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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-02-02

Nathan, wisdom may know;
Giles. faith and spirit show.
Frank, divine communion feel,
Ed meekness and zeal,
Run like the unwearied Paul,
Win the day and conquer all
Most of all may they pursue,
That example Jesus drew,
By their lives and conduct show,
How they lived and walked below.
Day by day through grace restored,
Initiate their blessed Lord.
BY grandfather in his list year,
i r STEERE
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-02-02
THE HUNT BROTHERS.

January oath, 1900
To the four Hunt Brothers
Nathan. Nebraska Giles, Iowa; Frank,
Minnesota Ed Sioux City.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
CONDITION OF LABOR.
President Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers, Gives His Views
of the Situation.

Indianapolis, Ind, March 27-Pres-
ident John Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers of America, has re-
turned from Washington, where he at
tended meeting of the executive
council of the American Federation of
Labor. In speaking of the condition
of labor he said:
''There are about 100000 idle union men
in the country, 5000 of whom are miners.
There are about 100000 miners, so the per-
centage is less than two per cent. of idle
men. We will add about 5000 men to the
ranks of the united miners by the settle
ment reached in central Pennsylvania last
week. The district has about 40, 900 miners.
1--WE looked over the whole field of labor
during our conferences. It was estimated
that 10000 of the idle men of the country
are in Chicago.
'"There are many small strikes through
out the country at present. The greatest
strike is in Chicago. Labor conditions on
the whole, are rather bright The readjust-
naent of wages on a basis equal to that be-
fore the panic is Slow
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
THOUSANDS ARE GOING.
immigration to the Cape Nome Gold
Fields Will Reach Astound-
ing Figures.

Portland, Ore, March 3O.-Fourteen
thousand people have engaged passage
from Pacific coast ports for Cape Nome,
Alaska, on the first fleet of steamers,
which sails about May 1. It is stated
that AZ steamers will leave for Nome
from San Francisco, Puget Sound ports
and Portland, practically at the same
time. Many Of these steamers will
make two trips, and it is estimated that
upwards of 100000 people will leave
Pacific ports for the new gold fields
during the season.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
Shows a Big Increase.

St. Paul, MIMI, March 30.-An in
crease in population of 100000 in ten
years in Minnesota, North and South
Dakota and Montana is shown by r. L..
Polk and Co.'s Northwestern Gazetteer,
just issued. The present population is
placed at 2,725 900. The number of new
settlements in the four states in two
years is 439, there now being 1854
cities, towns and villages in the four
states, which is an increase of 1 1856 in
the ten years. The growth is almost
UNPARALLELED
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
ELS or


:
Frankfort, ny, March q sqhar.
ton Golden, Of Barbonrsyille,s
in the Taylor state militia, testifying
Saturday in the examination Of Secre.
tary Of State Caleb Powers on The
charge of conspiring to murder Gov
elecs William Goebel,, gave direct testi-
mony thatsmaya be summarized as fol
lows: 81
That the republican state ofiicials
brought mountain feudists down to the
state capital for the purpose Of enforc-
Ing republican control of the legislature
by violence. 8,:s.1 &.
o. That he (Golden) was: one Of the
agents of the republican officials in bring
ling these men to the capital. s3s
L 3. That he understood that the noun
taineers were to kill enough democratic
members, IT need be, to give the repub-
licans majority inthe legislature.
4. That the mountaineers so understood
their duty, and came armed and pre-
pared to do it at the order Of their SUI
periors. ~ ri @s.&s. ~
S. That these mountaineers were to be
brought to Frankfort ostensibly as wit
nesses in the contested election cases.
6. That on the morning of the day be-
fore Goebel was shot John Powers told
him (Golden) in the Office of Caleb Pow
ers that "Goebel is going to be killed to-
day. 49,. 80. ~: Fl 80 -, r.
2. That John Powers had told him on
another occasion that two negroes-Heck-
er Smith and Dick Coombs-had been
brought to Frankfort to kill Goebel.
8. That he saw Coombs in Frankfort
every morning for a week previous to
the shooting.
Frankfort, KY, March 2s.-Secre-
traV of State Powers, charged with
completely in the Goebel murder, has
been held to the grand jury without
bail.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
DispOsal of Revenues.

There is also substitute for section
10, concerning the disposal of Porto
Rican revenues. 1t provides that "the
duties and taxes collected in Porto
Rico, less the cost OF collecting, and
the gross amount of all collections of
duties and taxes in the United States
upon articles of merchandise coming
from Porto Rico shall not be covered
into the general fund of the treasury
but shall be held as separate fund and
placed at the disposal of the president
to be used for the government and ben.
eft of Porto Rico"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
Identified.

Celina, O., March 81. - The foater
found in Lake Mercer week ago has
been identified as John Dilley, of Beaver
Dam, a retired and wealthy lumber
man. He always carried a large sum
of money, and, as his pockets were
empty, the theory of murder is sus-
tanned. y as = -. 80
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
Mine Accident Figures.

Harrisburg, Pa, March e7.-The an
nual report of James Roderick, chief
of the state bureau of mines and min
ing, contains chapter dealing with
mine accidents and their causes. In
the 80 years from 1870 to 1899, the re-
port states, 9,575 lives were lost in
and about the anthracite coal mines
of PENNSYLVANIA,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
, No Place in Law,

San Francisco, March 27.-Judge
Hunt has decided that the Morehouse
law, passed by the last legislature
and requiring all newspaper articles
to bear the signature of the writer's,
has no place in law.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
The Door Is Open.

. Washington, March 2s. - All the
great powers Great Britain, Ger
many, France, Russia and Italy
have agreed to Secretary Hays pro-
posal for the maintenance of the
'sopen door, in China. ys. 55s
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
SDeedy Aid for Porto Rico,

Washington, March 27.-There will
be no delay in the execution of the
act of congress appropriating $2,ooo,-
600 for the relief of the residents of
Porto Rico. The war department had
anticipated the passage of the act and
had made arrangements to carry it's
provisions into effect at once.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
Farm Implements for Cubans.

Santiago de Cuba, March pa large
quantity of plows, hoes and other farm
implements has been received here for
free distribution throughout the
province, and hundreds of applicants
have already been supplied. They say
they can soon raise enough to support
their families.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
Founder Of Topeka

Topeka, Kan, March &C.. K. Hol-
iday, one. Of the founders of the Santa
Fe railway and founder of this city,
died here, aged rs years. = :. :
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
Predict Revolution

Chicago, March 81 Employers Of
labor before the industrial commission
predicted revolution as the outcome CT
labor troubles. 0
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
Sentenced to Death

Dexter, Mo-, March 3D. Elijah
Moore, aged 10, who murdered Rev.
Jesse Moore, his father, in this coun-
ty, November ! last. was sentenced
Thursday to hang May is. LII
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
Broke All Records.

Chicago. March 3o.-A special train
on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
road ran from Los Angeles, CAL, to this
city, 1905 miles, in 81 hours and Sc min
utes, breaking all records.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
Rob a Bnnk.

Hanlontown, Ia, March 90. Rob-
beers broke into the Ulland bank here,
blew open the safe, stole $4,000 in cur
rency and escaped.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04

I
Pretoria, March 90. Gen. Joubert
died last night at 1880 o'clock. He
had been suffering from stomach
complaint. The town is plunged into
mourning for the true patriot, gallant
general and upright and honorable
gentleman. n q
kruger to Take Command.
Brussels, March pa private dis
patch has been received here from
Pretoria which says that President
Kruger will now take chief command
of the Transvaal forces. .
White Praises Joubert.
London, March 29.-In connection
with the announcement of the death
ofGen. Joubert, it is interesting to note
that Sir George White, the British
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04

general who commanded the garrison
which defended Ladysmith, in a speech
at Cape Town Tuesday evening de-
clared that Joubert was a soldier and
a gentleman and brave and honora-
HE Onnonont
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
Filipinos Hanged.

Manila, March 81. - Morales and
Gonzales were hanged at San Carlos for
numbering q countryman. # lS
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04
|P[l||R|I|R ll||DB||I H|l|I|lD
Veteran Command erin Chief of the
TransVaal Forces Expires
at Pretoria.
HAD BEEN Ill But 4 VERY SHORT TINE.

Hoted Fighter Was Loved by All His
People and Respected by All HIS
Foes-BritiShL Lose Omcers a1d Hen
in a Fight with the Boers-vvain-
Ing from Kruger. 4 HsSss
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-04

<nR. L. G.. BELL. : ~
Dental Surgeon. ~ess~-s--~s.s
TEETH EXTRACTED BY PAINLESS METHOD
Office ia the Meridian Block.
NEW ULM NrNN
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-24

1t occasionally happens that when a
man gets married his wife not only sup
plies the missing rib but the backbone
Of the combination as well.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-24

When people who have been very
friendly get ready for a. quarrel, it is
a row is ripening in Atchison between
two women, and it will involve every
one the two women have known for
ten years. Men who dislike to have
their wives mixed up in a squabble, are
getting ready for it by sending them
out of town
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-24
Insist That the Attorney GEN.
eral Ignores Petitions.
70 STOP JOINTISTS.
Monster Meeting Endorse Point
ed Resolutions.
Denounce Officials Who Take q
Sacred Oath
To Enforce Law and Wink at
It's Violation.

Winfield, Jan. 24.-Since the city au-
thorities permit saloons to run and the
county attorney refuses to prosecute,
and the attorney general has been ap-
pealed to in vain;
Resolved That this audience by vote,
petition and request Governor Stanley
to Immediately stop the joints in
Winfield and Cowley county.
The above resolution was read by
Evangelist Cordner at the mems meet
ing at the opera house and probably 800
men stood up favoring it.
Mr.. Cordner was greeted by a mag
nificent audience of at least 600 men
and he made a sensible. logical con-
Yincing talk. His subject was the de-
gradation of man and he treated the
subject by degrees, beginning with to-
baccO and ending with libertiniSm. He
dwelt at length on the smooth sailing
a young man experiences on the down
grade at first, and of the awful aWak-
ening at some period of his life.
In his allusion to joints and the vio-
lation of law in Kansas he denounced
officers who took an oath to enforce
the law and then winked at its viola
ton, adding that in every instance of
this kind there was a money transac-
tion somewhere.
He spoke for nearly two hours and
held the undivided attention of his au-
dience to the last. He closed his ad-
dress by an impassionate appeal to
men to live a clean life and to make
their way unto the Lord. Fifty or
more arose testifying to their desire to
enter upon a, new life and embrace sal
walton through the redeemer Of men. At
the evening service the floor of the
opera house was packed to the doors
with an attentive and thoughtful audi
ence. Mr.. Cordner addressed his SER
mon to ladies and denounced in strong
terms the double standard" which for
ever ostraeizes the young woman who
falls, but quickly receives back the
young man though vile and unclean.
He appealed to young women to raise
the standard of character in
young men whom they should admit to
their company and charged them as re-
sponsible to a large extent for the low
standard which admits the unclean
young man into the best society.
The meetings will continue through
the week.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-24
URGENT DEFICINECY.
Senate Committee Raises the Appro-
priation Few Thousand.

Washington, Jan. 24-The senate COM
mittee on appropriations today reported
favorably the urgent deficiency appro
priation bill with amendments increas-
ing the total amount of the appropria-
ton to the extent of $4s5,4 thus bring
ing up the aggregate appropriation to
$9,012, ,94S. The principal items of in
creases are: $154, 855 to pay judgments
in Indian depreciation cases; $122, 1872 on
account of national and state soldiers
homes; $4,000 for six additional COM
missioners to the Paris exposition.
The committee also inserted a pro-
vision directing the use of $3.50, 900 of the
sum appropriated for the construction
of soldiers barracks at Galveston, Tex.
This latter action was taken on the
recommenda ton of the secretary of
war. Another amendment extends to
the heirs of men and officers engaged
in the Spanish war the provision Of a
former appropriation bill giving them
two months extra pay.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-24
Low RATES ON RAILROADS.
[From the Boston Traveler.J

LFrom the Boston Traveler.1
AS to the effect of low rates on the
business Of a railroad. the following ex-
amples tell a most interesting story.
On the goth of December, 1899, the
philadelphia Press published an ar
ticle under this heading: Railroads
Push Trolley Lines. The Reading has
Regained the Traffic it Lost Several
Years Ago" The trolley competition
commenced in 1894, and the result was
a great falling off in general railroad
short haul traffic. Among the roads
that were hurt was the Reading. To
save itself the road commenced reducing
its fares, April l. 1895. Other reductions
were made in June of the same year
and again on October 8, 1897. The IS
cent single ticket to Germantown was
cut down to 10 cents; the round trim
ticket from 25 cents to Is, the 25-eent
single rate to Chestnut Hill was re-
duced to u cents and the round trip to
Chestnut Hill was cut down from 40
to 20 cents. The old rates to Willow
Grove, AZ cents for single tickets and
63 cents for round trips. were cut to
20 cents and 35 cents. To Jenkintown.
the 2S-cent single trips and Accent
round trip tickets were reduced to Is
cents and 25 cents.
The reductions seem to have been
ABOUT oU per cent, and these are the
results: There has been an immense
increase in the traffic, a decreased cost
in operation, and cit is believed that
the net receipts are greater now than
ever before. And this is always the
result of a considerable reduction in
transport taxes.
Here is another example previously
referred to in these columns in an ar
ticle by Hon. James l. Cowles, and
concerning the SO per cent reduction
in the tax levied on travel between
Hartford and New Britain by the
New England railroad in 1897. The old
tax levied, as an attorney informed a
committee Of the Connecticut legisla-
ture for the purpose of preventing a
workingman from earning his living in
one town and spending his earnings in
another, had been enlinently successful
This tax, so cents. the round trip of
about 26 miles by the New York & New
Haven road, and 46 cents by the New
England, effectually barred the use of
the railroads to the masses of both
communities.
And 1t injured the railroads almost
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-24
SHORT GRASS mAsoNs.
To Gather at Dodge City For Special
Work Jan. 26.

Dodge City, Jan. 24.-The st. Bernard
lodge A. F. and A. NJ, have issued the
following statement: Dear Brother:
Please note that our lodge on the 26th
day of January, at o'clock p. M, will
hold a stated communication for work
in the third degree and such other bus
mess as may regularly come before it.
To this communication your are frater-
nally invited.
request has been made on King
Solomon lodge of past masters, No.
1901, of Dodge City, to take charge of
this work, to which request they have
courteously consented, under the fol-
lowing organization: DIR. S. Jay Crum-
bine, w. M; W. J. Davies, S. G. w;
J. A. Corey, J. G. W. Paul Henkel, s..
D. and s.; E. B. Goodrich, D.; c..
M. Beeson, S. s.; W. H. Chapman, J. S.
and T.
The lectures belonging to this degree
will be vividly illustrated through our
stereopticon while being recited by the
worshipful master. Refreshments at
low twelve.
1t is the long contemplated purpose
of St. Bernard lodge to bring together
the Sons of Light living in western
Kansas, as a part of our humble service
to our neighborS, thus to afford them
and all of US another opportunity of re-
ceiving, through Masonry, a repetition
of those valuable lessons which teach
US our common duty to humanity; that
higher duty we owe to each other as
Masons, and that highest duty which
we owe to God, the Supreme Ruler in
the pantheon of the universe
WALTER T. COOLIDGE, w. M.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-24
BOUGHT THE LAND.
Not the People, Says Bryan Re-
garding the Philippines.

Stamford, Conn, Jan. 24.-W. ].
Bryan arrived here on the express from
New York at 1885 a. m. Mr.. Bryan
was driven to the town hall, where an
audience of over a thousand people had
assembled. Mr.. Bryan spoke for over
three-quarters of an hour. The speech
was equally divided between the cur
rency question, the trusts and imperial
ism.
II believe,'' said Mr.. Bryan, that the
tendency of the Republican party is to
exalt wealth and to debase common
humanity. The dollar is plainly stamp
ed upon the Republican policy and
there is no policy of the Republicans
today that does not bear that stamp"
He went on to say that the Republican
party is not applying today the prtn-
ciple announced in the declaration of
independence. THAT principle, applied
to taxation would mean that every man
would bear his just share of the burden
Of taxation, but now an unjust proper
ton of that burden is placed upon the
poor"
"The Republican party is trying to
fasten upon the country a system of
taxation made by financiers for their
own benefit. When the doctrine of IA
voritism is once started, it cannot be
stayed. To fasten upon the country
the gold standard means that it will be
affected by every change in Europe"
Mr. Bryan explained his plan for the
regulation of trusts under law of the
general government. He asserted that
the Republican party had no desire to
kill the trusts, which were the hens that
laid the golden eggs for that party.
Mr.. Bryan questioned the right of
the government to rule the Philippines
by force, and said the title it obtained
was a title to the land, not to the peo-
pie.
At the conclusion of his speech Mr..
Bryan boarded the train for New Ha-
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-24

as much as it did the people. But the
blind railroad rulers could see nothing
They apparently knew nothing. At last
however it became apparent even to
their benumbed senses that something
had to be done. A trolley line was about
to be built between Hartford and New
Britain. This aroused them. They ap-
on May "a, 1897, they opened it to
traffic. Here is their own statement as
to the effects of reduced fares and in
creased opportunities for travel: "Du-
ring the sixteen weeks following May
"A, the travel on the electric road
about rs. 900 as would normally have
been carried by steam"
Z he steam read passenger business be-
tween the two cities had for some time
previous to the reduction of fares av-
eraged $50 passengers per day. The
Connecticut railroad report of 1897
stated that from it's opening to Novem-
Der 1, 1897 the total of the third-rail
traffic was 414000, or on an average
2,587 per day, about three and one-half
times the old traffic. The average fare
under the old regime, including com
muters, was 1S cents per single trip and
the average daily earnings were S135 for
six days in the week, as against
$258.70 for seven days in a week by
weekly earnings of the old steam road
service $s1O, while that of the eleetrics
was 81, S10.S0 This was the condition of
things before the third rail was ex-
tended to Bristol The rates to Bristol
have been reduced so per cent, the
fare from Hartford to both Plainville
and to Bristol, some six miles further
no longer furnish us with figures as to
the business.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-24

A Topeka girl recently had a wonder
full stroke of good luck. Her steady
was in the parlor calling upon her when
health officers arrived, and put the
house under quarantine for three weeks.
With her steady in the house full three
weeks, she is not girl of any get-up
if she doesn't land him.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-24

outs with the world. He has now fallen
into the way of doing odd work for the
railroads
Three weeks ago he went to Black
wen to work on the section, but became
sick and was sent home. The doctors
pronounced his case smallpox and yes
terday the health officer ordered him
quarantined. Horn was found shoveling
coal from 9. railroad car and was very
indignant at the order for his quaran-
tine: He swore that he did not have
smallpox and refused to be placed in
quarantine. His case, like nearly all Of
the Oklahoma cases, is very light. At
ter two days he insisted that he was
well and went to work. The order was
sent today to arrest Horn and keep him
shut up until further notice. Horn
claims that he has only a light case of
chickenpox, and in fact his case, as
well as many of those in the territory,
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-24
DENY A RUMoR.
Arkansas City Officials Declare There
Is Little Smallpox There.

Arkansas City, Kan, Jan. 24.-The
mayor and president of the board of
health issued the following official state
ment today: Arkansas City. Kan,
mayors office, January %. In view of
the fact that a Guthrie dispatch, pub
that there are LOCO cases of smallpox
in this city 1 deem it just to our city
and the public to make the official
statement that there are only eight
the houses are quarantined because the
inmates were exposed. The remaining
houses are occupied by persons having
mild cases of varioloid, now GONZALES
cent. There is not a case of so-called
smallpox in the city. There has not
been a case sent to the pest house.
{Signed), FRANK ]. HESS,
Mayor and President of the Board Of
Health"
The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-24
COLD STORAGE PLANT.
A Syndicate's Agents Are Look
ing Over Topeka.

J. NJ. Woode and Mr.. William Harris,
representing a syndicate of English and
American capitalists, are in Topeka to-
day looking over the city with view
to establishing an immense cold stor-
age plant here. The syndicate, Messrs.
Woode and Harris represent have
big cold storage plants in the
New England and middle states
where eggs, butter, poultry, ETC.,
are stored awaiting shipment.
principally to foreign markets. So far
the syndicate has no plant in the west.
but it is proposed to build one at some
point in Kansas, and Topeka is looked
upon as the most likely location.
The smallest of the plants now owned
by the company cost $50 900 and the
largest $3.50, 600 Just what the plant it
is proposed to establish in this state will
cost Messrs Woode and Harris are not
prepared to say.
The two gentlemen were driven over
the city today by Secretary Anderson
of the Commercial club. They came to
Topeka at the instance of the Santa
F'e industrial department.