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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17
WILL BE A HUMMER.
State Fair Prospects Are Good.--.Vice
President Roosevelt Will Open 1t.
Minneapolis Tribune

Minneapolis Tribune:
Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt
has accepted the invitation to visit the
Minnesota state fair next September.
He had unofficially promised Thomas
Shevlin, vice president of the fair
board. to be here, but Secretary E. W.
Randall has now received his official
acceptance of the formal invitation of
the board.
This assures to the next fair the pre-
sence of one of the most popular men
in public life in America today. Mr..
Roosevelt will be at Hamline, Monday,
Sept. 2, and will make an address on
suitable topic. 1t is probable that
he will be hear by as many thousand
people as can get within sound of his
voice.
Secretary Randall says that the pre-
MUM list for this year will be ready
for distribution this week. 1t will be
in new form, and will be extremely
interesting to all who think of making
exhibits, as it will have many new
items and enlarged premium offers.
In the introduction to the list Mr..
Randall says:
"The premium list has been most
literally revised. Special attention
will be given to the live stock exhibits.
An effort will be made to secure the
best possible types of all breads of each
class of the domestic animals-horses,
cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. 1t
will be worth much to the farmers of
the state to come to the fair and study
these animals see them judged by ex-
pert judges, and thus learn their char
acteristics and qualities
President Cooper was at the fair
grounds Saturday taking in tn e
pioneers meeting..and incidentally con-
ferring with Secretary Randall on fair
matters. They agree in stating that
the prospects for fair were never
better than just now.
Vice President Chester R. Smith
of the state fair board is back from
Chicago, where he went to arrange
with the Pains fireworks people for a
great fireworks display for the coming
fair. He was more than successful
A contract has been made with the
Pains for the presentation of their
new and remodeled Last Days of
Pompeii, The original Pompeii was
the best thing this company ever pro-
duced, and the new creation is alto
gether different and vastly better than
the old one. The scenery has been
changed, and the whole scheme of the
spectacle remodeled so that it will ap-
pear to be an entirly new show.
The foundation for the new agricul-
tural hall on the fair grounds are well
under way, and next Wednesday the
board is to meet at the fair grounds
Office to open bids for the superstruc-
ture. Architect Charles R. Aldrich
says that there will be numerous bid,
ders. 1t is expected to have the work
in hand in a very short time after the
contract is aWarded.
At the close of the week the st.
Paul water board approved form Of
contract with the state fair board con
templating the extension of the ST.
Paul water mains from Hamline tC
the grounds The specifications call fol
a 12-inch main 4, $50 feet in length
There will be nearly mile of main in
the grounds system.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17

Gov. La Toilette of Wisconsin has
vetoed the primary election law which
the legislature passed. True it did not
amount to a great deal, applying only
to county officers and only to counties
accepting it, but it was an entering
wedge, and it would seem from this
distance that it would have been better
than nothing and paved the way for
something better. If the primary cleo
tion law is what its advocates claim
for it, the Wisconsin measure, unsat
isfactory as it seems to have been,
would have acquainted the people with
its working and created desire for
something better and more extensive,
which would have compelled the bosses
to give in. 1t looks as though La Fol-
lette made mistake, possibly he
didn't, but circumstances are rare in
deed where part of loaf in not better
than no loaf at all.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17
in THE ARMY.
DR.. Cyril F. Sweet Gets an Appointment
as Dental Surgeon,

DIR. Cyril F. Sweet of Minneapolis,
son of K. G. Sweet, and younger
brother of Representative John G.
Sweet, has just received notice of his
appointment as dental surgeon in the
United States army under the new re-
organization law. He will receive his
degree as doctor of dental medicine
at the university June s, and will go
at once to Washington to pass his ex-
animation before the examiners of the
army medical corps. There were 2, 900
applicants for the thirty positions of
the kind open. DR.. Sweet is the only
appointee from Minnesota. The
salary is $3.50 per month and the rank
is that of first lieutenant.
DR.. Sweet was formerly resident
of Mankato, and has numerous friends
here who will rejoice in his good for
tune and extend their best wishes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17
TELEPHONE In FRANCE.

One of the most frequent uses to
which the telephone is put by French
country subscrib ers is that of an alarm
to wake them in the morning Just
before going to bed they notify CEN
trail at what..time they wish to be call
ed and central rings them up at that
time. 1t is amusing to notice the
different things people devise to arouse
them from their slumbers. The trou-
BILE is that they don't sleep well during
the night, but fall into a sound sleep
near morning. If you want to sleep
we'll, SO that you will wake up re-
freshed and invigorated, drink
Golden Grain Belt" beer. 1t is pure
and nourishing because it is brewed
from the purest barley, malt and
hops. Order from your nearest dealer
or be supplied by M. ]. Smith, Man
kato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17

The Hennepin county grand jury is
investigating the affairs of the city
acquainted with Doc Ames when it
elected him mayor last fall, and knew
pretty near-.what she would get with
him. But perhaps the G. j. is con-
stituted of men who labor under the
old fashioned idea that laws on the
statute book ought to be enforced and
that immoral affairs ought not to be
allowed to the extent Mime. seems to
desire them Judging from the cratic
course she has taken. But be that
as it may the grand jury seems, from
all reports, to have entered upon what
may, and probably will, prove very
fruitful field.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17
FARM LAND SOLD.

Babcock & Kneeland have sold one
hundred acres of land for A. B. Ewing
in Nicollet county, four miles from
Mankato, to W. NJ. Strader of Ashta-
bula, Ohio. Mr.. Strader will build a
model country home on this farm and
expects to move here about July LIST.
Mr.. S. has been in nearly every state
in the union and has decided to locate
here in preference to any other point
visited. He is now in Washington on
his way to South Carolina.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17
Negotiations for Eight of Way Still Con.
time.

tinue
There was nothing new Tuesday in
regard to the proposed extension of the
Chicago Great Western road through
the city. General Counsel Lawler con-
tinued his conferences with the owners
OF property which the road is seeking
to buy, and will remain in the city
for several days for the purpose of Sc
curing options on the property if he
can do so at reasonable figures.
The road is opposed to commencing
condemnation proceedings if it can
make the necessary purchases at rea-
sonable prices. 1t will pay what it
con siders to be fair price.
Thus far not single option has
been secured by the road.
The surveyors continue running
lines. One problem that they are
met with is how to cross the Omaha
and Northwestern tracks in South
Bend
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17
CANADA BRANCHING OUT.

1t seems that Canada, which has al
ways been looked upon as slow-going
is waking up to the great strides the
United States is making and the ad-
vantage that comes from the develop
ment of great natural resources, and
steps are being taken to turn some of
the forces that have been so successful
in the United States to develo ping
matters. 1t is said that number of
American factory promoters have been
interested in the scheme of Canada 8
commercial and industrial develop
ment and have gone to London to in
terest British capital in the scheme,
and to persuade British manufacturers
to transfer their plants to Canada.
Lord Strathcona, the Canadian high
commissioner in London in referring
to this movement says:
Unprecedented numbers of Yankees
are crossing the border to cast in their
lot with us Canadians. We welcome
them most cordially, for they bring
the very qualities we need-brains,
vigor and grit Many of them hail
from the far West, where they have
already experienced severe conflicts
with nature. Canada's undeveloped
forests farming lands and mineral
fields hold out to these frontiersmen
not only the prospect of profit, but al
so of life that meets the require
ments of their adventurous natures. 1
am glad that some of these energetic
and ingenious Americans, who have
done so much to stud the plains of the
United States with prosperous cities,
; are turning their attention to the de-
velopment of Canada. Several of
, them, I understand, have come to Lon
don to encourage British capital to 60
to North America. We welcome their
efforts, and also extend a cordial invi-
tation to moneyed Americans to pre-
empt the great industrial opportunities
of Canada if they can.
Our country does not shudder at the
name of Morgan, or at the word trust.
| We fear no combinations of capital
On the contrary we welcome enter
prise and money, whencesoever they
come.
"We are loyal Canadians and Brit
ishers, but we believe in competition,
and do not shrink from the law of the
survival of the fttest America on
slaught on Atlantic shipping gives us
no sleepless nights. Here again we ex-
pect friendly rivalry to promote a
lively and healthy condition of COM
merce.'
1t is also said that agents have beer
sent to this country to interest capital.
lists in Canadian developments, and
that these agents have been authorized
to offer some remarkable government
subsidies Evidently Canada is fully
awake to full appreciation of the
value of her resources and what il
means to have them developed and moi
longer intend to doze away great op
portunities.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17

The railroad and warehouse COM
mission has made eighty-six more ap-
pointments in the state grain inspec-
ton department and among them we
notice the name of E. A. Hill for Blue
Earth county. Of the appointments
made thirteen are from HeLnepin
county, eleven from Ramsey and eight
from st. Louis county. The rest are
scattered around the state.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17
CHANGE FOR MILITIA.
The Boys Expect to be Mustered in
Soon.

Soon.
A telegram was received Tuesday
ing from Col. Joseph Bobleter of the
Second regiment, M. n. g., asking
Observation-Disclosures company was ready
to be mustered into the service. This
was taken to indicate that one of the
present companies has failed at the
annual inspection and that there is an
opening for the local company. The
boys were greatly elated and spent the
day skirmishing among the members
Col. Bobleter desired an immediate
answer, and a favorable one was re-
turned. A meeting will be held to-
night to take formal action, and the
more enthusiastic hope to be ready to
be mustered in by tomorrow night.
The company may get chance to go
to camp this summer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17

President McKinley's enemies say
he is a tyrant and contemplates an en-
pire. Then they say he lacks backbone
and courageous character, and
contemptuously refer to him as a
spineless individual. They ought to
get together as to their view of him.
Tyrants are hardly developed out of
men with little or no backbone.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17
SHORT LIVED STRIKE.

For eman John Nelson section crew
on the Milwaukee road went on a
strike Tuesday, for an increase of
wages from $l.25 to 81. 90 a day. Road
master Hines gave the men the choice
of returning to work tomorrow morning
or being discharged, and they will go
to work. Five men composed the crew.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17

E. L. Cove of Madeiia was in town
Monday evening.
G. Pilling, travelling agent for B.
Davies, st. Paul agent for the Cana
dian government, was in the city Tues
day to establish a subagency. He is
working up emigration to Alberta ter
ritory, which is north of Montana.
The government gives free grants of
land there, 100 acres for the filing fee,
upon a residence six, months in the
year for three years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17

People everywhere will hear with
regret the illness of Mrs. Mckinley
which threatens to bring to an abrupt
termination the presidents western
tour, and the hope will be general that
she will so far recover so that this
move will not be necessary. But at
the best the pleasure which the presi-
dent anticipated from the trip, will be
considerably marred.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17

J. j. Hill says he is just plain
farmer from ont of the west and knows
nothing of the running of the stock
market, but it's dollars to doughnuts
that the confidence men of Gotham
won't take him up as tenderfoot
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17

Tolstoi is said to be writing short
story. What is the matter with the old
gentleman? Is his pen or his patience
citing worn out?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17

There have been light frosts for
several nights, but not much damage
has been done. The weather warmed
up again today. and the danger seems
to be past.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17

AS yet Callahan has not proposed
entering the lecture field. The
American people have some things to
be thankful for.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17

Gen. J. Fl. Baker went to st. Paul
Tuesday to attend the meeting
of the Loyal Legion tonight.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17

In view of last Thursdays panic it
is said Russell Sage feels somewhat
endorsed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-17
NO OPTIONS SECURED.

70 camp this summer.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30
THE DIGNITY OF LABOR.

I What would the world be but for
the products of labor? Yet there
are people, born to wealth, who
look with contempt upon the man
who is forced to toll for his sus-
tenance. Labor can be hkened
unto mighty magician, walking
} forth into region uninhabited and
waste; he earnestly surveys the
scene so quiet in its desolation,
then, waving his wonder working
wand, those dreary valleys smile
with golden harvests, those barren
mountain slopes are clothed with
foliage, the furnance blazes, the
anvil rings, the busy wheels whirl
round, the town appears the mart
of commerce, the hall of science
and the temple of religion rear high
their lofty fronts; a forest of 1nasts,
gay with varied pennons, rises from
the harbor, the quays are crowded
with articles of commerce which
enrich both him who receives and
him who yields; representatives OF
distant regions make it their re-
sort; Science enlists the elements
of earth and heaven in its services;
Art, awaking, clothes its strength
with beauty; Literature, new born,
redoubles and perpetuates its
praise; Civilization smiles: Liberty
is glad; Humanity rejoices; Piety
exults-for the voice of industry
and gIadness is heard on every
hand. And who, contemplating
such achievements, will deny that
there is dignity in laborS
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30
Big Mill for Gothic.

j. P. and H. T. Smith, doing
business under the firm name of
Smith Bros, have purchased the
large Sylvanite smelter at Gothic
and will Immediately install there
in several of the Smith concentrat-
ing tables and otherwise adapt the
plant totheir new process of milling
for the purpose of treating custom
ores. The smelter is equipped
with an excellent complement of
necessary machinery, and with the
addition of the Smith tables, which
have been proven to be admirably
adapted to the ores of this section,
the plant will be in shape to profit
ably handle large quantities of ores
which are too low grade to ship.
The significance of this movement
to the future of Gothic is Of great
Importance. 1t will occasion such
a revival in that vicinity that the
dreary monotony of comparative
inactivity prevalent for years past
will be forgotten in the tide of new
life.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30
Street Cleaning.

A force of men will be put to
work next Monday morning to
clean up the streets and alleys.
Property owners and occupants
of premises can and should assist
in this spring cleaning by at once
removing all rubbish from their
back yards. In fact the town
ordinances, if enforced as they
should be, will permit no derelic-
ton in this latter regard. There
are several vacant lots fronting on
Elk avenue which are covered with
all manner of filth and present q
truly disreputabie appearance
These premises have been the sub
ject of much complaining and il
behooves those in authority to SET
that they are thoroughly cleaned,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30


Before we 80 into paroxysms OF
grief over the spiritual necessities
of the pantaloonless dwellers of
Patagonia, let us make a strong
push for the religious betterment
OF the drunkards, and thieves, and
gamblers, and other malefactors who
are at our very doors. We need
to carry the gospel of glad news to
the starving and the filthy and the
depraved, Who are fully as bad,
within reach of us, as anywhere
else on this planet. The enlight-
enment of the vicious and the ig-
norant of our own population will
do more to make the Christian light
from our nation, as that of "a city
set upon a hill" extend to the other
nations of the earth.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30
PUBLIC SCHOOL COLUMN.

Ethel Benson and Nellie Decker EoroiS'
Katie Mclaughlin, Nellie Decker
and Bessie Miner remembered the
botany class with flowers" last
week.
1t will soon be time for the
pupils to convey tokens of friend
ship to each other by hanging
May baskets.
The school is in receipt of twf
good portraits presented by Frank
Patchen. One of these is a like
ness of Webster, the other is a like
ness of Clay.
:. " "
The sixth grade was employed
last Friday evening after school in
molding maps. This work was done
very nicely and the maps are now
on exhibition in the grammar room.
~ ;: ..s
Preparations are now being made
for an entertainment at the end OF
the school year. This entertainment
will be modest affair as time will
not permit of mn extended program.
~ ~ ~
Following is given the report OF
the Crested Butte schools for the
month of April:
GRAMMAR DEPT.
Number enrolled for month, 81
Average daily attendance, 30. Gases
of tardiness, L. Pupils neither alb
sent nor tardy: Nellie Decker,
Katie Mclaughlin, Bessie Miner,
George Shields, Irma Chappell,
Agnes Mathieson, Victor Benson,
Joe Benson, Claude Smith, Tony
DAMN, Nellie Mclaughlin, Robert
Alexander.
INTERMEDIATE DEPT.
Number enrolled for month, So
Per cent of attendance, 81. Pupils
neither absent nor tardy: Mamie
Angus, Jane Alexander, Henry
Benson, Nellie Bruce, Mary Ber-
ninger, Emma Berninger, Cecilia
Heuchemer, Sadie Julian, Joseph
Krochevar, Lawrence Kupushian,
Eddie Mosher, Alberta Mosher,
Oracle Mosher, Loretto McLaugh-
lin, Maud Runnoe, May Snodgrass,
Edgar Songer, Peter Sparks, Wylie
Smith, Bella Smith, Maud Smith.
PRIMARY DEPT.
Number enrolled for month, 40.
Per cent of attendance, 90. Pupils
neither absent nor tardy: James
Arnott, Beno Benedetti, Grant
Bruce, Mary Krochevar, Vincent
Krizmanich, Andrew Mclaughlin,
frankie Mosher, Edna Runnoe,
Alfred Smith, Cora Songer, Helen
Josenhans, Nellie Little, Annie
Pruce, Tony Roziman.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30
ToLSTOl THE EXILE.

Russia has produced, and to have
a weakling of czar, whom unprej-
udiced writer's assert is a cruel, un-
educated coward, thrust him from
his native country is an outrage
even on Russian civilization; for
be it remembered that Tolstoi is a
man of peace, who has condemned
force and hates bloodshed. He has
written the strongest condemnation
of war ever contributed to litera-
ture.
From a psychological point of
view the Russian is the most re-
markable of men, and no person in
history affords such exempification
of the doctrine of evolution. He
was of aristocratic lineage, and ex-
cepting his superior ability, moth
ing distinguished him from other
noblemen III his earlier years. He
followed the life prescribed for him,
Joined the army and fought in the
Crimean war, was decorated for
bravery and was ever ready with
his sword to uphold the tyrannical
authority of the throne over mill
ions of subjects. AS with St. Paul,
n new light dawned on him in Il
night, as it were; Count Tolstoi
renounced his birthright and be-
came of humanity and the people.
He wrote books that touched the
hearts of and stirred all civilization
taking as his text the New Testa-
ment and as a precept the life of
the Lord Jesus.
No living author has the audi
ence that Tolstoi can command; !;
those who write and instruct are
content to acknowledge his pres
tige as tutor. His literary pro-
ductions are read by the leading
thinkers of the world and by the
curious. He has appealed to man
for man. The wide gulf that sep
arates the poor from the rich is his
principal theme; the terrible strug-
giles of the poor for existence, and
the useless lives led by the rich,
with their accompanying train OF
sociological evils, are the subjects
to which his latter day writings are
confined. All his books have q
mission, but sometimes the ignor-
ant cannot discriminate and the
author is foolishly condemned. He
has attacked the church as a whole,
not one sect or community, but the
church that processes Jesus Christ
and His teachings whether it be in
Russia or America, and it is main
| ly because of this that he has been
banished from his home. He has
dCCuScu Jue CUuICu Vi COW Ill blSt
and of practicing hypocrisy in be-
ing afraid to teach the doctrine of
the Savior and of being the tool of
the rich to further grind the poor;
and when it is remembered that
To}stoi lives in Russia his structures
cannot bp construed aS baincy too
severe. The great man, who has
been exiled, has lived the life he
has taught; he provides for his
family and donates the rest of his
large income to the poor and out
wardly lives the life of peasant.
Truly noble type this exile ! 1t
would be an honor to the czar or
any crowned head to be permitted
to worship at his footstool.