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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-02-21

A civil service examination will be
held at the post Office building on Feb.
26, for an assistant in pathology and
assistant in physiology in the bureau
of plant industry, department of agri-
culture. The age limit is 30 years or
over and the salary is 81, 600 per year.
Yesterday the police located part OF
target. rife...-that was. Stolen from
Moore &..s.Tobin s.store. last summer
The boys who stole .the.-rifes-sre be-
lieved to be the same who ai-week or
so.ago:stole some..fsncy..sbreds Chickens
from. Chas. Bennett, that were. pur-
hased..at.the poultry.show:
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wilcox very
pleasantly entertained about forty OF
their friends at a valentine party last
evening. The rooms were prettily
decorated with cupids and potted
plants. The exchanged of valentines
caused a great deal of merriment.
The invitations were in heart form,
very nice refreshments were served in
the same form, and each guest .receiv-
ed from the hostess heart valentine.
John Serbs, Syrian, died Thursday
night and the funeral was held at
nine O'Clock Friday forenoon. He
had been ailing for some time, but it
was impossible to determine the cause.
A slight operation was performed.
Death was due to shock and heart
failure. Serbs resided in the old
Nicollet House building, and leaves a
wife. He was heavy, we'll built
man, about thirty years old, and his
parents live in Syria.
The spacious halls of the Commercial
college presented scene of extraor-
binary gaiety and social enjoyment
Friday evening. The students and
few personal friends were given So
cial dancing party by the proprietors,
Messrs. Brandrup and Nettleton. The
desks had been removed from the
mammoth commercial hall and itawas
converted for the occasion into a
grand ball room. Heath g full orchestra
furnished the music. Ice cream land
cake were served during the evening.
More than four hundred were in at
tendance and the occasion was greatly
enjoyed by all.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-02-21
TOLL LINE OPENED.

The Mankato Citizens Teleph one
Co. got its toll line to Lake Cryst al
connected up yesterday, and it is now
open for business. The Office is located
in Mr.. Thomas clothing store. "a
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-02-21

ME-. L. Patterson is confined to his
home with a severe cold. He was
threatened with pneumonia, but the
doctor thinks he has passed that dan
ger point. He was slightly better to-
day.
Kasota has applied to st. Peter for
an extension of its electric light system
into that village. The request asks
for street and commercial service.
The Tribune thinks the request will
be complied with.
Mrs. P. S. Thomas was called to
Minneapolis this morning on account
of sudden death of her father, W. W.
Parker. No particulars of his death
was received further than thatss--he
dropped dead this morning.
The council committee on city..sspro-
perty met last night and considered
the plan for remodeling the police
headquarters The committee is in
favor of awarding the contract to the
lowest bidder, but will refer the mat
ter back to the council Friday night.
The library board met Monday after
noon and examined number of sam
Piles of st. Louis pressed brick. They
have been left at the Office of Donahue
Bros, where they can be seen. 1.-The
revised library plans have not yet been
received from the architects, but are
expected daily.
M. B. Haynes has received his new
city maps from the publishers and
has placed them on sale. They will
be in demand. An up-to-date map
is always a convenience if not a neces-
sity, and Mr.. Haynes has supplied the
want that has been felt for some time.
He has placed low price on the
maps.
Reinhart Heller, the twelve year old
boy who ran away from home and
was taken in charge by the Minneap-
oils police, arrived in Mankato at p.
m. yesterday. He started away from
the depot in an opposite direction from
his home, when Officer Klugherz gath;
cred him in and turned him over tc
his father.
a movement has been started at Wi.
mona for the organization of SECOND
electric lighting plant. The Legislature
last winter granted the city council
authority to issue bonds for a city
lighting plant, but 30 far nothing hal
been done. The council is now ready
to take the matter up. If new com
pany is formed, giving low rates, o.
the old company gives low figures
the end sought will be attained snt
the council may not erect plant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Heinze wer
given surprise party last night a
their home on North Second stree
by fifty or sixty of their friends, tn
occasion being the twenty-fifth ami
verssry of their wedding. The affai
was arranged by Mrs. Mic Lang, an
was a complete surprise. Anon
those present were sixteen from Ne1
Ulm. Refreshments ware served tn
uosG and hostess were presented wit
a number of handsome silver gifts
and all present had good time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-02-21

New typewriters for rent for HOME
STUDY. G. F.: Hacker, first floor,
Odd Fellows Bldg, Phone 576.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-02-21

Several witnesses were examined, in
Guiding two young women who were
found in the rooms by Marshal Keehn.
These women came from st. Peter to-
day, and the man who accompanied
them was locked up for disorderly con-
duct. A saloonkeeper refused to sell
him liquor on the ground that he was
a minor, when he became abusive.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-02-21

The next..case for trial is that of @.
E. Mcneil vs. Harry Paddock and W.
A. Beach. This will be the last jury
case to be tried.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-18
Money to loan.-D. M. Kennedy.

Money to loan.-D. M. Kennedy.
Mrs. @. E. Conklin visited In Cher
ryvale Sunday.
DR.. Baird, Physician and Sur
geon. Country calls promptly at
tended.
We will now have through trains
to Kansas City on the Katy, without
going around by Parsons.
Ora and Wilbur Allen have resumed
their studies at Baker, their father
being considered now out of danger.
DIR. Norman l.. Roberts, Dentist
office over First National bank. Office
hours 9 a. IN. 70 D. m. Phone w.
The Dickey people have extended
their option on the Cole land fer
fifteen days, paying therefore five dol
lars per day,
Miss Lille Wiggans visited with
relatives 10 town the last part of the
week. She returned home in Wilson
county, Ounudy'
Sam Dutton and family have moved
out of the rooms IN the Grubb block
and now occupy the house recently
vacated by Harry Larrick.
Rev. A. J. MacMurtry and Elder E
p. Bodle attended meeting of the
Southwestern Kansas presbytery al
Parsons several days this week.
We are informed that our esteemed
townsman, B. f. Nye, will be a cand-
idate for Probate Judge Of this county
next fall. Mr.. Nye is an old soldier
and a railroad employe and seems to
have the solid support Of this part Of
the county. In fact it looks very
much like he will have no opposition
IN the convention. Mr.. Nye will
make a strong candidate before the
people.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-18

What a remarkable difference there
is between an editor and his wife.
They are as directly opposite as the
antipodes. Tis a wonder they eau live
together In peace. She sets things TO
rights, and he writes things to set. She
reads what Others write, and he writes
what others read. She keeps the devil
out of the house as much as possible,
and he retains him, and could hardly
get to press without him. She knows
more things than she writes, and he
writes more than he knows.
A small device, not larger than a
half dollar, has deem invented to be
attached to each telephone, where a
number is attached to one line,
which prevents hearing except the
two persons talking. The demand
for them will probably be large. To
the sorrow of some.
The great Sunday attraction In
Chanute now is to see the oil wells
spout. Each Sunday they are opened
up and allowed to flow short time
for the qualification Of numerous sight
seers, many of them strangers from
other states.
The Kansas Crude Oil Co. brought
In another oil well on the Mosier land
Saturday morning. They are now
located on the Mann tract.
Chanute can now have magnificent
Santa Fe depot and Harvey eating
honse If she will but come down with
sufficient cash.
l.. V. Bundy, the pop man. is in the
city arranging to start up his bust
ness. A part of his goods has arrived.
Matt Heller has bought the west
front lots, back of Mr.. Merritts. The
price was $40 per foot.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Rosenthal spent
Sunday with their daughter in Kan
sas City.
Sheriff Yockey frequently has bust
ness in Chanute during court times.
Miss Salle Carter spent Sunday
with her brother, John.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-18
Fruit Growers Meet.

The Neosho Valley Fruit Growers
association met at Union school house
on Tuesday evening April is. The
meeting was we'll attended and the
estimate of crops was discussed and
other business passed upon.
Wednesday next April %, is the
day set to distribute crate and box
materiaial, any member of this asso-
citation, wanting material to make up
will do well to be at George Chapells
place on that date at l P. NJ. The
committee will be there to wait on
you, they are ]. j. Wheatley aud Phil
Reinhart. Don't forget the date and
place.
Our next meeting will be held at
the Union school house on Tuesday
evening April 30. All persons interes'
ted in the berry business are cordially
invited to meet with US. All mem.
bers should be present as there is i'm
portant business to be acted upon.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-18
Married.

In Erie, Wednesday noon, April Is,
Mrs. Belle Barbaugh and Mr.. II. L,
Benedict.
Mrs. Harbaugh has been for a mum
Der Of years the editor and proprietor
of the Erie Republican Record. She
is an accomplished lady and very
successful newspaper woman.
Mr.. Benedict is in the grain bust
ness at Parsons. He is highly re-
spected business man. He has with
stood the wiles and charms of the
fair ones for many years, only to be
taken in at last by the fair haired
ctarmer Of the Record.
1t is not yet made public whether
Mr.. Benedict will join the Editorial
Association or Mrs. Benedict the
Grain Dealers combine.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-18


Tenuie Thomas IS now notary
public.
Get your horse and sale bills at the
TIMES Office.
The fishermen are not reporting any
big catches yet.
FOR SALE Some fine hedge
posts.-J. F. Brinegar.
Houston Ray, city scavenger. Leave
orders at Meals drug store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Montague are
the proud parents of a young daughter
Mrs. Capt. Walker has been quite
sick for some days, but is now better.
]. C. Bell has movd to California.
Some of the politicians can breath
easy once more.
Our brick plants are sold away ahead
and brick are scarce in the city. An
other brick plant here would be pay
ing investment.
John Hardness is rushing his spring
work In great shape, He has already
planted fifty acres Of corn on thirty
five acres of ground.
Lee Kimbrough visited Parsons Sun
day and brought back with her her
cousin, Master Dean Johnson, for
little visit in Chanute.
Dunsmore was in Chanute Wednes-
day. There are no scars on him from
his recent scrap with Mrs. Nation,
We won't say about the sore spots.
Mrs. Chas. Woosley is quite sick
with pneumonia at her home, fonr
miles west of Chanute. Thursday
morning she was reported to be some
better.
WANTED-I want you to list your
rental property, houses to rent, va
can't lots and farms for sale with me
at once. Inquiries every day.-Chas.
r. Beatty.
|
called Grand View and East View, one
the old DR., Light property, and other
the Wickard land, are now on sale by
the realestate men.
J. w. Mccullough has opened a
barber shop in the basement under
the gas Office, recently occupied by
the Sun. John is good barber and
in time will get his share of the trade
Chanute property is shrinking in
value very rapidly of late. 1t Is some
what amusing TO hear the owner OF
valuable property tell of its almost
worthlessuess, when the assessor is in
hearing.
The Hortcnse Nelson Company pre-
sented, The Octruon at Williams
opera house Wednesday night. The
play was we'll presented and the audi
ence very appreciative. This com
pany is much above the average and
should they journey this way AGAR
would receive a larger patronage.
An erroneous impression has gone
out that Bloomheart & Wright art
going to change locat ions. This orig
mated from the fact that one Of The
large rooms occupied by them has re
Gently changed ownership. This does
not affect them in the least. They
will continue at the old stand where
they will always be delighted to meet
their old customers and as many new
ones as can crowd in.
From the rapid growth that is taking
place In the fourth ward it is appar-
emit that more school rooms should
have been provided in that ward. The
nine rooms the ward will have for
ward purposes, when the new foul
room building is completed will be
absolutely inadequate to accommodate
the pupils of the ward this fall and
the children from this ward will have
to be scot to others or be coOped up,as
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-18
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This signature Il on every boz Of the genuine
Laxative BrOm0-Q uinine Tablets
80 rsDsdy hat cures = cola IN ore dsE'
Graham guardian., 1902-10-24
CORSET FOR MEN,
New Invention 10 Fill a Long Felt
Want For Masculine Sex.

Chicago, Oct. 20.-A mans
corset on exhibition at the nation
al dressmakers' convention came
near causing panic. Women
looked and then turned and looked
again and said it was horrible.
Men crowded about the booth try
ing on the corset. Another hasty
peek came from the women. Then
the men began buying and before
the afternoon was gone more than
sixty orders had been taken.
The convention is generously
patronized, not only by men dress
makers, of whom there are not a
few, but by the ladies tailors.
One of these tailors, who does
mems work as well as women's
strongly advocated the new corset.
at will take the place Of the
suspender, which has always tend
ed to make men round shouldered," >"
said he. "You see, there is a fast
ener on this corset for holding the
trousers in place and the thing is
perfectly comfortable and conven-
lent. 1t is laced up the back, but
it need not be laced tightly. This
question of holding the clothes in
place is trial to us. Besides with
the new fitted coat, which has come
to stay, we have got to have some
such thing as corset to make fit
possible. Men like to have nice
waists, just as well as women"
The mems corset looks much
like the girdle which women wear.
1t is very low and fits comfortably
over the hips. 1t is fastened in
front with a soft steel, just as is
girdle, and is made of many color
ed silks, pale pink and blue being
Unpopular colors.
Graham guardian., 1902-10-24
FACTS IN FEW LINES

There are Rfty-onc women to every
forty-niue men in Switzerland.
One factory in England is turning out
432O,000 pingpong balls each week.
There is one dentist to few more
than 1000 people in the thickly settled
states
The olive oil product OF Tho year in
Andalusia amounts to about S,5OO,0OO
pounds.
Paris will shortly possess the only
German newspaper published in
France.
Vlckers, Sons s. Maxim, the British
shipbuilders, have decided to erect a
motor car mandatory.
The cost of making o cranberry bog
productive is $500 to $500 an acre and
three to five years time,
In memory of their royal mistress
COO servants of the late Queen Vic
toria's household have endowed a bed
in Clever COnvalescent hospital.
Canada's military establishment, con.
sistlng of less than 10000 men all told,
will be increased to 10000 if the Brit.
ish idea Of colonial defense prevails.
Three inch quick firing guns of the
newest patterns are to be served out
to the Russian artillery in eastern Sibe-
ria at an estimated cost of over $780,
600.
A plumber who was arrested in Rome
for stealing jewelry confessed that he
swallowed diamonds and other stones
valued at $4,000 and sold the mount.
ings.
Nlcaragua's latest purchase for her
navy is the obsolete German war vessel
Arminius, which, being twenty years
old, was about to be broken up at Ham,
burg.
The largest copper refining works in
the world are that at Perth Amboy, n.
J. Fifteen TO eighteen million pounds
Of copper are refined by elecTolysis ev-
cry month.
The Betterment of London associa.
ton has presented q petition to the
county council requesting that it should
deal with the question Of street noises
throughout the metropolis.
CuXhaven instead of Hamburg is to
be the future home port Of the Ham.
burg-American liners. The change is
being made on account Of the increas-
ing shallowness of the river Elbe.
The discovery of gold in Gazaland,
Portuguese East Africa, proves to be
one Of extraordinary richness, and
there is a general movement toward
from other parts of AT.
RIGA.
Ell Pals, which is a pushing paper Of
Buenos Ayres, offers to give every sub.
scriber for three months an equal value
in cigarettes. so that the customer gets
So worth Of news and tobacco each for
the one price.
John Dunfee of Syracuse, N. Y, has
been awarded the contract to build and
equip railroad among the fiords and
hills of northern Norway. He will be
the first American contractor to con.
struct railway in Norway.
Foreign comic papers are being sub.
iccted to a strict censorship in Ger.
many just now. A special lookout is
being kept for those published in Amer.
lea which contain pictures considered
to the kaiser.
Vienna is experimenting with Shake.
Graham guardian., 1902-10-24
IT WILL Be SETTLED.

The President of the United
States has, in a way, called upon
the mine operators and on the
working miners to cease their
strife and give the people coal
His appeal was to patriotism, to
enlightened self interest and to the
feeling Of humanity. The result
so far is merely nothing.
There are truth and rights on
both sides of the controversy, but
there is higher truth and Il higher
right over and above the conten
tions of the miners.
In every age, in every cline, in
every country, when conditions
are too hard upon the people, the
people demand change. The
answer is always made that under
the law nothing can be done.
Then, and not till then, the funda,
mental law is changed. 1t will be
changed here. The people will
not forever be at the mercy Of
combinations of capital or oflabor.
If private ownership Of public
necessities and public utilities
proves harmful to the people at
large, public ownership will be
tried. To make these changes
does not mean socialism, anarchy
or revolution. We have the right
and the tools with which to control
our own destinies and it is our
duty TO use them.
Graham guardian., 1902-10-24

=I;,,..e rrss commonly acted plays
"Troilus and Cressida" proved success
full, filling the Burg theater two and
three times week, but Measure Fol
Measure" was received coldly.
According to returns collected by the
India Tea association, the tea crop of
19Ol-02 is Z per cent less than that of
the previous season. In 1900-01 the to.
tai production was 177,G77, ,237 pounds,
and for 1901102 it amounts to 1G5, ,263,-
453 pounds only.
The Harvard observatory has receiv.
ed an anonymous gift Of $4,000, half
Of which will be applied to the enlarge.
ment Of the present building in order
to provide for proper arrangement
Of the 100000 photographs of the heaY-
ems now owned by the institution.
A new giant geyser of Rotomahana,
New Zealand, is attracting attention.
A mass Of boiling water half an acre
in extent rises in great dome, from
which column of water and stones
rises to 300 feet, while immense col
umns of steam ascend as far as can
be seen.
A curious strike is in progress at
ROkewood, near Ballarat, Victoria,
where, in consequence Of the refusal
Of the loca! publicans TO reduce the
price Of beer from sixpence to four
pence per pint, each resident has sign
ed pledge to do without beer until
Melbourne prices are charged.
The Chemiker Zeitung describes
some experiments in making of artii-
cial diamonds. Carbon was heated in
an atmosphere of inner gas In an iron
flask raised to a high temperature by
the electric arc. Bits the size Of a pea
were obtained having the hardness and
crystalline form of diamond. The
crystals have a gray tint that makes
them worthless for jewelry, but their
use in drills seems to be promising.
Many years ago an old fisherman get.
tied on a small island in the Missouri
river opposite the Armour plant in
Kansas City, and in 1891 the river
changed its course, making the island,
W lllNll htAh bNNll NtllhNlSSSt al pdll VI llG
mainland. Since that time the question
of the ownership Of the land. now
worth 100000. has been in the courts, |
which have just decided that the prop
erty belongs to the fisherman by set
tiers rights.
A French doctor publishes as the re
suit Of fifteen years study in hospitals
and prisons his conclusion that % per
cent of the hospital patients inherited
vitiated constitutions from alcoholic
parents and that Go per cent OF the
criminals received the germ of their
criminal instinct before birth He alsc
says that no habitual drunkard car
have sound children and that out OF
several thousand drunkards' children
examined not one exception was found.
Graham guardian., 1902-10-24
MI. Wheeler Got Rid Of His Rheu
matiSm.

During the winter Of 1898 l
was so lame in myjoints, in fact
all over my body, that could
hardly hobble around, when l
bought bottle of Cham berlain's
Pain Balm. From the first appli.
cation l began to get well, and
was cured ane have worked steadi-
ly all the year.-R. Wheeler,
Northwood, N. Y. For sale by
Stafford Drug Co., Stafford; II. P.
Wightman, Pima.
Graham guardian., 1902-10-24

THE coal barons call for law.
They declare the miners union is
illegal. Do they forget that their
combination to control the price
of anthracite is illegal under the
common law and by statute? We
recall a famous case where capi.
talist by the name Of Shylock
stood upon the law. He got all he
asked for and more.
Graham guardian., 1902-10-24

Alcohol is now used in France
and Germany in lamps. The spirits
are vaporized and burnt beneath
a Welsbach mantle, thus producing
Il clear and brilliant light,
Graham guardian., 1902-10-24

THE most incompetent people
are those who waste time in criti-
cizing the order Of nature. The
doers accept conditions and turn
them to account.
Graham guardian., 1902-10-24
FRIDAY, OCT. "a, 1902.

The museums are offering large
rewards for the discovery Of any
person who has no scheme to settle
the coal strike.