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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11
WHERE 1T GOES.
Tax Money to be Collected This
Year.
The City Will Get Nearly $4,000 of the
S234,000 That is to be Raised
For All Purposes.

The total valuation of the county as
shown by the auditors books is 81, :
259, SAT, and the total tax to be collect
ed during the present year is 1894, :
$50. 80. OF this amount, the state will
receive $1S, 057. 70, the county $3S, :
sS3. AZ, the county poor $12, 04S. 03, the
county road and bridge fund ST.,
800 81, etc.
The total valuation of the city of
Mankato is So, O9S, $50. OF the taxes
paid on this valuation "a, 957 "a will
go to the state, $40, $50. Al to the
county, So, 315. Sc to the county poor,
So, 09S. 60 to the county road and bridge
fund, etc.
OF the total taxes collected, Mankato
will receive $44, $780, AZ on its tax
levy, 81, 566. IS frontage tax on water
mains, 50, 129 Is on sprinkling assess
ment, and $45O.O5 on sidewalk assess
ments
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11
A BUSY WEEK.
Congress Has Plenty to Do.--Davis Eulo-
gies in the Senate Saturday.

Washington, JAN THE senate
will continue to give practically unin-
terupted attention to the army reor-
ganization bill until that measure shall
be disposed of. That the bill will
pass no one doubts, and the general
opinion is that it will get through
some time during the present week
Next Saturday will be largely devoted
to eulogies on the late Senator Davis
of Minnesota.
The consideration of the reappor-
tionment bill was resumed today in
the house. The indications point to a
final vote upon the measure on Tues
day but the fight over the base of APP
portionments is bitter one and the
debate may be prolonged. The out
come is not clear. Mr.. Hopkins is still
confident that his bill will carry, but
in order to pull it through he is now
ready to concede an increase of three
members to cover the major fractions
of the stat es of Florida, Colorado and
North Dakota. If his bill passes it
probably will be with this modification.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11
THREE STUDENTS SUSPENDED.

Supt Uline Monday suspended
for an indefinite period three of the
eight young men who recently broke
into the high school building. They
were suspended on this charge, but
this is not their first offense. The
other five were pardoned as this was
their first offense.
The three who were suspended feel
that all eight should have been let out
if any are. 1t is possible that they
may take the matter before the school
board
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11
TWO DEBTS PAID.

The Judgment for Sal held by the
Second National bank at Winona
against Solomon B. Taylor has been
settled by Mr.. Taylor making pay
ment to W. N. Plymat, who repre-
sents the bank. This released Taylor
judgment for $500 against the city of
Mankato which is now owned by w.
E. Young, and it will be paid at once,
together with So interest that has &C
cumulated since the Judgment was en-
tered. An execution which had been
levied on the city road roller will be
withdrawn.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11
500 PURSE

At meeting of the Athletic club
committee on the wrestling match and
sparring exhibition to be held on Jan
uary %, a communication from the
contestants in the sparring exhibition
was read, in which they say that they
can not spar for SO small a purse as
$50 and inasmuch as both contestants
are artists of the first degree with the
gloves the club has offered 500 as
purse for the contest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11
BULLET REMOVED.
Henry Tanger is Now on the High Road
to Recovery.


r. R. Weicking has received letter
giving the latest information as to the
condition of Henry Tanger, who was
shot while standing in crowd at
the Jail at Platte Center, NeD., several
weeks ago. The bullet lodged close
to the spine just above the hip, and
the physicians were fearful that If
they removed it Mr.. Tanger might die
under the operating knife or at least
be permanently paralyzed. The opera
tion was performed two weeks ago and
with complete success. The bullet
was removed without any injury to
Mr.. Tanger, who is now doing nicely.
Mr.. Tanger will probably soon re-
turn home.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11

There are several persons who would
like to be janitor of the court house.
w. E. Edwards the present efficient
ianitor would like to remain another
year. Will Ward and Stephen May
are also applicants.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11

No other candidates for the position
of overseer of the poor farm has come
to the surface since John T. Mays
withdrawal, and VIM. P. Lewis will
probable be elected to succeed himself.
He has given excellent satisfaction.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11

The new county officers assumed
their duties Monday morning. There is
but one new face at the court house
and that is Auditor Weaver s. County
Attorney Wilson will not occupy an
office at the court house.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11

The Free Press acknowledges the
receipt of copy of the Manila Times
of Dec LIST. This is more rapid SER
vice than usual
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11

Editors Geo. w. Neff, of Lake
Crystal, and H. c. Hotaling, of Maple
ton, paid Mankato their respects Satur
day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11

Ked Meagher left the hospital this
morning for the first time since his
operation, and is getting along nicely.
The first issue of the Lake Crystal
Republican made it's appearance Tues
day. 1t is owned and published by w.
NJ Snyder.
The grip is having run among the
firemen at the central station Several
of them as well as members of their
families are laid up. The grip is not
confined to the firemen. however, but
other people are also suffering.
The funeral of the late Nels B. Mel
son Saturday was largely attend
ed. The services were held at the I.
O.. o. F. hall, and the Odd Fellows
and Maccabees attended in body.
The fire boys were called out at nine
O'Clock Wednesday evening on account
of a chimney fire at Neubel Bros.
hardware store on North Front street.
The annual report of Chief Bowen
to the state board of corrections and
charities shows 800 arrests during
1900.
The police were called upon We'd
nesday night to go to house where
young man had brutally maltreated
his wife and forced her to go out of
doors barefooted with only torn
night dress on A neighbor cared for
hor
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11
POSITIONS TO FILL.
County Board Will Find None Going
Begging.

DR.. Bjelland is the only candidate
for the position of county physician
for the city district, SO far as is
known, DR.. Beach having declared
that he would not take the office for
another year at the present salary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

Business Transacted at the Postoffice at
Mankato, MIMI, for the Year
Ending Dec. 81, 1900.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11
SNOW AT ROME.
The Eternal City Slips on White Robe.
-.Extreme Cold Weather in Europe.


Extreme Cold Weather in Europe.
Paris, Jan. 7.-Severe cold is report
ed throughout France and Italy. A
foot of snow fell at Marseilles last eve
ming, and the mercury shows Is de-
grees of frost in Paris today. There
have been a number of deaths in the
streets Snow has fallen even in South
ern Italy, and the city of Rome and
surrounding country are snowclad for
the first time in many years Crowds
assembled on the Pincio to witness
the rare panorama.
London, Jan. 7.-Severe cold has
suddenly set in throughout Europe. In
England it is accompanied by north
easterly wind amounting to gale over
the channel. At Dover boat was cap
sized, four persons being drowned, and
probably other accidents will be re-
ported. On the continent the weather
is still more severe. Snow has fallen
as far south as Rome, and in st.
Petersburg the cold is SO intense that
the police in the streets have had to be
frequently relieved and the schools to
be closed. At Moscow the temperature
is 80 degrees below zero Fahrenheit
Tremendous gales are blowing over
the Adriatic. Terrible billiards are
reported from Austria and Southern
Russia, extinguishing the signal
lights and resulting in the derailing of
the Orient express at Altpausa. Nine
people were frozen to death on a
high road in Pennsylvania. Odessa
is completely snowbound. The harbor
is frozen over and trains are unable to
enter or depart in consequence of the
drifts.
The suit of John Dauber VS.. Frank
Boyer was tried in the municipal court
this afternoon, Evan Hughes appear
ing for the plainti IF and B. G. Taylor
for the defendant. The suit is one
brought to recover balance of 1927. 81
alleged to be due on the rent of the
North Star Plow works on Main street.
The defendant puts in counter claim
for about the same amount for repairs
to the building, etc.
Lena Peterson, of Rapidan, an I'M
married woman thirty seven years of
age. was Saturday examined as to
her sanity before Judge Hughes and
was ordered committed to the ST.
Peter asylum. Deputy Sheriff Albert
Gerlich took her over this afternoon
The woman has been deaf and dumb
since childhood, and deformed in mind
as well as in body.
Ralph, the six weeks old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hub, residing in
East Mankato, died Friday after
noon, and the funeral occurred at
one O'Clock Sunday afternoon from
the German Catholic church.
F. Fl. Muzzy writes to the Free
Press from Meriden, Wyo., that the
mercury stood at twenty three degrees
below zero Monday morning, with six
inches of snow on the ground
Alex Bailey was locked up last night
by Officer Daniels for standing on the
sidewalk and striking people. He un-
dertook to do SO to the officer, and
was locked up with much difficulty.
He pleaded guilty to the charge of
disorderly conduct in the municipal
court this morning and paid a fine of
$13.65.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11

GENERAL POSTAL ACCOUNT.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11

Admission to practice medicine or
healing in Minnesota only upon quail
fication at an examination that applies
the same test of professional knowl-
edge to all the different medical faiths
is the chief feature of a new medical
bill nearly completed by the state
medical society. that will be submit
ted to the coming legislature. Another
feature is that it provides for a MEM
Der on the examining board represent
ing each school of practice, who shall
exact satisfactory proofs of competence
from. each applicant of his own school
before license is granted
During the last session, similar
bill was submitted and lost. The os-
teopaths presented bill to secure to
their school of practice desired advan-
tages and also lost. The medical So
ciety's bill this year seeks to eliminate
friction among the various schools of
medicine and to provide that every
applicant to practice must qualify in
all the branches the various schools
hold in common, and in the special
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-11
MONEY ORDER BUSINESS

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Washington sentinel., 1901-03-09
ath OF Milan.
London Times, FEB. II,

Ex King Milan died yesterday in
Vienna as a stranger IN a strange land
y The King was a man OF great
intellectual power, but he was gravely
deficient in the moral qualities without
which men Of high ability are liable to
make shIpwreck He was mpuIsve,
headstrong and passionate, and again
and again made capital mistakes from
want OF ordinary judgment and self
control. His early training was not we'll
fitted to check the natural defects Of his
character. At the age OF fourteen he
found himself an orphan, and Prince OF
Servia under a regency. At eighteen
he was declared Of age, and took the
reins of governm ent into his own hands
He appears, however, to have heen
conscious at that time that he had much
to learn, and to have spent some years
in trying to master the conditions in
which he WIS called upon to adm mister,
But the position was one OF great diff
Guilty, and it does not appear thath had
any counsellor OF sufficient ability and
force Of character to command his
respect and to check his excesses,
Washington sentinel., 1901-03-09
L0HaOB DAILY Ea.breSS

The product OF untoward circum-
stances and the victim Of his own lack
Of stability, ex King Milan may be com
pared with the "hoolig ans" that repre-
sent the failures Of a humber social
grade He was Intelligent and energetic,
but lacked self control and the orSinary
moral qualities which build up character.
From the very first he was an outsider.
He went to Paris in 1865 to be educated.
His school was the Louis lie Grand
Lycee, and he boarded at the house of
his private tutor, Professor Huet. He
was a sullen, surly boy, very touchy,
and apt to look down on non princeIy
fellow students. His class fellows for
this reason were glad to annoy him by
initiating the gruuts and other noises of
a pig,
He was not born IN the purple, and
he certainly had not been fitted BY his
education or training for the role he
was called upon to fill under the most
difficult circumstances when a youth OF
less than fourteen years, But in Justice
to him It must be admitted that every.
thing was Eaiust him. 1t seemed almost
as # fate mapped out his wretched
career from the start. He certainly felt
this was the case. "lt is YOU who had
the care OF my bringing up" he once
retorted upon NJ. Ristics, when that
Serviau statesman had demonstrated
with him upon one OF bis exhibitions Of
extravaganza and duplicity. 81 am just
what ,ou have made me
He was warned against the marriage
with Natalie by an old servant of the
future Queen, who said to him, "SIr,
yours is an imperiOus nature, and so is
Natale's; neither OF you can bend.
Listen to an old woman advice, and
abandon this marriage" The counsel
was not accepted, but being told to the
young Qeeen by her husband, led to
the dismissal OF her faithful attendant
who is said to have died brokenhearteC
| in Russia not long afterwards.
Everything consplred to make hin
unhappy. After the SeTvian war Of 1888
he threatened, in a speech before ID,
Armistice Commission, to abdlcate
He and his son lunched together with
Washington sentinel., 1901-03-09
KItCheneT's Plan.

The Pretoria correspondent Of
the London Times sets forth in
some detail General Kitchener's
plan" for ending the South African
waI, For several months he was
apparently inactive, but was really
very busy reorgSaizing and relo-
eating his army with a view to
meeting "the new conditions con-
sequent upon the rise Of De Wet"
with all his harassing guerrilla
methods. At the termination Of
regular warfare his 100, 900 ehec
tives we're loosely scattered over a
wide area, many detachments be-
ing where they were little needed
and many strategic points being
unprotected. Some 50, 900 had TO
be left on garrison duty, but with
the arrival OF expected reinforce
ments he would have 100, 900 for
offensive operations. Ofthis mum
Der SO, 900 would be mobile, con-
sisting Of cavalry, moInred inian
try and artillery. The scheme was
to arrange this torce in 3S briga des,
allottIDg each brigade to a square
on the guerilla chessboard. Each
brigade is to cover an assigned
area and keep in touch with the
mel ghboring areas. The iood sup
ply is simpli6ed so that each area
will be sure Of its rations. 1 a
Bo force appears on anv square
of the chessboard the commanders
of brigades on all the surrounding
squares are to move in upon it and
cooperate with the British force
/ permanently assigned to that
square. If the commando fees to
another square it will meet like
arrangements. And so itIs hoped
to end the war by June. The ar
rangement was completed abou
February 7, at which time tn,
closing in on Botha began, II re
mains to be seen how the plal
will work. De Wet has infnit
resources, it seems. and may spoi
!. Kitchener's elaborate scheme.
Washington sentinel., 1901-03-09

few members of the royal eafouyags
after the ceremony was over. A painful
restraint prevailed, and there was little
conversation. Suddenly the Young
King, looking up at hls father, said to
him, Papa, when do you leaye?" King
Milan was evidently much taken aback
by his sons apparent Impatience for his
departure.
A more unsociable man never lived.
He resided in the Avenue de Bois du
Boulogne, and there a Servian, was
his personal attendant and bodyguard,
The late Lord Lytton called him 1.-The
oouncer out" He was a giant. Every
circumstance points to the fact that the
eX King wore himseltOut by his style OF
living. He was suffering from a chronic
disease Of the heart, and nothing could
aggravate that so much as card PLAYING
for high stakes, and hopes, continually
deferred, ofremIttances from Belgrade,
Washington sentinel., 1901-03-09
THE SUBSIDY eRABsgRs' TRICK.
lrnpotencY

The ship subsidy bill introduced in
December, 1898, contained a provision
that subsidies should be granted to
foreign built ships under construction
for American citizens or corporations
where copies OF the contract were filed
with the secretary of the treasury
prior TO Feb. l. 1899. This bill, offered
at the short session of the last con-
gress, did not pass, Probably nobody
seriously expected that 1t would pass.
Nevertheless, so as to be on the sate
side the president Of the International
Navigation company, prior to the date
mentioned, handed to the treasury OIL
claIs copies of contracts for the con-
structiOn Of four foreign built vessels.
The same thing was done by few
other persons. There was no law re-
Quiring or authorizing these officials
to receive formally such documents
and make them a part of the files of
the department. They appear, how
ever to have done so.
The ship subsidy bill which was in
troduced in the present congress In
December, 1892 contained no prOyi-
sion about filing contracts with the sec
retary Of the treasury. 1t contem-
plated the granting of subsidies to all
foreign built ships owned by Amer
leans which were contracted for prior
to Jan. 1, 1900. This covered the yes-
sells the contracts for which had been
fled with the secretary of the treasury
in February, 1899, and should have
been satisfactory to the persons coll
cerned.
Evidently it was not, for the amend
ments to the bill, reported last year
by the committee on commerce of the
senate, con6ne subsidies to such for
eign built ships as were engaged in
business on Feb. l, 1899, and to ships
then under construction where copies
Of the contracts had been filed, on or
before that date, with the secretary OF
the treasury. These changes in the
bill must have been inspired by the
men who We're smart enough to file
contracts two years ago They wished
to increase their share of the 10000
600 per annum to be given for subsidy
purposes by freezing out other Amer
lean owners of foreign built ships ac-
uuired or contracted for subsequent 20
Feb. 1, 1899.
The committee on commerce was
hoodwinked by these subsidy grabbers
who had in mind their own interests
and not the development Of an Ameri-
can merchant marine. 1t Is not strange
that when these facts were brought out
IN the senate ten Republican senator's,
the majority OF them from the states
of the middle west, broke away from
their colleagues. They, with Senator
Allison at their head practically served
notice upon the supporters Of the shiT
subsidy bill that they no longer consid
Cr 1t n party measure.
Nor is IL. 1t Is manlfestly tainted
measure for the special benefit Of Ger
tain rapacious corporations which are
schemlng to secure the lions share OF
the subsidies it is proposed TO vote os
tensibly "to promote the commerce and
Increase the foreign trade Of the Unit
ed ates."-Chlcago Tribune (RepG
Washington sentinel., 1901-03-09

bly, in the direction OF the absorp-
tion OF Holland in the German
Empire. Nor is there anything in
the past history OF Holland, or the
present trend OF international poll
tics, to make such a 9en0aeDtENt
seem strange or abnormal. Before
the people OF the United Provinces
emerged victorious from their he
roic struggle with Philip Of Spain,
the Hollanders had been subject
for many centuries to the alternate
dominion OF Frankish or German
EmperoTs. It was not until the
seventeenth century that Holland
justified her existence as separate
nation by that remarkable display
oil commercial energy which gave
her for briefperiod the supremacy
OF the sea. AT this time Colbert, the
Finance Minister OF Louis XIV,
reported to his master that OF the
5000 ships that carried the COM
merce Of Europe more than IS 900
sailed under the flag Of Holland.
But this. the golden age OF Hol
land, passed as rapidly as il had
come, and the eighteenth century
showed how unstable were the
foundations upon which her com
mercial system and her colonial
expansion had been built. The
Cape OF Good Hope, the only col
onV where the Dutch race had
taken root-Ii we except the AT.
lantic Coast OF North America
was neglected because it promised
no immediate return in the shape
OF commercial profit: and the Eu-
community which Hollan
had brought into being was al
lowed to become degraded and
The resources OF her
East Indian settlements were ex
by the monopolies which
alone satisfied the greed for gain
that possessed alike the merchants
and the shareholders in the great |
commercial corporations. Even
the prosperity OF her home indus
tries was sapped bv the same
policy under which
she refused TO take part in any |
enterprise unless its gain was as
sured exclusively to her own peo-
pie. Had it not been for the pos
session of lava, Holland would
.ong ago have sunk into CONNER
cial apathy as she has into political |