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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-04
Disorders In Yanstse Province.

London, Oct. 3.-''Disorders have
arisen in the Yangtse province, ow-.
ing to the rayages of the floods and
the diversion Of the relief funds by
corrupt officials, says the Shanghai
correspondent of the Standard.
ssThese threaten to culminate in
rebellion. Thssituation is5very grave
and the local authorities have been
ordered to raise troops and place the
districts in a state of defense. "
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-04
BoER MATTER DECIDED.
The Hague. Tribunal Will Not Assume the
J. Initiative in Intervention in ANY Form.

London, Oct. "A dispatch to the
Times from Brussels says that the
council Of The Hague Permanent
Court of Arbitration has unanimously
decided that the question of the as
suming the initiative in arbitration
or Intervention in any form in regard
to the South African war must be def
nitely abandoned. The decision, it.
lis stated, probably accounts for the
fact that the date of the meet
ing of the council to consider the ap7
peal of the Boer representatives in
Europe had not been fixed, and it is
not likely that such a meeting will
take place for considerable time.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-04
Bosr Prisoners willing to Swear Allegiance

London. Oct. IA dispatch to the
Times from Colombo says that Sir
Jose Ridgeway, the governor of the
island, has announced that 200 of the
Boer prisoners in Ceylon have ex-
pressed their willingness to take the
oath of allegiance to King Edward.
The prisoners not only desire to take
the oath, but also wish to enlist in
the British army. They are willing
to serve anywhere but in South Africa.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-04
Fugitive EmbezzIsr Arrested.

New York, Sept. 3O.-William Hop
pener a confidential bookkeeper for
the A.W: Faber Company who disap-.
peard June last, after having, it is al
legged, embezzled between $50, 900 and
$40, 900 has been arrested at Buenos
Ayres. 1t is said that extradition
papers will be secured at once. 5, ~
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-04
Auto frightened the Bulls.

Paris, Oct. LA dispatch from
Bayonne to the Figaro describes a
bull fight that occurred there yester-
day, in which an automobile replaced
the horse of the picador. The novelty
drew an enormous crowd, but seven
bulls in succession turned tail and
fed at the sight of the automobile.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-04
Morocco's Promise to Spain.

Tangier, Oct. 1.-savadra, the drag
oman OF the Spanish legation has ar
rived at Marakesh and has been re-
ceived in audience by the Sultan of
Morocco, who promised that all the
Spanish claims should be satisfied.
The Sheriffian government declares
that the Spanish boy and girl who
were recently abducted by the Moors
are still captive.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-04
ON in the Kitchen Stove.

.Pittsburg, Oct. S.-Asa a result Of
using oil to hurry along the kitchen
fire, Mrs. Barbara Sturgents is dead,
her husband and theirsson are dying;
and two other children are very badly
burned: The Sturgents lived in a
tenement house. The building
caught fire and other families had to
be rescued by fremen.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-04

Keats commonly wrote a short
poem in single day, taking two or
three more to polish and complete it.
A South Orange, N. J., man, who
has just succeeded in eating 420 CLAIMS
at sitting, now offers to eat 500 on a
wager.
Oliver Stevens, of Boston, has been
the county district attorney for u
consecutive years. He is democrat,
but has been twice reelected by the
republicans.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-04
Textile Workers May Strike.

Fall River, Mass, Oct. 3.-At a meet
ing here today of the textile council
at which@every union in this city was
represented it was UNANIMOUSLY agreed
to order a strike effective October Z
if the manufacturers refused to grant
the 5 per cent increase in wages de,
manded recently.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-13
Around About Us

The employees in several of the Wi
mona printing offices are out on a strike
because their employers refuse to agree
to nine hour day,
At Ortonville R. 81. Norrish presi-
dent of the bank of Ortonville has en-
tered in to a contract with @. T.
LANCE, one of the proprietors of the
bottling works at that place to wash
bottles for period of thirty days at
$5 per day, to commence work at a.
m. and work ten hours. Norrish to
forfeit $3.50 if he does not fulfill his
contract. This peculiar deal grew out
of some desparaging remarks LANCE
made as to Norrish ability and desire
to work.
The restaurant stock of Fruer &
Hamlin at Blue Earth, together with
it's contents was totally destroyed by
fire.
Swan Holm was bound over to the
grand jury for the murderous attack
he made on his stepson, J. S. Nelson,
at Carver few days ago.
Silas Bower, who was in Jail at
Redwood Falls charged with assault
on young girl, has escaped. He was
taken to the barn to assist in hitching
up team, and escaped after the de-
putty sheriff drove away.
John Carlson, carpenter at Eleveth,
accidentally shot himself in the left
eye while hunting at Moose Lake.
He died almost instantly.
The North American Storage COM
pany has commenced work to enlarge
its quarters at New Paynsville.
Jacob Bowers at Racine, while
blinded by cross lights, walked off the
oustide stairs of his meat market
falling twelve feet breaking several of
his ribs and otherwise bruising him
self
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-13
MAKE 1T TREASON.

1t would seem as though there were
two things which congress would lose
no time in acting upon as soon as it
meets next December, and that is to
pass law making murderous attack
upon the president and vice president
treason punishable by death. This
would take the trial of the assassin in
to the federal courts no matter where
it occurred. 1t would be even better
were military court provided for,
that iustice and it's full penalty
carried out as swiftly as possible. 1t
would not be bad thing if the mem
bers of the cabinet and of the supreme
court were also included in such a
law, so covering the immediate heads
of the government. OF course such a
law would not prevent such a murder
Gus assault as that attempted upon
President Mckinley last Friday, for
anarchists pay no heed to law, but it
might have some deterrent effect upon
some crankily disposed persons who
allow their minds to wander along
such lines. And the swift execution
of such a law would have a most
wholesome effect upon all evil disposed
persons.
Another matter which congr ess
should also take up at once, is the
passage of law, strictly forbidding
passage in the mails Of any matter
containing any anarchist doctrine
This would not only prevent the spread
of anarchist propaganda by anarchists
themselves, but it would also prevent
the reproduction of their speeches, or
any portion Of them in the newspapers
In short the teaching and spreading of
murderous doctrine through the mails
should be as strictly prohibited as is
lottery matters at present. This will
not interfere in the least with free
speech. The right of free speech does
not carry with it a license to incite
murder or preach the abrogation of all
law. No known anarchist should be
allowed to step upon our shores from
foreign SOIL Long enough they have
been allowed the freedom of our coun-
try, and today the nation is paying the
penalty of that laxity. Now congress
should take action.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-13
MAPLETON.
From the Enterprise:

from the Enterprise:
Mr.. s. G. Brooks is one of the men
who expects to get very good corn
crop and estimates the yield of his
field at 70, bushels to the acre, The
sample left with us is the best we have
seen this year.
The telephone connections have at
last been made and the line will be in
working order today. Work will now
be pushed on the Mankato connection,
which will be completed in the course
of about three weeks.
Mr.. August Richter of Sterling is
one of the farmers who finds it pro-
fitable to raise millet. His crop this
year is especially good, standing five
to six feet in height. He expects to
cut sufficient forage from a seven acre
tract to winter 40 head of cattle.
While hunting prairie chickens in a
cord field the first of the week Ed
Sonve received a charge of shot in the
face from hunter, located in another
part of the field. Fortunately none of
the shot penetrated his eyes although
several came very close.
The McGregor boys, John, Alex and
Wm., marketed 900 bushels of timothy
the past week which Melted them a
little over 81, 200. This seed was from
last years crop and they have as
much from this year having field of
so acres. The seed was sold at the
Spaulding elevator.
Grain and -four shipments for the
month Of August show very COM
mendable growth over last year and in
dicates that one of Mapleton's institu-
tions, the mill, is enjoying a nice run
of business. The -four shipments for
last month were 10 carloads against 9
for the same month last year and the
wheat shipments for the month were
Al cars against 2S last season. Other
grain shipments fol. the month were
cars
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-13

The Minnesota Pops have issued a
manifesto in which they take strong
grounds against fusion. Doubtless
Mr.. Bryan will smile when he reads
the document. Fusion is now simply
form, all that there was of Populism
was absorbed by the Bryan Demo-
cracy, and the leaders were allowed to
hold conventions and go through the
forms of naming slate candidates and
making endorsements, just to keep
them pleased and allowing them to
think they were doing something. Of
course it wrecked the great Democratic
party, but then it pleased Bryan to
imagine himself leader.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-13

One of the problems which congress
will have to wrestle with next winter
will he the question of reciprocity
with Canada. Doubtless Canada has
the most to gain from reciprocity trade
relations with this country, but it
would not be all one-sided by any
means and the United States would
gain many advantages in its trade
relations, through such move. While
those in this country who have OBJ
jected to reciprocity agreements, be-
cause they saw in them a move which
might hurt their Individual interests,
and so have been, and may yet be able,
to keep more than one-hird of the ma
tional senate from agreeing to it, thus
preventing ratification by that body,
the trouble in securing such relations
has not been altogether one-sided.
Canada has been opposed to reciprocity
unless she could get an agreement
which would virtually take in all of
the articles on the list of controverted
subjects. But it is thought in Wash
ington that Canada is in a somewhat
more plant mood at present, and that
the chances of reaching some kind of
an agreement which will be beneficial
to both countries are much better than
ever before.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-13

Texas, Wyoming and other states
can have their vast oil fields, Mime
sofa has something immensely better,
and that is her great product of golden
butter. Oil makes vast fortunes for a
few, but butter is bringing in COM
petence to the many scattered over our
broad prairies, and the herds whic b
produce it are annually adding to the
fertility of our broad acres. Minnesota
golden butter is a little bit ahead in the
race, all points considered.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-13

Secretary Root has applied the knife
to the estimates made by the engineers
for rivers and harbors, and $13, 900, 900
has been taken out, and it is pretty
safe to say that the knife has been ap-
piled about where it should. The Min
neapolis Tribune thinks, however, that
members of congress will have word
to say about this pruning and that the
bill will not be talked to death in the
next congress It is to be hoped that
members of congress will use more
prudence and economy in relation to
that bill than they did in the last con-
gress, or that if they do not, President
Mckinley will endorse Roots knitting
with veto.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-13
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The attempt on the life of President
Mckinley at the temple of music in
Buffalo late yesterday afternoon was a
most dastardly and unprovoked attack,
and an event that came as terrible
shock to the people of every --ciyilized
nation in the world. When the news
was first received it seemed incredible,
and before the public could fully re-
cover itself, con6rmatory messages
came that left no doubt of its terrible
truthfulness
With all the magnificent and beloved
men who have occupied the presiden-
tial chair in the past no single one was
more inoffensive and had fewer enc
mics than President Mckinley. 1t is
hardly conceivable how a man with
such broad charity, and with such a
loving disposition could be shot down
in cold blood while in the act of ex-
tending good cheer and warm hand
to his fellow-countrymen, and such a
thing could not occur in this country
IN times of peace, prosperity and
plenty were it not for the red flag of
anarchy that has been all too long al
lowed to wave where anarchy has no
place by right, and where it's existence
should never have been tolerated.
Every true American welcomes the
honest toiler from every land to come
here and enjoy the advantages and
blessings of our free government, but
anarchists are not toilers, neither are
they honest. They come here with
murder in their hearts, curse to the
country of their birth-a worse curse
to the country of their adoption. The
lives of two presidents have gone out
through the instrumentality of the
asssasin's bullet and third is trem-
bling in the balance, within a period
of thirty-6ve years. Has it come to
such pass that the peoples chosen
ruler has no security outside the very
walls of the executive mansion? We
hope not; yet if not, strenuous steps
must be taken by those in authority to
promptly recognize the growing ten
dency of anarchistic sentiment in this
country and deal it blow that will
effectually drive it from our shores.
Thank God the president still lives,
and if the prayers of an anxious, low
ing people are of avail he will surely
be restored to health and be permitted
to further serve the country he has So
greatly honored by his wise admins
tration. Happily for this country, we
have in the vice presidents chair a
man of sterling worth and of univer-
sally acknowledged craftsmanship upon
whom will fall the great responsible
ties of state if the worst shall come to
President Mckinley. Our government
at Washington will still live, whatever
fate Providence may have in store for
our president.
The nations sympathy goes out to
its suffering president and to his grief
stricken family, and the hope is every
where deep and sincere that his life
may be spared.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-13

Europe has another bogy man to pass
sleepless nights with now. The Rus
sian press has just forwarded the
assertion that the United States as
about to extend the Monroe doctrine
to South American countries as re-
suit of the Venezuelan Columbia
squabble, and that England being tied
up in South Africa is unable to pre-
vent it, These Russian editors would
doubtless be surprised were they to
look up history little, to find that
the Monroe doctrine applied to South
American nations from the first, and
was a protest against European inter-
ference. But the most surprising bit
of news which is put forward by the
Russian press is the assertion that the
United States is attempting to absorb
England and that the first step taken
will be the requirement of protecto-
rate over England. America. says the
writer, is greatly interested in the de-
velopmeut and the commerce of the
British colonies, and will therefore
never consent to the dismemberment
of the British empire. Just when this
change will take place the Russian
writer does not inform the outside
world, but that it is to be brought
about he is very sure. If journalists
and statesmen of Europe did not specu-
late more or less upon what the
United States is going to do, or is not
going to do, they would have consid-
cradle idle time upon their hands.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-13
CAUSE FOR THANKSGIVING.

The news which comes from the sick
room of President Mckinley at Buffalo
is of most encouraging nature, and
while the crisis has not yet passed, the
people have every reason to thank God
that the chances are in every way
favorable for his complete recovery.
Today the bulletins given out by the
physicians were more and more favor
able and these coupled with the state
ment made by DR.. McBurney late last
evening, that every symptom so far
had been favorable and he expressed
himself strongly that the president
would recover. If no signs of peri
tonitis develop by Tuesday night. he
thought there wonld be little danger
from that source.
If the president RECEIVERS. he no
doubt will owe his life to the prompt
and skillful medical and surgical aid
which was rendered 80 quickly after
the shot was fred. There was nothing
of the laundering which was alleged
in the Garfield case Instead of prob
ing for the bullet which entered the
stomach, there was an immediate
operation, which revealed the exact in
jury, and the punctures made in the
stomach were sewed up. The surgeons
also satisfied themselves that no other
injury was done, so that they knew
to certainty just how to treat their
distinguished patient.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-13

From the tenor of a Chicago dis
patch it would seem that all was not
all quiet peacefulness within the circle
of community of interests of north
west railroad matters. It is claimed
therein that President Hill of the
Great Northern is not at all pleased
with the usage he received from E.
81. Hartman when he attempted to
get control of the Northern Pacific
and the Burlington roads, and was
obliged to pay much more for that
control than would otherwise have
been the case. AS result it is said
he has determined to retaliate and it
is asserted he has determined to help
W. A. Clark to put his line through
from Ogden to Los Angles to fight the
Southern Pacific, and that he will also
build lines into the territory which
has been practically monopolized by
the Union Pacific. If this is done it
may open up feeling among the mag
mates which will give the community
of interests idea rude shaking up, all
of which may or may not be for the
best interest of the general public.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-13
THE HANDLING OF ANARCHISTS.

There is as a matter of course a call
from every side that anarchists every
where be routed out, imprisoned, de-
ported or strung up, the excited public
cares little which. 1t is doubtful if
congress has authority to do anything
with those now in our midst, that is
matter which rests with the states.
But under the guise of immigration
laws, it could pass acts which would
prevent their landing here and so
keep the vipers from gaining any more
of foot hold here. To make the
preaching of murder punishable by
death, is to make an anarchist a
martyr in the eyes of his friends. To
deport or imprison him works to the
same end. On this matter of treat
ment of it, former Attorney General
Cnilds of this state has made the best
suggestion we have seen, and one
which if carried out by the various
states would rob an anarchist group of
the glory they pose for. He says
"Persons advocating anarchy and
assassination should be pronounced in
sane, and dealt with as such. 1t has
been the invariable experience that
very drastic penal measures tend to in
crease rather than repress crime. A
man having a family of sons, who is
an anarchist. if punished by death
will in all probability leave behind
him family of anarchists. By COM
hitting him to an insane hospital as
generally unbalanced man, he is at
once robbed of the glory of being a
martyr for his cause, and placed in a
situation where he will neither pro-
create his kind now menace society.
I would apply this rule to any case
where it appears that man is men,
Der of any society which is advocating
CT plotting the murder of public Off
Gals. This fact should be declared by
law in every state proof of insanity.
Such urterances as are ascribed to the
CulSIS az oUCl6OA WhOh UhCy uOolo
of the assault would in my judgment
be evidence that the person giving
vent to them is unafe to be at large. B"
If this advice could be followed in
all the states, it would be one of the
best things that could happen to the
country. 1t would work in the break
ing up of these nests of anarchy in
several of the cities of the country,
which are preaching murder and incit
ing weak minded men, like Czolgofz
to attempt assassination. 1t would
shut up such persons as Herr Most and
Emma Goldman, and rob them of all
the features of heroism and martyr
ism, for they have no desire to spend
their days in madhouse. The preach
ing of the doctrine of blood can not be
other than the outgrowth of disor-
dered or abnormal mind, and the in
sane asylum is the proper place for
such an individual.