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The age-herald., 1901-11-20
OPELIKA.
City May Shortly Put In a Sewage
 System.

Opelika, November 19.-(Special. "A survey of the city Is being made by Philadelphia parties with the intention of putting in a complete sewerage sys- tenn if they can trade with the city. Their purpose is to construct it themselves and let those who desire and pay for the priv ilege, connect with 1t and give the city the option of purchasing it within a cer- tain time. The name of the firm has not been divulged by MT. Taylor, the pro- moter.
The age-herald., 1901-11-20

Special prices on Coke for the next ten days, in lots of ten tops and over.
 Phone 5Ol. B. R., l.. &. P. Go.
The age-herald., 1901-11-20

An earnest effort is still being made to get up a street fair for Opelika, but the prospects of success seem slim.
The age-herald., 1901-11-20
COAL! COAL!

Carbon Hill-&3. co per ton. Coronado-$2. 75 per ton. Phone BAT.
The age-herald., 1901-11-20

Have your cuts for advertising made by Age-Herald Engraving Co.
The age-herald., 1901-11-20

The Garrison, saw mill plant is about completed and will be in operation in a few days.
The age-herald., 1901-11-20

The Commissioners Court will consider the building of large and better court house for Marengo county. It is possible that an effort will be made to build the new courthouse near the proposed depot. This would place the courthouse far from the jail and also the well of fine water which cost the county $60, 900.
The age-herald., 1901-11-20

The dust is something terrible. It is im- possible to keep anything clean and many think that it would pay the merchants to put on street sprinklers themselves rather than have their goods ruined.
The age-herald., 1901-11-20
The Arlington,
Washington, November 15, I

W dSIIIII1 tOTI' NV Io' 1o0t'
 My Dear Sir:-Your very delightful in- vitation comes to me at moment when I am unable to accept, much to my re- gret It does me much more honor than I deserve, and I hope that you will carry to the members of the Commercial and Industrial Association my high apprecia- tion and sincere thanks for the great consideration and distinction.
 Believe me, my dear sir very sincerely yours. w. s. SCHLEY.
The age-herald., 1901-11-20
An Announce ement.

The announcement is made that the Brandon Printing Company Of Nashville has opened branch office In Birming- ham in order to accommodate the de- mend for the high-class work for which this concern is noted. Lithographing of all kinds, fine steel and copper engraving, half-tone and zinc etchings from photo graphs, handsome catalogues and all that pertains to printing and binding in its most artistic form will be handled from this office.
 Samples shown and estimates given upon application Telephone calls will receive prompt attention. Ezell Craig. Birmingham Representative. 1921 First Avenue; Bell and Peoples phones 1102.
 11-20-3t-we-fri-sun
The age-herald., 1901-11-20

Cotton continues to come in lively. the long, dry spell making it open very fast. From all the indications the farmers will come out losers this year, as they laid in large amount of supplies and plant ed a great al of cotton. They have raised more home products and in this way are in better shape than in former years
The age-herald., 1901-11-20

Only limited number Of maps left. Subscribers should avail themselves of this opportunity to secure house
 hold. office and school room necessity
The age-herald., 1901-11-20
SCHLEY DECLINES.
Cannot Accept Invitation to Visit
 Montgomery in December.

Montgomery. November 19.-(special)- Admiral w. s. Schley has declined the invitation recently sent him by the local Commercial Club to visit Montgomery during the good roads convention early in December.
 Secretary Gilbert of the association to- day received the following letter from Admiral Schley:
The age-herald., 1901-11-20
LINDEN.
J. c. Brown of Faunsdale Fails for
 $65,0oo.

Linden, November 19. = Special .)-Cir- cult Court has adjourned. All the inn portant cases were continued.
 News has just been received here of the failure of J. c. Brown of Faunsdale for $65,00O. MT. Brown was one of the larg- est and considered one of the best mer- chants in Marengo county.
The age-herald., 1901-11-20

The handsome residences of Wm Gun ningham and B. F. Glider are near com pletion.
The age-herald., 1901-11-20

pr. A. B. Stone, now at Demopolis will move back to this, his old home next week. much to the pleasure of the citi- zens of Linden
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26
DR.. BOHANNON'S SUCCESSOR.

The normal school authorities have
been prompt in filling the place made
vacant last Saturday by DR.. Bohan-
mons election to the presidency of the
new Duluth normal school. They have
not been hasty, however, for the mat
ter mas been under consideration for
several weeks and letters have been re-
ceived from many competent men re-
garding the man who has been chosen.
He is DR. John A. Hancock now of
Clark university. DR.. Hancock has
had successful experience of many
years as superintendent of large sys-
TENS of schools, and has studied under
Professor Dewey at the university of
Chicago, Professor Earl Barnes at LIE
land Stanford university and Clark
university. His published writings
are highly esteemed by educators. He
is married and has two sons. DIR.
Bohannon place is hard one to fill,
but President Cooper thinks that Mr..
Hancock will be worthy successor as
director of the practice school, and
take prominent position among the
educators of the state.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26

Gen. Wood says that the Cuban con-
stitutional convention did not reject
the Platt amendment, as has been re-
ported. 1t will be recalled that there
were several conflicting reports about
it at the time, but the news finally
came that the provisions of the amend
ment were rejected. Gen. Wood 8
statement puts news from Cuba much
in the same category as that from
Porto Rico, and gives us several differ
ent views of the same question. How
ever, there is one thing pretty certain
and that is the convention has not yet
accepted the amendment, else the dele
cation and Gen. Wood would not now
be in Washington confering with the
president, with the hope on the part
of the Cubans of getting modifca
tion thereof by the president.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26

since. By wise series of tariff acts
the Republicans have built up an in
dustrial system which is the envy of
all the other countries, and which is
now making conquests in all the mar
kets of the world. The Republican
party has established the gold stand
ard, thus ending the Democratic panic
of 1898; has given the United States
the best financial system in the world,
and has brought degree of prosperity
and stability to the country such as
was never equaled in the past, even in
the United States. The TRIPPING OF
Americas list of exports in the past
twenty-five years, coupled with the
rest of the industrial and financial
triumphs which the country has gain
ed, form magnificent tribute to the
intelligence, foresight and courage of
the Republican party
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26

The funeral of Alphonse De Mueles,
who died yesterday morning, will take
place ats t. Johns Catholic church to-
morrow morning at o'clock. A re-
QUEEN mass will be chanted for the
repose of his soul, and the body will
be forwarded TO Rochester on the seven
O. clock train.
Fifteen years ago J. G. Fowler was
in the grocery business and trusted a
certain resident of Mankato with SIS
worth of groceries This resident had
a counter bill of about 1874. One day
this week the resident settled the bill
by paying Mr.. Fowler $50. Mr.. Fow-
Ter did not charge him interest. The
claim had outlawed, but the citizen
was honest, and is now in better cir
cumstances than when he was forced
to contract the debt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26

The war department has announced
the appointments Tor first and second
lieutenants under the army reorganiz-
alton act. There were 5SS altogether.
Minnesota gets eight. 1t is said that
the appointees are all men who are
either in the Philippines at present or
have seen service there. Protests are
pouring into the department from all
parts of the country because of this.
Those protesting say that in making
the appointments as they have the war
department authorities have simply
continued the good fortune of those
who had an opportunity to go to the
Phi lippines, while those who want to
go but could not be given a chance,
are not now given any consideration.
Adjutant General Corbin says that
all those on the list will not be able to
pass examination and second list
will have to be made but whether
those who were not this time given
consideration will stand any show
then is not stated.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26

In labored article in reply to the
Free Press editorial on the redis trict-
ing of the county into new commits
sioner districts, the only thing the
Lake Crystal Union can say is that it
believes majority of the county com
missioners should remain in the hands
of the people of the country. Well,
won't the country..have a majority even
though justice is done in the matter
Is not three majority of five2 Did
the Free Press advocate the placing of
three districts in the city2 In case OF
redistricting. one of the city districts
would have quite bit Of country at
tached to it, and good man
from there for commission
er would stand a good fighting
chance at any time to secure the COM
missionership. Is your idea OF justice
Mr.. Union, such as would put nearly
II, 900 people and about one-third of
the wealth of the county into one dis
trict, and some 81, 900 people and two
third of the wealth into four districts?
Is that your twentieth century idea OF
how Justice should be dealt out. How
would you like to be placed in such a
position? Put the coat on and tell us
how it fits.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26
AMERICAS COMMERCIAL LEAD.

The position which the United
States holds today in the commercial
affairs of the world, is complete JUS
LITIGATION of the protective policy
which it has been followed for the past
generation. The Cry has ever been that
it was impossible to do just what we
have at last accomplished so long as
we insisted upon retaining protection
for our industries; and he indeed
would have been bold man, who a
quarter of century ago would have
predicted that we would stand in the
first place among nations in thes.mat-
ter of--exportss at 1.-The s.openinga,"of.. the
new century. In ~ 1876. the a. United
States stood fourth in the list of ex-
porting nations Now she stands first.
As to the part which the tariff had in
bringing about this change the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat we'll sets forth
as follows:
"Twenty-five years ago the United
States was in the middle of a five
years period of serious industrial and
commercial stagnation, beginning
with the CONFUSION of 1878. Yet. in
this Quarter of a century this countr y
has very nearly tripled the annual
value of it's exports of merchandise
What has caused this splendid trans
formation2 Republican policy chiefly.
In 1875 the Republican party, in the
face of the solid opposition of the
Democracy, put upon the national sta
tute book the act under which specie
payments are resumed On January 1,
1879, and all the country's currency
was brought up to the gold level, and
has been held up to that line evel
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26
AN EXCITING TIME.
Several Runaways This Forenoon Cause
Dsmage.

The Star Steam laundry delivery
team ran away at shortly before noon
from in front of H. 1. Parry's drug
store. Going south on Front street, it
started a team belonging to Mr..
Dodge of Indian Lake, attached to a
lumber wagon. This wagon went south
on Front street, carrying destruction
with it. The farm team collided
with a buggy that Miss Windmiller
was riding in and threw her out. She
was not much injured. One of John
son ten cent buses was standing near
J. A. Lewis & Sons store, and the
farm wagon struck it, breaking the
pole and otherwise damaging it.
The next conveyance to suffer from
Mr.. Dodge's wagon was Prof Geo. E.
Nettleton buggy. which was stand
ing in front of P. S. Lobdells meat
market The buggy was nearly de-
molished. At the corner of Liberty
street the farm wagon turned over and
the team was caught.
The laundry team made the fastest
run, but did no damage of themselves.
They raced around block a couple
of times near the tub factory and were
finally caught in a winded condition
while on their way back toward Front
street. The only damage to the de-
livery wagon was broken spoke or
two.
The runaways caused considerable
excitement for time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26
BUTTER TESTS.
State Dairy and Food Commission Will
Begin Them Friday.

The first of.the monthly butter tests,
which the state dairy and food COM
mission is to conduct, says the Mime
apolis Journal, will be made Frida y
at the store of the Minnesota Butter
and Cheese company in st. Paul.
Competitors will send sO-pound tubs
of butter, which will be graded by a
committee of three. consisting of Pro-
lessor Hacker of the agricultural
school; b. D. White and Sam Haugh-
dahl, deputy inspectors in the depart,
ment. Prizes will be awarded the sue,
cessful exhibits. All of the butter will
be sold and the proceeds will be sent
the owners. Exhibitors are requested
to fill out a blank giving detailed in,
formation of the methods used in theil
diaries.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26
EXTENDING TO KASOTA.
Citizens Telephone Co. Cannot Get Into
Lake Crystal.

The Mankato Citizens Telephone
Co. has force of men constructing a
line to Kasota. 1t will not put in a
local exchange at that place, confn-
ing itself to long distance business.
When the work on this line has been
completed, the line to Mapleton will
be constructed.
The company has applied to the vii
lage trustees of Lake Crystal for a
franchise to put in plant there, but
up to the present time it has not been
granted. The Northwestern has a line
to.Lake Crystal. Just what the OPP
position is to the Mankato company
going there and starting competition
is not known, but if the franchise is
not granted the Northwestern will con-
tinue to hold the field to itself.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26
PERSONAL.

T. R. Hughes and wife of Sleepy
Eye were in the city over night.
DR.. E. L. Burns of Wells was in the
city'" yesterday afternoon.
Fred H. Snyder is in st. Paul today.
VIM. J. Osborn has returned from
Colorado.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Nelson and r.
J. Baker of ..Luverne were Saulpaugh
guests over night.
VIM. Bloom of Watertown, S. D., is
spending few days in the city. He
| is member of the real estate firm of
Bloom & Martini.
w. W. Phalen, who has been in the
grocery business at.St. Paul.for a year,
| has sold out there.sssand is spending a
| day or two in Mankato. He is unde-
cided where to locate.
| Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Owen moved
to their cottage at Point Pleasant to-
day, where they will spend the sum,
mer. Their Pleasant street residence
will be occupied next week by Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Simpkins.
Fl. A. Patterson returned last eve
ming from st. Paul, where he attended
meeting of the wholesale grocers' as
ISOLATION. His train was delayed by
the ditching of five Great Northern
coaches in the yards at st. Paul
Mrs. Laura Buck Abbo tt and TIVE
children returned yesterday will
Judge Buck from San Diego, Cal.
where they spent the winter. All ar
looking and feeling we'll. Judge Bucl
saw number of former Mankato PEG
pie. He also states that number %
extensive Improvements are beins
made along the coast.
Mrs. D. M. Evans and daughte
have arrived in the city to spend thu
summer. Mrs. Evans is sister of A
&c. Hockey and her home is in the stat
of chihuahua, Mexico, where her hus
band is engaged in gold and silver
mining. She has resided there fo
three years and thinks-that there is n
finer climate anywhere. She has ex
perienced as cold weather since com
ing to Mankato as she did all winte
in Mexico. Mr.. Evans is doing well
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26
LAKE CRYSTAL.
From the Union :

From the Union:
Gustaf Ohnesorge who resided in
Lincoln loaded car with household
effects and horses for Mountain Lake,
this week.
Henry Humphrey starts this week
for the Pacific slope. He will make
numerous detours and visit former
NJ innesota people while absent.
We are through with the smallpox.
The last of the victims will be at lib
erty this week. 1t has been quite ex-
pensive to the village, but we have
had the experience, and that we are
willing to sell to some other place that
has not had the disease.
Chas. Harris of Mankato has pur-
chased what is known as the old Joe
Kieffer corner on South Main tsreet,
and will put-up a.brick- block, not less
than two stories high. and. the width
of two lots, in other words nice
business house. He talks some of add
ing the third story, but this is not yet
fully determined. The second. floor
will be used for Offices. An effort was
made several years ago to- put up q
block on this corner, and the, founda-
tion was completed, joists and floor
laid, but that was as far as the build
ing went, and this was allowed to rot,
while the property has changed hands
several times. The corner is a good
location, and our people will be glad
that the unsightly, broken, rotten
mess is to disappear for something
pleasing to the eye and useful.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26
NEW ACCIDENT co.
Well Known MankatO People
Start 1t.
Will Furnish Accident Insurance to Mer
chants and Clerks-Based on Iowa
Travelling Mems Plan.

A number of our best known citi
zens have organized an accident in
surance company to be known as the
Merchants Mutual Casualty Co. The
purpose of the company is to furnish
accident insurance to merchants and
clerks upon plan having general fea
lures like those of the Iowa State
Travelling Mems association of De'
Moines, which are well known to mos
merchants.
The organizers of the new company
are w. D. Willard, E. l. P. Staede,
81. E. Hance, L. w. Hart, q. n. An
drews. DR.. l. D. Webster, ex-Mayol
F. NJ. Currier, W. G. Hoerr and II.
A. Patterson.
Mr.. Willard is president, Mr.. Cur
rier vice president and Mr. Hoerl
treasurer. A secretary has not yet
been selected. The organizers of the
company are the directors DR.. Web
ster is the general physician and Sever
ance & Andrews are the general coun-
sell
The company is organized under The
laws of Minnesota, and Mankato is
the place of business. 1t is not a stock
company, but a mutual one, following
the assessment plan. Articles of in
corporation will be filed when the
number of risks required by law have
been secured The company will dc
business all over the country, and il
is proposed that the secretary shall
travel. The wide acquaintance among
merchants of some of the organizers
should aid the company in obtaining
risks. The policies will be divided in
to tive classes, one for merchants and
one for clerks The limit of mer-
chants policies will be S., 600 for
death and 500 weekly indemnity for
disability. The limit of clerks poll
cies will be just one-half of this and
their rates will be just one-half. The
initiation fee has been placed at So for
merchants and ST. so for clerks.
The Iowa State Travelling Mems as
ISOLATION has $4,000 members and the
assessments are only 50 year. 1t is
expected to equal this record
The gentlemen who compose this
company are among the best known
and most substantial of our citizens,
and their names and influence back of
it is a tower of strength and insures
its success from the start Mr.. Willard
is manager of the Mankato Mills Co. +,
Mr. Staede is we'll known contrac-
tor and also has a plumbing business,
Mr.. Hance is a prominent clothier,
Mr. Hart is shoe merchant, Mr..
Andrews is a prominent attorney at
law, DR.. Webster is one of Mankato S
best known physicians, Mr.. Currier is
engaged in the wholesale candy bust
ness and is we'll known over the state
as former mayor of Mankato and ex-
member of the legislature, Mr.. Hoer1
is cashier of the National Citizens
bank, and Mr.. Patterson is whole
sale grocer. being member of the
well known L. Patterson Mercantile
~
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26
ADVERTISED LETTER LIST

List of letters remaining uncalled for
at the post Office at Mankato, Mimi
for the week ending April %, 1901.
Anderson, Chas Anderson, Victor
Bacon, Miss May; Bear, Miss
Louisa.
Caswell, Miss Josie; Cook, 81. H.
Dolin, Peter Dorman, A. 81.
Fischer, Miss Dora.
Gunderson, John.
Henderson, Mrs. Alice; Hanson,
Miss Augusta o; Hare, Frank; Har-
rington, Chas Stewart (2)-
Johnson, Mrs. Mary. ..u -. -. ..,..s
Lagace, Carmel.
O'Grady, T. J.
Peischner, Miss Maria.
Schwarz, 81.
loop, Otto.
Williams, Miss Annie
In calling tor the above letters please
say advertised and name the date
of this list One cent extra will be
charged for each advertised letter.
Letters remaining unclaimed at the
exp ration of 10 days from date will be
sent to the dead letter Office
L. P. HUNT. Postmaster.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26
FINE LODGE FURNITURE.

Schiller lodge hall has just been
fitted out with elegant new furniture,
consisting of seventy-two feet of oak
settees, upholstered with leather,
twelve chairs and two pedstals. The
corner settees have mitred ends The
furniture was made by Odjard &
Knott and was upholstered by Paul
Lehman, and reflects great credit up
on both. The cost of the new furni-
ture is $3.50. The ball room floor has
been rubbed in with steel filings and
hot wax until it is as slippery as ice.
Schiller lodge certainly has a beauti-
full home.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26
TRADED FOR LAND.

John Graham has traded his fine
pacing stallion, "Dillard Patchen," to
VIM. Bloom of Bloom & Martin, real
estate dealers of Watertown, S. D.,
for quarter section of land in Grant
county, S. D. Mr. Graham gets about
81, 600 for the animal, which will be
shipped tonight. Mr.. Bloom has also
purchased several carriages of Fl. B.
Perrin & Son, to ship in the same car.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26
MORE MEN NEEDED.

A quarry proprietor stated today that
a hundred more men could find en-
ployment in the Mankato quarries.
There is more work to do than there
are men to do it, and most of the
quarries are short of men. Contracts
are plenty and there is a large local
demand for stone, and the quarries
can be operated to their utmost cap
acity all summer. This is Ger tainly a
pleasing fact.