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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-24

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-24
n2aiI Orders.

ME HAVE made special ar
w rangements to facilitate the Holt
day shopping Of our out-of-town patrons.
Your gift buying will be satisfactory If
done here. Mannheimer qualities are al
ways reliable, prices lowest. A trial or
der will demonstrate that this is The
Quickest Mail Order House in the North
west.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03

In the trial of James Callahan al
Omaha on charge of being one of the
abductors of young Cudahy last De-
cember, the young man was put on
the stand yesterday and positively
identified Callahan as one of the men
who abducted him, and who guarded
him most of the time until he was re-
leased. Cudahy admitted that he was
pretty scared and could not entirely
identify him from simply seeing him,
but that he could tell him principally
by his voice and by this he was GER
tain of Callahan's identity as he was
of the identity of his father or mother.
The young man maintained from the
first that he could identify the man
who stood guard over him most of the
time by his voice, and this absolute
identity of Callahan will require
pretty strong and convincing testi-
mony on the part of the latter to per.
suade jury that he is not the man.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03

1t is said that the Gar of Russ ia
wants peace and that he has under
consideration the inviting of rulers of
the world to meet at Copenhagen in
September to discuss plans for the
promotion of international peace. If
he does it is to be hoped that he will
meet with better success than that
which resulted from the peace confer
ence which he called at the Hague.
But if the Gar wants peace, there is
no question but he is one of the strong
est factors in securing it that the
world has. There can be absolute
peace in the orient if he SO wills. The
course he has taken in the settlement
of Chinese difficulty has not been one
that on the whole tends to promote
peace, but on the whole just the re-
verse. There is a general feeling that
if the Gar is honest in his desires for
peace it is largely because peace will
be better for the designs of Russia in
the far east, than will war.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03
CASE AFTER CASE.

Scores of Mankato people can tell
you about Doan Kidney Pills. Many
a happy citizen makes public state
ment of his experience. Here is a case
of it. What better proof of merit can
be had than such endorsements
Mr.. Thos. o. Jones of $50 South Sec
ond street, says: suffered from ach-
ing and lameness across the loins and
at times l was embarrassed by irregu-
lar action of the kidney secretions and
suffered from pain in the top and back
of my head read about Doan's Kid
ney Pills and saw statements made by
people similarly afflicted to what [
was, and who had been cured by using
them. I procured two boxes from
J. G. Thro, and used them. They
proved most satisfactory and did me
much good I conscientiously recon-
mend this remedy
For sale by all dealers, price so
cents, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y, sole agents for the U. S.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no substitute.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03

1t is said from Washington that SEN
ator Morgan and others who favor the
annexation of Cuba, will have an in
terview with the delegates of the
Cuban constitutional convention while
in Washington and seek to convince
them that the interests of the island
will be best subserved by changing
their co institution to that of state
constitution and seek annexation to the
United States as state. Senator Nor
gan has given considerable thought to
the matter and he will make strong
plea for such move He will at
tempt to convince them that this is
the only way Cuba can secure a gov
eminent that will be independent as to
it's own affairs and he will also show
them that it would give them free
trade with the states and an open mar
ket for their tobacco and sugar crop.
1t is not probable the senator will sue
coed, yet if there is any man that can
open the way for the accomplishment
of such move it is doubtless Senator
Morgan. Of course the president can
render the senator no aid in the mat
ter, but should the delegates breach
the question he will then give it every
possible encouragement. 1t would be
the most sensible thing to do, and
were it not for the Teller resolution
Cuba would long ago been part of
our possessions.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03
Charlie Towne predicts disaster.

Charlie Towne predicts disaster.
That is nothing new for Towne as he
has been in the disaster prediction
business for several years. But this
time he refers to the disaster which may
come from the growing speculation
regarding stocks That this specula-
ton is on the increase and is daily
growing more and more wild, is un-
questioned. 1t was similar wild specu-
lation which had much to do in pre-
cipating the hard times and disasters
OF '93, which of course was greatly
aggravated by the threat of free trade
by Democratic party under Cleveland,
and later by the free coinage of silver
agitation. While trouble is likely to
come if the wild and reckless specula-
ton is continued, it is not likely to
bring as widespread disaster as Mr..
Towne predicts.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03

The jury in the case of James Gala
han at Omaha charged with the alb
duction of young Edward Cudahy,
brought in verdict of not guilty.
The verdict seems to have been unex-
pected by presiding Judge, and hardly
warranted by the evidence as it has
been reported After studying the
wording of the verdict for several
minutes, Judge Baker administered
the following hot roast to the jury:
If Callahan had made his own choice
OF jury he could not have selected
twelve men who would have served
him more faithfully. If the state for
its part had made the selection know
of no men it could have named who
could have been less careful of it's in
terests. The jury is discharged with
out the compliments of the court, and
the prisoner is likewise turned loose
as to this trial, presume to continue
the criminal practices in which you
have failed to check him. 1 do not
know what motive actuated you in
reaching this decision, but 1 hope
none of you will ever appear again in
this jury box.
The report says that the jury was
somewhat i'll at ease under the caustic
talk by the judge, and we should think
it would have been. The chief of
police of Omaha says that Fat Gro we
might just as we'll come back and
claim the reward Cudahy offers for his
capture as the evidence against him is
no stronger than that upon which
Callahan wassacquited.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03
OUR FRUIT POSSIBILITIES.

An enthusiastic horticulturist at
Faribault is of the opinion that Min
nesota will be able in the near future
to not only grow its own winter APP
Piles, out its peaches as well. He says
that peach trees set out in the spring
of 1898 at that place have passed
through the past winter in good
shape without protection of any kind
and are ''alive to the tips, giving
promise to bear this season. If the
peach should become acclimated to
Minnesota, what jar it would give
to people in the east who still labor
under the belief that it is too cold
here to grow anything successfully ex-
cept wheat. Many people who had
such an idea of Minnesota, had their
eyes opened to the mistake they made
in forming such an opinion of us, by
the exhibit of fruit and other products
made at the worlds fair at Chicago,
and it is quite likely that many others
will be awakened to their wrong ideas
of us, at the Buffalo exposition this
year Whether or not it is a change
that has been wrought in the climate,
or whether it lies in the fact that Ger,
tain grains and fruit have become &C,
climated, it is never theless true that
the range of products and fruits which
can be successfully grown here. has
greatly increased in number in the pass
ing years. Minnesota has never beer
known as corn state, yet it is being
successfully grown in the southern
part of the state at least, and on quite
an extensive scale. Nothing is more
certain than that Minnesota will yet
produce it's own winter apples as sue
cessfully as it is now growing fall ap'
Piles. Experiments have already gone
far enough to indicate this. Finer
small fruits cannot be gro wn than are
produced here and.they..are being cul
tivated more and more extensively
with each passing year. While Min
nesota may never become the home o.
, the peach to any general extent, still
we doubt not that in limited way il
may in time be cultivated here.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03

Mr.. Bryan says he is not candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
the presidency, but that he will have
, something to say as to who will get
the nomination. Are we to understand
by this that Mr.. Bryan is getting
scared at the trend of things among
Democrats and has come to the con-
clusion it will do him no good to try
for third time? 1t looks very much
that way for a fact. The talk of some
of the leaders for men like Hill OF
Olney BODIES no good for Organism.
Four years ago it would have been rank
heresy for prominent Democrats to
indulge in such talk, but the drift of
events seems to have opened the eyes
of many of them. The fact that they only
secured thirteen electoral votes in the
north last fall has brought forcibly to
their minds that something is radically
wrong in their organization. But
with the trend toward Hill or Olney
or some other representative of the
conservative element of the party for
president, how much will Bryan really
have to say in the settlement of the
contest. 1t looks as though he would
/, have very little, still the probability
is that if the conservative element
succeeds in landing the nomination
for president it will give the vice
presidency to the other faction, but
even in such a case it would Doubt ess
dictate who that man will be.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03
A FIRE DEPARTMENT.
North MsnkatO Council Creates One, and
TransaCts Other Business,

The North Mankato council held a
meeting Saturday night and adopted
the ordinance creating fire depart
ment. referred to Saturday by the Free
Press. 1t was passed under suspen-
sion of the rules, without change.
The size of the companies is limited
to twenty men. The sentiment of the
council was in favor Of exempting the
members from payment OF the poll
tax, but action on this was deferred.
J. S. Rolf, who has just completed a
building on Belgrade avenue, near the
bridge, petitioned the council to place
the sidewalk out to where it belongs,
so that it will accommodate his store.
This would necessitate a little filling,
and the council left the matter with
the street committee with power to
act, and probably some compromise
action will be taken.
Recorder A. Anderson was appointed
a committee to see the health commit
tee of the Mankato council and en-
deavor to arrange for the use of the
city's disinfecting apparatus when
needed.
Mr.. Anderson was also instructed to
notify the owners of slaughter houses
not to bring any more refuse from the
city for deposit there and to keep their
premises clean. If this warning should
not be needed, the council will take
steps to protect the health of the vii
lage, even if it should be necessary to
tear down the houses.
The Mankato Gas and Electric Light
Co. presented lighting contract for
the village officers to sign. 1t will be
signed as soon as the company acce pts
the ordinance recently passed granting
it franchise.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03

Members of the cabinet are inclined
to the opinion that the visit of the
Cuban delegation to Washington will
bear good. fruit. The explanation of
the Platt amendment given them by
President Mckinley and Secretary
Root, has given them different view
of the matter and the general opinion
is that they will go back and strongly
urge it's adoption. Many erroneous
impressions have been removed as to
what the purposes of the United
States are.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03

Former Senator Pettigrew has not
been idle since he retired from con-
gress. He has been engaged in clean
ing out operations he entered into
months before and making new deals,
all on tips furnished him by J. J..
Hill, and as result he is said to have
paid up his old debts and is now worth
about quarter of a million besides.
This is a better record than he has
made in politics of late years and he
had better stick to it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03

1t is reported from Washington
that the postoffice department is pre-
pairing to establish four hundred rural
delivery routes on July 1st, when the
approp ration for the next fiscal year
becomes available. Fifteen routes from
ten distributing points will be estab-
lished in this state at that time.
There has been no more popular move
on the part of the govern ment of late
years than that of the establishment
Of rural mail delivery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03
Former Senator Butler of South

Former Senator Butler of South
Carolina, endorses the position taken
by Senator McLaurin regarding the
position the south ought to take in re-
gard to commercial and industrial ad
vancement, and the acceptance of
policies that are supported by the Re-
publicans Butler thinks the time has
arrived when the south should not
condemn an economic policy because
it his been brought forth aud is sup
ported by Republicans and found to
be beneficial to the nation S interests.
Representative Livingstone, of Geor-
gia, also says he is not surprised to
note the growth of such sentiment
through the south, and states that as
the negro question becomes eliminated
the new feeling as to the policies of
the Republican party will grow. The
development of industries and the ex-
tension of trade are things he says that
they are closely interested in. But he
does not think that the Republican
party will ever become dominant in
the Southern states. Perhaps not.
And yet stranger things have happen
ed. Time brings about great changes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03
OUR FINANCIAL SUPREMACY.

Indications continue to multiply
that the United States is fast becom-
ing the worlds banker. We called at
tention some days ago in these columns
to the amount of money which north
western farmers are said to have in
vested in municipal bonds of European
cities and to other loans which have
been placed in this country. Some
months ago the British turned to
America for aid in floating their war
loan. At that time there was protest
from Englishmen, it being held that
British investors could and would
have taken those bonds. Another wa
loan is being placed, and England
again turns to the United States for at
least one-half of the loan This has
been more than subscribed but as tn e
subscriptions in London are sever al
times the amount asked for, it is not
likely that half of the loan will be
placed in this country, but fifty mil
lions of it was promised to American
fnanciers, before subscr options were
called for This will be America S
share for helping to make the loan a
success. The large subscriptions for
this loan at time when large amounts
of capital are called for in various en-
terprises in this country is striking
proof of the wealth of this nation. In
commenting upon this particular fea-
ture the Chicago Inter Ocean says:
"Our national Credits now higher
in the world, for while England's 30
per cent bonds are offered at 51s per
cent discount our per cent bonds
command a premium that reduces the
return to IL per cent. Nor do war
needs alone produce appeals for Ameri-
can aid. The Russian and Swedish gov
ernments, German and Canadian
cities, and Mexican railways turn to
the Uni ted States for money for pub
lie works and extensions.
''Some may say that these invest
ments in foreign securities prove only
the wealth of few, but such is not
the fact. They show general prosper
ity Most of the $50, 900, 900 of British
bonds whose subscription was guaran-
teed in New York will be taken by our
great mutual insurance companies.
That is, they are really bought by the
thousands of men scattered all over the
land who hold policies in those COM
panies. Thus the American people,
through their insurance companies
and similar agencies, are becoming
the worlds bankers.
ut has been said that few European
states can go to war unless the Roth
childs are willing. 1t the. present ten
dency continues few European states
will be able to fight unless the Ameri-
can people are willing. Thus we be-
come the keepers of the world S
peace. -
The money powers of the world is
passing into the hands of the United
States. The significance of this fact
ought to be great object lesson to
the people, and fully vindicates the
claim made by the Republicans in the
campaign of '96, and reiterated last
year, as to the value of maintaining
sound money standard. Had the sill
yer standard been adopted and the 90
cent DOLLAR become prevalent, the
worlds financial center would still be
located on the other side of the Allan
tic, and the United States would be in
its power. The adoption of the gold
standard is fast making this country
the financial power of the world.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03
CONGER AND THE POLITICIANS.

Iowa Republican politicians are
very much agitated as to what Minis
ter Conger is going to do regarding
the gubernatorial contest in that state.
They had hoped he would make some
statement when he arrived at San
Francisco which would tend to clear
up the political atmosphere somewhat,
but this he did not do. In fact Mr..
Conger was very careful in what he
said. He adhered to his former posi-
ton in that he was not candidate
for the place in the sense that he
would make a scramble for it, but said
he would accept the nomination if
rendered him. Further than this he
did not know what the situation was
in his state. Ordinarily the statement
Mr.. Conger has made would take him
at one out of the field as menacing
candidate, but on account of his ex-
perience in China during the past
year, and the desire that always comes
to the people to reward hero, Mr..
Conger even in the position he as
sumes, may yet prove most danger
Gus opponent to the other aspiran is
for the Iowa governorship. 1t does not
take a great deal sometimes to stam-
pede convention to man who has
gone through what he has, and he
seems to have many friends who are
willing to do what they can to secure
the nomination for him.
On Chinese matters Mr.. Conger was
much more willing to talk, He denied
absolutely the stories that the mis-
sionaries had engaged in looting, and
collecting indemnities by force, and
defended them and their actions in
every particular. At the Peking seige
he said the missionaries acted with
great heroism and declared that had
it not been for their aid, together
with that rendered by the native
Christians the legationers could not
have been saved. He also emphatic
ally declared that the missionaries
were not the cause of the troubles in
China. The railroads and the innova-
tions of commerce, he said, are the
features which seem to have aroused
the hatred of the Boxers. The mis-
sionaries were not disliked because
they were missionaries, or because of
their work, but simply because they
were "foreign devils along with the
rest. He thought that China could
pay an indemnity of at least three
hundred millions, but said that its pay
ment should be distributed over a
series of years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03

ST. Louis has paid in the first 10
per cent of the So, 900, 900 capital stock
which it has subscribed for the great
exposition it proposes to hold in 1908,
has chosen a board of directors and
that body in connection with the
United States commissioners are en-
gagged in the problem of selecting a
site for the great fair. When this is
done, and the plans are fully develop
ed, the work in preparing for the
great exposition will go forward with
a rush.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03

Autographed error in last eve
ning's Free Press made us say in re
ferring to the new rule of the board of
control, that there twill be no des-
potism in the employment of help "
etc. 1t should have read ''nepotism. "
Despotism is something not in vogue
in Minnesota institutions and an order
of the board in that respect would be
uncalled for.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03
Alabama has voted to hold a consti-

Alabama has voted to hold consti-
tutional convention, the object of
which is to disfranchise the negroes
1t is demanded that this shall be done
without interfering with the right of
the white man to vote, be he ever SO
ignorant. This of course will necessi-
tate the incorporation in the constitu
tional provision a grandfathers clause
Isn't it about time that the validity
of these constitutions be tested before
the United States supreme court? If
the south wishes to disfranchise the
illiterate let them treat all alike,
whether their skin is VIII lite or black.
Congress next winter ought to take
some action in the matter which will
result in judicial review of these pc
culiarly constructed constitutions.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03
A NEW HOUSE.

J. E. Hickey has decided to erect a
modern residence on Center street. 1t
will be a two story frame dwelling
andsswil cost about So, 500. Klein
schmidt Bros have been awarded the
contract for it, and work began this
morning.
Kleinschmidt Bros. also have the
contract for erecting the two Ewing
residences on South Second street,
above the foundations.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03

The evidence that is being produced
against James Callahan at Omaha for
the alleged abduction of young Ed
ward Cudahy last December is proving
rather strong and shows him up in
rather bad light. 1t would seem
from this distance that he would have
difficulty in freeing himself.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-03

The st. Paul Pioneer Press makes
a suggestion in connection with the
regular spring fixing up of lawns that
we are inclined to believe. from an
esthetic standpoint is we'll taken. 1t
says: In planning the ornamentation
of your lawn this spring let it be re-
membered that while an earthen
sewer-pipe is a good thing in it's
place, it's "place" is underground
1t never was intended to serve as a
vase for flowers. It's associations are
with darkness and filth, not with sun
shine and beauty and to set piece of
it up in your front yard is violation
of all the canons of propriety and good
taste. There is Scripture warrant for
this statement in the declaration that
there are "some vessels to honor and
some to dishonor - The sewer pipe
doesn't deserve the honor of floral
crown -