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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-26
MUST NOT ACT AS AGENTS.
Postmaster General Issues Order to
: Rural Letter Carriers.

Postmaster General Issues Order to
Rural Letter Carriers.
Washington, July 20.-Postmaster
General Smith has issued the follow
ing order:
Hereafter rural letter carriers shall
not act as agents, statesmen or So
licitors for express companies, letter
box manufacturers, wholesale houses,
corporations or firms, nor engage in
any business or avocation which
would interfere with the proper per-
Torrance of their official duties. They
may act as news agents, sell news
papers or periodicals on their own &C.
count, or accept and collect subscrip-
tions for the same. When carriers re-
ceiye newspapers or periodicals by ex-
press or by other means outside the
mails to be sold or delivered on their
routes, they, as news agents, will be
required to pay postage on such mat
ter at the second class rate of postage
Il cent per pound), except in the case
of county papers which are mailed
free to subscribers residing in the
county in which they are published.
"This order is not intended to pro-
hibit carriers from performing various
private commissions for the accom-
mediation of the patrons on their
routes so long as it does not interfere
with the regular and prompt perform
ance of their duty"
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HOT WAVE PREVALENT
CENTRAL WEST ENDURING A
RECoRD-BREAKING TOR
RID SPELL.
SPREADS EAST AND NORTH

Iowa. Missouri and Kansas Have Reg
istered Ninety Degrees or Over for
a Observation-Disclosures of the Stua-
ton Increased by the Lack of Rain.
Pacific Coast Has Cool Weather.
Fifty-six Degrees at San Francisco.
Washington, July ga hot wave
of unusual and in places record-break-
ing intensity is again prevalent over
the Central Western part Of the coun-
try and is spreading eastward and
northward. The Central West report
ed the extraordinarily high tempera-
ture line of 100 degs., including toe
states and territories of Nebraska,
Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, In
diana and Illinois. At Chicago at
o'clock the ter perature was 100 degs.,
exceeding by several degs. anything
ever before recorded "a that time OF
the day. A serious feature is the
showing made in the states of Iowa,
Missouri and Kansas, where the tenn
peratures have been 80 dogs. or over
for a period of over a month. For
Is days of this time the thermometer
at Kansas City registered 100 dogs. or
more. Weather bureau officials do
not care to make any prediction as. to
the prospects of relief. They say that
none as yet is in sight.
The seriousness of the situation to
the crops is increased by the lack Of
rain, none of Importance having fallen
in the corn belt for three days and
there apparently being no prospects.
The rain which
Gave a Partial Relief
to the states of the corn belt during
the past week was not by any means
general in character, but succession
of thunder showers, affording tenn
porary relief to the over-parche
ground and grain. The relative high
barometer in the southeast section of
the country shows persistent con-
tinuation of warm southerly winds,
and there appears to be no prospect
of change until the appearance of
high barometer in the Northwest,
where a low pressure now has full
swing. Such relief of a local charac-
ter as is held out in the meantime,
it is stated, will be due to local thun-
der showers, which always accompany
periods of protracted heat. Some
rains have fallen in the past "a hours
in the South Atlantic states, the Gulf
states and in the extreme Southwest.
Contrasted with the remainder OF
the country the Pacific coast in enjoy
ing period of cool weather
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pISAPPRovED BY LONG.
MacLay's NaSsi History Cannot Be
Used as a Text Book.

USED as ext BOOK.
Washington, July 20.-The secretary
of the navy has decided that the third
volume of MacLay's history of the
Spanish-American war shall not be
used as a text book at the naval acad-
envy unless the obnoxious language it
contains in characteriZing the action
of Rear Admiral Schley shall be elm
mated. The secretary says that it
would be manifestly improper to have
a history containing such Incorporate
language as a text book for the ca
diets. He will inform both Command
er Wainwright, who is in command Of
the naval academy, and Mr.. MacLay,
the author of the history, of his de-
cision.
In this connection the secretary
says that the proofs of the entire vol
ume were not submitted to him by the
historian. He received only the proofs
Of the third chapter, that relating to
the mobilization Of the fleets, which
contained a summary of the orders
which he, as secretary OF the navy,
had issued in making the naval prep
arations for the war. That chapter
was satisfactory and he returned it to
Mr.. MacLay with an indentation of his
approval. He says he never saw the
account of the battle of Santiago and
the criticisms of Rear Admiral
Schley until after the book was pub
lished. Mr.. MacLay was appointed to
his present position in the New York
navy yard August %, 1900, having
been transferred from the light house
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MEN SCARCE.
The Calls From the Harvest Fields
Greater Than the Supply.

Minneapolis, July 20.-While it is
yet about two weeks before harvesting
really legins, the probable supply of
laborers is already being discussed.
Inquiry at the principal employment
offices of the city disclose the fact that
unless there is large influx of men
from the east, "a thing which the
great steel strike may bring about, =
there will be none too many men to fill
the demand
From certain sections on both the
Northern Pacific and the Milwaukee
roads there is already call for harvest
hands, but the great movement to the
wheat fields of western Minnesota and
the Dakotas will not commence for
perhaps ten days'yet.
1t is almost impossible to secure
men for railroad work, at 50 per day,
even with additional inducements of
free fare and no Office fee. The men
are waiting for harvest. At this time
there is also an almost unprecedented
demand in the city for men for all
kinds of factory and railroad work at
wages ranging from $1.75 to 50 per
day, but there are comparatively few
takers.
Present indications are that the
wages for harvest hands will open at
about 81. 70 per day with board.
81. S. Birch of the National Employ
ment agency. made the following state
ment this morning:
"We can use at the present time at
least 2, 900 men, and to convince you
that we are in earnest we will offer to
send out from 300 to 500 men, charge
them no Office fee, furnish them free
transportation and guarantee them
steady work at from $1.75 to So per
day. This is for railroad work for
reputable contractors but we also
have great demand for harvest hands
and factory laborers, and l have no
hesitancy in saying that 10, 600 good,
honest laborers can get work at once
here if they will come this way. -
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GIRLS OFFERED FOR SALE.
Hundreds Bought by the Chinese Re
lief Commissioners.

Hundreds Bought by the ChlneSe Re-
lief Commissioners.
New York, July 20.-Chow TIE,
Chinese consul in New York, has for
warded to The Christian Herald the
reports of the native commissioners
appointed by the governor of Shan 81
to assist In the work of relief. These
reports detail the work of the relief
committee through Shan 81. Near
Mich City they saw refugees eating
tree leaves and apparently enjoying
them. Later they saw hungry birds
in the woods fighting for dead bodies.
In hundreds of instances young girls
who had been sold were purchased by
the relief commissioners and sent to
the relief camps and their families no.
titled. On one day, May IS, 81 girls
were so secured. At places some per-
sons engaged in the traffic were seized
and put to death in iron cages, but
the authorities seemed powerless to
put stop to the practice.
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,July l2-lg-26. 1901.
ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS

ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS.
STATE OF MINES OTA, County of Blue.
- Earth--ss. In Probate Court. al.
In the matter of the estate of Emma
P. Drake, deceased.
Letters testamentaTy on the estate of said
deceased being this day granted unto John B.
WILDER, of said county.
1t is ordered, That all claims and demands
of all persons against said estate be presented
to this court, for examination and allowance,
at the probate Office in the city of Mankato, in
said Blue Earth county. on the following day,
viz: Monday the 9th day of Jar uaTy, A D. 1902,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day.
1t is further ordered, That six months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to pre-
sent their claims against said estate, at the ex-
piratiOn of which time all claims not presented
to said court, or not proven to its satisfaction,
shall be forever barred unless for cause shown
further time be allowed.
Ordered further. That notice of the time and
place of the hearing and examination ofsaid
claims and demands shall be given by publica-
ton of this order for three successive weeks
prior to the day appointed for such examina-
ton, in the Mankato Free Press, a weekly
newspaper printed and published at Mankato
in said county.
Dated at Mankato, the 8rd day Of
Juyl, A, D. 1901.
By the Court:
probate Court Seal VIM. F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate.
II. L. G. J. w. Schmitt Atty. for Executor.
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July 12-19-26, 1901.
July I@-IJ-2O, IyUI.
ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS,

g TATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth-ss In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Julia E,
Evans, deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate of
said deceased being this day granted unto
Andrew Z. Dunn, of said county
1t is Ordered, That all claims and demands
of all persons against said estate be presented to
this court for examination and allowance at
the probate Office in the city of Mankato. in
said Blue Earth county, on the following day,
viz Friday, the 10th day of January 4, D.
1902, at ten o'clock in forenoon of said dsv,
1t is Further Ordered, That six months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to pre-
sent their claims against said estate, at the ex-
piration of which time all claims not presented
to said court, or not proven to its satisfaction,
shall be forever barred unless for cause shown
further time be allowed.
Ordered Further, That notice of the time
and place of hearing and examination of
said claims and demands shall be given by pub
LEGATION of this order for three successive weeks
prior to the day appointed for such examina.
ton, in the Mankato Free Press, a weekly
newspaper printed and published at Mankato,
in said county.
Dated at Mankato, the Sth day of July, AID.
1901.
By the Court
probate Court Seal VIM. f. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate,
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NOT CHANGED MATERIALLY.
No Settlement of the Amalgamated
Strike in Sight Yet.

Pittsburg, July 20.-The strike stu
alton is not materially changed, al
though many rumors are in the air To
the effect that a settlement of the
troubles is imminent, but none of
these reports have been verified and
the conclusion reached is that no set
Element is in sight.
At the offices of the Carnegie COM
pany and at the headquarters of the
Manufacturers the usual silence is
preserved concerning the condition of
business or the status of the strike.
President Shaffer of the Amalga-
mated Association, however, express
es his entire satisfaction with the
progress of the battle and says the
workers have gained steadily, while
the manufacturers have lost continu-
ally since last Monday. He says up to
the present time the Amalgamatec
forces contemplate no change in their
programme, being perfectly satisfied
with the showing their people have
made,
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THos. HUGHES, Attorney for Mortga
July 12-19-26, 1901.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON FILING PETI-
TION TO SELL LAND.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
y Earth-ss. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate OF Henry G..
PAT, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of George
T. Barr, administrator. setting forth
has come into his hands, the dis
position thereof and how much remains undis-
posed Of the amount of debts outstanding
against said diseased as far as the same can be
ascertained the legacies unpaid, and dis
cription of all the real estate except the home
stead, of which said deceased died seized, and
the condition and value of the respective por-
tions or lots thereof; the persons interested in
said estate, with their residences; and praying
that license be TO him granted to sell lot one
in block thirteen of RandalPs Addition to Man
kato. and lots two and three in block seven of
Dukes Addition to Mankato. All in the county
of Blue Earth and State of Minnesota
Audit appearing by said petition that there
is not sufficient personal estate - in the
hands of said administrator to pay said
debts, the legacles or expenses of administra-
ton, and that it is necessary for the payment
of such debts, legacies or expenses to sell of
SAID real estate.
1t is therefore ordered that all persons inter-
csted in aid estate appear before this court on
Saturday, the Sd day of August, A. ID. 1901,
at 10 o clock a. M. at the probate office IN the
in the city of Mankato, in said county, then
and there 10 show cause, if any there be, why
license should not be granted to said admins
traitor to sell so much of the real estate of
said deceased as shall be necessary to pay such
debts. legacies and expenses.
And it is further ordered that this order shall
be published once in each week for three success
sive weeks prior to said day of hearing in
the Mankato Free Press, weekly newspaper
printed and published at Mankato in said
county.
Dated at Mankato the 5th day of July
By the Court:
Seal Probate Court. VIM F. HUGHES,
Judge OF Probate
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THE NEW ARMoRED CRUISERS.
Naval Board of Construction Consider.
ing Plans.

Washington, July 20.-Plans for the
new armored cruisers which are ex-
pected to be the crack ships of the
navy were before the naval board Of
construction during the day. The
plans show ship of 1900 tons dis
placement, 440 feet in length, with s.
inch belt armament. The battery
consists of S-inch guns in turrets, g.
Inch guns on broadside and auxiliary
batteries of 9-inch rapid firers. AS a
result Of the discussion it is probable
that the chief constructor will pre-
pare alternative plans showing some
what larger cruisers and embodying
some changes suggested.
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FOR APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR.
( TATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
- Earth, IS. In Probate Court,
In the matter of the estate of James
Seawright, deceased.
On receiving and filing the petition OF Isabella
Seawright, of Garden City Minnesota, rep
resenting among other things that James
Seawright, late OF Blue Earth county,
Minnesota, on the 14th day of June
A. ID. 1901, at the County of Blue
Earth, died intestate, and being an inhabitant
of this county at the time OF her death, leaving
goods, chattes and estate within this county,
and that the said petitioner is the surviving
wife of said deceased, and praying that adj
min istration of said estate be to her,
granted.
1t is ordered, That said petition be heard be-
fore said court on Saturday, the 10th day of
August, A. ID. 1901, at 10 o'clock a. M, at
the probate office in Mankato, in said county.
Ordered further, That notice thereof be given
to the heirs OF said dece ased and to all persons
interested, by publishing this order once in
each week for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing, in the Mankato Free Press,
weekly newspaper printed and published
at Mankato, in said county.
Dated at Mankato the 18th day OF July, A. d.
1901.
By the Court,
probate Court Seal.l VIM. F. HUGHES,
Judge OF Probate.
W. R. Geddes, Attorney for Petitioner
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NEW DANISH MINISTRY.

Or. Deuntzer Entrusted With the Task
of Forming Cabinet.
Copenhagen, July 20.-King Chris
tian has entrusted DR.. Deuntzer with
the task of organizing Liberal min
istry to succeed the Deschested cab
met, which resigned Wednesday. The
following selections have already been
made:
President of the council, DR.. Deunt.
ger; minister of justice, Albert; min
lister Of the interior, Count Holstein;
minister Of foreign affairs, Alfred
Hage; minister of finance, Christen.
sen; minister of agriculture, Ole Han.
son.
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bad BLOW FOR FIREMEN
A NUMBER OF MINES IN THE AN.
THRAclTE DISTRICT RE-
sumo OPERATIONS.
MINERS ANXIOUS TO RETURN

Hard Time Keeping mem FROM
Work-No Indications of Settle
ment in the Sheet Steel Workers
Strike-Men Well Satisfied With
the Showing Made.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, July 20.-More
mines were in operation and more
coal was hoisted in the Wyoming val
ley than any day since the stationary
firemens strike began. Despite any
action that may be taken by the Off
GERS of the United Mine Workers as
an association the fact cannot be de-
MED but that the United Mine Work
ers as body are anxious to get back
to work. How long they can be kept
out by the executive heads is eX-
tremely problematical. The gains
made by the companies were as fol-
lows: The Susquehanna Coal COM
pany, operating all the collieries at
Nentuck, had more men at work than
any previous day and their output was
large. The firemen at the AVondale
ulluS Ol INC LdChdN COMPANY
went back to their old posts and
work at the mine has been resumed.
No. colliery of the Erie company at
Pittston resumed work during the
morning, 800 men being employed
there. The Pettibone colliery of the
Lackawanna company found itself
able to start up at noon and opera
tons were resumed. No attempt at
work was done at any of the mines
of the Delaware and Hudson or the
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre company. In
the face of this change in the situa-
ton the strikers are by no means dis
couraged. In an official statement Is
sued during the evening it is said thai
in the upper anthracite region the sit
uation remains the same, with strong
indications of increased wages for the
f1remen and there is a greater number
of mines idle than ever.
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WERE ILLEGALLY COLLECTED
kIondike Miners Would Recover Roy
aHies Paid Canada.

Seattle, Wash, July 20.-Advices
from Dawson say that well support
ed movement is on foot there to re.
cover the royalties paid the Canadian
government on gold mines in 1898
All of the most interested mine own
ers of that period have joined togeth-
er as plaintiffs and many who have
since moved to the American side are
Joining the movement. The conten-
ton Of the plaintiffs is to the effect
that the royalties were illegally col
lected on the ground that the grants
from the government for which the
applicants paid fee expressly stated
that the grantees were entitled to
."all'' gold taken from their respective
fc1a irns
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July 12-19-26, 1901.
July Iz-IJ-26, IYUl.
ORDER FOR HEARING application FOR
APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE

OhDER FOR HEARING APPLICATION FOR
APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATORS,
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
. Earth, ss.-In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Martha A.
Braman, deceased:
On receiving and filing the petition of Mary
W. Aldrich of Medo, Minnesota, rep.
resenting, among other things that Martha A,
Braman, late of Blue Earth County Minnesota,
the 4th day of june A. D., 1901. at the
County of Blue Earth died intestate, and being
an inhabitant of this county at the time of her
death, leaving goods. chattels. and estate with
in this County, and that the said petitioner is
sister of said deceased, and
praying that administration of said estate be to
F. l.. Aldrich granted
1T is ORDERED, that said petition be heard
before said court, on Monday the 5th day of
August, A. D., 1901, at 10 o'clock a. M, at the
Probate Office, in Mankato in said County.
ORDERED FURTHER, that notice thereof
be given to the heirs of said deceased and to all
persons interested, by publishing this order
once in each week for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing in the Mankato
Daily Free Press a daily newspaper printed
and published at Mankato in said county.
Dated at Mankato the 9th day of July, A.
D., 1901.
By the Court.
probate Court Seal WIN. F. HUGHES
Judge of Probate.
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Two More sian the Scale.

Chicago, July 20.-The striking iron
molders have added two more firms
to the list of those that signed the
union agreement for an advance in
wages to So day. This makes 10
firms that have signed and about 300
strikers who have returned to work,
leaving 800 still idle.
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Greeks and Austrians Fioht.

Denver, July 20.-A special to The
News from Sydney, Neb., says:
Greek and Austrian railway graders
met here in deadly combat. Six
Greeks were wounded and one Aus
trian was killed. After drunken row
the Austrians attacked the Greeks
with knives, revolvers and clubs and
completely routed them, after wound
ing six of their number. Rabe Luz
bowie, an Austrian, was killed.
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CONSUL GENERAL is DEAD.
Represented His British Majesty's
Government on the Pacific Coast.

hSP' SsSHtSo TliS DIitSH majSSty .
Government on the Pacific Coast.
San Francisco, July 20.-W. Clayton
Pickersgill, H. B. NJ, consul general
for the Pacific coast states and terri
tories, died in a sanitarium in Ala
media, to which he was conveyed on
Sunday last from his summer resi-.
dence in the Santa Cruz mountains.
! Mr.. Pickersgill had been seriously
Ill for some months past, the result
of long residence in the malarial re-
gions of Africa as consular representa-
tive Of the British government.
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Negroes to Take Strikers Places.

New Orleans, July 20.-Two men
have come here from Pittsburg to get
negro labor to take the places of
strikers in the steel mills of the Unit
ed States Steel corporation. They
secured 80 men and had reports from
similar agents in Admission and Bes-
semer, Ala, that they had secured 40
men.
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Kansas City, July 900. D. San
born, the Chenoa, Ills, banker who
was terribly scalded in the Alton
wreck last week, died at st. Joseph's
hospital being the 22d victim to sue
kumh.
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w. B. Walker & Son have the larg-
est and best line of fly nets ever
brought to the city and are selling
them at very. low prices.
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DR.. Downing, President of the Downs
ing Medical Association and Ger.
man Medical and Surgical instis
tute, Chicago, Illinois.

This eminent expert specialist, well and favor
ably known throughout the United States for the
many wonderful cures of all forms of Chronic,
Nervous and Special Diseases that bafed the skill
of other physicians and specialists; ably assisted
by full staff of skilled physicians and expert
specialists, whose experience in the largest hos
pitaIs of both Europe and America, enable them
10 successfully treat obscure and chronic dis:
eases. Their long experience, remarkable sk..H
and universal success entities them to the conf.
nenCe of the afflicted everywhere