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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07
SUDDEN SUMMONS
B. F. Shafer Passes Away With
Heart Failure.
Another Old Resident Gone, Who Fought
For His Country, and Will be
Missed.

Benjamin F. Shafer died at his resi-
dence at 301 Poplar street Sunday
morning. The final summons came
very suddenly at about 80 a. m. He
had come home and, as was sometimes
his custom, had laid down on the floor
for nap. A party was being given at
a neighbours, and his wife and others
were in and out several times during
the evening, preparing the refresh
ments, etc. Mr.. Shafer seemed to be in
healthy slumber and his deep breath
ing was heard by all. He slept for
several hours. and when seen a few
moments before death arrived he
seemed to be all right When the dis
covery of his death was made, a physi-
clan was hastily summoned and pro-
nounced it due to heart failure.
Coroner Kennedy was sent for, but
after fully investigating the case con-
cluded that an inquest was unneces-
sary, as the facts were very apparent.
Death was so sudden as to cause gen.
eral surprise, but DR.. Harrington, who
had been treating Mr.. Shafer for heart
trouble for several years, was OF sur
prised at has sudden taking away.
Mr.. Shaf9r was born in Muskin-
gum county. Ohio, in 1916, and came
to Mankato thirty-seven years ago.
During the Civil war, he enlisted in
the 154th Illinois volunteer infantry
and was mustered out at the close of
the war. For disabilities incurred in
the service, he was allowed pension
of So a month He was married tc
Miss Clara Palmer in 1876. She died
FIVE years later. Sixteen years ago he
married Mrs. Nettie Otto, who sur,
wives him. He also leaves daughter,
Mrs. Ralph Smith, who resides near
Harvey, Wash, and sister. He was a
member of Wilkin post, G. A. R., and
the local camp of the Modern Woodmen.
He was a plasterer by trade and an ex,
cellent workman. He took an active in
terest in politics and in local affairs, and
was we'll liked by all who knew him.
The funeral occurred from the
house at, two O'Clock Tuesday after
noon, and the interment was al
Glenwood cemetery. The Modern
Woodmen had charge of the
funeral at the house, assisted by Wilkir
post at the grave.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07
ENGLAND ACKNOWLEDGES IT.

Great Britain acknowledges that it
no longer takes the lead of the world
in the matter of manufactures. 1t is
quite an acknowledgment for that
proud nation to make, but it has come
down gracefully nevertheless. Lord
George Hamilton, secretary of state
for India, has completed the review
ing of Great Britain and the results of
this review are made public in let
ter to Sir Alfred Hickman in which he
tells England that American manu-.
facturers are better and cheaper than
British and why they are better. This
statement of Lord Hamilton's instead
of being resented by the country at
large has been rather ruefully acknowl
edged. From the Times to the small
est journal it is generally conceded
that England no longer leads the world
as an industrial and manufacturing
nation. 1t is interesting to note the
causes which the London papers as
sign for this falling behind in the lead
of the world in an industrial sense.
They are almost unanimous in assign
ing as the chief cause of the decline of
their manufacturing supremacy to the
tyranny of labor unions and they
further declare that the methods en-
ployed by trades unionists today are
thoroughly INSCRIPTIONS and dis
honest. But this language is being
echoed and re-echoed throughout Eng
land today. Whether it is the correct
reason or not of course from this dis
lance it is hard to say. England may
find at no distant day that there are
other reasons which are working just
as strongly against its supremacy in
the industrial world, as are those fea-
lures which it now imagines to be the
real cause. But be that as it may,
England seems to be taking hold of
the matter along that line, and warns
America that as result of this awak-
ening the ignorance and folly which
dominates trades unions there will
be removed, though of course that will
take time. But England does not in
tend to relinquish first place in the in
dustrial world without struggle, but
from the American point of view it
is hard to see how she will ever again
regain it. America has every advan-
tage at hand and is yearly becoming
better organized for the great race for
the control of the worlds markets.
That England will long continue to be
a great factor in the indus trial world,
is unquestioned, but that she can ever
again forge ahead of America with it's
great natural resources, is very doubt
full, unless the United States should
make the fatal mistake of again re-
versing its economic policy. With the
continuation of our present economic
policy, though it may need to be modi-
fed from time to meet the requirements
of the times, there is no good reason
why the United States should not lead
the world in industrial world for an
indefinite period through the future.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07

Harry New, national committee
man from Indiana, has formally an
nounced the candidacy of Senator Fair
banks as candidate for the presidency
in 1904. Washington advices state
that it is learned that this announce
ment is without authority from the
senator, and that he does not. relish
the early announcement, though he
will neither affirm or deny the sub
stance of it. 1t is supposed that New
made this announcement because of
the talk that has been INDUCED in
during the past few days regarding
Senator Foraker in that connection
because of the decision of the supreme
court in the insular cases. 1t has been
known for some time back that Fair
banks has had the presidential bee in
his--ha but.it-was.. hardly. supposed
that any of his friends would be SO in
Discreet. as to announce his candidacy
so far in advance of the time for hold
ing the nominating convention.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07

The recent decision of the supreme
court in the insular cases has given
Charlie Towne another spell of wind
collie, and he hears the tread of i'm
perialism through the land as the re-
suit In an interview in New York
a day or two ago he expressed the be-
lief that the Republican leaders were
seriouly considering the proposition of
running president Mckinley for a
third term, and that that meant simply
the forerunner of an empire. The
Republicans he says fooled the people
in 1900, on the plea of unsettled COM
plications, and now they are going to
use this supreme court decision to fool
them again in 1904. Then Mr. Towne
goes on to tell how the same argument
has been successfully used in past his
tory in the work of establishing en-
pires by ambitious men. After init
mating the success of the alleged third
term scheme, he expresses the belief
that the people will come back to old
fashioned ideas of ,Americanism. Mr..
Towne ought to possess his soul in
peace. In the first place there has
been no concerted action toward get
ting President Mckinley to run for a
third term. One of the most popular
of presidents, he is shrewd enough to
see that that popularity would not
stand in contest against the strongly
rooted idea of the American people that
two..uerms for one man for president
should suffice. The unwritten law in
regard to that Office will never be
overturned. AS to the return to the
fashioned idea of Americanism
which Mr.. Towne predicts, there has
never been any departure from it, so
far as the American idea of liberty is
concerned. In the conduct of general
AFFAIRS there must be progress to keep
up with the times, but in the matter
of ideas as to liberty and freedom there
has been no change from the oldfash-
Toned ideas. They are as broad and
comprehensive and expansive as ever
The recent supreme court decision will
not change the republic into an abso-
lutte monarchy as Mr.. Towne pretends
to fear.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07

The West Point eruption last week
was more extended than the first re-
ports seemed to convey an idea of. Be-
sides those who were dismissed. from
he institution, and those suspended
until next year, there were iftyseven
others who received sente noes of pun
ishment. All of these were reduced in
rank in addition. !. .The--.punishment
administered is said to be the most Sc
vere and sweeping in its character ever
administered. Perhaps it will have a
good effect upon the young men VINO
are assembled there and inclucate--..in
their minds the fact that one of.,ssthe
duties of a soldier is mot. -only to
obey orders, but to be gentleman as
well
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07

The Fairmont Sentinel advocates a
large creamery at Fairmont. 1t says
that Martin county is we'll supplied
with creameries now, but that the
small ones in the vicinity of Fairmont
lack cooperation and management to
place them on paying basis, there
fore it advocates crowding them out
with one large one at Fairmont. which
because of the concentration of large
territory could handle the product of
the COW more cheaply and be of
greater advantage to the farmer. This
is in keeping with the spirit of the
age and is an exhibition of good sound
business sense, but is it not crowding
dangerously near the hated trust
scheme, Frank?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07
The Origin of "Yankee Doodle"

BY many nations has the air of
yankee Doodle" been claimed 1t is
said that it was first sung as vintage
song in the south of France, and in
Holland the reapers were used to
Tighten their Iabors with it's lively
strains.
The tune was first sung in England
in the time of Charles l. and after the
uprising headed by Cromwell the cav
alters used it to ridicule the Puritan,
who was said to have ridden into Ok
ford on small horse, with his single
plume fastened into a knot which
was derisively called macaroni.
ankee Doodle" was introduced into
America in June, 1865. When Brad
dock assembled the colonists near AL
bany, for an attack on Forts Niagara
and Frontenac, a British army sur
geon, DR.. Richard Shuckburg, seeing
the "old Continentals in their ragged
regimentals, recalled the picture of
Cromwell on the Kentish pony and,
writing down the notes of Yankee
Doodle, gave them to the uncouth
Continental band as the latest martial
air from England. The. joke became
apparent 20 years later when to the
music of Yankee Doodle Lord
CORVALLIS surrendered to these same
Continentals. Saturday Evening Post.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07

The accident last Saturday on the
embankment at Jones ford bridge
which resulted in loss of life, calls at
tention to the fact that the county Off
Gals ought to take-Ssteps to put the
road at that point in more safe con-
dition. The evidence brought out be-
fore the coroner's jury this morning
showed that the road was barelyswid
enough for threshing engine, when
it was hugging closely to the bank on
hes.right side. This is too narrow for
safety for the traffic that must neces-
sarily pass over it. Threshing engines
are part of our modern Civilization,
and have right on our highways,
hence it is the duty-.of those who have
charge of the highways to see that
they are. in shape for all sorts Oft traffic.
ThessFree Press does not see that in
this case the county authorities are in
anyway to blame for this accident,
but in view of it we believe that the
county should see to it that the--road is
cut out to a width that will make it
perfectly safe under all circumstances.
Then the roadway should slope to the
inside with a gutter next to the bank,
as the silver ravine road in this city
was built, which will prevent the rains
from washing it away, as is the dan
ger now. This would greatly lessen
the danger of such accidents in the fu-
ture, no matter what the nature of the
traffic which passes over it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07

Washington dispatches state that the
president and cabinet are considering
the question as to whether or not con-
gress should be called together for the
purpose of enacting legislation for the
philippines which will meet the view
set forth by the supreme court in the
Porto Rlcan cases. The general opin-
ion is that the condition of affairs
that apply to Porto Rico, well apply
to the Philippines also, and this being
the case, an extra session of congress
will become necessary in order that
provision may be made for the collect
Ing OF tariff revenues there. The
president and several members of his
cabinet, together with Senators
Spooner and Platt have carefully gone
over the Spooner amendment, which
confers authority upon the president
to establish civil government in the
archipelago, and all agree that under
the decisions handed down by the
supreme court they are unable to find
warrant for such civil government to
be established to assume power to levy
customs taxes under the power confer
red by the Spooner amendment. If it
is territory of the United States, then
all customs taxes must be levied by
congressional legislation alone. While
the administration as well as Republi-
can leaders are averse to an extra ses-
sion, the more they study the situation
now presented the more they become
OF the opinion that one will be neces-
sary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07

Louis Post, Chicago single tax edi-
tor, appeared before the state tax com
mission Saturday morning at the in
vitation of Senator Stockwell. He
spent about three hours explaining the
Henry George theory. Gov. Van SAINT
was present for about an hour. Mr..
Post urged the tax commission to rec
ommend..the single tax method of rails
ing state, county and municipal funds
Mr.. Past thought that local option
might be a good way by which the
scheme of single taxing might be ex-
perimented on.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07
M'LAURIN WILL LOSE.

While the McLaurin- Tillman fight
in South Carolina is attracting great
deal of attention from all sections of
the country, and the general desire is
that McLaurin may win, the opinion
of those who are best informed as to
the existing conditions is that Tillman
will carry everything before him.
McLaurin will make most brilliant
fight and will set influences at work,
which in the end will doubtless win,
but he has no such organization as has
Tillman, and he has the obstacle of
prejudice and ignorance among the
masses to overcome, which cannot be
done in a few months. A correspon-
dent of the Washington Star, is in
South Carolina looking over the field
and writes as follows regarding it,
which opinion is endorsed by those
who are in close touch with the situa-
ton there:
1t is in the air that Senator Nc
Laurin's movement for the rehabilita-
ton of the South Carolina, Democracy
is doomed to failure upon this, its
first trial. The tremendous inertia of
prejudices, partisanship and class ig-
norance is too much to be overcome by
the spontaneous effort of the young
patriot The ponderous machine of
Tillman is too powerful in its present
organization to be lightly overturned.
Don Quixote, in his famous charge
against the windmills, made not a
more HOPELESS sortie than the present
onslaught of McLaurin.
"Tillman, invincible in his armor of
demagogism, securely intrenched be-
hind an organization that required five
years to perfect, and which has enjoy
ed FIVE years more of perfection, can
and does snap his fingers in the face of
this Paladin, who rides lightly forth
to do him battle upon his own ground.
There is nothing at this time in the
present situation that augurs favor
able for McLaurin, however righteous
his cause.
''No matter how it appears to the
good sense and material welfare of the
people of South Carolina, everything
points to its predestinsd failure. The
odds are too much against him. 1t
will take years of patient effort, Of
education and of self-sacrifce on the
part of men more prominent than Nc
Laurin to bring victory to the banner
which McLaurin has so fearlessly
planted at the almost certain prospect
of his own political immolation. "
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07

Washington dispatches state that the
attorneys who argued the insular cases
against the government will ask for
a rehearing of the Downe's case, when
the court meets in October, and con-
ference of these lawyers will soon be
held for the purpose of agreeing upon
a line of action. The close division of
the court is what leads them to a hope
that argument may be presented which
will change some one of the justices
who favored the government side of
the case. They are led to this hope by
the individual opinions delivered by
Justices White and Gray, which were
similar in many respects to those ex
pressed by Justice Fuller. While they
repudiated the premises upon which
Justice Browns opinion was based
they agreed with his conclusions. 1t
is to overturn this feature OF their
views, that cause the attorneys opposed
to the government idea to taking this
move.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07

Another negro has been burned in
the south. The north cannot point..its
finger in scorn at the people there for
this, because the same thing has been
done in the north, though. t..met.the
same severe censure that..--the--South
Carolina case will ...While.the' punish
ment melted ont nv mop rule--is--most
terrible in it's ;. nature, it does not-pre-
vent these atricoious crimes, nor is it
likely to have--much.. more effect. in
that particular than would. be- he--case
were the, law allowed tic. take it's
course, while the effect of such. illegal
punishment is most demoralizing upon
society.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07
A VETERAN.
Tells of a Thrilling Experience
In the Civil War and How
a Newspaper Article
Saved His Life.
From rae Beacon, Leonardstos0n, Nd

From TIC Beacon. Leondrdstoscn. Nd.
Many veterans of the Rebellion can
recall incidents as thrilling as the caval-
~ charge in which the narrator of tho
following experience nearly lost his life,
and, unfortunately, many Of the old
soldiers have disabilities that are unpleas-
ant reminders Of their days in the army.
To all such this story will have q pecul-
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while serving with my company, re-
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D.. O. afterwards tried many doctors,
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I suffered from chills and my general
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"This continued until about eight
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07
A COMMENDABLE CHANGE.

Referring to the growing custom of Sc
curing speakers at high school COM
mencement exercises in the person of
some outside speaker, the st. Paul Dis
patchcommends the scheme and says:
"They serve to connect the schools
of the smaller cities with the outside
world, and in this way serve more
important purpose than do orators for
commencement at colleges where the
world is not so likely to be lost sight
of. High school and college COM
mencements should be to large de-
gree, emphasize exactly opposite points
of view. The last day of college or
university life should serve to recon
meet the graduating student with prac-
tical life. He has been separated from
it so long that it is NOSE than prob
able he has become prey to his own
illusions of the constitution of the
universe, and he requires, above all
things, to understand that he did not
make the world, and that it is his
duty to fit himself as cog into It's
machinery as soon as possible. The
high school, on the other hand. should
endeavor chiefly to show its immature
disciples that they have by no means
finished the round of knowledge, that
their inchoate existences need still
further experiences and discipline be-
fore the world can accept them as
workers. Whether these graduates are
to continue their studies in higher
institution, or are at once to enter the
struggle, in either case they need to
know how much larger the world is
than their present horizon, how i'm
portant is perfect equipment, and
how great the demand for workers.
Education in elementary schools is
growing more practical every year,
which is an excellent thing, but it is
quite as important that young people
be taught that there is an end in life,
and that the meaning of life is not all.
They will harken to this better if it
comes from an outsider, and this
should be the object of these visiting
speakers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07

The Chicago Record-Herald very
correctly forecast the recent decision
of the supreme court in the Porto
Rican cases, and now its Washington
correspondent makes another forecast
regarding the decision in the case be-
fore that body relating to the Philip
pines. The correspondent predicts that
unless the court changes its mind be-
tween now and next October, when it
meets again, that the Philippine case.
while it will be by divided court will
be in favor of the government. The
grounds which it will take, he says,
are somewhat extraordinary, and will
be about as follows:
THAT the United States has never
declared its intention to retain the
Philippine archipelago Indefinitely,
and the only declaration of policy
which has been made was in the other
direction. looking to mere temporary
occupation, the United States being
trustee for the people OF the Philip
pines, as it was a trustee for the peo-
pie Of Cuba.
THAT in any event the United
States at the time the duty complained
of (the fourteen diamond rings) was
collected was not in the actual posses
sion of the PHILIPPINES, but the United
States was waging war for such pos
session, and such control as the United
States had was limited to occupation
of the military authorities.
If its prediction should prove true,
the anti-imperialists and Bryanists
would have another cold chill.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07

The census has issued the first half
of the final census report no popula-
ton, showing the aggregate of the
United States and territories and other
facts and matters connected Herewith.
As this work has appeared in just a
year. from the time the actual work of
taking the census commenced, and
some four years earlier than it has
heretofore appeared, it makes quite a
record for Director Merriam and shows
what business methods can do when put
at the head of that department will do.
The other half of the work will be is
sued in the fall