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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
NO CANCER.

London, Feb 6.-Professor Sir Felix
Sermons, physician for diseases of the
throat to the National Hospital for
Epilepsy and Paralysis, and president
of the Laryngological society of Lon
don, etc., asks the Associated press to
say there is positively no word of truth
in the story published in the United
States that King Edward is suffering
from cancer of the throat. Sir Felix
Semon wishes it to be called scan
dalous invention and ridiculous re-
port
= He hopes this statement will be a
final answer to the cabled dispatches
he is now receiving from America
He declares he has not seen the king
for weeks past, and that when he last
saw him his throat and general condi-
ton were never better. The physician
adds that anyone hearing the king
speak in public would know in min
ute that there was nothing the matter
with his throat.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
ASK FOR ABATEMENT.
Council Raised Personal Property Valna
tiOns Without Evidence.

The county board met Wednesday
afternoon, but nothing important was
taken up. A good deal of time was
consumed in listening to the applica-
tion of Thos. O.. Jones for an aba to-
ment of his personal property assess
ment. Albert Hughes appeared in
his behalf and said that the city coun-
Gil acting as board of review had
without any evidence or justification
raised his assessment to So, 900, and
he asked to have 81, 356 of this taken
off.
The application of Congressman Nc
Cleary to have his assessment abated
was also considered. The city council
raised his personal property valuation
to 81, 500 on general principles, and
he asks to have this reduced to $4O0,
of which 500 is exempt.
Com. Bruels was around interview
ing some of the aldermen this fore
noon as to their ground for raising
the valuation of Messrs. McCleary and
Jones. He was told by one that it
was done because there was general
cry for it on the part of the public,
and not because they had learned def
nitely of property possessed by them.
Wood bids were opened later this
afternoon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
CONCORDIA BAND VITALIZES.

The Concordia band held meeting
Tuesday night and decided to start up
again. Fourteen were present and a
very harmonious and earnest spirit
prevailed. The old officers will retain
their offices and the first rehearsal
will be had Monday evening. Eighteen
have agreed to attend rehearsals, an d
it is expected that the band will get
out on the streets in two or there
weeks. This will be good news to our
citizens, who feel that the old Con-
cordia band should not be allowed to
fall to pieces but should be one of the
strongest bands in the state.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
From Wednesdays Daily

From Wednesdays Daily.
W. E. Young went to Lake Crystal
this afternoon.
Attorney Ashley Coffman of st.
James is in the city.
Evan Hughes took trip to Amboy
today to secure an affidavit.
John B. Hodapp has arrived from
Texas for a visit with his relatives
and friends.
Ira Bramwell, agent for the Ameri
can Refrigerator Transit Co., has 10
Gated in the city.
Chas. Schwanenburg went to Fari-
bault this morning to take civil SER
vice examination.
E. M. Westfall and wife of Brainerd,
are visiting with Rev. Geo. FL. Davis
and family for few days.
Mrs. Kate Keabels returned to her
home at Sheldon, Iowa, today. after a
two weeks visit with friends in the
city.
Aid. Chas. T. Taylor will go to West
Baden, Ind, the latter part of the
week to enjoy the baths for couple of
weeks
P. 81. Jordan, Chas. Mailman and
John R. Thomas are in Minneapolis
attending the grand lodge of the A.
o. U. w.
Frank HAITI of Danville was ex-
amined as to his sanity this afternoon
by Judge Hughes and Drs. Harrington
and Warner and was found to be bal
anced mentally and was discharged
The complaint was filed by the brother
in-law of EHaitz, who is also his
guardian. HAITI is fifty-seven years of
age and is bachelor and possessed of
eighty acres of land.
No Family tOBOast OF.
Miss Cardinals Mr.. Burbank a
man of family?
Miss virginia-Not that anybody
knows of.
Miss enthusiastically told me
that he is the father Of several chill
dren.
Miss Virginia-Has house full of
them, but he can't trace their lineage
beyond his common old grandfather
Denver News.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
AN IRRIGATION MEASURE.

There have been great many at
tempts to get congress to authorize ir-
rigation schemes of various kinds for
the west, but all have failed, because
they all provided for the appropriation
Of large sums of money out of the fed
eral treasury. This has always met
the united opposition of the eastern
senators, and so every move that has
been made to open up vast stretches of
country in the west that could be
made to blossom as the rose, if only
plenty of water could be obtained have
been defeated. Senator Hansbrough
of North Dakota, has finally drafted a
bill, which its friends believe will
overcome all of the objections which
have hitherto been urged and will
open the way for the improvements
which the most ardent advocates of ir-
rigatiOn desire, and which once under
taken, sthey believe will open up vast
empire in the west which is now use
less 10 man. The Hansbrough bill in
brief provides that all money derived
from the sale of public lands in the
arid and semi-arid regions, save those
held for educational purposes, shall be
set apart in special fund out of which
reservoirs and hydraulic works shall be
constructed. Where the receipts from
the sales of public lands other than
those in the arid and semi arid regions
are insufficient for the support of agri
cultural colleges, this deficiency is to
be made up from the general funds.
The bill has been submitted to sew
eral leading eastern senators who have
persistently opposed irrigation projects
heretofore because of the great expense
they entailed, and they have cordially
endorsed it, saying they regard it as
presenting the best solution of the
irrigation problem yet offered.
North and South Dakota, Montana,
Idaho and Washington in the north
west will be directly benefited by this
bill. In western North Dakota, for in
stance the Missouri river could be
tapped during the spring freshets for
supplies of water, making that section
as productive as the Red River valley.
: The bill has been favorably reported
on by the committee on public lands,
and it is proposed to attach it as an
amendment to the sundry civil APP
preparation bill, so that if this is done
it will become law at this session.
Just what sum of money this scheme
will provide is not definitely known,
but the senator believes from what
he can gather that within the next few
years it will yield possibly So, 900, 900,
which is said to be far in excess of
the widest dreams of irrigation agi
tators. Senator McEnery of Louisiana,
in speaking of the measure, declares it
as his belief that under its provisions
it will cause in comparatively short
time, larger and more fruitful area
to be opened for cultivation than is
contained in the entire Philippine
archipelago. 1t looks as though the
measure would open the way for the
settlement of the irrigation problem,
by determining at lest to what extent
it will prove practical
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
CALENDAR IS CLEARED
MINNESOTA SENATE CLEANS UF
THE ACCUMULATED
BUSINESS.
ITO KEEP VETERANS WARM

House Passes Resolution to Provide
overcoats for the Inmates of the
Soldiers Home-Bill Placing Oil
Inspectors on Salary Amended
and FavorabIy Reported-Eisht Bills
Introduced in Each Body.
st. Paul, Feb. 6.-The senate has
cleaned up the accumulated business
in good shape and the session Will
soon be in full swing. There is no
great rush of new bills. Eight were
presented.
The senate took up the calendar
and cleared it. The bills passed were
the Wilson measures allowing tenants
to reclaim leased premises upon pay
ment of arrears in rent, and to allow
records, and the Jackson house bill
relating to chattel mortgages.
In committee of the whole, with Sen
ator Stockwell in the chair, new
calendar of seven bills was created.
Senator Miller called up his reso-
luton abolishing the clerkship of the
senate committee on reapportionment,
held by J. S. Vandiver.
A motion by Scr Grindeland to
postpone action Ieated, 81 to
II, and the resolCt-~- was lost, 20
to 10.
X
day bill providing that eight hours
shall constitute a day on all public
works, except in time of emergency,
when life or property is endangered,
or on naval and military works in time
of preparation for war. No contract
may contain any provisions in viola.
ton of this 8-hour rule without the
principal mourning a penalty e not
more than $500 or one year in Jail.
Senator Ives presented two bills for
the regulation of mutual life insurance
companies. One provides that the
company must distribute the surplus
annually. The second bill restricts
the amount that may be paid in COM
missions for securing business.
Senator J. D. Jones presented bill
reserving to the state all minerals
that may be discovered on lands
owned or claimed by the state and
providing that these mineral lands
shall be disposed of by the state land
commissioner according to the pro-
visions of the law governing the dis
position. Of. similar lands
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
Mrs. G. G. Wood of Fargo, n. D.
is visiting friends in this city.

Mrs. G. G. Wood of Fargo, N. D. j,
is visiting friends in this city.
Mrs. Earl A. Kiefer pleasantly en-
tertained the l. F. F. club Weines-
day at her apartments in the Security
flats.
The mercury Tuesday morning
stood at eight degrees below zero, and
this morning at the some number
above zero.
Capt. Wilder sent three more re-
cruits to st. Paul Wednesday, making
eleven that have enlisted since the
Office was opened here.
Fred Fisher has entered ten light
brahma fowls in the poultry show at ST..
Paul, which opens Wednesday and con-
tinues a week. Mr.. Fisher has had a
successful year with his fowls.
!. Mrs.. Fred Kron left Monady for
Quincy, ILL.,, and next Monday will
join Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Lamm at
st. Louis and go to New Orleans with
them. She will accompany them on
the remainder of their trip.
The burning out of chimney on
A. G. Roemer's residence at the COR
ner of Broad and Vine streets Sunday
filed the house with smoke but did
not do much other damage. A still
alarm was sent in and some of the
6remen assisted in quenching the
flames.
The North Mankato W. G. T. u.
meets Thursday with Mrs. N. A..
Frost at 2 80 p. m. Topic, Religious
Teaching in the Home. Readings,
The Bible as Literary. In The Sunday
School Twenty Years Ago. Teachin g
Reverence All ladies are cordially
invited
In letter from ]. A. Paddock of
Riverside, Cal, to M. D. Fritz, the in
formation is given that G. C. Quinn,
formerly of Mankato, is building two
story residence only three blocks from
the postofice. The Blue Earth county
tourists have been at Riverside and are
now at Long Beach. Hilmer Strom
of Lake Crystal, is in San Francisco on
his way to Manila.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
hurry

Things do not move smoothly even
with royalty, and it is said that the dead
queen was not laid away for her long
rest before row broke out among her
children. The trouble was between
the King and Princess Beatrice, and
was simply the renewal of an old
trouble of several years ago. All of
which goes to show that royalty is
human just like the rest of us, and
restraints itself just as little when
crossed
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

passed examination in. The high
school curriculum is crowded with
studies that should be left for and pro-
perly belong to the college. They can
not be thoroughly mastered in the Sec
ondary school and the superficial
treatment they can only receive there
has but little tendency to invigorate
and strengthen the mind. Education
is a development, not knowledge.
knowledge is of course an incident of
true education and no one can be edu-
Gated without acquisition of knowl-
edge, but it is a serious
mistake in the education of
the child to consider knowledge the
end instead of the means used for the
discipline in the intellectual training
of the mind
The high school course has been
overloaded and pupils and teachers
alike are overworked under the plea
that a knowledge of these branches
will be useful as few of our pupils can
ever enter college. The plea is based
upon mistaken conception of W hat
should be the purpose of the high
school. 1t should be place for rigid
intellectual work, for developing
thought power.
The writer then referred to our own
high school course. There are four
courses, Latin, English, German and
scientific. The Latin course provides
for a year and half of history in it's
four years and what do they know of
history. As we'll might a man tand
by some little inlet of the sea for an
hour OF two and fancied he had
learned the vast ocean with it's mighty
storms and majestic tides. Chemistry,
physics and some other branches which
might be named have no proper place
in my judgment, in a high school
course of study. They cannot be mas
tered there, and granting that the
minds of the pupils are sufficiently
mature for their study, which do not
believe, the time given to them could
be more pro6tably spent in the more
thorough study of history and other
subjects. In this event our high schools
would not send out students who had
roamed over the whole field of knowl-
edge and gathered a smattering of all
the isms and ologies in the catalogue,
but would be able to read agreeably,
to spell correctly, to figure accurately
and to talk intelligently.
Prof. E B. Uline opened the discus
sion. He said that he could agree
with most of the paper read. He
thought there were a number of rea-
sons for the evils that exist First,
we do not pay high school teachers
enough salary. Other fields are more
remunerative and command the best
talent. Teachers do not get that SYM
pathy and support of parents they de-
serve and should have. Insufficient
range of subjects presented is another
trouble, and causes many pupils to
drop out before they should. And
lastly we are too much influenced by
the demands of the university, by
which we are led to neglect the needs
of large majorities who never enter
college
A general discussion followed in
which the points made in the papers
were freely discussed and the fads
strongly assailed.
The next meeting of the club will be
held on Tuesday even ing, Feb. 10th,
when A. R. Pau Jr. will read a paper
on "The Taxation of Railroads" and
John G. Wise will lead the discussion.
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THEY PREFER MANKATO.
Two Gentlemen Lease Store and will
Start Business.

Mr.. Slama and partner of La
Crosse, Wis, have leased l.. q. M.
Fletcher's store building next to the
Mankato Savings bank and will
shortly opeu up tea and coffee house
and incidentally deal in crockery and
glass ware. They were formerly in
business in Chicago. It is their in ten
tion to do house to house business.
The gentlemen comprising the new
firm chose Mankato as location after
looking over several other cities. When
they first arrived they were not par
ticularly impressed, but after lookin g
over Fort Dodge and Mason City, Iowa,
and other places they concluded that
Mankato was the most promising city
of it's size and quickly made up their
minds to locate here.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
DISTRICT COURT.
The Trial of Civil Cases is
Taken Up.
No Very Interesting Happenings in the
Big Building on the Bill
Wednesday.

The two suits of j. J. Thornton of
st. James against Ole Monson of this
city were on trial before Judge Cray
Wednesday. Mr.. Thornton sues for
rent of building leased by Mr.. Mon
son for a tailor shop, as he claims W.
N. Plymat is the plaintiffs attorney,
and Jay Henry Long and W. W. Smith
appear for the defendant. The two
suits are similar and have been con-
solidated into one. Mr.. Plymat's mo-
ton to strike the cases from the calen-
dar because of errors in the returns
was denied.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
Time 1t Was Killed.

Particular Diner-This fish, waiter
Truthful Waiter Cpromptly)-Was
killed this morning, sir.
Particular Diner (approyingly)-You
did quite right to kill 1t, because it
had been on shore so long that it must
have forgotten how to swim, and
would have been drowned If 1t had
eyer gone to sea again.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
DOG POISONER ABROAD.

1t was reported Wednesday that
number of dogs in the Fifth ward
have been poisoned. Two were found
dead and six others sick The dogs
belong to the families of Fl. NJ. Hunt,
Mobiles, Whaling, Strom and
Lawrence.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

D. A. Stewart and family of Win
dom were guests at The Saulpaugh
Wednesday.
A. R. Pau, Jr., has returned from
Minneapolis leaving his father to con-
duct the defense in the Staples Hanna
suit until the trial is over, which will
be in a day or two. He believes that
MIR: Hanna has a..good show of win
ming.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

The blizzard which ragged to the
south of us Sunday seems to have been
one of the worst storms in that section
for years. The ground hog COM
menced his work of severe winter in a
hurry
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

It's easy enough to bake cake.
The same as mother used to make,
If only you use good sense and take
Hunts Perfect" baking powder.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

The Minneapolis Times thinks that
Pat Grove could kidnap some of the
senatorial candidates out in Nebraska
it might-solve the difficulty which now
faces the legislature there
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
The senate judiciary committee
recommended the passage of the Hal
yorson anti-cigarette bill.
vvERcoATs FOR VETERANS.
Resolution Before House Concerning
Inmates of Soldiers Home.

Resolution Before House Concerning
Inmates of Soldiers Home.
The house session was brief and
uneventful. The only feature of even
passing interest was the Peterson res
olution to provide the inmates of the
Soldiers home with overcoats.
! There was considerable discussion,
during which it developed that the
only difference of opinion was whether
| there was any use in passing such
resolution without money to buy the
! overcoats with. Mr.. Peterson salts
fed the house that there was plenty
of money, as the home was largely
supported on pensions and donations
from individuals, and the resolution
was passed.
Eight bills were introduced and all
referred, with the exception Of bill
by Bean to repeal the special law fix
ing the salary of the county auditor
of Nicollet county. This was passed
under suspension of the rules.
A change in the wolf bounty law
is proposed in bill by Representa-
tive Hunt, This raises the bounty on
full grown female wolves during the
breeding season, from January to
May, inclusive, from 81 to SIS. This
the speaker sent to the committee on
agriculture, possibly as joke on the
growing industry of wolf raising in
the agricultural sections.
Representative G. w. Armstrong
sent up bill to impose tax on dogs,
81 on males, SO on females, to be col
lected as personal property taxes.
Mr.. Morris introduced bill to pro-
vide for the incorporation, reincor-
! poration and regulation of life insur-
ance companies on the stipulated pre-
| MUM plan.
| The Hurd bill placing the Office of
state inspector of Illuminating oils
on salary basis is now in the hands
| of the house, having been favorably
| reported by the committee on general
legislation. But it is not the same bill
that Mr. Hurd introduced. 1t now pre-
vides that the fees collected by the
state inspector should go into a fund
known as the illuminating oil inspec-
lion fund"
confederate veterans wan, az .--
able Rates From the Railroads.
Chicago, Feb. 6.-The Record says
that i'll feeling threatens to spring up
between the veterans of the Confed-
eracy and the railroads north of the
Mason and Dixon line over the grant.
| ing of reduced passenger rates for the
| e.i-Confederates' next annual reunion,
| to be held at Memphis in May.
The former wearers of the gray
figure that they are entitled to receive
| from the railroads concessions as
| good as those made for the G. A. R.
encampment in this city last year.
! The roads at this time do not see it
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

The suit of Laird Norton Co. VS..
Increase A. Pelton and wife was tried
before the court Tuesday afternoon,
B. c. Taylor appearing for the plain
tiff and Severance & Andre WIS for the
defendants. This is lien case, the
plaintiff claiming lien of $50 on the
new Minneopa House barn.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

SeeSSCa w S1S NkloIIcCtA Va
State Of Minnesota VS.. Wenzel and
Peter Huettl Jr. sCressy Wlides and
Frank Miller, continued.
Gaylord Lamb VS.. B. II. and Cath
crime Gerlich, motion of defendant for
leave to file a supplementary answer,
granted. -.
VIM. Thoms VS.. Jacob G. Hubb,
stricken from the calendar.
The four cases of Mapleton parties
against the county board, motion of
the parties to dismiss the appeal of
the county board denied.
Mankato Cracker and Candy Factory
VS.. the City of Mankato, dismissed by
consent without costs or disbursements
to either party.
E. NJ Sinclair VS.. E. F. Wilson,
motion that plaintiff be required to
give bond for costs denied
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

The matter of the application of
Martin Wiltgen and wife for leave to
adopt Thomas Conroy, miner child,
was heard Wednesday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

Chas. Jones is bailiff for the grand
jury. There are two Chas Jones on
the grand jury, and when somebody
says Jones there is rubbering by
all three Jones. 1t is almost as bad as
What Happened to Jones. The petit
jury bailiffs are R. L. Hughes and
Eugene Thompson.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

AT the peremptory call of the calen-
rss-Tuesday afternoon. the following
casessMere disnosed of z---S-azzz-s.ss-' l'1.z'-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

Judge Cray has filed an order deny
ing the motion of the defendant to
open or vacate the judgment in the
case of Rose Beck VS.. Geo. H. Buc-
holtz. The plaintiff recently secured a
Judgment for 81, 600 against the de-
PENDANT, and the latter wanted his
neglect in nothing an answer excused
and leave granted him to file an
answer This was refused.