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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-11-29
A MESSAGE TO ROOSEVELT.
Asked to Keep American Officials Out
of Cuban Politics.

Havana, Nov. 27.-That part of the
National party which is supporting
General Bastolome Maso, the Demo
cratic candidate for the presidency OF
Cuba, has voted to send a cablegram
to President Roosevelt, asking the
latter to recommend that the repre-.
sentatives of the United States in
Cuba observe the strictest impartial
ity in the approaching election for a
Cuban president This communica-
ton reads as follows:
1--WE make this request because Ger.
tain official elements are trying to
secure the election of Senior Tomas
Estrada Palma (the Nationalist can.
didate) by stating he is the candidate
favored by the government at Wash
ington."
General Gomez in an open letter to
the Cuban people advises all Cubans
to vote for Senior Palma and says If
they fail to recognize Palma's intelli'
gence and ability to fill the office of
president he does not feel called upon
to stump the country In Palma's be-
half. General Gomez expresses his
belief that the man who has done so
much for Cuba should receive the
unanimous endorsement of the Cuban
people without the necessity of any
campaigning among the masses.
The followers of General Maso are
elated over the refusal of General
Gomez to stump the country for Senior
Palma, as this was the great card of
the latter's supporters.
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must REFUND LARGE SUMS.
Test Case at Boston Decided Against
the Government

New York, Nov. 27.-The United
States board Of classification has given
a decision on the prospect of Lucius
Beebe e Sons of Boston, importers,
against the decision of the collector
Of customs at Boston, the decision in
volVing the value of the Indian rupee,
In cases in which merchandise from
foreign countries is invoiced in this
coin. 1t was said at the appraisers
stores that under this decision, if it
Is sustained, the government will have
to refund large sums that have been
paid in duties On Indian goods and
that the amount involved is estimated
to be from $750,000 to S1,000,000, this
having been a test case.
The Beebe case involves the con-
struction of the proviso to Section %
of the tariff act of Aug. %, 1894, which
provides that the director of the mint
shall quarterly establish the value of
foreign coin in United States currency,
according to the pure metal in them.
At the time that Beebe & Sons made
their importation this pure metal
value of a rupee had been fixed at
1919 cents. 1t was claimed, however,
by the government that the rupee &C
tually possessed an exchange value of
32.11 cents and the Boston collector
used the larger figure in establishing
the duties.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-11-29
BIG SMUGGLING SCHEME.
Canadian Fur Dealers Evade Duty or
100000 Worth of Goods.

Cleveland, Nov. 27.-Detectives from
the treasury department of the United
States government believe they have
unearthed esie of the most extensive
smuggling schemes in the history OF
the country. They estimate that $780,.
600 worth of furs have been struggled
into this country from Canada, and of
this quantity about $4,000 worth has
been confiscated by the government
from some of the most fashionable
people Of Northern Ohio.
Collector of Customs Charles F.
Leach and his deputies have charge
of the work of confscation. Many OF
the victims live in Youngstown, Can.
ton, Massillon, Cleveland and several
other Northern Ohio towns, but Col.
lector Leach refused to make public
their names. The furs are Of the most
beautiful and costly kinds. One lot
recovered from Youngstown cost at
least $1,000.
A big fur firm in Montreal is &C.
cused of sending goods into this coun.
try, avoiding the duty. They WEI
shipped, it is said, to White River
Junction, VT, a small place on the
Canadian border. From this point
they were sent by express to their
destinations. Mr.. Leach says the
members of the fur firm are under in.
dictment in the United States court in
Vermont, charged with smuggling.
The United States detectives believe
that there is much more of the prop
erty in the United States outside OF
Northern Ohio. Collector Leach says
the discovery prevented the smuggling
of some $4,000 worth of furs that
were just ready to be shipped.
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morning and night, night and morn
ing, over and over again. There is the
winters wood that must be cut and
corded and left to dry for other winters
yet to come. There are horses to be fed
and groomed and doctored and pigs to be
catered to and butchered. There are
orchards to be pruned and grated and
endless fences to be built or repaired.
There is apparently something to be done
every minute, some bug or worm or beast
or bird to be fought with, or the coveted
crops will come to naught.
And yet God bless the farm for its
pure food, for it's pure, bracing, health
giving air; for it's nights of sound, dream
less, invigorating sleep; for its springs OF
cool, clear water; for it's brooks that Ego
on forever and its trees tnat shade the
brow and rest the eye, for its simple,
primitive, natural, common sense life and
its religious. moral atmosphere; for its
bounteous crops and for the bone and
Drawn and endurance it gives those who
toll in its fields!
So lead in the aged hired man, the bard
of Ceres-after the dinner has been dis
posed of, of course, for music always
sounds better when it isn't delaying the
play of knife and fork. Let him tune up
his Tyre, and to the accompaniment of its
sweet strains awaken the happy memories
Of life on the farm-memories that are
dear to boy even if he has deserted the
farm at an early age for the glare and
Glittar of some great city. memories that
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-11-29
JoHNsoNs MOTION ALLOWED.
CIeveIand's Mayor Files a Petition
Against EQUALIZATION Board.

Columbus, O., Nov. 27.-The su.
preme court allowed the motion of
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland
for leave to file a petition in mandam.
us against the state board Of equaliZa-
ton of railways, compelling it to re-
assess the railroad property of the
state at a valuation based upon the
market value of its securities. The
petition was filed Immediately follow
ing the courts consent.
The petition, in effect, asks the
court to construe the statute to mean
that the board of railway equalization
has the power to increase the valua-
ton of railroads for the purpose of
taxation over and above the grand
total as fixed by the county auditors.
Attorney General Sheets will file a
demurrer to Mayor Johnson's petition.
and this will bring the case to hear
ing on its merits.
Johnson's contention is that the
railroads of Ohio, which are on the
duplicate for $117,000,000 in round
numbers, are only appraised at about
% per cent of their actual value,
while real estate in Ohio is appraised
at about 60 per cent of it's true value
Johnson wants railroad valuations in
creased so as to bring them up to a
60 per cent basis. This would place
them on the duplicate for about $685.
900 900, instead of about $117 ,000, 900
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OUT OF AMMUNITION
ExF LANATIoN GIVEN BY CO. ON.
BAN LIBERALS FOR THEIR
RETREAT.
HEAVY CONSERVATIVE LOSS

Fully Hundred Killed and Wounded
at Barbacoa Bridge-casuaIties oil
Other Side significant-DecIsIv
Engagement Expected in the Vicin
Ity of CoIon-AIban Is Resting a,
TavernlIIa.
Colon, Colombia, Nov. 27.-The over
due passenger train with a marine
guard on board, has just arrived here
The train brings news to the effect
that General Alban, with about 500
government troops, has crossed Bar.
bacoa bridge, and is continuing his
march to Colon. He is now at Tav.
emilia, where he is resting. The Lib,
eTal forces continue to retreat before
him. They explain their retreat by
saying they have no ammunition. All
OF the days fighting occurred at Bar.
bacoa bridge. Passengers by the de.
hyed train assert that fully 100 Con.
gerVatiYes were killed and wounded
during the fighting there, and that the
Liberal losses were insignificant. The
Liberals are now approaching Gatun
station (about five miles from Colon
and it is believed a decisive engage.
ment will probably be fought at Mon.
key Hill cemetery, one mile from the
limits of Colon.
The trains which left here for Pan
ANA with Iowa marines and the pas.
sengers from the steamer Orizaba
were delayed in transit, out reacneu
Panama safely.
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| under Its caves PbiInnines
| Where the red squirrels
lazy, improvident rascals-steal corn
| from the crib each sunny winters day
and sputter shrill invective and squirrel
billingsgate al any one who tries to drive
them from their loot
| Where the clean, cleaning milk pans
and milk pals sun themselves on the
| bench near the kitchen door, and where
the same patient, cud chewing cows Tor
are they the doubles, counterparts, bo-
| vine facsimiles of other patient cows long
| since gone to their reward0 are con-
demned to the stocks night and morning
in the barn and, despite this treatment,
give milk that is never watered and that
| is good for an inch of cream when the
| sun gets up
| Where the popcorn and the cider and
| the maple sugar taste better than they
taste anywhere else on earth, and where
father and mother, with wrinkled faces,
white hair and work worn hands, with
| cleaning spectacles and glistening eyes,
perhaps, have the warmest sort of well
come for the returning prodigal.
| What though bedtime be s p. m. and
| getting up time o'clock in the morning,
the day of thanks is here and we're home
again, home again!
| If there were an aged minstrel on the
old place like the Scottish Ministries who
| lived again and twanged the tuneful harp
| at the beck of Sir Walter Scott; if we
could but summon some bent and hoary
| farm hand who had long outlived his use
| fulness as wielder of scythe and hoe and
| instructor of the half weaned calf that
| must be taught to draw his future lac
teal sustenance from a pail-if there were
| such a bard who was merely retained be-
| cause he could extract melody from a
Tyre, lutte, harp or plain, everyday guitar,
| banjo or fiddle and compose reminiscent
poetry in unlimited quantities at mo-
| ment's notice, he should at once be led in
| to sing the praises Of the farm, the home,
| the harvest and the day Of thanks.
| Not that roses are the sole output Of a
| farm. There are weeds, weeds, weeds
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building said It seemed like the con-
cuSsion of an immense cannon. The
floors and roof of the rear building
bulged upward and then crashed down
with their heavy loads of machinery
and foundry apparatus. Walls, roof
and all dropped into a shapeless mass
OF debris. Windows in houses for a
block around were broken by the con-
cussion, and flying bricks filed the
neighboring yards. A dense cloud of
dust arose, and as it settled and was
succeeded by denser clouds of smoke
and steam, agonized cries began to
come from the heap of tangled wood,
only partly buried frantically dug
themselves out, and then as energet-
ically turned to digging for their COM
rades who we're buried deeper. Flames
broke out almost Immediately and the
horror of fire was added to the suffer
ing Of the imprisoned ones.
A fire alarm was turned in and
quickly responded to. Calls were sent
out for all the ambulances in the city
and they were hurried to the scene.
Pending their arrival, neighboring
houses were turned into temporary
hospitals, and those physicians who
were in the vicinity eased the suffer
ing ones as much as they were able.
The first ambulances on the scene
were totally inadequate to carry those
who had already been extricated and
express wagons and similar vehicles
were pressed into service.
Rescuing the Victims.
AS soon as the gravity of the &C.
cident was realized, calls for addi-
tional firemen were sent in, and the
apparatus came flying to the scene
from all parts of the city. The de-
partment Of public works was notified
of the horror and Immediately sent
all it's available men and horses to
the scene. In comparatively short
time all the laborers who could work
to advantage were feverishly throwing
and pulling the debris out into Brook.
lyn avenue, where it was loaded into
wagons and carried off,
The floors and roof had fallen at an
angle and formed sort of huge cover.
under which the FIRE burned fercelv
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-11-29
VACCINATION is SUSPENDED.
More Deaths From Lockjaw Reported
at Camden, N. j.

Camden, N. j., Nov. 27.-Two more
deaths from Tetanus following vac
cination were recorded in this city dur
ing the day, making total of nine
deaths from that disease during the
past three weeks. The victims were
Ada Heath, aged 13 years, and Georgi-
anna OVERLY (colored), aged 9 years.
The children were recently vaccinated
and two or three days ago symptoms
Of lockjaw began to present them
selves. Every effort was made to
counteract the disease but the children
died in great agony. There are sew
eral suspicious cases of lockjaw under
observation by the physicians. The
investigation as to whether lockjaw
germs are in the vaccine virus is still
being carried on by the board Of
health. In the meantime the practice
of vaccination has been suspended in
this city. Another death from tetanus,
that of Sarah Johnson (colored), aged
years, is reported from Merchant
vilia near here.
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Nov. 20, Dec. 6-13, 1901.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth-SS. In Probate Court,
In the matter of the estate of Amy
Roberts, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition
Of Thomas Hughes executor Of
deceased, representing, among other Things,
that he has fully administered said es-
tate, and praying that q time and place be
fixed for examining and allowing the final ac-
count of his administration. and for the as.
signment of the residue of said estate to the
parties entitled thereto by law:
1t is ordered that said account be examined
and petition heard, by this court, on Saturday
the 10th day of December. A. D. 1901, at 10
o'clock a. M, at the Probate Office In
the City of Mankato, in said county.
And it is further ordered, That notice there
of be given to all persons interested by pub
fishing copy of this order once in each week,
for three successive weeks prior to said day Of
hearing, in the Mankato Free Press weekly
newspaper printed and published at Mankato.
in said county.
Dated at the city of Mankato, the 21st day
of November. A. ID. 1901.
By the Court:
Probate Court Seal. WIN. F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate.
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Nov. 20, Dec. 6-13, 1901.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth-ss. In Probate Court
In the matter of lthe.estate of George Fl,
Brewster, deceased.
Whereas, An instrument in writing, purport-
ing to be the last viii and testament of George
n, Brewster, deceased, late of said county, has
been delivered to this court.
And Whereas, Martha r. Brewster has filed
Herewith her petition, representing, among
other things, that said George II. Brewster died
in said county on the 4th day of Nov, 1901,
testate. and that said petitioner is the
executrix named in said last will and testament,
and praying that the said instrument may bs
admitted to probate, and that letters testament
tary be issued thereon to her.
1t is Ordered, That the proofs of said instru.
ment, and the said petition, be heard before
this court, at the Probate Office
in the City of Mankato, in said county,
on Saturday the 2lst day of Dec A. d. 1901, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon when all concerned may
appear for and contest the probate of said in
stru ment.
And it is Further Ordered, That public no-
tice of the time and place of said hearing be
given to all persons interested by publication
Of these orders for three weeks successfully
prior TO said day of hearing, in the Mankato
Free Press, a weekly newspaper printed
and published at Mankato, in said county.
Dated at the City of Mankato this 23rd day OF
November, A. d. 1901.
By the Court
probate Court Seal1 VIM. F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate.
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LITTLE HEARD AT WASHINGTON
Brief Dispatches Received From Perry
and McCrea.

Washington, Nov. PA cablegram
was received at the navy department
from Commander McCrea of the Ma.
chias, at Colon, announcing that the
Colombian government gunboat Pin.
Eon, which left Colon for the east
Monday, had returned.
A brief dispatch was also received
from Captain Perry of the Iowa, now
at Panama. The captain simply
stated that he was in communication
with Commander Delano of the gun
boat Marietta, stationed on the Colon
side Of the isthmus, which fact leads
the authorities to believe that tele
graphic connection between the two
places continues uninterrupted.
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American Locomotives In France.

Washington, Nov. 27.-American
locomotives in their preliminary trials
between Miramas and Aries, France,
are stated to have maintained a speed
Of 71.45 miles an hour, according to a
report received at the state depart
ment from Consul General Skinner at
Marseilles. Mr.. Skinner reports that
the speed at certain moments was as
high as TT and 80.77 miles an hour
over an especially good portion of the
track. The trials were regarded as
very satisfactory.
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Benefited by the OH Strike.

Chicago, Nov. 27.-The Record-Her-
aid says: The oil strike in Texas has
proved a benefit to the endowment
rank of the Knights Of Pythias. Lands
owned by the organization in Texas
have on account of the petroleum dis.
covered greatly increased in value
and have helped to reduce the alleged
100000 deficiency. In addition to the
increase in land values other secur-
tiles have developed worth and the
shortage is now not more than $780,.
Ann
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He Lived a Double Life.

New York, Nov. 27.-Joseph Gold.
man of Brooklyn, convicted Of bur.
glary, was sentenced during the day
to Imprisonment for not less than
three years and ten months nor longer
than five years. The trial of Goldman
showed that he lived double life and
that away from business, church and
family he led a band of crooks and
planned their burglarious operations.
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TWENTY-SEVEN KILLED BY AN
EXPLOSION IN A FACTORY
- AT DETROIT.
TWENTY-FOUR IN HOSPITALS
Injuries and at Least Ten Are Un-
accounted For-BuIding Is Com.
pIetely Demolished and the Ruins
Catch on Fire-Rescue of the Vic
tins Beoins at Once
Tins Begins at Once.

Detroit, Nov. 27.-Twenty-seven men
are dead, five of them unidentified,
and SO terribly burned and blackened
that Identification is almost impossi-
BILE, and "a other men are lying in
the various hospitals of the city suf-
fering from terrible cuts and burns
and other injuries, results of the ter.
rife explosion of one of the boilers in
the Penberthy Injector company's
large plant.
In addition to the above a dozen or
more Of the employees, who suffered
comparatively slight injuries, aside
from the shock, were taken directly
to their homes. Fifteen men and
boys have not as yet been located,
either at their homes or at the hos
pitfalls. The five unidentified bodies
account for five of these, and the Of
ficers of the company say they feel
positive that the major portion of the
remaining 10 are at their homes. A
great force of men Is searching the
ruins, and the work will not be stopped
until every foot of the debris has been
examined.
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CONGRESSMAN TO CAUCUS.
Represe tatives of Both Parties Viii
Meet Next Saturday.

Washington, Nov. 27.-The Repub
Hcan members of the house of repre-
sentatives will meet in caucus Sat
urday at o'clock for the purpose Of
nominating house officers. There is
no contest and Speaker Henderson
and the other elective omcers viii ne
will be quite sharp contest over re
adopting Reeds rules. All the after
noon and evening, if necessary, will
be given to discussing the rules. The
Democratic caucus will be held at II
o'clock Saturday to nominate minority
candidates and also to name the few
employees conceded to the minority in
the house.
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covered ROAD, Tor III Inc tuhey
fancy we can see the crisp and brown.
towering naples and smell the smoke Of
the sugar bush fire.
And yet again the bard sings Of the
haymows filed with soft, sweet scented
hay in which we play hide and seek and
tumble to our hearts delight; of the great
swamp near by in which we hunted the
great blue heron, of the willows where
the woodcock hid and of the wide stretch
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ow near the old barn.
There are turnips and potatoes and
luscious bleached celery and big fat on
ions and gnarled squashes in the cellar.
There's mincemeat galore in the crooks
and rubicund pumpkins on the barn floor
ripe and ready for the pumpkin pie that
mother used to make and, thank heaven,
is still making.
The corncrib is chock full of red and
yellow ears, the boy has come home from
the city or town or from the faraway
Philippines, the married daughter and
her husband and the baby are visiting the
old folks and the old farm, and pretty
sister Sue and her beau are wearing out
the haircloth sofa in the front parlor,
which is wide open, light and in use for
the first time in months.
There's a roaring, sparkling, swapping
hickory fire in the old fireplace, and every
man, woman, child, cat and dog around
the dear old home has a monstrous appe-
tite for the turkey, and the mince pie,
and the pumpkin pie, and the cranberry
sauce, and all the other good things that
mother has prepared.
For long round the table the dear soul has
lowered;
Each phase of the feast has been low
ingly planned.
With food fit for princes the table is COW
cred,
For mother outcooks any chef in the
land
Then gather about the table and let
father say grace, and say it quickly. for
! the turkey is crisp and brown and juicy
and must not be kept waiting a moment
longer than is necessary
Thanksgiving day is the greatest of all
home days, and there's no place like
| home"-like the old home on the village
street, with the garden and the little barn
behind it, or like the old home on the
| farm, where the trout stream still wan
| ders through the meadows even if the
| trout have long been but a memory of the
past and even if it's song today is but a
| frozen song
Where the wood lot, now sadly de-
| pleted, perhaps, recalls memories of a
i aha h1x-