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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05
LET MEN SEEK OFFICE.

This is the declaration of a man
who is after an Office in Murray
county:
LET the Office seek the man sounds
very nice, and Tor the last twenty-five
years that 1 have lived in southwestern
Minnesota l have kept a sharp look
out lest some Office would take after
me and chase me all over the prairie.
but no Office has had the courage to
take after me, so now have decided
to assume the offensive and take after
the Office of county attorney and If by
the aid of Republican votes can
corral him at the primaries 1 shall try
to put halter on him at the Novem-
Der election. -
This adea of the Office seeking the
man is all right in theory and is no
doubt a nice thing to talk about
in your leisure moments but it never
could be put into practice. Notwith-
standing the hue and cry raised by
certain individuals who have nothing
else to occupy their minds the offices
in this country are generally filed
with men who stand high in the COM
munities in which they live.
There is no good reason why first
class citizen should not be permitted
to become a candidate for Office and
+aba eUerv honorable means of sacur-
ing the nomination and election.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05
BRANCH STORE IN WELLS,
Louis Ianda, Shoe Dealer, Is to Ex-
tend Business Operations.

Last Tuesday morning Louis Janda,
an old and reliable merchant of Man
kato, came down on the morning
train and after looking over the situa-
ton thoroughly, determined to open
shoe store in Wells. He accordingly
rented the Losby store building re-
Gently occupied by 81. N. Hager with
his musical stock and into this store
he promises in the near future to open
up large line of the very best shoes
on the market which he will supply to
the local trade at very reasonable
prices. He has engaged the services
of J. s. Brewster as salesman and
will no doubt find him a good one as
he has long been identified with this
kind of work having been in the shoe
trade in Wells for several years past.
Mr.. Janda is an OLD merchant having
been located in Mankato for sixteen
years and at one time owned three
distinct and separate stores there but
at present is only operating two
stores in that city. Wells will be the
only branch store he will own and we
hope be will find abundant success
in the business of our street. Wells
Advocate. -... ....-...
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05
TWO WEEKS MORE,

Candidates for nomination to public
Offices have trihe over two weeks in
which to circulate among the people
and present their claims for suffrage.
1t has been a quiet compaign thus
far and the next fourteen days will
not witness any material change un-
less it be in the cases of two offices
where there is considerable strife.
The Free Press has not and will not
take any part in the ante primary
campaign, preferring to let the people
decide without any suggestions from
this paper, who should be the nomi-
nees Of the Republican party. All Of
the candidates are capable men and
any one of them could fill, in an sccep-
table manner, the positions he seeks.
1t is Hoped that the Republicans
of Blue Earth county will attend the
primaries on Sept. 16. 1t is essential
that the pri airy election be given a
test in order to determine whether il
is the proper thing. The polls will
be open on Sept. 16 from O. clock in
the morning until 8 O'Clock in the
evening The election is carried on
much after a general election.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05
AID. DEEgAcH'S BAD BREAK,

Aid. Beebach during the council
proceedings Saturday night attempted
to criticise Judge Cray because he or
dered the aldermen to issue the suc-
tIoneer's license to Mr.. Levy. If the
alderman from the First ward does
not know it he should be informed of
the fact that judges of courts do not
issue orders out of mere whims or be-
cause of their likes and dislikes. nor
do they for moment attempt to be-
come bosses. Their opinions are based
upon the law as they carefully construe
it, Alderman Deebach could be held in
contempt of court. His remarks
were an insult to Judge Cray who
does not decide questions of law upon
sentiment or because it may be 10 the
advantage of certain persons to have
them decided according to their man
ner of thinking. $685.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

last Saturday. Mr.. Klein has practi-
cally retired from business and in
tends enjoying his remaining years by
spending his winters in milder
climate. Mr.. Klein was one of the
pioneer residents of the Minnesota
Valley locating at st. Peter in it's
palmiest days where he made and lost
a large amount OF money. Later he
removed to Mankato where he built
up the largest furniture establishment
in southern Minnesota. While here he
visited number of our stores and
was surprised to find as nice establish
ments and as extensive stocks as could
be found in Mankato. -Mapleton En-.
terprise.
Attorney Plymat of Mankato was
in town Wednesday on legal business.
Considerable pressure has been
brought to bear upon Mr.. Plymat to
enter the race as candidate for the
Republican nomination for state sena-
tor, but he will not go into politics
this year, at least. -Mapleton Enter
prise.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway Company has put in a well
at Mapleton. It is 1856 feet deep, 1Z8
feet being through solid rock. The
well cost $500. ssa e aHESE#
Friday, Sept. 10, has been designated
as "Amboy Day at the county fair.
The people of Amboyz together with
their band will make things lively at
the fair on that day. .,fraa
EH.H
The old hotel building that has been
an eyesore to Amboy residents all
these years has been torn down. za--..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05
PRESIDENTS SPEECHES.

President Roosevelt is delivering
speeches in the east that fairly bristle
with sound sense and at the same
time they are made up of short words,
short sentences and are.straight to the
point. In recent address the presi
dent laid down rule that it is we'll
to go by. He at the same time i'm
pressed upon his hearers the fact that
it is not the government that must
look we'll after the welfare of the
citizen, bat a mans life is in his
own hands and he must guide it care
fully under the conditions that the
government surround him with.
The president asid: r-- ....
There is not any royal road to good
government any more than there is a
royal road to learning. You can frame
laws and have q good constitution,
and after all has been done that you
can do in that way, you have accom-
plished simply the creating of condi-
tions which render ii possible to have
good citizenship The good citizen
ship has to come from the people
themselves. In this government,
right here in your own town life, you
have it in your own Yards to secure
fair dealing, honest obedience in pri-
vate life and in public life, by each
doing his duty in the ordinary work
day matters
And it is the same in the nation
All that can be done by the govern
ment is to create the conditions under
which man shall be given justice,
shall be guarded against injustice and
shall be left to work out his fate
according to the stuff that is in him.
The president lays down the rule
that each man is a government in
himself and by SO conducting himself
in an upright manner there need be
no fear of the government welfare.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05
LET THE PRESIDENT ACT.

President Roosevelt he's been ap-
pealed to by citizens of Wilkesbarre,
Pa, to use his influence to the end
that the coal miners, strike might be
brought to fni sh.
1t certainly would not be beneath
the dignity of the president Of the
United States TO enter into negotia-
tions with the coal mine owners and
the miners in the hope of effecting a
settlement of the difficulties. But
whether the presidents efforts would
prove to be effective it is hard to say.
Some one connected with J. P.
Morgan gave it out that "there will
be no settlement, no arbitration, no
Cancellation, 20 mediation, no conces-
sions. The fight must go on" These
are strong words, too strong by far,
for men of the calibre of Morgan and
his associates. They will only cause
the strikers to remain more firmly and
put them in mood not at all pleas
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

Carleton F. Hodge, editor of The
Independent at Assumption, ILL.,. is in
hot water. He is threatened with pro-
secution for publishing improper liter
allure because he has undertaken to
print the Bible in his newspaper.
Certain chapters of Genises and Deu-
teronomy have proved too strong for a
banker at South Bend. Ind. Is some
one working up a case against the
Bible in order to prohibit its circula-
tion through the mails. If it is
charged that there are Objectionable
spots between the covers the good
book will be read more than ever.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

What will be the result in the
third district That is the question
that troubles the minds of the politi-
clans in Joel Heatwole's bailiwick.
The city papers today contained por-
traits of the gentlemen who are seek
ing the congressional nomination and
they are very likely looking lot. any
one of whom are well able to repre-
sent the district in an acceptable man
ner. 1t is unfortunate for Nicollet
county that two of her citizens seek
the nomination. 1t would seem no
more than fair that G. S. Ives should
have been left to make the fight mas
much as he was the first one of the
two to enter the race. The fact that
both himself and Mr.. Davis are in the
contest can only result disastrously
to both. GsG tr l 81
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

Ada Gray is dead. The once famous
actress who played EAST Lynne and
made it popular with so many thous-
ands of people, was buried yes erday
in the actors fund plot at Evergreen
Cemetery, New York. She was among
the older actresses who were before
the public twenty five and thirty years
ago. She enacted the role of Isabelle
in EAST Lynne" for many years and
it would be difficult to tell the number
of people who wept at her recital of
the character.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

Judge Shiras of the United States
supreme court. offers some valuable
advice to labor unions. While his sug-
gestion is not new one. yet it is
timely. The judge says that labor
unions should be incorporated. 1t is
the primary step toward the passage
of an arbitration law. He rightly says
the unions should be made responsible BILE
for the carrying out of an agreement
and until they are there is little hope
for compulsory arbitration of labor
troubles On the other hand labor
leaders do not look kindly upon COM
pulsory arbitration, claiming that in
almost every instance where strikers
have submitted their troubles to arbi-
tration it has resulted in their receiv-
ing bat little benefit.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

New Ulm appears to be coming in
for great deal of criticism because it
did not treat the old defenders with
more consideration Of the recent cele-
bration. 1t is claimed that the old
boys were allowed to shift for them
selves and no entertainment was pro-
vided for them. One defender re-
marked: "There ia one consolation,
we will not have to attend the next
celebration. Why didn't New Ulm
come to Mankato when the fiftieth an
niversary of the founding of the town
was celebrated and obtain pointers on
how 10 Hdo things2"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05
STATE NEWS IN SHORT LINES.

The relatives of Arthur E. Vangen,
who disappeared while on his way
from Hastings to Cannon Falls, are
securing this locality for the missing
man. They fear the worst. Vangen
was 90 years old, q Norwegian, and
could not speak English plainly. He
bore scar from an operation on one
ear. 1r aaFgE.. aai.rus aa.af.-
The Monte Carlo gambling joint
near Minneapolis has been broken up.
John Globke and Hans CIausen of
Sleepy Eye had their pockets picked at
New Ulm Saturday. Globke lost $50
in cash and notes of the value of sew
eral hundred dollars, while Mr..
Clausen lost $S5. #@aaa4~a
The first football accident of the
season is reported from st. Paul.
Edward Fales, half back, secured q
fracture of the skull
Leo. HINT was drowned at Austin.
At a meeting of the defenders of
New Ulm, Luther Ives of Brown
county; G. M. Penney of LIE Sueur
county, and Jacob Steizer of Nicollet
county, were named as committee to
wait on Senator Clapp and Conrgess-
man McCleary for the purpose of hay
ing a bill brought before congress
placing the defenders on the same
pension basis as the volunteer soldiers.
Fairmont merchants are bucking the
insurance trust. The rates in that
city have been raised of late.
The Blue. Earth Register wants a
base ball tournament held in that CITY,
Peter Pass got too near the monkey
cage when LUCKY Bill'' was here
last Monday afternoon, and one of the
Gnmannerly simians grabbed PETERS
pipe and proceeded to enjoy quite
smoke But Peter was provoked at the
monkeys impotence and went after
the briar" so earnestly that Joco
handed it back to him with look of
one who had been deeply wronged. =
Adrian Democrat
The Palace hotel at Adrian was
closed on account of failure to procure
help. --...- ....a 1.......
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05
Charles was in a iocular mood :
Straight talks ;

The country and the party very gen
orally applauds the president for his
s'straight talk to the emissary Of one
of the Republican factions of Texas.
who visited him in the endeavor to Sc
cure advantage over the other fellows
The president told this gentleman
very fatty that he had no particular
use for Republican who allied him
self to the party for the sake of get
ting patronage and that ne was dis
gusted with those members of the or
ganization in the southern states who
wasted their energies in quarreling
for spoils among themselves instead of
endeavoring to make a showing
against the common enemy. IF the
Republican party in the south is to be
built up and made respectable in that
section this result can only be accom-
pllshed along the lines the president
lays down. There is no disgrace in
defeat, oft repeated, for principal.
There is no honor in maintaining
party organization for no other pur-
pose than to send delegates to the
national conventions and spend the in
tervening time soliciting appointive
Office from a president to whose cleo
ton nothing is contributed. -Winona
Republican and Herald.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05
WHISPERINGS AND MURMURINGs.

The Populist party in a soutbern
state has delared itself dead. The
party has been like a great MANY
politicians. They have been dead for
years and could not realize it,. ID
Girls will take the places of bows as
messengers in Chicago. How copId
the sweet things be 80 mean2 The
only way the boys can get revenge is
to marry the girls. 9g7 zaa 800 "a
The primary election law has result
ed in many candidates patronizing the
photographers and the newspapers
have for weeks been flied with the
Eases Of a fine looking lot of men, es-
peciafly of the Republican variety.
Extreme modesty on the part of Dem.
ocrats still keeps them from seeking
Those little republics down south
can make good deal of noise at that.
Police officials of Minneapolis and
other places are squabbling over
Iracy,s identity. AS Tracy is most
peautlfqlly dead why not declare the
AhSANOhO SIOSCu
4@| asa@a.9T1 . 9E a.aa ASH r-asa
Valiant Col. Bryan is standing
heroically by the Kansas City platform
whence all but he has fed. :. =
With North Dakota short on million
aires. 1t is surprising that the people of
North Dakota bother themselves about
politics. ga7osraa ae7r 800 49,
Years ago Theodore Roosevelt wrote
book 'The Winning of the West. =
AS President Roosevelt he has won
the east, west, north and south.
Those who use coal for fuel next
winter will certainly..be burning their
money.
There may be no significance in this
but there is certainly a suspicious
ting connected with ii. A Madison,
Wis: coal man has refused a state Job
paying 50, 900 yearly salary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05
ROSING'S BALDERDASH.

Candidate Rosing, in his speech
in Minneapolis, dug up few old
chestnuts and talked about how this
government attempted to enslave the
people in the Philippines. 1t is sur
prising that anyone who calls himself
an American citizen and is a patriot,
should indulge in balderdash and stuff
of that character. There ia no enslave-
ment of the Filipino. There has never
been any attempt made to do that
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

Mrs. Minnie E. Gillis, a Chicago
society woman. with beautiful face
and heart like stone, is applying
for divorce from James e. Gillis,
now living at Danville. In her testi-
mony before the court she stated that
a husband is necessary evil. In
Mrs. ellis case all she cared about
her husband was to get what money
she could out of him. The judge
dismissed her case.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

Aside from the county candidates
whose pictures do not appear in sec
tion two of The Free Press, Fred W.
Lossow, George r. Wilder and G. j.
Laurisch are seeking the nomination
for representative. George Scherer is
a candidate for commissioner from the
second district and George W. Mead
is candidate for Judge of probate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Warranty deeds fled: Hl. .T 81.
Clark Keysor to Geo. M. Phillips,
part of lot five, block thirty seven,
city, for So, 600. Na-'. Fl
James @. Morrison to John NJ.
Roberts, 3S acres in Sec 35, Mankato
township. for 81, 200. .
David G. Davies to Ella M. Shook,
lot fourteen, block 1874, West Mankato,
for 500. W a..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

Study the law, suspend Judgment. T"
This is the sage advice of The Duluth
News Tribune to those who are
harping on the alleged evils
of the primary election law.
To be sure there are defects in tie
law, but these can be remedied BY
amendments.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

Strikes are unknown in New South
Wales. This is due to the compulsory
arbitration law in that country. The
same condition exists in New Zealand.
Compulsory arbitration laws should
be enacted in america and thus would
an end ba put to anch contests as are
wsged between labor and capital
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05
SWINGING ROUND THE CIRCLE,

Lieut. Gov. Lyndon A Smith is out
with statement endorsing Edward
T.. Young for congress in the seventh
district. a... ..- .-.-..
Major B. 3. Randall, in The Wi
mona Republican Herald, says that
New Ulm did not treat the defenders
in a courteous manner during the
celebration, last week. ~ art Wal .
Acting Mayor Jones Of Minneapolis
has positively refused to be caudi-
date for mayor despite the request Of
many of the most Substantial business
men of that city, a4 a.a
Mr.. and Mrs. e. Nj. Davis, parents
of the late Senator c.. <. Davis, cele-
brated the sixty fftb anniversary of
thsir marriage az Yanktop. S D.
Mr.. Davis is ninety years of age
and mis- wife lightweight. r-.sg H.
Chief of Police Waite i Minneapolis
has notified al police officers there to
report to him at once Of any attempt
at bribery. ... ..... .......-... = - ..-..
This compliment is paid to Dan
Shell: .. .- A-
Dan Shell has been growing fatter
daily because Of the pleasure he finds
in gathering the bread be cast upon
the water DUNG the past many years.
Kindness dtne to worthy men in
secret to amel crate sore troubles are
now being rprr claimed from thu
housetops. :" This is as it should be.
and the sbafF of the opposition will
find this arnor Of affection ynynlner-
able. -Worthhgton Globe. ".a@.
J. A am Bde formally opened his
campaign fol congress in Duluth
Thursday nigt a-s LID
William Wendell, aged eighty-two
years. is resident of Minneapolis
Like GladstGe he chops down tree
on each birthday. #E#E
Governor Van SAINT yesterday re-
ceived a photograph of Prince henry
Of Germany IN white frame and
gold torder, and decorated with a
monogram and the coat of arms
of the houseof HohenzolIern.
W. r. RaldeDbush, of Minnesota,
has been APPOINTED cadet ensign for
the coming academic year at the
United Stats naval academy
Lyman z White, known as the
father of Bainerd, is dead. He was
born in Vemopt in 1911. he was
known ampg the Indians as "Big
White Fathr. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

c. B. Cheney, the political writer
of The Minneapolis Journal, says that
"the Democrats OF Blue Earth county
made noble effort to bring ont Judge
Severance for the state sentae. There
were several others whom the Demo-
Gratis attempted TO induce to become a
candidate for senator.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

The Minneapolis Journal happily
remarks: "The Pioneer Press praises
the merger to the extent OF a column
and more for reducing freight rates.
There is one party to whom some
credit should be given whom the
P. P. forgot to mention. The frs
two letters of his name are Samuel R.
Van SAINT, governor of Minnesota. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

may get out Of order or something
break that will result seriously"
Tires hours afterward Mathews was
dead, the automobile having got mixed
up in an accident. A lady companion,
Mrs Marie Cobb, was also killed. a--
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

General Nelson A. Miles will take
trip to Europe. Here's where the
general will shine. He will be per-
mitted to wear all of his fine trsppings
and paraphernaelia He will be &C
companied by at least three of his
aides
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

Editor Watterson is grouchy again.
He declares that Cleveland, Hill,
Bryan and all of their class should be
pushed aside and young men should be
given an opportunity to lead. He calls
for second Jefferson, jackson or a
Tilden. So long as Wstterson himself
not be enticed into an acceptance
of Democratic presidential nomina-
tion what is the party going to do?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

Dan Patch paced mile at Proyi-
dence yesterday in 500, beating his
own record of :OO4. Dan can go
some. Will the animal lower the
record of 1 1914 made by Star Pointer
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05
Auction Sale.

An auction sale will be held at
George A. Lortz's place. Decoria.
Sept. II. He will dispose of all his
property. including horses
and cattle and farm machinery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

The price of coal has dropped to $40
per ton in New York and the denizens
of that city look for a further decline.
1t Is to be hoped that the lowering
process will extend to the west.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

Frank Mathews was arrested at Sea-
bright because he allowed his automo-
bile to gain too high speed upon the
highway. The judge when filming him
said: "Some day your steering gear
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

The assessed valuation of real
estate in Minnesota, as equalized by
county boards, is SAT-. 374. $40.