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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-10-17
DISCUSS SEVERAL TOPICS.
Board Of Trade Holds an Interesting
Session This Morning.

President Andrews of the board of
trade, eschewed politics for time last
Monda y an presided over a meeting of
the organization. The attendance of
directors was good.
M B. Haynes, from the committee
on Eagle Lake road, stated that he
had made no estimate for the i'm
provement of that road. He could see
no good reason for making an esti-
mate. The main thing to do now is
to secure appropriations and solicit
subscriptions to go with the $500 al
ready appropriated.
r. A. Haste made proposition to
give two-page write-up of the city
in The Northwest Magazine. Mr..
Haste is to write up the towns on the
Milwaukee road between Mankato
and Pennington The write-up of
Mankato is designed to show that it
is manufacturing and shipping CEN
ter.
On motion of Thomas Hughes a
committee of three, the secretary to
be one, was appointed to take charge
of the matter. FL. P. Jensen and o.
W. Schmidt are the other members of
the committee.
Secretary Taylor called attention to
how Des Moines secures manufacture
ing enterprises There the concerns are
exempt from taxation for ten wears
and sites are secured very cheap and
at times buildings are given free of
rent for term of years
Mr.. Klein stated that in New Or
leans new manufacturing concerns are
exempt from taxation for term of
years.
The committee on railroads was in
structed to see to it that the Omaha
railroad company does not make
dumping ground of the property re-
Gently purchased, by the city for the
company.
President Andrews spoke of the
need of fund with which to promote
the building of country roads.
FL. P. Jensen called attention to the
agitation for the removal of the county
fair to Msnkato. The Merchants Pro-
tective ASSOCIATION has already ap-
pointed committee and similar one
is wanted from the board of trade
Secretary Taylor moved committee
of three to look into the matter and
confer with the committee from the
Protective association.
w. A Funk, DR.. J w. Andrews and
George M. Palmer were appointed
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TWO YEARS AGO TODAY.

Lo and how the mighty have fallen,
and great are the changes which have
taken place in our nation in two short
years.
Two years ago today, the 18th of
October 1t was, that the Thirteenth
Minnesota regiment was welcomed
home from the Philippines amid a
roaring of cannon and the rejoicing of
the multitudes which hocked Ito Min
nespolis to give them the glad hand
The writer was witness to this
grand demonstration and remembers
that at the head of the rank and file
of the regiment rode Colonel Fred
Ames, who rode his handsome steed
with barred head as he smiled and
nodded at the hundreds of thousands
along the line of march who cheered
as he went past. In fact he was only
second to the president of the United
States in the cheers and honors that
greeted him as he was welcomed to
his home city.
Two years, only two short years,
and now he must face sentence Of
six and one-half years in the stare
penitentiary at Saltwater fer bribery,
and his innocent ones who patiently
awaited the hero's rerurn from that
far away country in the Philippines,
Will await with aching hearts for
the felon' e return from another absence
which can only bring shame and
sorrow with it.
It seems almost sacriligous to refer
to the other honored hero of that
eventful day in the same breath with
the ex-chief of police of Minneapolis,
but when we remember that the be-
loved Mckinley, who was the honored
guest of this happy occasion, is sleep
ing that sleep from which there is no
waking, it brings US face to face
with the uncertainty of what time
may bring forth. G.. J. f.
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NURSING MOTHERS

A mothers poor health is bad
enough for the mother but
worse still for the nursing
baby.
Mothers find SCOTS EmuI-
sion a nouris h in g and
strengthening food. If the
breast milk is scanty or thin
SCOTS Emulsion will make #
rich and more abundant.
When mothers take SCOTS
Emulsion the babies share in
the benefits. Thin babies grow
fat. Weak babies get strong.
we'llsend you little to try, you Ike.
SCOTT & BOVINE, 4o0 Pearl street. New York.
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BAPTISTS ARE TO MEET.

The Baptists will hold state con-
vention at Owatonna from Oct - to
II. Friday morning the Sunday school
work will be considered. Among
others who speak are Sunday school
missionary, Ernest Fagenstrom, j. 81.
Irish and Reverends M. BergIund, @.
Melby, G. FL. Rust Friday afternoon
the young people have their session,
at which addresses will be given by
Rev. f. E. r. Miller of Mankato,
president of the state B. 7. P. q. by
Rev. l.. A. Clevenger of Minneapolis
on the Development of the Eyangel
istic Spirit. y The convention. will
close Friday evening with addresses
by Rev. T. L. Ketman, district secre-
tary of the American Baptist Pu blica-
tion society, and by Rev. DR.. Hunt of
Ohm
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EXTENDED A CALL.
German Lutherans Invite Rev. A. r.
Winter to Mankato.

The mem bership of the German
Lutheran church voted again Sun
day on new pastor, and unanimously
extended a call to Rev. A. F. Winter,
who has been pastor of the church at
Saltwater for ten or twelve years
past. He is about forty years of age.
has family, and is said to be an ex-
cellent man. 81. G. Hauer, one of the
trustees, is personally acquainted with
him, though never having heard him
preach.
Rev. Winters congregation at Still
water is nearly as large as the one in
this city, and it is not known whether
he will feel like accepting the call
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done. If elected governor, he would
keep the fight up in the courts on the
coast lines, and also bring in the iron
range roads, although he said that the
bringing of these suits would not cure
the railroad problem or make any ap-
proach toward it.
Mr.. Rosing told what had been ac-
complished under John Lind's admin
istration, but did not tell what was
not accomplished or even undertaken.
He said that the railroad commission
had reduced freight rates so as to save
the farmers $500, 600 year on their
crors. en- anti-merger suit had been
brought against the Northern Pacific
and st. Paul & Duluth roads.
Somebody in the audience put in
question about the newspapers. and
Mr.. Rosing replied that practically
every newspaper in the state is owned
by some corporation and is run in the
interest of some corporation.
Mr.. Rosing turned to the subject of
taxation, saying that he had during
the evening received an unsigned note
from some one in this city, asking
him to state his position as to the con-.
stitutional amendment for the increas-
ing of the gross earnings tax from
three to four per cent. He replied
that he had helped to fight that bill
through a Republican legislature
He would vote to increase the tax,
and hoped that every other citizen
would do the same. Taxation should
be based on three propositions. 1t
should be certain, easily collected
and the least burden to the producing
class. Foreign corporations should be
adequately taxed, the same as those
at home. There should also be an in
come tax. The immediate evils should
be cured, and progress made step by
step and not by leaps and bounds. as
the recent tax commission proposed.
Mr.. Rosing closed by pleading his
best efforts for the whole people, it
elected.
Mayor Petersen introduced Clones
of Rock, who turned out to be George
P. Jones of Luverne, the Democratic
for clerk of the supreme
court Mr.. Jones is quite young
man, and repeated some poetry and
quoted literally from writer's. He
thought the trusts would soon own the
earth, and said that young men of
today have few opportunities for sue
cess, as we see wealth and opportuni
ties passing into the hands Of the few.
In the coal situation he saw only
blood shed. starvation and penury for
tens of thousands of people. If relief
from all these woes is to be expected
from the party in power it was time
that it was here now, or men should
be sent to Washington who would
make better laws. He predicted sue
cess for the ticket.
Mr.. Jones has the promise of being
a good campaign orator, with more
years and xperience. He has the dis
of talking calamity in this
year of unprecedented prosperity.
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HOWARD M. JENKINS KILLED
He Was the Father of Mrs. DR.. |. D.
Webster.

Howard M. Jenkins. father of Mrs.
DR.. Webster, was accidentally killed
on Saturday afternoon at his summer
home in the Pocono mountains in
Pennsylvania. Each summer Mr.. Jen-
kins and family have been accustomed
to spend several months of the
summer at this home and had been
there during the past season. There
are three waterfalls on the property
and Mr.. Jenkins fell over the upper
falls, killing him instantly. His home
was in Philadelphia and to that city
the remains were conveyed The
funeral will be held there on Wednes-
day afternoon. Mrs. Webster departed
for Philadelphia Sunday.
Mr.. Jenkins was sixty years of age
and was an editor. He was the father
of two daughters and four sons.
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CLAPP AND BEDE
These Gentlemen Will Speak
in Mankato Oct. 20.
Oar Reese at Vernon Center Tomor-
row Night and Mr.. Hay at Lake
Crystal Thursday.

United States Senator Moses E..
Clapp and ]. Adam Bede will speak for
the Republicans inMankato on Monday
night, Oct. 30, at the Mankato Thea
tire. AS both gentlemen are very we'll
known and are speakers of great
ability they will have large audi
ence
Hon. Oar F. Reese will deliver a
Republican speech at Vernon Center
Tuesday night. Oct. H. Hon. Eugene
Hay of Minneapolis will speak at
Lake Crystal on Thursday night.
The Republican Glee club will sing
at all these meetings.
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SNOW NORTH OF US.

A few flakes of sno W fellMonday. and
the air has had wintry feeling. This
lie on account of snow to the north
and west of us. Almost all of Mime
sofa and South Dakota are covered
with snow. This reminds The Free
Press that twenty-five years ago last
Thursday storm occurred. with 8
heavy fall of snow that did not go off
until the following April.
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A BIG SALE.
!. ]. WaddeII Disposes of 10000
Acres of Canadian Land.

Acres OF Canadian Land.
J.. j. Waddell last week made sale
of TO- 600 acres of Canadian land, for
$50, 600, which is the biggest deal re-
ported by local agent this season.
M. Milard. cashier of the First Ma
tional bank OF Omaha. and 81. Brun-
ner, cashier OF the First National
bank of Elkhorn, Neb.. took 8, 900
acres, Kelly brothers of Manksto took
3. $50 acres, Len Burrell of Belgrade
took /. $3.50 acres, and Madison Keene
of this city took $50 acres. The land
is located in Eastern ASSN aboian.
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BY THE AIRSHIP ROUTE.
Two venturesome Fellows Meet Death
in PARIS.

ESPECIAL TO THE FREE PREss.l
Paris, Oct. 13.-The French aeronaut,
Deladsky and a companion named
NORM, were killed by falling off
Debradsky's airship this morning.
The breaking of ropes holding the
cart of the balloon was the cause of
the disaster.
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UNITED STATES COURT.

The United States courts to be held
in Mankato inNovember have been ad
jour from Nov. 4 until Nov. II at
10 O'Clock. Judge Lochren will pre-
side.
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the Minnesota Title Insurance q Trust Co.,
Minneapolis, MINI. Capital, $3.50. 900.
Alsogo mortgages f0rsale. Writethem.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-13
DUGHrs NEW INDUSTRY.
The Matching Of Tadpoles Was Started Yester
day in Glass Jar on Fayetteville St.

1t will be recalled that not many weeks
ago Mr.. A. Dughi had on exhibition in his
store a peculiar conglomerate, spongy
mass of something in glass jar filled
with water, which attracted considerable
attention and was called by a variety of
names, from Jack O'Lantern'' to a
Fresh Water Jelly Fish"
Yesterday there were further develop
raents, and now Mr.. Dughi has entered
upon new field of work entirely, name
ly, the Matching of tadpoles in a glass
jar. Every now and then it was noticed
that tiny form would wiggle out from
the jelly-like mass. Upon close inspection
it was seen that there was a large
mass of eggs, each one with tiny tad
pole awaiting his opportunity to shake
his tail and be free.
large number of passersby stopped
to examine the interesting Matching pro-
cess, and to ply Mr.. Dughi with all sorts
of questions, which that obliging gentle
man answered as best he could. Many
theories were advanced as to the iden-
tity OF the tiny forms, and the consensus
of the best informed seemed to incline
to the tadpole theory, though there are
hackers that the new arrival
are tiny cat fish. OF course, this
dashes to the ground Mr. Dughi's proud
distinction of being the sole and only
owner of a What is it," perhaps a
fresh water jelly fish, who could tell?
But Mr.. Dughi says he can stand up I'M
der this loss, now that he has so many
little tadpoles to look after. At first
there were several gold fish in the same
jar, but it was noticed that many little
youngster, as he made his first dash into
tn coulter world, was promptly sucked in
by voracious gold fish. These were re-
moved before they had a chance to de-
stroy Mr.. Dughi's NUCLEUS of Fish and
Fisheries Plant" on Fayetteville street.
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AFTER THIRTY YEARS.
In 1872 the Democratic State Convention Met
in Greensboro.

Ex-Governor Jarvis, who is in the city.
while talking to a News and Observer
man yesterday, had some things of in
terest to say about the conventions of
the Democratic party.
Just thirty years ago. said the Gov
ernor, there was convention in Green's
boro and / remember it well. 1t was in
1872 and there was tie in the commit
tee on permanent organization for the
position of chairman of the convention.
The names of Judge john Kerr, of Cas-
well, and myself were before the COM
mittee, and learning of the matter |
sent for a friend On the committee, who
was voting for me, and asked that he
go back and change his vote to Judge
Kerr. He did so and broke the dead
lock-
There was a large convention, and
even then Greensboro, though a small
town, did we'll in accommodating the
crowd. The first Benbow House had just
been built. The convention was held in
big tobacco warehouse.
Before 1872 it had been the custom to
hold the State conventions at various
places in the State. Ellis was nomina-
ted for Governor at Charlotte in the
campaign in which he defeated Holden. In
1858 the convention met in Raleigh, in
1870 there was none held, and in 1872 II
went TO Greensboro. Since that time 1t
has met in Raleigh each time, and now
after thirty years, it goes again 10
Greensboro.
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opportunities and powers; that this de-
sirable condition is being changed that
the money is getting together into the
hands of the few we need not look far
to see.
He pointed to the United States steel
corporation, a concern handling more
money annually than any government of
the world, but the very largest. And
We find in this concern, not only the
steel interest, but the coal interest, oil
interest, and railroad interest, still
greater combination and further step
toward complete Capitalization.
He spoke of the Capitalization of
money in New York, the home of more
today than all the States
South of the Mason and Dixon line and
West of the Mississippi River. This GEN.
tralization of wealth has gone on until
1h of 1 per cent of the people of this
country own over one-half of its entire
wealth, and 9 per cent of it's people own
rs per cent of it's property; 20 per cent
of the population of this country do not
own, but rent the roofs that cover their
heads.
Mr.. Herring then spoke of the vast
power of centralized capital In fifty
years it has raised this nation of ours,
bodily from poverty to wealth, and placed
it in the proud position of leadership of
the world.
Then he asked: Where is the equality
of opportunity either economic, social Or
political when, on the one hand are
the great heads and stockholders of
immensely rich and powerful,
and on the other the vast host of de-
pendent wage earners.
The breach between our social classes
is broadening and deepening, and castles
in all ages and countries have proven de-
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structive to the principle of democracy.
The power of wealth in politics is an
established and pregnant fact. Side by
side with the power of the voter stands
the power of private interests, that is
seeking to influence the affairs of gov
eminent.
Every bill increasing the tariff in this
country has been asked for and obtained
by the representatives of the corporate
wealth. And besides this, they have been
able to BATTLE the efforts of the people
for tariff reforms; or take again the
Nicaragua Canal Bill. 1t is believed
that this canal would have been con-
structed sometime since. had it not been
for the influence of three or four trans
continental railway systems upon the
committee room of our Legislative De-
partment.
The insidious forces of Capitalization
are getting in their work in our func-
tions of government. Democracy de-
mands a system of scattered powers, of
many centers. Our forefathers recog-
rized this and established a rigid form
of government, in what they thought to
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MR.. sEGARs SIGNED.
A Speedy Twirler From Georgia For the Raj
eigh Club

"Play Ball. said many people here
yesterday as Mr.. E. H. Anderton, just
in from Winder, Ga, was seen in the
city.
Mr.. Anderton is a ball enthusiast, and
he has just signed for the Raleigh team
young man of Winder, whom he de-
clares is "phenom" in the way of a
twrler This is Mr.. John Segars, well
known and popular young man of Winder.
Ca, who has won much fame as a pitcher
in his section of Georgia.
Mr.. Segars is young man of fine
family and Mr.. Anderton says he is an
all-round good fellow. morally and other
wise He says also that Mr.. Tom Dunn,
former citizen of Raleigh, says That
he is tip top baseballist, and that he
is speedy man with the leather.
If Mr.. Segars comes up to the fine de-
scription of him given by Mr. Anderton,
he will find that a warm place is ready
for him in the hearts of the cranks mere,
and that Have a smoke" will get to be
Raleigh pass word to popularity.
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gestions have grown, and grown until
under the recent Reed Rules" no mem
Der, not even another member of the
committee, has the right to speak on a
bill after it has been reported back to
the House by a committee, except with
special permission from the chairman of
that committee. If the bill is of such a
nature that the chairman does not fear
investigation and discussion on the part
of the House, then he may permit it,
otherwise it must pass into a law just
as he has reported it. If bill referred
to a committee meets the approval of
that committee then it is all right, it is
reported back to the House, otherwise
it is pigeon holed in the committee room
and never again heard from.
And the power of appointing these
committees lies unrestrained in the
hands of the Speaker. Then as the
shape the legislation, and as
the Speaker has absolute power in ap-
pointing them so far as legislation is
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one years ago than was polled in ma
iority of the States of the Union, and
there was polled for the Legislature,
which elected me to this chamber the
largest vote ever polled in North Caro-
lima in any election, except the election
of 1898, when the Democratic party over
threw the combined opposition and came
back into power.
Now, Mr. President, because 1 do
not know exactly what the Senator from
New York said in reference to my state
] content myself with these general OBJ
servations, reserving the right, when J.
have read in the Record what he has
said, to reply to any statement l have
not met and answered, and which l may
think requires an answer
The Senate Committee on Commerce
reported the River and Harbor Bill to-
day. Besides the amendment of $150,0O0
for the upper Cape Fear, an amendment
appropriating $4,000 for Fishing Creek
was incorporated. Amendments provid-
ing for surveys for Congressman
Small's inland waterway from Norfolk,
Va, to Beaufort inlet, Swan Quarter,
Benefits Creek and Shallotte River
were added to the House Bill. The
amendment for a survey for the inland
waterway marks the beginning of the
greatest water Improvement ever un-
dertaken in our State.
Senators Simmons and Pritchard, who
have worked for months to secure some
thing like justice for our North Carolina
rivers and harbors are to be congratu-
lated upon their success with the Sen
ate Committee.
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be a strict Constitution. This frame pro-
tected and guaranteed the rule to the
people. But from Washington and Mar
shall to Lincoln and Reconstruction
power gathered swiftly to the center.
The civil war struck fatal blow at the
great barrier to Federal aggression.
Once sovereign States were forced back
into the Union at the terms of the vic
tor The real center Of power had
shifted; the nation had dominated the
States.
From Reconstruction to a war Of ag-
gression and colonization is but a step
forward in the course of events, and if
the imperialistic policy means any thing,
it means that the United States has gone
far toward taking this step. Imperialism
necessitates a strong standing army,
which has always proven menace to
democracy. With it's advent that sense
of personal responsibility which is the
very life of democratic institutions, is
destroyed
The flow of power to the General Gov
eminent as the center has been con-
tinuous, and the most potent factor In
the process has been and is the Supreme
court. In its hands the Constitution or
today, is not what it was thought to be
when it was adopted. 1t has developed
that there were latent in its powers,
which go far towards destroying the
very thing that it was thought to es-
tablish beyond question, and that is the
sovereignty of the people These de-
veloped powers make the Constitution
an instrument by which power is drawn
nf foe
against it.
BY the free use of injunction personal
liberty and freedom of speech Is threat
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President Roosevelt and party arrived
in Washington yesterday morning.
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ened. Take the famous Debs' case. The
court issued an injunction without no
tice, or a bill signed by no one. which
Injunction threw Debs and his co-laborers
into a Federal Jail without privilege of
trial by Judge. Where is the safeguard
of the people for such unwarranted in
vasion Of their sacred rights.
Mr. Herring referred to the present
committee system in our Legislative De-
partment. In the very early days of our
history there was no such thing as a
standing committee. In 1901 there were
ffty-nine, and their power in shaping
legislation and the influence of their sug-