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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-24
STATE W. T. U.
To be Held In Mankato Next Week, Aug.
2S Tn Il


1t is not inexplicable why certain
communities often feel indisposed to
invite W. G. T. U. convention to ac-
cept their hospitality. The Importance
and magnitude of these gatherings
have already assumed vast proper.
tions.
TIL erefore local branches of the W.
C. T. Q. frequently realize the re-
sponsibility that such an invitation
incurs and shrinks from its assump-
tiOn.
Such a gathering has been invited
to our city and as loyal Christian
citizens we should lend our aid toward
making the convention a success
However great the responsibility as
sumed, the benefits derived from such a
ga thering are much greater. 1t is a
benefit to have so many consecrated
women visit our homes, coming as
they do, from all parts of the country
state, nation or world, and bringing
with them varied experiences.
The w. G. T. U. convention fur
nishes an opportunity to emphasize the
Importance of temperance which is a
subject with which we cannot be too
familiar. 1t opens the waytowardsobtain
ing purer atmosphere. A W. c. T. U. will
do more to bring the subject of the
evils of intemperance before parents
than any other agency.
A complete program of the state W.
G. T. U. convention to be held
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-24

In 1896 John Lind received 1852, 1854
votes and was defeated. In 1898 he
received 131, $50 votes and received
the election by some 30, 600 plurality.
It does not take one long to see the
reason for his.election. The Republican
vote was not out at the polls. Get ii
out in full next November, and Van
SAINT will have not less than 90, DOC
majority.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-24
Round About Us,

John Dale and Raleigh Jennings
were Frustrated by the heat day OF
two ago while threshing on farms near
Redwood Falls. Reports have come
in from a number of farmers who lost
horses on account of the heat yester-
day The mercury reached 50 in the
shade, the air was very humid and a
hot south wind blew.
John Lessnau, employed by butcher
in Winona, was arrested Monday on a
warrant issued by the United States
Court Commissioner Morey. He is
charged with having passed ST silver
certificate which had been raised to
the denomination of $40. The 81 bill
had been altered by FASTING the figure
40. cut out of light paper, on one
corner of the bill. Lessnau claims
that he was ignorant of the bill being
false. His bond was fixed at $500 and
the hearing set for Wednesday after
noon, when the United States district
attorney will be present
Three large stacks of wheat and a
valuable separator were destroyed by
fire on farm near Rochest er Monday.
The cause of the fire is unknown. The
separator was valued at 81, 300, and be-
longed to Smith & Syod, of st. Charles,
and was uninsured. Half the grain
belonged to William Thompson, owner
of the farm, and was insured. The
other half belonged to Henry Monday,
who rented the farm, and was not in
sured. The grain was all No. 1 quality
and was valued at $780,
John Dalzell was held up and robbed
of $50 by three tramps near Redwood
Falls night or two ago.
Winona has another case of small
pox, the patient being a sixteen-year-
old girl. The case is light one and
strict quarantine is maintained.
Fairmont News: Clarence Stevens,
aged Is years, was working for DIR.
Corpron for his board and clothes.
Last Monday the doctor bought him a
new suit of clothes and on Tuesday
he disappeared with the doctor S
wheel He was caught at Blue Earth
and is now in Jail under fifteen
days sentence.
Smith & Lloyd, of st. Charles lost
separator by fire few days ago Just
northof that city
ID. Hulseman. postmaster at Welcome,
has sent in his resignation.
A desperate and determined gang
OF robbers were working in Luverne
early Saturday morning. They bur-
glarized David Stephens meat market,
forcing an entrance in the rear door.
The safe contained 81, $780, Only the
q
day lock was on, and in endeavoring to
open the safe the permanent lock was
effected, and taking lamp they con-
tinued their operations in full view of
passers-by in the street, and only
small sum was secured there. Early
yesterday morning they burglarized c.
A. Yaegers store, where they secured
a considerable amount of cash. The
operations indicate deportation.
A Winnebago City dispatch says
that threshing continues to verify the
predictions made some time since that
the wheat fields in this vicinity would
give many surprises. Here and there
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-24

A number of hogs owned by Ebert
Dornberg, beyond Jones ford,
suffocated Monday, owing to the heat.
Contractor Halstead began work to-
day on the extension of the water
mains to Ogle Davis addition. About
ten men will be employed
An order for Judgment for $57. 80 an
costs was made today in the case of
W. J. Eckman VS.. Windmiller Co.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-24

Aug. 1881 will be given later
MRS. G. B. HURD,
Supt. Press Work For the Convention.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-24
A JACK-OF- L-TRADES.

BOUT one year ago the Jack-of
a all-Trades began to tell the
public what he could do. He made
great claims, promised to do more
than ever had been done, and
more than most believed possible.
He has been all over the country, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the
Great Lakes to the Gulf He has taken
up all sorts of work for all kinds of people,
and has hundreds of letters from the peo-
pie he has worked for, as his report for
the first year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-24

a field that looked very thin while
standing is yielding from 10 to 20
bushels of fine quality wheat. Other
fields that gave promise of % bushels
per acre are yielding 8 to 10 bushels
per acre. The light yield is due to
black rust, which was caused by local
showers in early July.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-24

Miss Maud Cutting, head waitress
at the Ballard House, Fairmont, COM
mitted suicide Sunday night by shoot
ing herself. A report from there says !:
The girl was found lying on her bed
with a bullet hole in her right temple
and % caliber revolver on the bed to
her left. The skin or hair about the
wound were not singed or powder
stained. There were some blood
stains on the floor in the hall in front
of her room. While there are sus-
picions, no arrests have yet been
made.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-24

A Winnebago City dispatch says
that threshing continues to verify the
predictions made some time since that
the wheat fields in this vicinity would
give many surprises. Here and there
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26

der, capitalist and traveller, thinks he
has solved two difficult problems now
before the people of the United States
for solution-the problem Of the Afro
American in the South and what to do
with the Philippines. He would solve
both by sending the Americans
to the Philippines Gen. Greenwood
afirms they would be glad to go, that
the climate is admirably suited to
them and that they and the Filipinos
would soon fraternize and mingle,
while the education the Afro-Ameri-
cans have received in this country
would enable them to become rich and
influential in the East. ~.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26

Dispatches from Augusta, Ca, tell
us that grave disturbances will de-
Velop as a consequence of the appoint
ment of eleven Afro-American men
and three Afro-American women as
census enumerators. Any number of
law-abiding, representative Augusta
men have openly announced that mig
gers shall never enter their homes in
an official capicity." It is always some
sslaw-abiding'' Southerner who is
ready to trample the law under foot.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26

,l . Is ' !
had laid upon her The intense alb
sorption of her theme held her away
from every other interest, for circum-
stances were never less favorable to
the execution of a great work. She
was then in the midst of heavy domes-
tic cares, with a young infant, and
with a party of pupils in her family
to whom she was imparting lessons
daily with her own children, but the
story was SO much more intense a
reality to her than any other earthly
thing that the weekly installment for
DR.. Bailey's National Era never failed.
Once Mr.. Jewett, who was to publish
it, wrote to ask her not to make it too
long, as the subject was not popular
one. Mrs. Stowe replied that She did
not make the story, that the story
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26
y UNCLE ( /. / TOMS CABIN
HOW Is ". THIS NOTED BOOK CAME
70 BE WRITTEN.
Mrs. Harriet n Beeeher stowe. he Auth.r.
Said aid IN the Last Days OF her Evsntful
Life. God Wrote u, i merely did his pic
TAXATION. '- DIS s ss ss

u there is anything in foreordina-
ton, Harriet Beecher Stowe was pre-,
destined to write Uncle Tom Cabin. =,
She did not intend to do it. She said
that For many years Of her life she
avoided all reading upon Or allusion
to the subject Of slavery But in
Cincinnati it was thrust upon her at
every turn. + 3S4.ss
An incident which increased her in
terest in the problem of freedom was
the coming to Walnut Hills Of fam
lily from the far South, who for CON
science sake had separated themselves
from the associations of their life
time and sought "a home in the then.
5unbroken forests on the banks Of the
Ohio. Here the Tichenory and Over
akers, family Of aristocratic Eng
lish descent, made for themselves a
home IN the southern style, the first Of
those really ducal estates Of which so
many now crown the banks of the
Ohio and the crests Of Cincinnatis
hills. This family brought with them
| a retlnue OF house servants in order to
set them free. They were scattered
among the various families of this
lovely y1clnage, some being employed
at one time or another in Professor
Stoves family and some in that of his
next neighbor, also a professor in the
seminary. One of these neighbors has
said that she has seen Mrs. Stowe sit
whole afternoons watching the chill
dren of the two families and the young
blacks at play.
It was then and there that Mrs.
Stowe saw Topsy and took her comical
likeness in unfading colors Topsy
was a. stray bit of ebony humanity
that, in some unrecorded way, came
to be one Of the children perched on
the porticos of the Overaker mansion
in New Orleans, where the family had
winter home, or hung around the
quarters, ran errands, or played with
the dogs on the Tichenor plantation
at Natchez. She was such a little imp
Of darkness that t'that limb was past
saving and so she was left among
the field hands, who were to work out
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26

Poor old Snubbins has had hard
Time OF it. He has been sick for a
year, his baby died last week, and the
furniture man has called in his parlor
suit He told me his story this morn
Ing. He was sad, Snubbins was, and
his story touched me deeply" ..How
much did you say Baltimore News.
Grafter-"I have that five you
loaned me, Eezymark.' Eezymark
tWho never expected to get i ill.,
Good" CRATER. Now I'm goins to
make you proposition. 1 need SO.
put I'll only ask you for five. Then
III have ten, and I'll give you credit
for the five OF. yours l now have
Ohio State Journal.
Pardon me-" said the native with
the large carving knife, approaching
the 20 cave Of the captive, ..but could I
| bone ION you for a dollar?'' The innate
courtesy, it appeared which seeks to
clothe unpleasant detail in humorous
nyperbole was not altogether incon-
slstent with advertisement of the pre-
yalling chef rates per cadayer. New.
York Press.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26

their freedom there on the planta-
ton at Natchez. But the case Of the
aband oned wait appealed to the sym
pathy Of Mrs. Stoves neighbor, and
the elfsh Topsy was brought North
and placed in the family of the young
professor to be trained for service. It
must be confessed that the effort to
develop her into "a reasonable being
was not shining success. Joan-for
that was her real name rifted into
the abandoned stratum of Cincinnati
life, and was seen no more by her for
mer friends till the day of Mrs. Itch
enor,s funeral. Black Sam, also, he Of
the O'bobservation' faculty, 4 was
at service in the, same family, but he
will be best remembered by the act of
putting the beechnut under Haley's
saddle when they were about to start
after Eliza. Others of the small fry
named were members of the same
group.
It was at Walnut Hills also that
Mrs. Stowe knew the original OF Gun,
Gle Pete" in bred" or Nina Gordon"
as it was afterwards called. He was
then an old man, known as "Colored
Williams, and he certainly was Of as
rockfast and deepset a black dye as
mortal flesh could take Like that
faithful old soul who took care of the
Peyton children and always spoke of
himself and them as I'VE Peyton.
folks, z so this devoted retainer of the
professors families for odd jobs al
ways spoke of himself and them as
I'VE seminary folks. Peace to his
gray ashes, He died few years ago,
at Walnut Hills, aged, it was said, 112
years 3751S
ss# In 1850 DR.. Stowe had accepted a
professorship at Bowdoin. and was NV
ing in Brunswick when the fugitive
slave law of that year was passed This
was the final fire which set the colors
of Mrs. Stoves resolution to write
something which should hold up
slavery to the world. as a dramatic
reality = She chose the form Of a
story, knowing well that
Where Truth ii closest words shall
fall,
There Truth embodied in a tale
Shall enter in at open door.
Not for flames sake did she write,
but that she might execute the COM
mission which the Divine Guide. by
the nature Of her genius and culture
and BY the circumsta Of her life,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26
6GKSTElN NORTON UNIVERSITY

CANE SPRING, seUlLIrT COUNTY, KY.
Industrial training will to motion ten Thousand
~ G co.founder and Il ir ST ehannceilor.
THE LOCATION.
The Eckstein Norton University is situated at Cane
one 81 the most heai.hs and quiet Settlements ~ the
statethe county being what is known as prohibition
on o IT, hii IF rolling land on a
sides BY mountain streams, dashng cataracs
q
city life free from the unhealthy seducons and allure
IT, E Il
who desire to prepare for an active life.
DEPARTMENTS.
5sssE ss1ass
Raising bssss M. College,
sss9: 1s S n nd Metals.
RMn aoiangg mo in Oil oaL and td. Water,
The above departments are under competent pso es.
sors and and specialist. II the
Normal School, Rhode Island, and other Of pest
may study desirable, i9ave of at any sg,
course least possible. consistent with tnoroagl
! 49, TERMS. a."s5.
Board, room, fuel tuition and washing ccr month.
students may enter at any time in the year.
HELP VoR STUDENTS.
Deserving students may have the privilege OF extra
reduction in proportion to the work they willing to
do. We ask patronage not only account of low
rate but account of the very high character of the
work done. Our acconm odatons frst-ciass and
offered alike to both sexes. w. - s@'0
Persons en- route to Cane Spring. KY. via Louisville,
may and free accommodation at No. ST Laurel Street,
Louisville, Ky. -4 - E--e- kgs
For catalogues and all business address the President
REV. c. II. PARRISH, A. NJ,
CANE SPRING. ~.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26

Every newspaper editor in the Uni
ted States who desires to study facts
in relation to the prosperity and panic
periods of the country should secure
copies of the speeches delivered in the
House of Representatives May 3, 1900,
by Hon. John F. Lacey, Of Iowa, and
on May 10 by Senator J. H. Gallinger,
of New Hampshire. They contain
many interesting statements and will
be useful for reference during the next
few months.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26
SATURDAY, MAY .2s, 1900.

Evidently the fool killer hasn't Wis
tied New York City recently as Bourke
Cochran and Rev. (?) Henry Frank are
still alive. At Montgomery, Ala, re-
Gently. Cochran advocated the repeal
of the Fifteenth amendment and now
Frank says:
s'The most deplorable social situa-
ton which civilized and intelligent
people has ever deliberately brought
upon itself is witnessed today in the
relation of the Southern Negro to his
environment. His native sluggishness,
his imperceptible Improvement since
liberation, his startling lapse into bar;
barism, all must incline thinking peo-
pie to conclude that the freeing Of the
Negro has proved disastrous failure
A section of country should be set
apart to which all Negroes would be
permitted voluntarily to migrate and
there yield themselves as slaves to
such persons as would agree to possess
them, give them humane treatment
and education. Z
Don't all speak at once, but let's see
how many will thus voluntarily mi
CRATE ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26
DALLAS OFFICE,
NUMBER 407 MAIN STRESS
IA. BROWN. Manager.
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26
Look up Your Property

Editor The Appeal: Through your
paper wish to call the attention of
your readers as far as possible to the
fact that the Census Bureau is plan
ming to make special effort during
the taking Of the Census in June to
Ind the exact amount Of property Of
every description that is owned BY.
.Afro-Americans. This means great
deal to us as people, as we will be
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26

Genl. Cronje and his brother Beers
at St. Helena are very much disguised
because black soldiers have been set
to keep guard over them. It is a fit
ting retribution for the Negro hating
people who have heaped wrongs upon
the defenceless natives because they
were black. &
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26

very largely judged by the world by
the result. It is of the utmost impor
lance that each individual member of
the race in every part of the country
begin at once to make a careful list
of the amount and value of the prop
erty that he owns so as to be ready to
give it at once to the census taker. It
is also important that as far as posi-
BILE ministers and teachers call the at
tention of the people to this matter as
far in advance as may be thought best
Yours truly,
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26

The democratic papers are urging
the Beers to emigrate to America.
The st. Louis Globe Democrat says
they will be welcome, but advises them
to allow the names of their towns to
remain at home. We suggest that
they also leave on the dark continent
their ideas about the treatment Of Ne
grOes. =.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26
NATIONAL CONVENTION
OF Head and second Walters Assoc.
citation at Pittsburg, Pa, May %.

OF Head and second Walters Assoc
citation at Pittsburs, sPa.,s May 2S.
The convention Of the National Head
and Second Waters Beneficial Asso-
citation meets in Pittsburg, Pa. Mon
day, May %, at Bethel A.. M. E.Echurch.
It's purpose is to devise ways and
means to improve modern dining room
service, and for the transaction of such
business as may be helpful to members
Of the profession On the evening of
wednesday, May 30, a banquet will be
given at Masonic hall, Allegheny, for
all the delegates and their friends.
The officers of the national association
are w. F. Cozart, Dayton, O., presi-
dent; E. 7. Montgomery, Chicago,
vice president; J. B. Coins, Rockford,
ILL.,, secretary; G. H. McCard, Pitts
burg, treasurer. The local commit
tee arranging, for the accommodation
and entertainment of those attending
the convention consist of Thomas
Lloyd, H. Pettigrew, c.. H. McCard
J. 7. Gilbert, George Hobb, Alphonso
Parr, George Williams.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26
WHAT WHITE MEN THINK OF Us.

WHAT WHITE MEN THINK OF Us.
1t is necessary for the race to under
stand what Southern white men think
Of the race question. The New York
Age of Thursday, May Il, contains a
full report of the Montgomery confer
ence, filling two pages, including opin-
ions of the New York daily papers,
articles by John E. Milholland, Booker
T. Washington, Judson w. Lyons, P.
B. S. Pinchback and others. Single
copies may be obtained by, sending S
cents to The Age, 4 Cedar street, New
York.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26

With coffee down to w cents a
pound, as against nearly Is cents in
1895, there has not been much. increase
in the cost of this breakfast table lux
ury under President McKinley's ad-
ministration.