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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-22
Health Officers Report.

Health Officer Holbrook reports that
there were 81 less deaths and % less
births than during 1893. The death
rate was 10. SO.
The establishment of a suitable quar-
antine hospital is urged.
The sanitary condition of the city
is yearly improving with extension of
water mains and sewers.
During 1900 there were no epedemics
OF any kind, though there have been
cases of scarlet fever in every month
except in the month of March. There
have been 10 cases of diphtheria, 26
OF scarlet fever, 3 of measles, and Q of
.varioloid, making a total of A, as
compared with 81 from all of these
diseases during 1899. Of these A cases
the First ward had 10, the Second
ward 6, Third ward a, Fourth ward 7,
Fifth ward 16, and Sixth ward Q cases.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-22

Weyler has come to the top again in
Spain and is in charge of the military
at Madrid, martial law having been
proclaimed. The downfall of the min
istry is said to be certain, and that of
the government possible. In the mean
time it is safe to say Weyler is
scheming.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-22

Congress that frames an $50, 900, 900
river and harbor bill, gives the Wild
ow of the brave Gen. Lawton a PEN
sion of $50 per month. Some of the
little inlets might suffer if it was
made more.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-22
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Review of the Work of the
Past Year.
The City Engineer, Park Superintendent
and Health Officer Make
Recommendations.

The annual reports of the city en-
gineer, park superintendent and health
officer have just been issued in PAM
phlet form and make a very neat and
interesting volume, filled with valu-
able information of a statistical ma
ture about Mankato, an account of last
years work, and recommendations
for the future.
We take the following from City
Engineer Thompson's report
Sewers.
The only extension to the
system during the year 1900 was 2O5
feet of 6-inch pipe laid on Walnut
street easterly from sewer on Broad
street, at a cost of $74. so for main
sewer and two house connections.
The sewers are working satisfac-
torily with the exception of the Pleas
ant street line from Marshall street to
Carroll. This line, if left to itself,
becomes totally clogged in about two
months.
Number of permits issued in 1900
was IA.
The total length of main W in
the city is 35, 227 feet, and the total cost
of the system to date is $63, 500. 81.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-22

Chief Good Thunder, who was n
OF the friendly Indians during the In
dian uprising in the sixties and was
n OF the scouts of the late General
d. ID. Sibley, is dying at the Indian
agency, six miles east of Redwood
Falls.
The Washington times., 1901-10-28
HIS ARREST UNJUsT1FIED.
Captain Walker Explains His Trou-
bile with n Street Car Conductor

The case Of Capt John p. Walker, the
retired army officer who is charged with
disorderly conduct on a street car, win
come up for trial in the Police Court this
morning The aTro< of Captain Walker
resulted from a controversy Saturday ar
ternoDn with conductor on a Capital
Traction Company car, near Seventeenth
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The
conductor according to Captain Walker,
in passing him TO collect fares stepped on
his feet In giving his side Of the trouble
Captain Walker said last night:
THE conductor twice walked over my
feet, or rather on them. once after ! had
called his attention to the fact, and after
rad informed him that / was lame. and
could not comply with his statement that
| should keep my feet out Of his way
Il did not at any time strike him or
strike at him But when he caught hold
Of me to eject me from the car. as he
said he would do, | resisted. as | be
IieVe anyone so assaulted has the right
policeman, and had me arrested
Il asked the policeman TO also arrest
the conductor for assauting mo. This
he refused to do. The policeman had not
been witness Of the affair.
1T is a sad state Of affairs when q
conductor can walk on a lame mans feet
and commit an unjustihable assault upon
him. and then cause him 10 be arrested
subjected to incalculable HARM without
any sort of law or color Of law. and with
out being compelled to so with his victim
TO prefer his complaint"
The Washington times., 1901-10-28
sMorHEREp HIS OWN CHILD.
A Sleeping Father bn"ittihSiS
Cnuses Death of the Infant.

lessee Ransom ten months old, colored,
whose parents live at 1119 Trinidad Street
northeast, met a peculiar death about il
O'Clock Saturday. He was suffocated to
death by his sleeping father lying upon
him The circumstances surrounding the
death led to the arrest of the father,
Thomas Ransom, yesterday morning, but
an enquiry made by the police and Cor
oner Nevitt showed clearly that he was
wholly innocent Of intentional wrong,
and he later was released.
Thomas Ransom is about thirty-hve
years of age lie is a plumbers helper.
Saturday night he came down town 10
do some marketing He returned home
about 1890 o'clock and after removing
his coat lay down on bed to rest.
few minutes later Mrs. Ransom went into
the room and placed Jesse, the youngest
of five children, by his fathers side. The
child was asleep
The mother then left the room to at
tend to household duties. Later, when
she returned. she found her husband, who
weighs nearly or quite POO pounds. sound
asleep. living with the point Of his right
shoulder imbedded in the pit OF the un-
fortunate child's stomach. She shook
Ransom violently to awake NM ana
pulled him off Of the bed, but 1t was too
The little one was beyond help. and died
in a few minutes. II had maze no outcIy'
and was evidently stined to death.
When inte.rOgdted yesterday: Ransom
said that as soon as he realized that the
child was seriously hurt he left the
house to summon physician. The first
one on whom he called was out attending
q patient Then he went to another doc
tor, who declined to go TO the assistance
OF the baby, because Ransom had no
money to pay him his fee. third
physician declined to render service IN
aid of the child on the same ground. IL
was between . and 3 O'Clock yesterday
morning when he got back home, ana the
child was dead.
He knew Of nothing to do but wait Tor
daylight, and about o'clock started out
to get together money with which to bury
the remains. II was while he was absent
that the news Of the b: bys death was re
ported TO Acting Lieutenant Falvey, or
the Ninth precinct police station, and he
notified headquarters, and detailed Ser
geant Kramer and Police man .. .Donnell
or the bicycle squad, to look into the
case. while Detective Flather was de-
signated to assist, with the result as
stated.
Ransom is an industrious. temperate
negro He is good father and husband,
and he and his wife, who from the ai~
pcaraucc Of .hCir home, is model house
keeper. are greatly gricyed over the fate
of their baby.
The Washington times., 1901-10-28
&c ZEEnLA S
ITCH IS TORTURE.

Eczema is caused by an acid humor in
the blood coming in contact with the
skin and producing great redness and in
fammation little pustular eruptions form
and discharge 4 thin, sticky fluid, which
dries and scales off sometimes the skin is
hard, dry and fssured Eczema in any
form is tormenting, stubborn disease,
and the itching and burning at times are
almost unbearable; the acid burning
humor seems to ooze out and set the skin
on fire. Salves, washes nor other exter-
nal applications do any real good, for as
long as the poison remains in the blood
it will keep the skin irritated.
The Washington times., 1901-10-28
A SneaL,cnsy Raidcd.

siz persons. all colo-cd, were found in the
house of James and Emma PoindeNter, Is Nc
Cullough Street northwest, when the sixth pre-
cinct police swooped down on the premises yester-
day afternoon. james PoiHdeNtcr and his wife,
Emma Poindcxter, arrested, charged with
keeping an unlicensed bar in the house. They
were taken TO the station and locked up.
Sergeant Goss and Sergeant Kilmartn were IN
charge Of the raiding party. They found in the
house a flask of whisky which Is held as evil
dence A negro pcddl' hayinf with him sam
PIE case Of cloth patterns, busy trying to
persuade the inmates Of the house To purchase his
goods when tie police entered. Poindexter. sus-
pecting that the pedder had given information
TO the police, upbraided the latter until the
police placed the accused under arrest.
The Washington times., 1901-10-28
STRIKE AT SOLDIERS HOME.
soft stone Cutters at Odds With
UrIcI.layers and H@=ons

a strike is said to be on at the Sol
diers Home in this city between the
Soft Stone Cutters Association and the
Stone Masons' Union, No. ?. which body
is affiliated with the Bricklayers and
Masous international Association of this
city, because the masOns persisted in
cutting rough broken range stones for the
construction Of building in the grounds.
The soft stone cutters contend that this
work should be done by them, and be
cause the other organization continued
their work, decided after a meeting held
last week TO quit work Saturday morn
ing which was done. The soft stone
cutters insist that they Will not return
to work until the masons are called off
from the work
a meeting looking to the settlement of
the difference now existing between the
two organizations, ii is said, will be
held some time this week
The Washington times., 1901-10-28
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
ucId ON n serious Charge.

young man giving the name of William An
dcrson. about twenty years Of age. was arrested
at au early hour yesterday morning and Is held
at the Ninth precinct police station charged with
violating the law concerning the age OF consent
Blanche Robey, fourteen years of age, IS held at
the same station as a Government witness.
The Washington times., 1901-10-28
Mission work in Japan.

Mrs Spencer Large, world representative Of
the Womcn's Christian Temperance Union, and
superintendent OF the Florence Crittenton missicn
work in japan, at the evening service yesterday
at the First Presbyterian Church. delivered AN
address upon the rescue work in that country.
She spoke of the moral condition OF women there,
depicting plainly the degradation OF her sex IN
uuh-ic places ui ahImc.
The Washington times., 1901-10-28
Arrested ON suspicion of Theft.

.uaia Campbell. tNonty-onc wears old. oolored'
Nas ara ted on suspicion OF |aroeny yesterday
bv Detective O'Dca, OF Ne. station. 1t Is
thought hy the police that the woman may pos
sibly have robbed George J. Palmer Of S25 sev-
cral DAYS aco. The woman denies that she SHOWS
ebe is held at the Ilou-e Of Detention to await
further Investigation.
The Washington times., 1901-10-28

National-Hilda spong in Lady Huntworth's
Experiment" evening.
Columba-''The Christian" evening.
Lafayette-''His Excellency the Governor,
evening.
Chase's-"A Contentcd Woman" afternoon and
evening.
Academy-"Man's Enemy" evening.
Kernan's-The Rentz Santley BurlSqucrs, after
noon and evening.
Biiou-Stock Company in BurleSque and Iaude-
vile, afternoon and evening.
The Washington times., 1901-10-28
Tbe 1ua6bin9ton Cimes.
MONDAY, OCTOBER Is, 1901.
wenther Indications.
TEMPERATURE.

Fair and cooler today Tomorrow fair; light
lortherly winds. becoming variable.
The Washington times., 1901-10-28

Highest temperature, p. m.............'....l0
Lowest temperature, a. m..........-........lo
The Washington times., 1901-10-28
STREET LIGHTIN

.Ow tide...............,..2:l 2:l4 AN. and 2:ls P-N
Iieh tide.................s:O2 AN. and $50 Z. NJ
The Washington times., 1901-10-28
BAD FORM OF TETTER.

" For three years I
had 7 cttcr on my
hands, which caused
them to swell to twice
their natural size. Part
Of the time the disease
was in the form Cfrur-
ming sores, very pain
full, a nd causing me
much discomfort. -Four
doctors said the letter
had progressed too far
to be cured, and they
could do nothing for
me. took only three
bottles Of s. s. S. and
was completely cured.
ThiI was fifteen years
aoo and | have never
The Washington times., 1901-10-28

Sun rose..-....G:22 AN sun sets......5:0d Pm.
Moon rises.....G:G2 PM Moon sets..............
The Washington times., 1901-10-28
Detter for the Blood Than sarsnpn-
rfila

For those living in the malaria districts Groves
Tastcess Chill Tonic.
The Washington times., 1901-10-28

since seen any sign of my old troubled MRS.
/. L. JACKSON, 1914 MCGEE St, Kansas City, Mo.
S. S. s. neutralizest this acid poison,
cools the blood and restores it to a healthy,
natural state, and the rough, unhealthy
skin Incomes soft. smooth and Clear.
The Washington times., 1901-10-28
hMI sEMENTs.

Lamps lit today. .-.............-.-'.'.-. ~ l.
Lamps out tomorrow. A
The Washington times., 1901-10-28

t1s1NA NsNaI.
Gu re S T c tier, Ery-
sipeias, Psoriasis, Salt
Rhelm and all skin
diseases due to a pois-
oned condition of the
The Washington times., 1901-10-28

blood. Send for our book and write us
about your case Our physicians have
made these diseases life study, and can
help YOU by their advice; We make no
charge for tlisservice. All correspondence
is conducted in strictest confidence.
TIE sgRET SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. GA.
The Washington times., 1901-10-28
TIDE TARIF

rHE 81 Nd MOON.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
LOCAL PERSONAL.

Mr.. P. S. Knox of Thomson is a
guest of the Pulaski.
Mr.. John w. Brown of Augusta is
registered at the Pulaski.
Mr.. John H. Deveroux of Charleston
Is registered at the Pulaski.
Mr.. John f. Hartridge of Jackson
Vile is registered at the De Soto.
Mr.. Louis Cohen of Sandersville reg
istered yesterday at the De Soto.
Mr.. W. S. Fitzpatrick of Augusta
was guest of the Screven yesterday.
Mr.. o. C. Mclean of Pembroke was
among the arrivals at the Screven yes
. terday.
Messrs. James R. George and ]. l..
johnson of Decatur were among the
arrivals at the De Soto yesterday.
The Independent Presbyterian
Church is not to have the services of
Mrs. W. S. Harrison during the COM
ing year as organist. She having, de-
clded to take years vacation from
organ work.
The engagement is announced of Mr..
Edwin Nj. Frank and Miss Irene
Hlrsch of Atlanta. Miss Hirsch has
visited in Savannah several times and
has many friends here. The reception
at which formal announcement of
the engagement will be made will be
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs, NJ.
HlrSch in Atlanta, Jan. H.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
CITY BREvITIES.

The encroachment on the southeast
corner of Waldburg and Price streets
has been removed.
The Epworth League of Grace Meth
odist Church will hold meeting to-
night for the election of officers for
the next year.
Thomas Brookins, colored, was ar
rested yesterday by Special officer ].
P. Murphy for the larceny of groceries
from a Central Railway car.
The condition of w. T. Kavanaugh
and Jack Deegan. who were shot in
Levan's saloon by w. H. Dortic, is
still encouraging and the men are in
fair way to recover.
Charlie McNeal, coIored, was ar
rested yesterday morning by Mounted
Patrolman Meldrim on a charge of dis
orderly conduct, and will probably be
severely fined by Recorder Myrick.
The negro is also charged with resist
ing arrest.
Mr. Edwyn E. Woodlands and those
who will take part in the opera La
Mascotte," to be given under his di-
rection, will resume rehearsals for
their performance Wednesday of next
week. Thereafter rehearsals will be
held twice a week. Wednesdays and
fTludySs DIT MC<ATluuT q OOIlS ". .
music store.
Margaret Price, Edith Price, Anna
Hardee, Emma Howard and Bertha
Reed, negro girls living at No. % West
Broad street, north. were arrested at
an early hour yesterday morning by
Patrolman Fleming on a charge of
keeping and living in a disorderly
house. Edward Price, a lad, was ar
rested at the same time for interfering
with the officer.
Robert Fickler colored, was arrest
ed yesterday by Patrolman Best on a
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses. The arrest was made at the
request of Joseph Scurdy, colored, of
No II Congress street lane, east, and
the prisoner will be given preliminary
examination by Recorder Myrick in
Police Court this morning. He denies
the charge, and says that certain
money given to him to pay to some OF
Scurdys creditors was properly dis
trih11ted
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
DoCTORIN6 FREE.

A staff of eminent physicians and
surgeons from the British Medical In
stjt,,te have, at the urgent solicitation
% large number of patients under
ttair care in this country, established
a s'I permanent branch Of the institute
IN this city. at 10 York street. west.
henderson building.
These eminent gentlemen have decid-
cd to give their services entirely free
for three months (med lciI excepted p
70 20 d treatment between now and Dec.
81. T.. .,,,rs,,ins, tbfs co,rs. a..
Violated with the sick and afflicted.
9 auS under no conditions VIII any
charge Cha whatever be made Tor any ser,
ices rendered for three months to all
mo cali before Dec. 81.
Male and female weakness, catarrh
and catarrhal deafness. also rupture.
Soitre. cancer, all skin diseases ana all
s,ssases OF the rectum are positively
cured by their new treatment
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
C0MMENDS Mr.. CHALLONER.
Col. Pope Gives His Successor the
Warmest Endorsement.


Col. A. Pope will leave to-day for
Union Springs, Ala, where he will go
TO join Mrs. Pope. Laterly Mrs Pope
has not been in good health, and she
and Col Pope will go to Florida. After
brief stay in Florida Col. Pope will
90 to Portsmouth, Where he will assume
ms new duties as adviser to First Vice
President and General Manager Barr
OF the Seaboard Air Line.
Mr.. L. E. Challoner, who will sue
ceed Col. Pope as assistant general
ifelght agent of the Seaboard, with
headquarters at Savannah, will arrive
nere within a week. He comes from
Iarkersburg, w. Va, where he has
Deeh division freight agent for the
Baltimore and Ohio.
Ool. Pope and Mr.. Challoner are old
trends and the former commends his
successor most highly to Savannahians
ana patrons of the Sealboard. Mr.. Chal-
. onS Is some thirty-eight years old,
a5u mas family, who will become res
luehts OF Savannah. He was under
81 rope years ago at Roanoke, Va
vi rope was then general freight
asent OF the Norfolk and Western
railway, and Mr.. Challoner was first
MS stenographer and then his chief
JERK He had gone to the Norfolk
ana western from the Boston and
Maine Railroad. Mr.. Challoner's
next post was with the Norfolk and
western as commercial agent at Pitts
eourg. after which he was general
nneiight and passenger agent of the
Nnio River Railroad. Upon the con-
soIl1ation of that road with the Balti-
nIore ana Ohio, he became division
Telght agent at Parkershnrg
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
A NICE FAT POSTUM.
Uncle MingO Tells About the Corner
in the Chicago Market.
BY William Taylor Williams.


By William Taylor Williams.
Uncle Mingo came into the restau-
rant a little too early for dinner.
Use hongry." he said; "wot you got
good to eat to-day?"
WELL" said the waiter, how would
you like a nice, fat 'possum, cooked
up brown an juicy, wild nice sweet
taters schewed up in de gravy?"
Look here. boy" said Uncle Mingo,
his mouth watering, "if you done got
SIGH a dish like dat, you bring it along
quick, an set it befo' me; an if you
amt got it, you shet up right Off"
No" said the waiter, Use sorry to
inform you dat de establishment is out
o possum at de present moment. But
1t is sho a nice dish. l wonder wy
some O. desc big rich fellers don't hab
1t sometimes wen dey glib a big, swell
banquet"
"Dey does" said Uncle Mingo; IAN
1t lead to a mighty funny 'currence
up in Chicago de udder day.
Teller up in Michigan was gibin'
big 'possum dinner, so he write to
his man in Chicago an say, Sen me
two dozen nice, fat possums; 1 don't
SS1A WV ICY SOS 81 lOIlS DIS i RlIS Qe
'cossums.'
We'll, de Teller he gone out to hunt
troo de market an ebblewere, but pos
sums was mighty scace. He had de
hardes' kin o. work to fin em, an
he run de price up from rs cents to
tree dollars a 'possum.
Mex mornin' all de papers had in
the market. report, 'Dere was great
element on de Bode O. Trade OWN
to de sharp advance in 'possums. De
price risen from % cents to SO, an de
market close active an strong, an
still boomin'. Dey say de big fellers
has corner de market, an it is conf
IDENTIFY expected dat de price will go
still mo- higher
Wen de Chicago farmers read dat
report, dey gone plum crazy"
''Wot you talkin'," said the WAITER
Chicago is city; dey amt no farm
ers.''
DE debbil dey amt" retorted Uncle
Mingo; IVY, don't you know Chicago
has recently take in two or tree hun
dred mile all roun', includin' Missouri
an Porkchopolis an Arkinsaw an
ers dan anything else now.
well, de farmers stop all de mig
gers from pickin cotton an cuttin'
rice, an put 'em all in de woods
catchin' 'possums, for witch dey paid
a dollar apiece, cash, sometimes mo-,
an dey rush 'em to market.
Use 'fraid to say how much pos
sums dey ship endurin' de mex week
or ten days, but edible one O. de rail-
roads runnin' from one part of Chicago
to anudder was all blockade up by de
'possum trains.
de price tumble right down to ten
cents, an dey couldn't sell half at
dat. De farmers didn't git sufficient
enough returns to pay de freight"
can wot did dey do?" asked the
waiter.
"Dey done de only ting dey could
DONE" said Uncle Mingo, "dey has all
hired themselves out to work for de
niggers, cause de niggers got all de
money"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
The Subject of Sermon by Rev.
James T. Ryder.

Inc SUBJECT OF a sermon ny HeV.
James II. Ryder.
Rev. James T. Ryder, now of East
man., but a former pastor of Grace
Methodist Church, was in Savannah
yesterday and conducted two services;
in the morning at Trinity Methodist
Church and at night at Grace.
He preached at night from the text
Matt. V, IA, Eye are the light of the
world" 'If you will study the his
tory of the world" said Mr.. Ryder,
you will see that it's civilization has
developed very slowly, so slowly that
after nearly two thousand years of
the teachings of Christ, not all the
world has yet been brought to a
knowledge of them. This is accounted
for by the fact that the church and
the world have always lacked leaders.
'Ye are the light of the world the
light must lead so Christians must
lead the world. What the church needs
is men and women to show by their
lives the purpose of their being, is to
be the light of the world. Nothing
seemed to move the Lord so much as
that the world was unSupplied with
leaders-"They were as sheep without
shepherd To supply this great need
of humanity he called his disciples to-
gether to teach this truth.
There were many great men in the
world before Christ, but each of them
had some defect, and a person defec-
tive in character is not a safe leader:
people are more likely to copy his de-
fects than his virtues. God found only
one qualified to lead lost men-himself
He knew that man must have a per-
feet leader, and yet that this leader
must be a man. You have just cele
brated the birth of that man into the
world, have you also celebrated his
birth into your soul?"
Three or four hundred years after
the birth of Christ" the speaker con-
tinued. 1.-The church fell into the error
of choosing only preachers for her ex-
ponents and this policy was continued
until within the last two hundred years
or so. Since this policy has been
changed; since the church has chosen
both men and women from all ranks,
rapid work has been made in evan
gelizing the world.
1.-THE Sunday-school, the Epworth
League and all the other church socie-
ties are training their members to be-
come leaders. God intended very one
of you to become leader of the world.
He himself qualified his disciples for
leadership. When are you to consider
yourself qualified as a leader? When
you are like him. A sinner can't be-
come the leader OF any man. We
known sinners can become leaders in
finance, in civil government and in
science; but a sinner can't lead upward
for he can't lead higher than he HIM
self is, and so only those that are fol-
lowers of Christ can be leaders and
among the lights of the world.