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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04
Colonel M. S. Quay Is Named
as the Party'S Candidate
for Senator.
HIS FRIENDS ARE JUBILANT
Have Already Pleged 1875 of
the I27 Votes Necessary
to a Choice.
Claim That on Joint Ballot
They Will Have More Than
a Majority.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 2.-Colonel
Quay was the unanimous choice of
joint caucus Of Republican senators
and representatives held in the house
chamber to nominate a candidate for
United States senator. The caucus
was attended by 1873 members of the
assembly, or 4 less than required to
elect at the joint session which will be
held Jan. 10. Those absent were
Messrs. Hill and Tiffany of Susque-
hanna county and Mcpherson of
Adams, who voted with the Democrats
in the house for General Kontz for
speaker. Mr.. Beaver of Juniata, who
voted with the stalwarts for Marshall
for speaker, was present but did not
answer to his name. 1t was stated
that he will abide by the eau 5.
Thompson of Center and Haldeman of
Montgomery, who are detained at home
by illness, were pledged by their col
leagues to Quay. This apparently gives
Mr.. Quay 126 of the 1877 necessary to a
choice. .
The other absentees, with those who
voted with the Democrats on the or
ganization of the house, are classed as
anti Quay Republicans. Speeches were
made nominating Mr.. Quay, Congress
man John Dalzell and Judge John d.
Stewart On the ballotting Mr.. Quay
received the votes of 26 senators and SO
members of the house.
Other Candidates Withdrawn.
Before the result was announced
Messrs. Dalzell and Stewart were with
drawn and the nomination of Mr..
Quay was made unanimous and he was
thus given total of 1873 votes. AS the
names of certain men who had been
counted in the anti Quay column were
called and they answered and cast
their votes for Mr.. Quay there was a
demonstration of great approval on the
part of those present.
The Quay people are jubilant over
the result Of the caucus, as the number
present exceeded their expectations and
they claim that on joint ballot they
will have many more than enough to
elect.
At the first meeting Of the present
legislature the senate organized by the
election of William P. Snyder of Ches-
ter for president pro tenn. He polled
the full Republican vote. The Demo.
Gratis voted for William E. Miller of
Cumberland. William T. Marshall of
Allegheny was chosen speaker of the
house by majority of 1 vote over
General William III. Koontz of Somer-
set. Five Democrats joined with 95
Republicans to elect Mr.. Marshall.
One other Democrat was present, but
did not vote. The rest of the Demo-
Gratis and the anti-Quays voted for
General Koontz.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04
California


Weekly to Los Angeles and San
Francisco via. two different routes
One through tourist car leaves Mime
apolis and st. Paul every Monday
morning, connecting at Randolph with
train from Mankato and running via.
Kansas City and Santa Fe route to Los
Angeles another leaves Minneapolis
and ST. Paul every Friday night, re-
turning via. Kansas City, the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas, San Antonio & Ar
kansas Pass and Southern Pacific rail
ways to Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco, being the only through sleeping
car from the northwest to Texas
points Both of these cars are brand
new, wide, vestibuled and steam
heated, and run from st. Paul and
Minneapolis to Kansas City via. the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04
weston. The friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Widell will join in wishing them an
enjoyable trip.
Misuse of u. S. Mails.

During the recent pure food and
drink investigation in the senate. Sena-
tor VIM. E. Mason made speech on
American Champagnes. He was very
complimentary to certain brands, and
they have used the speech as an adver-
tisement. Copies of it have been sent
all over the country, postage free, be-
cause they were stamped with the
name of the senator in the corner.
This is an unprecedented use of the
senator's name to secure free postage
for advertising or private matter, and,
if not stopped, it would soon flood the
mails with unpaid packages.
Golden Grain Belt beer needs
no senator's speeches, no illegitimate
advertising to prove its purity as a
food product. A trial is all that is
necessary 1t will help you because it
has the strength of pure barley malt
and hops Try case and be bene-
fitted. Order of your dealer or be sup
piled by M. J. Smith.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04
THE PHILIPPINE OUTLOOK.

Manila advices state that the new
year finds conditions there in much
better shape than ever before and that
peace for the islands seems to be near
at hand. Central Luzon, it is said is
subdued, the roads are
opened and the inhabitants are pros
porous. The northern part of the is
land, which is mountainous, is where
the revolutionary center has been for
the past few months, but the work of
subduing it is progressing rapidly.
The.toughest problem to solve there,
is sale. to be the terror which the in
surgents have excited among the more
peaceable inhabitants. This can only
be overcome by time. 1t is the
opinion of the officials that the
bottom of the Instruction there is
dropping out, but that, of course, an
early reduction of the army would be
a fatal move. Lasting peace, law and
order will only be the result of time
and the exercise of much patience.
There will doubtless be more or less
guerilla fighting for some considerable
time to come. 1t is said that in many
towns which are entirely cut off from
the rebels by the army, the natives
thereof being relieved from insurgent
terrorism, and experiencing the bene-
fits of the new order of things under
the Americans, are now refusing to
make their customary contributions to
the insurgents. The new commission
is impressing its honesty of purpose
and good intentions upon the natives
and the new federal party being
organized is said to be enrolling
some of the brainest, most loyal
and most influential Filipinos among
it's members, and so the prospects
keep growing brighter for combina-
ton of diversified factions which
will work in the interest of peace.
Among the important needs that
are needed at once, are said to be a
new tariff, the improvement of
Manila harbor, good roads and
bridges, and reorganization of the
native courts.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04

Business Opportunities on the line of
the Chicago Great Western Ry. in ILL
nois, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri.
First class openings in growing towns
for all kinds of business and for manu-
featuring. Our list includes locations
for blacksmiths, doctors, dressmakers,
furniture, grain and live stock buyers,
general merchandise, hardware, har-
ness, tailors. cold storage, creameries
and canning factories. Write fully in
regard to your requirements so that
we may advise you intelligently. Adj
dress W. J. Reed, Industrial Agent,
c. G. w. Ry., Col Endicott Bldg, st.
Paul
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04

1t is claimed from Philadelphia
that the sultan of Turkey has paid the
indemnity of 100000 claimed by the
United States for damages growing
out of the Armenian massacres. 1t is
said that the sultan has ordered a
cruiser to be built by the Cramps at
Philadelphia, and that the first pay
ment on this included the claim of the
United States and that the same has
been turned over to the authorities at
Washington. The new cruiser will
cost So, 500, 900 and in point of speed is
to equal, if not exceed % knots an
hour.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04

Former Senator Quay won the first
advantage in the organization of the
Pennsylvania legislature, which as
sembled yesterday, by electing his
candidate forspeaker. This was ac-
complished by a majority of one, four
Democrats voting for Quay's man.
Whether these four Democrats will
continue to stand by Quay or not in
the senatorial contest is not stated, in
fact may not be known. While Quay
will have hard fight, it begins to
look as though he was going to win
mously nominated sor senator by 1913
members, or four short of majority
on joint ballot.
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Opportunities For Business.

During the past year the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway. company built
474 miles of new line through the most
fertile portions of Minnesota. These
new lines of railway are now in full
operation and are dotted with promis-
ing towns, which are trade .centers for
well located communities. A .descrip-
tive pamphlet with..a list of the bust
ness opportunities in each town may
be obtained upon application to agents
of the Chicago & Northwestern rail
way or to w. B. Kinkern, General
Passenger & Ticket Agent, Chicago, Ill.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04

The person who wishes to indulge
in the business of kidnapping with the
least possible danger of his life and
liberty should get to work at once,
for when the state legislatures con-
vene there will be enacted some of the
most drastic laws that have been en-
tered upon the statute books for long
time. ALBERT Lea Tribune.
And that is where there is danger of
the various legislatures over-reaching
themselves. Legislation that is of too
severe nature, often defeats it's pur-
pose. While it would seem that no
penalty could be too severe for this
crime. still it is a question if Senator
Hoar's warning against inficting death
as a penalty therefor would not be
the point aimed at and often
resuItin the murder of the child stolen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04
ponu,ists Join the Democratic PARTY.

DENVER, Jan. AL the sPopulist
members of the state legislature, eight
in number, have entered the caucus of
the Democratic members and an
nounced their intention of joining the
Democratic party.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 2.-The receipts of
the st. Paul postofice for 1900 from
sale of stamps, waste paper and box
rents were $51l, 1862. 80, $40, 241.64 more
than for 1899. There was slight de-
crease in box rents and almost no in.
crease in the receipts from waste paper,
the gain being entirely in the sale Of
atamps
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04
Homeseekers Excursion Tickets.

To nearly all points in the United
States on sale at all ticket offices of
the Chicago Great Western Ry. on the
first and third Tuesdays of October,
November and December, at the very
low homeseekers rate of one fare plus
So. 90 for the round trip. Tickets good
for return within21 days from date
of sale. Persons contemplating a
trip will save money by calling on any
detail information regarding the
III. Lord, Ct. P. & T. A, 113 Adams
street. Chicago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04
MURDER AVENGED.
Assassin of German Minister in
China Executed.
Was Carried Out at Pekin Under Super
vision of German
Authorities.

A dispatch in this mornings st.
Paul Pioneer Press from Pekin says:
The beheading of the mu rderer OF
Baron Won Kettler, the German minis
ter, occurred yesterday and was under
German supervision. A great crowd
was present. German troops kept
order.
The murderer was made TO kneel on
his hands and knees in the middle OF
the street, and he was kept in this
position for half an hour awaiting the
arrival of German officers, who wanted
to see the execution In the meantime
the executioner, sword in hand, and
his assistant stood beside the condemn
ed man. They each wore bloody
clothes. The pair had just officiated
at eight other killings and did not
have time to wash.
The man who was so shortly to die
was cheerful during the period of
waiting. He laughed heartily several
times. He said that his name was an
honored one and that he was an honest
man.
Upon the arrival of the German
officers the assistant eXecutioner made
a double wrap of Irvine around the
mans neck, crossing the strings under
his chin He then pulled on the Irvine
and the mans queue, stretching his
neck to the utmost. Meantime the ex-
ecutioner put knee between the man S
shoulder blades and his hands on his
head. Then he jumped hard, showing
the culprit's face into the dust, after
which he stepped back, took his sword
and chopped his head off. Tive blows
were required to severe the head,
which was subsequently, placed in a
cage and hung over the street.
The murderer was soldier. At the
outbreak of the Boxer troubles he was
stationed in Hataman street, with Or
ders to shoot any foreigner who tried
to pass. The killing of Baron Won
Ketteler was done in obedience to
these orders. 1t is admitted by for
eigners, including DR.. Mumm Yon
Schwartzenstein, the present German
minister, that the man would not have
been executed in European country.
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Are Havine Great snort.

GEORGETOWN, s. O., Jan. 2.-The
White Lily, the steam yecht which ex.
President Cleveland and party occupy
during their hunting expedition at
Murphy island, near this city, came up
to town to replenish stores. The cap
tain of the yacht states that there is an
abundance of game in that section and
the party are having great sport. They
will remain q week longer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04
FAMINE THREATENED.

Amur and Maritime Provinces of Russia
in a Deplorable Condition.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. g. "A dispatch
received here from Vladivostock re-.
ports that famine threatens the Amur
and Maritime provinces. The crops
there are bad and the railways, being
almost wholly engaged for war pur.
poses, cannot be used for the transpor-
tation of food to the inhabitants. In
addition the prohibition of foreign
coastwise trade has prevented importa.
tions into the threatened provinces.
The situation is deplorable and becom-
ing worse.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04
Personally Conducted Weekly Excursions
via the Northwestern

We have inaugurated the popular
personally conducted weekly excur-
sions between Minneapolis, st. Paul
and Mankato and San Francisco and
Los Angeles via, Sioux City, Council
Bluffs and Ogden. sleeper leave
Mankato every Thursday evening at
II :13 O'Clock, arriving at San Fran
cisco IL :45 p. m the following Mon
day and Los Angeles at 100 a. m.
the following Tuesday. Chas. E.
Johnson, Ticket Agt., Union Depot.
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Taken Ill at Nine in the Even
ing and the End Came at
Midnight.
IN HIS SEVENTEEN YEAR
Was Born in Philadelphia and
Came to Minnesota Forty
Years Ago.
Several Times Nominated for
Governor but Failed of
Election.

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 2.-Ignatius DON
nelly, world famous as an author, ma
tionally famous as an orator, and
figure in the political affairs of mis-
country for over 40 years. died sud-
denly at midnight at the home OF his
father-in-law, Martin Hanson, 1929
Eighteenth avenue south Minneapolis.
Mr. Donnelly had been apparently in
good health for man OF his years and
left his country home at Nininger,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04
Mr.. DONNELLY'S CAREER.

Was Identified With Minnesota's History
for over Forty Years.
Ignatius Donnelly has taken posi-
ton in American literature almost pre-.
eminent for its versatility and for the
iconoclastic disregard of old traditions,
literary Or economic, which he ex.
hibited in his writings.
Born in Philadelphia Nov. 3, 1881,
he was educated in the public schools
and studied law, but shortly after his
admission, at the age of 81, he removed
to Minnesota. This was in 1857 He
rapidly took a front rank at the bar of
the then territory and when the
first election under statehood was held
he was the nominee of the Republican
party for lieutenant governor. In 1861
he was reelected and at the next cleo
ton he was sent to congress from the
then Second district, which he repre-.
sented during the days of reconstruc.
ton.
On locating at Nininger, Dakota
county, in 1857, he had established a
weekly paper, mainly devoted to the
encouragement of immigration, and on
his return from congress he again
Devoted Himself to Literary Pursuits.
although retaining an active interest in
affairs politically From 1874 to 1878
he was state senator, and his wide
knowledge and keen wit made him
even more feared in the state forum
than he had been in the national
With the advent of the Farmers AL
lance in the early SOS and the subse.
quent development of the originally
non-partisan body into an effective
factor in the politics of Minnesota, Mr..
Donnelly was an eminent factor.
In 1887 he was returned to the house
Of representatives, and in 1891 to the
state senate, where he was the central
figure in a series of debates such as
have not been heard there since. His
last political service was in 1897 as q
member of the state house of repre-.
sentatives.
He was several times nominated for
governor of Minnesota, but failed of
election, and last year he was the
nominee of the Mid-Road Populists for
the national presidency.
was merCtleSs OeOater.
Keen in perception and marvelously
ready to reply, Mr.. Donnelly was, per-
haps, the most merciless Of all the de-
baters who have ever sat in the legis-
lature of his state. while in the ma
tional congress he demonstrated to
colleagues that the then frontier had
no apologies to ask in comparative abil-
ity of it's older neighbors in the sister.
hood of states.
Gifted with memory almost mar
velous, an interchangeable reader and
with all the wealth of poetry that a
long line of Irish ancestry could
give him, mis- orat1ons were al.
most faultless in diction, and in
his powers as an orator he was always
as forceful and as facile as with his
pen. His lectures bristled with wit and
glistened with humor; his impromptu
addresses were apt and always inter.
esting.
For several years Mr.. Donnelly had
been proprietor and chief editor of a
weekly paper, The Representative,
and the story of his death received in.
dictate that he died almost in the liter.
airy harness.
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Low Rates to the South.

Excursion tickets at reduced rateas
are now being sold by the Chicago,
Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railway to the
prominent resorts in the south, in
Guiding Jacksonville, Fla, Mobile,
Ala, New Orleans, La, Savannah,
Ga, Ell Paso, Tex, which are good
for return passasge at any time prior
to June LIST, 1901. Information re-
garding rates, routes, time, etc., can
be obtained on sappliation to any coG-
pom ticket agent of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railway.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04

Mr.. Gus. Widell for the first time
since he landed in America some eigh-
teen years ago will take well earned
and deserved rest from business
About the Sth of this month he in
company with his good wife will leave
for California to be absent about two
months He will visit Denver,
Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, Sac
ramento, Santa Rosa, San Francisco,
Los Angeles and Santa Diego. They
will return by the Southern Pacific
and stop at few points in Arizona
and New Mexico, and at San Antonio,
Texas They expect also to visit Gal
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Jan. 4-l1-18
ORDER FOR HEARING AND NOTICE OF
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATOR,


CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth, IS. In Probate Court. Special
term, December 18th, 1900.
In the matter of the estate of Lucy Shaw,
deceased.
On receiving and filing the petition of Charles
B. Sherman, of Garden City, Minnesota, rep.
resenting among. other things, that Lucy
Shaw, late of Blue Earth county, Minnesota
on the 7th day of December, A. D. 1900, at the
county of Blue Earth, died intestate, land being
an iohabitant of this county at the time of
her death, leaving goods, chattels and
estate within this county, and that the said
petitioner is a brother of said deceased, and
praying that administration of said estate be
to him and CT aries B. Sherman granted.
1t is ordered, that said petition be heard be-
fore said court on Saturday, the Goth day of
January, A. ID. 1901, at 10 o'clock a. M, at the
probate Office in Mankato, in said county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given
to the heirs of said deceased, and to all persons
interested, by publishing this order once in
each week. for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing, in the Mankato Free
Press. q weekly newspaper printed and publish
ed at Mankato in said County.
Dated at Mankato, the 18th day of December,
A. ID. 1900
By the Court:
Probate Court Seal. VIM. F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate
W. R. Geddes, Attorney for Petitioner
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While attending st Peter and Paul s
Catholic church Tuesday forenoon,
Henry Schulte's fur overcoat was
stolen from the coat room. Later it
was found two miles out on the
Thompson ravine road.
Mrs. G. G. Cain and daughter Grace,
left for Rochester, where the latter
will be operated on for appendicitis.
Mrs. Fl. E. Swan and little daugh-
ter left for Ontario, California, to
spend the balance of the winter.
A. A. Glotzbach went to Sleepy
Eye today to take possession of the
drug store which he recently purchas-
ed there.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Webster have
been guests of the latter's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. A. Hurd, during the
holidays.
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senator Mcmillan Nominated.

LANSING, Mich, Jan. 2.-Senator
James Mcmillan of Detroit has been
nominated by the joint Republican
caucus of the Forty-frst legislature to
succeed himself. Senator Mcmillan s
reelection to his third term in the
senate is assured as the legislature is
overwhelmingly Republican.
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Chicago
Great
Western

Car leaving Monday arrives Los
Angeles following Friday afternoon,
avoiding all Sunday travel Car
leaving Friday arrives Los Angeles
the following Wednesday morning,
passing through Waco, San Antonio
and Ell Paso.
For full information and assistance
call on or address any agent of the
ChicagoG reat western railway, or
w. M. BARR,
Mankato, Mimi.
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Gar Welcomes Russian Troop.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. AIT Lavidia
the czar viewed the Russian troops
that have been returned from China.
His majesty passed in front of the de.
tachments and then ordered a march
past. AS each company passed the
czar thanked them for their services.
Dinner was served to the soldiers in
their barracks, where the czar passed
about from one table to another, adj
dressing remarks to individual soldiers.
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Excursion Rates to Winter Resorts.

Via the Northwestern line Excur-
sion. tickets are sold daily, with favor
able tilne.limits, to numerous points
in the west and south at reduced rates
For tickets and full information, ap-
ply to agents Chicago & Northwestern
Ry.
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Native Rising i'm we.t Africa.

LONDON, Jan. 2.-The colonial Office
is in receipt of news of a native rising
In the Gambia river region of West
Africa. The dispatch conveying this
information adds that punitive expe-
dition is being organized.
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faNATIus DoNNEILY.

near Hastings, where has lived since
1856, about noon to go to Minneapolis to
read some proof sheets on his paper.
About 9 o'clock in the evening he
was taken i'll and at midnight he died.