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Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1901-04-22
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19

Present indications are that long
drawn-out contest is at hand between
the new billion dollar steel combine,
and the amalgamated association of
iron and steel workers. The new
combine refuses to recognize the
union. A number of union men have
been discharged, principally it seems
because they joined the union. There
are about seventy-fve mills owned by
the new syndicate, which are operated
by union men and about 90, 900 hands
are employed in these. The Carnegie
mills and the National Tube Works at
McKeesport are the principal non
union mills, but the men in both of
these mills have expressed willing
ness to assist the union in its contest
with the great combine. The great
steel combine seems to go on the plan
that it is perfectly right for great ag-
gregations of capital to combine but
that a union of labor is wrong. The
general public will hardly agree with
such view of the situation, and the
sympathy of the people will largely be
with the workmen, at least so l)ng as
they conduct themselves in peace
able and law abiding manner. A one
sided combine would soon be bad
thing not only for the workmen but
the public as WELL
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19

The Chicago Inter Ocean says that
many foreign born residents of the
northwest have their surplus earnings
invested in municipal bonds of their
native countries. In one case it says
that the bonds issued by a Barvarian
municipality were taken by north
western farmers of that nationality
before those handling the same had
advertised them for sale, and it cites
other instances of the same ntaure 1t
says it is estimated that the am cunt
loaned by the United States to Euro
pean nations and municipalities is at
least $3.50, 600, 900 large portion of
which, if not the largest portion, is
held by foreign born American citi
zens, representing their surplus earn
ings since they came here. Thirty
years ago, remarks the Inter Ocean,
we were borrowing money in Europe
to build our railways and develop our
resources. Besides the money from
the northwest which is invested in
these foreign bond holdings the people
Of the same section have over 81, 900,
600 in savings banks. The northwest is
comparatively new country and it is
a marvellous progress which its people
have made, in changing themselves
from a section of borro wers into a
community of lenders
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
ALL BIDS REJECTED.

The bids on the erection of the Arm
strong school and the addition to the
high school, both at ST. James, were
opened by the board of education at
that place Monday evening. The bids
were as follows:
]. B. Nielsen & Co., Mankato, $32,
s72; Chas. Skooglund, st. Paul, $50,
571 ; Anderson Bros, st. James, $32, :
775; Aug. Schweppe, st. James, $50,
100; M. E. Bush, Des Moines Iowa.,
1914, 694; Lick & Prince, Minneapolis,
$34. 1922; Rice & Co.. st. Paul, $50, 600
P. Reardon, st. Paul, $50. IA.
The estimated figures on these two
buildings was about $50, 900. All fig
ures were rejected and the plans will
be modified by Frank Thayer, the
architect, and new bids asked for.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19

1t is said that since the capture of
Aguinaldo, assertions among recruits
for the army have greatly increased.
A great many who enlisted in the hope
of seeing active service in Luzon, have
decided that they do not want to go
there to do garrison work, hence the
assertions. The war department is in
clined to be lenient with the men and
it is said that where assertions take
place, notices are posted that where
parties return within ten days no
punishment will follow.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
NO STREET COMMISSIONER.
City Will Wisely Dispense With One for
Another Year.

Mayor Petersen and the street COM
mittee of the council held a meeting
Tuesday and talked over the care
of the streets. 1t was decided not to
hire street commissioner this year,
but to allow the board of public works
to hire foreman to overs ee any par
ticular improvement that may be I'M
dertaken, if thought best by the board.
1t was the general opinion that the
city can as we'll save this $50 month
and be none the loser.
The mayor and street committee
have been bounded by nu merous par
ties desiring the position of str eet
commissioner, and the determination
which they arrived at this morning
will save them good deal of trouble.
The city dispensed with street COM
missioner last summer and the city
engineer has been giving more per-
sonal attention to the streets since
then. The charter does not provide
for street commissioner, and the
city does not need one.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
STATE LAWS PRINTED.

State Expert Printer G. G. Whitney
has certainly made a record in his
! work of getting the state laws ready
to circulate among the people this
year. The legislature adjourned last
Friday at noon, and yesterday morning
the laws passed during the session
were in type, proof read, the last one
o. K. ID by Mr.. Whitney, and the
presses commenced their work of turn
ing out copies to be sent out through
the state. The Free Press received
an advance copy last evening, which
is the earliest by at least a week or
ten days that it ever had copy of the
session laws placed in it's hands. The
law supplement this year contains
twenty pages, seven columns to the
page, all but three columns being de-
voted to laws enacted by the legisla-
ture. In these three columns is an in
dex of all the laws in the supplement-
Gov. Van SAINT, of course greatly
contributed to the early appearance of
the laws as he finished signing the
laws shortly after n Don Saturday, in
stead of taking the full three days al
lowed him after the Legislature ad
| journs. This early completion of his
work was made possible by working a
good share of Friday night. All the
bills left over for his signature were
closely compared before he signed
them, to see that they were all right.
Three days before the legislature ad-
journed State Printer Whitney sent
the first copy to the printer, and things
were kept warm in his Office from that
time until yesterday. Saturday and
Sunday until long after midnight he
had fourteen proof readers constantly
at work. Each proof was read and re-
vised two or three times, so that one
can form a slight idea of the work
that had to be done in the short space
of time. Formerly the publication of
the laws did not take place for some
four or FIVE weeks after the legislature
adjourned When Capt Whitney be-
came expert printer four years ago he
cut this time down until this year the
first copy appeared in less than two
days after the last bill was signed by
the governor. The Importance of get
ting these laws into the hands of the
public as soon as possible after the
Legislature adjourns is at once recog-
nized when it is recalled that nearly
all of them take effect at once upon
being approved, and are needed as a
guide by those interested as soon as
posi- BILE. Capt Whitney has accom-
plished a great feat and is entitled to
much praise therefor. The total num-
Der of general laws this year
reached 3S1, and two con-
Istitutional amendments, which is
a larger number than reached at last
session.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
ROAD TAXES WASTED.
Prof. Baker Thinks That When Intel.
ligently Employed Labor is as VaIu=
able As Cash

In an article in the Technograph,
Prof. Ira o. Baker, University of
Illinois, contends that under intelli-
gent supervision the road tax can be
paid as effectively and economically in
labor as in cash. He says
ut is frequently argued that because
| the annual road tax produces no hard
| roads that, therefore, at least, large
part of the money is wasted. % In
most states part of the tax is spent
for new steel bridges. In Illinois a
little more than one-quarter of the
| road tax is SO spent Steel bridges
| are substantial improvement. and
would be almost imperative with
stone roads. (2) Another considerable
| part of the taxes is used in renewing
| wood culverts and the floors of
bridges, which expense would be prac-
tically the same whether the roads are
improved or not. (3) A further sum
is spent in improving the drainage,
| which would be required before good
stone roads could be built. az Part
| of the road taxes is used to pay for
moving the roadsides, which would
be desirable even if the road surface
were improved. (5) Finally, a con-
| siderable portion of the money is used
| in maintaining the surface, and if the
roads were improved a considerably
larger sum could be required for a
like purpose.
1.-THE claim is frequently made that
large part of the labor tax is wasted.
Possible in the early history of any
community, when there is slight social
intercourse among the farmers, more
time was wasted in gossip thai now.
but at present the loss by this practice
F., is not very great. 1t is by no means
uncommon for a farmer to give con-
siderably more labor than is exacted.
He uses the roads and desires to i'm
prove them for his own benefit. Fur
Their, farmer would probably prefer
to pay two dollars in labor than one
dollar in cash, and hence the evils of
the labor tax system may not be as
serious as is generally claimed, since
practically the farmers vote deter
mines the amount of road tax he will
pay.
Admitting that there are inherent
defects in the labor tax system, it is
not proved that they are greater than
the cash system. Cash paid day labor
and contract work in city affair are
not always ideally efficient There is
probably no universally best system
of maintenance Of highways Some
of the famous roads of Europe are
maintained by cash tax and some by
a labor tax. There are no more COM
plete system of maintenance than in
France, and yet by far the greater part
of the wagon roads of France are
maintained by the labor tax system.
The fundamental defect in the con-
struction and maintenance of Ameri-
can highways is the lack of intelligent
and effective supervision "
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19

Solicitor General Richards has sub
mitted to the supreme court brief in
opposition to the application for bail
in behalf of Capt. Oberlin M. Carter,
now in the United States penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kan, convicted of
fraud in connection with harbor i'm
provements at Savannah, Ga. In this
brief he says that the United States
suffered loss to the extent of So, 1859, 159
through Carriers operations, of this he
says that Carter received one third
and travelling expenses, large portion
of which was invested in stocks Car
ter seems to have had rich pull, and
ought to be allowed to remain at
Leavenworth. His five year sentence
rs none too long.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
RAPID TRACK LAYING.

The Omaha road has put more men
at work on the track laying east OF
the union depot and now has fifty or
sixty employed A spur track capable
Of holding two or three cars will be
run from the new track to the Hickey
Sohre- Graf transfer house that is now
being constructed. Not much grading
has been done and the work is pro,
crossing rapidly. Members of the board
of trade are not pleased with the
work, but no steps to stop it are being
talked of
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19

The state campaign in Wisconsin
last fall was fought out primarily on
the question of a primary election
law. That was one of the principal
features of Gov. La Follette's contest
for the governorship, and more than
anything else helped him win with the
people. Now the legislature is holding
back about passing it. Just what the
Republicans there who are responsible
for this hold-up of the party promise
for such a law, expect to gain by such
a course, is hard from this distance
to determine Gov. La Toilette has
not changed his views in the matter,
but has stood firm for such law, and
done everything in his power to have
it enacted by the Legislature. The bill
which he favored passed the house,
but was put aside in the senate for a
substitute which merely applies to
counties. The scheme is probably to
hurt the governor, but as he has been
IL Cou IudU lul
ther than their refusal to do 80 hurts
the party. The action in Wisconsin is
quite a contrast with that of the leg
islature in this state, where no such
fight was made in the campaign last
fall for primary election law, though
sentiment was strong in it's favor, and
grew stronger as the legislative season
approached One thing doubtless made
it somewhat easier to secure the enact
ment of a general state law in this
state, was probably the fact that it
had been tried in Minneapolis, had
been success there and met with pop
ular favor, though there was feature
in it's working that was not wholly
desirable, but the general opinion is
that that objection will in time work
out it's own remedy to large extent.
While Wisconsin has made the most
noise during the past year or two as
regards primary election law, Min
nesota while saying less about it has
the honor of enacting the first law of
that kind.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
SMOKING AN ELECTRIC PIPE.

In theatres real pipes and cigars are
considered very Objectionable. On
this account an electric pipe has been
invented which is run with a small
storage battery. Pressing on the
mouthpiece with the--teeth completes
the circuit and lights up small in
candescent red light, which glows and
dies. down in realistic way. AS a
novelty this is all right. but most
smokers prefer the real thing. The
real thing in the line Of satisfactory
beverage is Golden Grain Belt" beer
best because it is the purest, most
healthful.. and delicious. It is re-
freshing and invigorating and will dc
you good. --sHave it in your home.
Order of you dealer or be supplied by
M. J. Smith, Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19

A Washington disptach says that
Congressman McCleary has been in
vited to join the party of some twenty
senators and representatives who will
make trip to the Philippines this
summer and continue on around the
world 1t is said that he will accept
if he can arrange his affairs so as to
get away. According to present plans
the party will leave New York on the
government transport Inaglls, June 90,
and touch at all points of interest, in
Guiding Gibraltar, Malta, Balearic
isles, Naples, and other points on the
Mediterranean, through the Red sea
to Colomo and thence to the Philip
pi mes, returning by the way of Japan,
HongKong and Honolulu to the Pacific
coast AS full an investigation as
possible will be made of affairs in the
Philippines.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19

The legislature just adjourned is
receiving many words of praise at the
hands of the press, many of which we
have heretofore noted The Duluth
News Tribune commenting on it's
work says it deserves we'll of the peo-
pie. No lawmaking body within
memory, it says. has been more re-
sponsive to the demands of public
opinion or more progressive. The
final value of it's work cannot be esti-
mated at this time, but it must be
above the average of that of it's prede-
cesSOrS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19

A lockout and strike is now on in
building circles in Minneapolis. The
workmen were dissatisfied and were
threatening to strike, when the Master
Builders association took the bull by
the horns and the result was a lockout
yesterday morning. About 400 men
are out by this turn of affairs, and it is
said the number would have been great
ly increased, but for the fact that none
OF. the.lar contacts for the season have
yet been entered upon. It is said the
trouble is likely to spread to other and
kindred lines so that it will finally
embrace many besides the carpenters.
Both sides declare they will not give
in
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
SUING FOR INSURANCE.
The DeThiers Cannot Collect on Their
South Bend Loss.

Mrs. De Thier, ..' whose husband was
burned out at. South Bend. last sum
mer, ..losing...h his. stock of furniture,
etc., besides = the store building, has
commenced suit against the insurance
companies--to--collect-. the $5, 900 or IS, :
OOO-of- insurance carried ION stock and
building. and..rrwhich.. the INSURANCE
companies have refused to pay. W. E..
Young-will.. assist. Brown..-&.. Kerr Of
st. .-Paul.in defending the Manchester
Insurance.Co. This case will be trans
ferred from st. Paul to the Blue Earth
county district court.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
BROKE JAIL.
Morris Raymond Escapes ia
Twenty Seconds.
Was Securely Shackled, Hand and Foot,
and Locked in a Cell in Prs senCe
of a Committee.

There is one man in Mankato who it
is apparent no Jail can hold nor
shackles bind. 1t is said that Glove
laughs at locksmiths, - but Morris
Raymond laughs at policemen and
jailors. This. gentleman. is one of the
clever members of the Grace Hayward
company, which opened a weeks en-
gagement at the opera house Monday
night. He is a young man, ofssmedium
stature, but has muscles Of iron.
Mr.. Raymond, shackled hand and
foot and bent double, locked in a steel
cell at the city hall, was free man in
twenty seconds Tuesday. He did all
that was announced at the theatre Mon
day night that he would do, and the
fact that he accomplished it is mysti-
flying all of those who witnessed his
incarceration.
The front portion of the city hall
was packed full of people, but they
might Just as we'll not have been there
for all that they were able to see.
Raymond stripped and was inspected
by committee of newspaper men to
seess that he carried nothing with which
he could pick lock or saw bar.
Then he went to cell, the last one,
set of. by itself for the reception of
female prisoners. Strong handouts
were placed upon his wrists and others
upon his ankles, all pressing tightly
against the flesh. Then he was bent
over and the two pairs of shackles
were. interlocked. = The. cage door
changed shut, the spring lock was fas-
tened, and it appeared to the fifteen
or twenty persons present that all pos
sibility of ever escaping was over.
The room was then darkened, every
body was ordered out, the doors were
locked, and the signal was immediately
given for Raymond to begin to try to
free himself A member of the COM
pany present assured the reporters that
the man would be out in one minute
1t was 10 30 p. m. when the signal
was given, the seconds were counted
off while there was a vigorous clank-
ing of the chains inside, and at twenty
seconds past . 10 :22, Raymond shouted
that he was free. I'm another second
he was pounding on the Office door,
and when it was opened he stood there
with the. two pairs of shackles linked
together, showing that : one at least
had been opened and then closed over
the other. Itsswas sa.smost astonishing
apparition. The man who moment
before was bound hand and foot with
steel clamps, inside Of locked cell,
naked and alone. now stood before the
crowd freesand demanding bis robe,
saying that heswas cold.
How the Jail q delivery was effected
was beyond any one to explain. Some
who had not been admitted cried
"fake Those who saw Raymond
locked and bound had nothing to say.
Some had tried the shackles and the
heavy padlocks after he--was fastened,
and all were invited to do SO.
Wednesday Mr.. Raymond will find
an article to be..hiddenssSEsomewhere in
the..ci by aZcommittee of we'll known
citizens. He will seek it blind folded,
and after finding twill drive blind
folded at break neck speed along the
streets and around corners on two
wheels. Thursday he will be locked
in the county Jail and will make his
escape.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
THE DEATH LIST.

Mrs. Peter Danielson died at her
home at Winthrop Saturday night. She
was daughter of Mrs. Chas. John
son of Judson,. and her father died in
this city only few weeks ago. She
is survived by a husband and three
children. Canoe. rous liberation of the
bowels was the ca use of her death.
Short funeral seryi ces were held at
the house at nine clock this fore
noon, and the remains will be brought
to Judson, where flu ueral services
were held at the old home at noon
Thursday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-19
GENERAL LAWS.

The Free Press presents it's readers
this week with compilation of the
general laws passed by the legisla-
ture which closed it's session on Friday
last. The information contained in
this official publication is of much
value to the public and our readers
should file the paper for future use.