god, and Of
subteranean rivers r.prling over beds
of diamonds People hocked to Pike.
vile by the hundred, and town lots
sold for 500 as fast as the papers
could be made out. Even P. T. Bar.
mum was caught in the trap. In 1878
he wrote "a story that the tombs Of
Washington and lincoln would be
taken to the Centennial Exposition and
putt ON exhibit mn, the fund thus
created to be devoted to completing
the Washington Monument on grand
scale. Before this fake was exploded
q number of sedate editors were claw.
ing at each other over the improperly
of the scheme. His story of the dis
covery of the detached sun spofa
brought orders from Paris and LON.
dom to send crack reporters TO the
scene at once and spare no expense in
securing complete details. His tale Of
the man who was able to generate
electricity in. his body and make him
self imperu'ous to the poison OF the
deadlfest snakes had quite vogue, ns
the man made sworn statement that
I'm ONE season alone he had killed IT..
900 snakes.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-19
what Hone Means.

What "Honc" Means ...... plate.
In a local ARTICLE appearing in The
journal, Saturday, relating to a wild
goose, it appearing in a picture OF
young man whose father was euA
deavoring to prevent him from enlist
ing In the army, the goose was re.
ferred to as the "honc." Communica'
tious have been sent in asking whaA
''honc" means. The term is part OF .
phrase that is seldom correctly
quoted, the usual reading being
'Everything is lovely amid the gcose
hangs high" A wild goose, as al
sportsmen know, Gays "honc, honc,"
In its flight, hence the phrase, which
properly is, Everything is lovely and
the goose homes high" Hence the use
Of the word "honc" in the local article.
kansas City Journal
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-19


faced the Harper fnont door; but his
companion. who had neither screamed
nor fmembled, calmly gathered the
robes together, ran to the horses
beads. led them IN the mCHt MASTER of
facf way, into the Harpers' Stable, and
then followed the party of ladies who
were eagerly taking Eardley into the
house.
Perfectly dazed for the minute.
Eardfey leaned back in the chair
which Mrs. Harper pushed forward.
Mrs Harbury and the Alton aunt sup
pointed his head. Irene Brown ran to
get fam. The recent storm of anger
was forgotten. The Euglfshman had
returned! They gazed ait him spell.
bound
L meant ITO give you all surprise,"
said Eardley, in his soft voice. "Too
bad-to arrive in this absurd fashion. :"
Lena Parbury, Irene Brown and
Prude1nce Alton clustering round the
chair, murmured their sympathy aud
hanhed him more vigorously still They
all ignored the girl I'm the fur cap,
who WIS standing on the threshold.
Earfey opened his eyes ait last
wonderful eyes!-and they knew that
his first grsteful glance would fall on
his real i>eloped
'Belle!" Everybody started. Tho
name WAS dnkr'cwn. He was ho,okina
beyond them all With a little inrdif
ferenH smile. the girl ON the threshold
came forward.
Excuse me. but is fannip' soothabis
Tor "a winter day." she asked. with a
nit OF her small asSe nt've New York
face. Eardley stood ~ and drew her
to his side. The three :re:.est girls
in Maplevilhe dropped the!~ fans
"Alqow me to introduce my bride!"
said Eardley,. with his radient smile.
Tableau.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-19

Benjamin J. Hamm, formerly .
prominent commission merchant end
known as the Turkey King" of South
Water street, Chicago, has been taken
10 the government insane asylum a
Washington, mental wreck. The un-
fortunate man has been in the Du
Page county jail at Wheaton, for al
most two years, serving sentence foz
usang the mails to defraud. Hamm'a
confinement and the troubles which
followed hts arrest resulted in mental
disaster and he became a ravina
maniac a few weeks ago.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-19
Fitch OF BACON'
Good Old English Custom oirs
mated.

uo, Good Old English Custom oirs
mated.
In the days of King John, so Ons
story goes, young English ba[one
went to the sleepy little town OF Ou~
NOW in Essex, where, In disguise Oh
country bumpl9in, he wooed and won
reasant Girl. For year ana gay
tbev lived a frugal, industrious
Ffe and then, having proved ne.
wottbv. the young husband declares
hds vvGal,th and noble birth.
Leading his wife to the old pnory
cu1. Rol,ey.t Fitzwalter craved 1hs
abbott's forgiveness for the little ruse
and his blessing for all the years -
come. The abbottt gladly oesOo"so
the blessing, and gave Sir ROBERT !"
addition a fitch of bacon.
Sir Robert was so dell ghteo 'nat ~
true medieval style he exclaimed Dy
his halidom he would make 1t wortb
the abbott's while to present nlIcne.
of bacon to every couple who MVeo
happily together for "a year and DAY
Thereupon he endowed the abbey "l's
broad acres of fair Essex land.
For centuries the quaint Fhtcs
Of Racc,n trials thus additionally e
tablished were occasionally observed
Then like other old customs, TINS ON
fell into disuse. In the middle of this
century a young writer introduced the
FQitch trial INTO novel, aroused ths
public interest thereby, and succeeded
dn getting the trials re-established.
England has supplemented its re
hgious holidays with several other
which are known as Bank Hohdaya
That which falls in August is observed
as Fitch day in Dunmow. and there
hundreds of visitors lately repaired
to see two couples claim the prize
Six girls ard six bachelors formed
the jury. a Judge and opposing coun
sci completing the court
After The humorous procedure, the
couples were carried in chairs to the
traditional spot where Sir Robert anS
has comedy bride received their anna
versary gift. There they renewed
their pro.estations Of mutual love AND
fdeLty, and received the ancient sen
tence:
Since these conditions. without an1
fear,
OF your own accord do YOU freel,
swear.
A whole CANNON of bacon do You re
ceiye.
And bear st away with. love and gooi
leave;
For this wss the custom of Dunmov
web known,
Though the pleasure be ours, the ba
cons your own.
The Youths Companion.
The wolf scalp 8aw has been do
clared un,consdatufsoulad-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-19
Come and See us. Our Latch
String is Always Out.
FALLS. KAN.

Below We give you few of our
bargains. If you don't see what you
want don't be afraid to ask. We
have thousands of others.
Be sure TO cut this list out as it
acttaot appear again. Others will
follow but not these:
$4,000 stock in good manu-
featuring company i'll Kansas City
Kansas, fully paid aud non assess
able.
Three ranches in Beaver county,
Oklahoma, free aud clear, 80 and
SIS per acre, $50 acres in one and
720 acres in another and 5000 in
he other, will divide to suit, wan t
merchandise, hotel and rentals or
smaii improved farms, owner will
nOtpLl III any cash.
/ A nice suburban home and | , acres
OF lant, close TO "A good town in
Crawford county, Indiana, price
$1,000, mortgage $500, , years at 6
per cent.
So 0 stock of notions, musical
mac, mes, ETC., etc.
$500 stock of salvage goods, all
boxed ready to ship, total weigh,
1900 pounds, invoice sent t. par
ties interested in such.
Two $500 bonds due in 1912,
drawing per cent annual interest.
1000 shares in good mine in
theJ oplin and Galen zinc and lead
districts.
$4,000 share in a sold mine in
Cripple Cr. elk district, Colorado.
A motel 500 acre ranch in north
eastern Kansas, all good, rich land,
no waste, modern improvements,
S25 per acre; will exchange for
smaller
A S25, 900 health and pleasure re-
sort, is a money maker, fine loca-
ton in Wlscon in; owner wants to
exchange for ti.abcr or grass lands.
Two fine fruit farms near Gal
weston, Texas, $40, 900 and SIC, 900
will exchange.
100000 acres of raw timber and
coal lands, free and cle..r, perfect
title. So. so and $500 per acre, will
exchange, will divide to suit.
400 choice COWS, most all with
calf, will sell at bargain, no trade.
A dandy GAO ranch in Lyon
county, Kansas, s25 per acre to ex-
change for smaller.
$40, 900 northeastern Kansas farm
nearly 700 acres, to exchange for
merchandise, prefers hardware. etc
A model farm Of over 700 acres,
nicely located, in Iowa, ownerwants
to sell or exchange for land i'll
Iowa. southern Missouri or Kansas.
$50 per acre
Also ire general stock Of 3d.
900 to exchange for eastern Kansas
farm.
1900 original letters direct from
owners of farms, ranches, hotels,
| mill, stocks of merchandise, etc.
all alive and mean business. /
have more than l can handle, will
let you have them at 10 cents each,
trade or cash
For Particulars Address,
~~r~H---~
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-19

The Des Moines News makes Ills
unkInd cut at sister city: sDe8
Moines has a census popuhatiou of g.
1879 and has eixty-eight salSesnA
Davenport has census papulaAaen q
35.254, and has 1855 saloons. Look -
this picture end then On that"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-19
salt River.

"A good many people went "up Salt
HRver'' on election day, and it is inter
esbing to inquire into the origin of the
phrase. Salt River was v little stream
in Kentucky tributary TO the Ohio.
which was very dangerous and 20
crooked that rowing up In keel boat
was about the hardest work man
could do. IL was customary to punish
Ohe negro by making him take pans
onRers up the river in keel boat
In master hiring him out for the pur.
nnnA 70 70 ''up Salt River" became
= pk1Eerb, and was first used by .
r81ltuclhnn on the floor of Congress.
he remarking that she was going ~
Dalt River
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-19

The action Of the appeal sounmnattee
On turning down as below CONTRACTS
grade two cargoes rendered Philhns by
oounseIman and Bartlet ut Fraser had
the expected effect OF strengthening
the position of the b,bil leader and ad-
ding further worry TO the troubles al
ready heaped upon the shoulders OF
the shorts.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-19
HOLIDAY GIFTS.
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS.

SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS.
We are Offering the finest and most artists
Nine of Jewelry ever Offer ed in your vicinity q
prices quoted You. on Watches. DiamonAS
Chains. Bracelets. Rings, Silyerware, and ~
other goods found in tirst-class jewelry ssta6
lshment.
Ladies' 20-year Filled Watches $500 up
Ladies' Open Face Solid Gold Watches, efO.m
Gents Cougar Filled Watches, 5000 up
Gents Full Jeweled Filled Watches Si60o m
Ladies' 0-year Filled Lo' gnette Chain, o. %
Gents 20-year Filled Watch Chains rs NJ
Ladies' 20-year Filled Gold Bracelets, q, 80 a.
Ladies Sterling Silver Bracelets. 81 90 up
Ladies' Solid Set Rings So 50 up
Solid God Diamond Link Buttons $500
Four-Piece Silver Tea Sets. Best Make $50
Silver Toilet Sets, Mirror. Comb. Brush NJ
We save you 40 per cent on your purchases e
above articles. we buy direct fnom manufa0s
turers. We are headquarters for Diamonds and
carry the largest and most carefully selecta@
stock ever shown. Our buyers in AmsIerdo6
purchased large quantities of above goods -
fore the therefore the above saving
! MAIL ORDERS Cheerful LILY FILLED -
call and be convinced
I. j. h1A r KS.
- Main Street, Kansas City, Mo- Est lsm
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-19

A model farm Of over 700 acres,
nicely located, in Iowa. ownerwants
to sell or exchange for land i'll
Iowa. southern Missouri or Kansas.
$50 per acre
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-19

400 choice COWS, most all with
calf, will sell at bargain, no trade.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-19

A dandy GAO ranch in Lyon
county, Kansas, $25 per acre to ex-
change for smaller.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-19

$4,000 northeastern Kansas farm
nearly 700 acres, to exchange for
merchandise, prefers hardware. etc
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-19

Two fine fruit farms near Gal
weston, Texas, $1,000 and SIC, 900
will exchange.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-07-13
AN UNEXPECTED DEATH.
Charles Nicholson Succumbs 10 Blood
Poisoning, Following His Accident.

Charles Nicholson died at 2 80
o'clock Sunday afternoon at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o.
Nicholson, at 422 South Front street,
of blood poisoning and Inflammation
of the brain. On the evening of July
4th. he broke the bones of one leg. He
got along nicely until Saturday night,
when he began to fail rapidly, and
blood poisoning developed yesterday
morning.
The deceased was the oldest living
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholson. and
would have been twenty eight years
of age next September. He was born
and reared in Mankato, and had many
friends who regret his sudden taking
off and who extend their sympathy to
the sorrowing family. The funeral
will occur from the residence at one
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon, Rev. Mr..
Michaelson, of the Norwegian Trinity
church, having charge of the services.
The. burial occurred at Minneopa
cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. H W. Stewart, of st.
Paul, arrived Sunday, Mrs Stewart
being sister of the deceased.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-07-13
county receive the following sums
FAVORABLE CROP OUTLOOK.

H. A. Patterson returned Tuesday
from a trip over the lines of the Chi
cago & Northwestern road in Southern
Minnesota and South Dakota, which
he made on a special train in company
with Division Superintendent W. D.
Cantillion, General Agent A. c. John,
son, Asst Div. Supt. F. N. Stewart,
Travelling Freight Agent E. M. Weston
and twenty-five prominent grain men
and shippers. He was the only one
from Mankato. The party started last
Friday evening, and went as far west
as Pierre, Gettysburg and Aberdeen.
1t was found that the rains have i'm
proved crop conditions. In this part
of Minnesota the crops look the best,
but they are fairly good in the south
western part, while the people of
South Dakota will not suffer, thanks
to their having adopted diversified
farming
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-07-13
HENRY HIMMELMAN BACK.
Tells of the BOistr0us Scenes at the
Kansas City Convention.

Henry Zimmerman Jr. returned Sat-
urday night from Kansas City, where
he was one of the delegates from Min
nesota who helped nominate Bryan and
Stevenson. He stated that the scenes
in the convention can hardly be de-
scribed. Most of the delegates got
wild and made the others stand up and
cheer. Whoever wanted to sit down
and act in decorous manner was
pounded on the back by the others who
used flag stats for the purpose. Mr..
Zimmerman was one of those who got
pounded, but he broke one of the flag
staffs and brought home the portion
that he retained.
Mr. Zimmerman thinks that the
ticket nominated is the strongest that
could have been put up. While he is
not so rash as to claim that Minnesota
will go for Bryan, he expresses the be-
lief that Lind will be reelected.
Mr.. Zimmerman believes that Kan
sas City will become a great metropo-
lis, but he does not like the way the
people there use cotton seed oil in the
place of lard in cooking.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-07-13
FORCED TO SIGN.
FaddOui Kouri Claims to Have Saved
Hi~ Life By Signing a Note.

Faddoul Kouri was engaged in more
trouble with his people Tuesday,
and the police had to settle the dis
pute. He threatens to have a lot of
them arrested tomorrow. 1t appears
that kouri gave Joe Bushiri bill of
sale OF the stock before a Judgment
was secured against Kouri. The latter
claims to be the real owner of the
stock, saying that Bushiri did not pay
anything for it.. He has learned that
Bushiri intends to place the stock in
his wife's name Bushiri claims that
the stock is his own. Each put in half
the money originally, according to
Kouri.
Kouri owed Bushiri 1851, and states
that he has paid all but 800 of this.
He says that Bushiri and four or five
of his men and three women locked
him in a room on Tuesday last and
made him sign note for $3.50 payable
in one year. Kouri refused and claim
ed that he only owed $1OO, but says
that Bushiri forced him to sign under
threats of death. ~ consider that I
saved my life by signing the note, )"
said Kouri to a reporter today, "but
l will never pay the note. ;"
A 20 cent revenue stamp was placed
ON the note, which is larger than re-
quired. Kouri refuses to cancel it,
and Bushiri threatens to have the
United States authorities arrest Kouri
for violating the revenue law. Kouri
claims that the note is illegal and that
he will not pay it, on the ground that
he was compelled to sign it through
threats and fear of bodily harm.
Kouri does not hold the same respect
of his people that he did before his
financial troubles came, and he has
more or less trouble with them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-07-13
FREE TEXT BOOKS.
Question Will be Voted Upon in North
MankatO.

The North Mankato school board
met Tuesday night, Mr.. Page being the
only absentee 1t was decided to re-
pair the sidewalk in front of the
school property in accordance with the
provisions of the ordinance.
The annual meeting will be held
July 21st, and two members are to be
elected to serve for three years. The
retiring members are Messrs. Record
and Page. The question of free text
books will be submitted for vote.
The district now has free books, but
there is. considerable opposition to the
plan and the question will be submit
ted again.
A number of bills were allowed.
After adjournment, Mr.. Record, at
whose house the meeting was held,
treated the board to raspberries and
cream, etc., which was very enjoy
able feature
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-07-13
LEWIS HAUcK INJURED.

Lewis Hauck, who recently moved
from this city to Northfeld, this
state, was injured day or two ago.
An explosion of fireworks in his con-
fectionery store caused much damage.
The remains of the Fourth of July
stock in the show window caught fire
while Mr.. Hauck was lighting lamp
near by. Several boxes of mines and
five of the deadly cannon crackers ex-
ploded, wrecking the windows and
show cases. Two large wads of paper
from cannon cracker were blown
into Mr. Hauck's leg, causing pain
full injury. Such was the force of the
explosion that bits of paper were
blown into the wood work half inch
or more. Mr.. Hauck succeeded in
preventing a fire from starting after
he was wounded.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-07-13
COAL GOES UP.
The Price of Hard Coal Has Gone Up
Is Cents q Ton.

The price of coal has gone up 25
cents ton. The increase in price
from Sc to So 25 in Chicago is an un-
precedented thing for this time of the
year and indicates higher prices before
winter. Speaking Of the raise Chi
cago dealer said: "This is only sign
of general prosperity throughout the
country. The factories are operating
to the extent of their capacity, and are
buying more coal than they have for
years at this season. There is strong
foreign demand also, the prices in
Germany, England and France have
doubled during the last year, and
American export coal has been heavy.
The Pennsylvania combine is respon-
sible for the rise to a certain extent,
and so is the fact that the miners
hours have been reduced from ten to
eight hours day. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-07-13
NAMES LEFT OFF.
Census Officials Find Plenty of
Them.
They Meet With the Citizens Committee
and the Enumerators, but
Say Nothing.

Special Agent V. G. Olmsted, of
Washington, D. c., and Supervisor J.
u. Hamlin, of Blue Earth, spent the
day in the city looking into the merits
OF the request that supplementary
count be had. They met with the
citizens committee this forenoon and
informally discussed the matter and
the reasons that were advanced why
Mankato is asking for supplementary
enumeration.
Wednesday afternoon Messrs. Olmsted
and Hamlin held meeting with the
enumerators at the city hall and went
over the situation privately.
The citizens committee has found
about 200 names, the most of which
are admitted by the enumerators not
to have been counted, and the belief is
expressed by some of them that if
recount should be granted 500 more
names will be added.
The matter now rests in the hands
of the supervisor and special agent,
and they will report to Mr.. Merriam,
director of the census. What their re-
port will be is, of course, not known
to anyone but themselves, but both
gentlemen appear to be acting fairly
and with the best of Intentions
In case supplementary count
should be granted, it is probable that
several good enumerators will be put
at work to secure the names of those
who have been omitted.
Mr.. Hamlin stated today that he
has no reason to wish other than fair
count for Mankato, and if the city has
not had one he would do what he
could toward securing one. Manka-
to is the only place in the Second dis
trict that has asked for a recount, yet
several of the cities of the district ex-
pressed some dissatisfaction at first,
but feel all right now. Mr.. Hamlin
stated that in his work in this district
he has run across several places where
the census of 1895 was padded. In
that census it was not required to get
nearly as much information as in the
present one.
Mr.. Olmsted stated that the city
will be given fair treatment as far
as he is concerned. He does not ex-
pect to leave tonight, and will report
his findings to Washington.
Postoffice receipts are good indica-
tion of city's growth or lack of
growth. The receipts for the year end
ing June 30th, 1895, in the Mankato
postoffice, were $50, 527.6S, while
those for the year ending June both
last were 1924, 4S7. a. There is a large
increase shown, although the Office
of the Creamery Pkg. Co., which did
very large mail business, has been
removed, and the linseed oil business
discontinued.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-07-13
BICYCLIST RUN DOWN.

While driving onFront streetMonday
evening, S. Wilhartz's horse became
unmanageable, owing to the putting
of an engine near the union depot.
The animal reared and then ran north
the length of Front street, where it
was stopped. In front of Fred Kron' s
store a bicyclist was run down and
seriously bruised on his knee, side and
head and cut on the lip and over the
eye. His name is Frank Westergreen
and he resides at 1413 Second avenue
north. He looked over his shoulder and
saw the horse coming, but turned the
wrong way. DR.. Schmauss dressed his
injuries. Mr.. Wilhartz was accom-
panied by his little daughter, of Chi
cago, who is visiting him.