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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-24
MANkATO FREE PRESS

Emperor William is showing himself
master hand at diplomacy. He has
quietly stirred up all Europe with a
strong feeling commercially and in
dustrially against the United States,
and now he steps in with a great show
of friendliness to this country and is
evidently seeking to take the benefit
of the far reaching political advan-
tages which he believes are bound to
accrue from a personal friendliness to-
ward him by the Americans. A lead
ing European representative is quoted
as saying that the emperor has never
given more convincing proof of his
political genius than in this adroit
move. In all the turmoil of Europe
over the industrial invasion of the
continent by the United States and
of the quarrel of his own people with
England, William has kept a magnii-
cent silence. Now at the opportune
time he surprises Europe by coming
forward and assiduously cultivating
the friendship of the United States.
The old diplomats of Europe feel that
they have been clearly out generated
by the young man.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-24
1T MAKES FARMERS.
Object of State Agricultural School is
Attained.

st. Paul, Jan. 20.-"It is not worth
while to reply to such charges, said
Dean W. NJ. Light of the state agri-
cultural school, Saturday, in reference
to the resolution adopted by the recent
stock breeders convention in st. Paul
declaring. that enough attention is not
paid to live stock ''If the committee
appointed to look into the matter
comes to the school 1 am sure we shall
acquaint ourselves favorably. 1t is a
always easy for men to resolve, and
these gentlemen have resolved every
year that the railroads did not grant
just accommodations to visitors at the
state fair and nothing has been done
about it.
''But if the public will look into our
school and see what is done it will not
criticise so much. We take boys that
have had no high school training and
we give them algebra Land is not
farmed by algebra, but chemistry
necessitates it, and chemistry is i'm
portant in scientific farming. We teach
botany, and we have heard botany OBJ
jected to by farmers and not practi-
cal study but who has a more init
mate connection with botany than the
agriculturist.
SIN the matter of the study of live
stock, our course has been planned af-
ter long and thoughtful study. We
teach the boys the best points about
cattle, how to tell good stock, what the
best breeds are for certain purposes
and give general instruction in the
care of stock and in scientific methods
of feeding. We do not intend to make
the boys live stock breeders. That is
not the purpose of the school.
"For example, we teach a boy
blacksmithing, not that he may be a
blacksmith, but that he may be able
to mend break in farm machinery
and save the time of going to town. for
repairs. We teach them carpentry and
the care of tools that they may be
handy workmen about the farm, not
carpenters. We teach dairying for the
general effect and we teach the study
of soils. of crop relations to soils and
many other things because know ledge
, of them makes better farmers.
ga boy who graduated from our
school some years ago said to me
you teach a lot more things tnan
when I was here and I doubt if / could
pass your examination, now, but
have learned one thing here l have
found out how to go about doing
things told him he had dlscov-
cred the essential thing for which ne
had gone to school,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-24
SMALLPOX INCREASES.
Fewer Cases Reported to State Board
Last Week.

The report of smallpox in Mime
sofa for the week ending Jan. 10 shows
a slight decrease compared with the
rec ord for the previous week. The re-
port shows 358 cases, against 379 re-
ported during the previous week. The
infection is found in SO localities,
scattered through a counties. There
was but one death recorded. It oc
urred in Chaska Carver county.
pipestOne county reports 80 cases.
Clay county has 80. Polk 10 and Jack
son and Carver counties 10 The other
counties have q smaller number Of
cases Ramsey county has four cases,
all of which are in st. Paul All of
the cases in Hennepin county, twelve
in number, are in Minneapolis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-24
WILL ASK FOR 100000.
State Agricultural Society at Extra
Legislative Session.

Secretary E. W. Randall of the
State Agricultural society is authority
for the statement that an effort will be
made to secure a $780, 600 appropriation
for fair purposes from the state legis-
lature. At the nesting of the society
held in ST. Paul early in the week at
tention was called to the need of in
creased facilities at the fair grounds,
without which members believe the
society would be greatly handicapped
next fall. For this reason the matter
will probably be laid before the legis-
lature at its special session next
month, and determined effort made
to securesthe amount named. If the
appropriation is secured it will be ex-
pended as follows: Horticultural
building, $25, 600; live, stock amphi-
theatre, $50, 600; lighting and power
plant, $50, 900.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-24
WHO is CONSISTENT2

Con gresham McCleary 8 zeal in
the interests of the dairymen of the
country is commendable, and for any
work he does in their behalf he will
receive full measure of their graft
tude and appreciation. All that any
one objects to is that he, raw re-
cruit in the dairymen's cause, should
assume command of the antiolemar-
garine forces. Possibly the editor of
the Mankato Free Press, who now puts
Mr. McCleary on pedestal as the
dairymens champion, is not aware of
the difficulty the supporters of the
Grout bill had in whipping that gen
tleman into line how his was the only
district in the state in which it was
necessary to organize movement to
bring pressure to bear on their repre-
sentative in congress how for long
time he refused TO give any satisfac-
ton to those who were fighting the
oIeo trust, and how it was only when
victory was in sight that he made a
rush for the drivers seat on the band
wagon. There is more to the history
of the anti -oleo fight than presents
itself to the uninitiated on the sur
face. -OWatonna Journal.
No, the Free Press is not advised as
to any such thing and from its knowl-
edge of the situation knows it to be
entirely false The putting forward
of such a statement by the Journal,
without any evidence to back it, looks
more like an effort on it's part to cover
I'D the vacillating course Of the first
district congressman as regards the
oleomargarine question. True last
year Mr.. Tawney did some commend
able work for the Grout bill. This
year he stands against it, and has in
troduced a bill which takes the tax
off from uuColored oleo, and which we
are told will be entirely agreeable to
the oleomargarine manufacturers
should it be enacted, How does the
Journal reconcile this with the posi-
tion he occupied last year.
Now Mr.. McCleary occupies the
same position he took then. He has
acted consistent in the matter all the
time, and if the Journal will take oc-
casion to look the subject up it will
find that Mr. CIRCUIT, who first intro
duced the bill commends Mr.. Nc
Cleary's position, and condemns the
course taken by the first district con-
gresham
The Free Press happens to be in a
position to know that Mr.. McCleary
early did some very effective work for
the Grout bill when first up before
congress last year. And he was not
whipped into it either. To be sure
he did not go around with brass
band as some other western congress
men have, but he was at his post of
duty just the same, looking out for
the interests of his constituents. The
farmers aud dairymen want the Circuit
bill as it originally stood. The oleo
manufacturers will not feel bad il the
Tawney bill should become a law.
Will the Owatonna Journal now tell
its readers why Congressman Tawney
has changed front from what he ad-
vocated last year?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-24
NOT BEFORE FALL
Prices of Phones May Go Up
Then.
President James Speaks Upon Sub
jeCt of Interest.---There are $50
Phones Now.

The action of the council in passing
the amendment to- the telephone fran
chise Friday night under suspension of
the rules has caused much comment
and some criticism on the part of citi-
zens and subscribers today.
When seen in regard to the matter
today by a Free Press repor ter, Pres.
]. II. James said that the company
did not intend to raise the rental of
phones until it had to, which would
not be until next fall and possibly not
then. 1t now has $50 to $40 subscribers
and does not expect the number to
come up to 600 before fall The con-
tracts with many of the subscribers do
not expire for two years yet, and they
cannot be affected by any change in
rates during that period.
DR.. James states that the company
does not desire to raise the rates in
order to get rich off of the community,
but merely as business proposition,
in order to be able to pay dividends on
the large increase in the capital stock
caused by the contemplated improve
m ents. At New Ulm, the telephone
company, with only 1876 subscri bers,
charges as much as under the local
ompany's new 600 rate
1t is intended to improve the plant
the present season, and plans and
specifications are being prepared, which
will be submitted at a special meeting
of the directors to- be held in about a
week, when action is expected to, be
taken. Plans for the reconstruction of
the building recently purchased by the
company on Hickory street, and for an
entirely new building, will be submit
ted at that time and choice made.
Dr. James states that the company
has been working toward last night s
move for the past two months, and
that business men to whom the mat
ter has been explained have offered no
objections when they understood it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-24

The story comes from Washing
ton that it has heen decided by the
managers of the st. Louis exposition
to postpone that great show one year,
and hold it in 1904 instead of 1903,
as has heretofore been planned. The
reason given for this proposed post
ponement is that it will be impossible
to secure first class foreign exhibit
next year. While a year later one
rivaling anything yet seen in exposi
tions can be gotten. 1t is said that
Japan has under way matters for a
great fair in 1903, in which there will
be great line of foreign exhibits, and
that if the st. Louis fair is postponed
a year, the best of these can be trans
ferred right to that city The ST.
Louis managers are reported as saying
that they can get up good fair in
1908, one as good as any ever seen,
but that if they put it over year,
they can rival anything yet attempted
in the way of great exposition. AT
st. Louis the fair managers being
questioned in regard to the Washing
ton report, declared that they knew
| nothing about it, and had said moth
ing regarding a postponement. They,
however, do not deny but that il
might be done. The late papers to-day
state tnat President France denies the
postponment.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-24

upon the condition of the city lookup.
This is an annual report required by
law.
President Porter read the annual
financial statement of the waterworks
department. He said that the pump
station and water system are in good
condition. Six years from next MAY,
$40, 600 of waterworks bonds will fall
due. Without an additional tax levy,
these bonds can be paid and in the
mean time so, 600 can be expended on
extensions.
Street Paving.
Mayor Petersen brought up the mat
ter of street paving and favored re-
ferring the matter to the board of pub
lie works to report all needed informa-
tion about paving block or two on a
cross street with macadam. HE
thought that cross streets should be
macadamized. -
Aid. Heinze favored macadamizing
all the streets.
Aid. Leonard favored bitumen pave
ment over the macadam, which made
it next to an asphalt street and much
less expensive.
Aid. Taylor thought that the city
should find out what kind of pavement
is wanted and then put in several
blocks, as that would be cheaper pei
block. He moved that the board OF
public works submit at the next meet
ing specifications for the best maqadam
pavement on Jackson street from Front
to Second streets, and this was carried.
The council voted that when il
adjourn it be until Jan. 22nd.
The bills were allowed, including g
street pay roll of SOL, waterworks re-
pairs $29. 70, and parks $40, total o.
$17575.
The council adjourned. The meeting
Wednesday night will be largely de
voted to the consideration of tax mat
ters A number of property own err
will lose their property Feb. 1st unles
the special assessments are paid before
that time, and some of them wish t.
compromise with the city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-24
IN MODERN DAYS
Ways of Doing Things Have
Vastly Changed-=The Science
of Medicine, Especially, Has
Made Rapid Advances.

"Few things have developed as rapidly
during the past few years as the science
Of medicine" said well-known prac-
titioner recently. "And the most
striking phase in its progress is in the
treatment of the blood.
"In the old days symptoms were treat
ed and the blood disregarded. Now it
is the root Of the disease that is attacked,
and the most important development
Of modern medical science has been in
discovering that, in most diseases, this
lies in the condition of the blood. II
the blood is thin or poor, the nerves
cannot receive their proper nourlshment,
the system becomes run down and IN
a condition to invite disease. Build up
the blood, restore the worn-out nerves
and you remove the cause. And when
the cause is gone, the disease will
follow"
An instance of the truth of this is the
case of the little son of Mrs. Minnie Par
IRISH, living at Donora, Washington Co.,
Pa. In an interview the mother says:
"Our little boy was terribly afflicted
with boils on his back, legs and feet.
He was pale and sallow and his system
was completely run down. He had no
appetite and his stomach caused him
great distress. We had him treated by
good doctorsat St. Louis and Indianapo-
lis, but their efforts did him little good.
Then we took him to Pittsburg, hoping
the change would helphim While there
doctor refused to vaccinate him, because
his blood was in bad condition and gave
us a certificate to that effect. We tried
various remedies, but without avail. He
grew worse, instead Of better, and am
sure he could not have lived long If he
had not been relieved.
ga friend from Dubuque, Iowa, adj
vised us to give him DIR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. In June, 1900, one
year after his trouble commenced, he be-
gan to take DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People, and half Of the first box
caused improvement. He began to eat
and play and was so much better that
we kept on giving them to him until he
had taken three boxes and was cured.
He has no more sores and today is per.
fectly well and the happiest boy on the
street."
At all druggists, or direct from DR..
Williams Medicine Company, Schenec-
tady, N. Y. fifty cents per box; six boxes
Cor two dollars and fifty cents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-24

The public schools of the state are
destined to be we'll cared for finan-
cially. The total school fund now
reaches about $15, 600, 900. of which
nearly $14, 600, 900 belongs to the pub
lie school fund and the remainder to
the university fund. 1t is estimated
that this endowment of the public
schools will eventually reach $50, 600, :
900. of this it is estimated that 50, =
500, 600 will come from the sale of
pine, not less than So. 900, 900 from
royalties on iron ore, and that SO, 900, =
900 will be realized from the sale
of state lands. No state in the union
is putting its public schools upon a
better foundation than is Minnesota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-24

AS the matter of street paving is up
to the council, and as the mayor and
members of that body profess to be
greatly DESTROYS of solving the problem
so that something can be done in that
direction this coming season, and as
they admit that the only thing which
in anyway blocks this important i'm
provement is the fact that they can
find no way by which payments there
for may be deferred and paid in on the
installment plan, they might take up
the question and cut the Gordian knot
by submitting the proposed new char
ter to .asvote of the people at a special
election to be held early in the spring.
That provides for the very feature
which they are looking for. Suppose,
gentlemen that you take the matter up
this evening. Don't be afraid to trust
the common people whom Lincoln
loved 80 WE'LL
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-24

The Free Press has neither the time,
space nor disposition to waste upon
the dead-beat who runs the Mankato
Journal. The county commissioners,
at it's recent session, under misap-
prehension, no doubt, awarded the
publication of the tax list and COM
missioners annual statement to that
inanimate sheet, provided that two
bonds in the sum of $1,000 each for
the ful6llment of the contract be fur
nished. The humorous growth that
calls itself the editor of the Journal
could not furnish the bonds, whereat
sit" rails at the editor of the Free
Press most ferociously. But cit"
never touched US.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-24
Views From Exchanges


Hutchinson independent Times:
Certain Minnesota congressman oppose
the National park project because they
have among their constituents certain
lumbermen who want to strip the
northern part Of the state of the for
ests which the National park would
preserve. The people Of the whole
state have rights in this matter which
wealth, greed and political pull, are,
through these recreant Congressman,
able to override.
The ST Cloud Journal-Press would
like change of subjects and says: 1t
is now up to the supreme court of the
United States. Suppose for change
we discuss this beautiful banana
weather, while the court is deciding
whether it has jurisdiction over New
Jersey corporations doing business in
Minnesota.
ST. Paul Pioneer Press: Poor Mr..
Bryan finds things very different in
these days The other day they gave
him banquet in Boston at which
there we're forty places that were to
have been occupied by old supporters
of his but weren't. Among others,
Josiah Quincy had an engagement in
Canada. Even George Fred Villains
abandoned the 1allen idol. When
George Fred plays the part Of Brutus
it is time that the Nebraskan sin his
mantle muffiing up his face should
hustle off the STAGE. But possibly
there is more money still in oratory
than in editoriallying.
Concerning an appropriation for a
state exhibit at ST. Louis exposition,
the Owatonna Journal says: There is
one thing the Legislature should not
fail to do during the extra session,
and that is to make liberal appropri-
alton for proper representation of the
resources of the state at the Louisiana
exposition. Minnesota has a COM
manding influence in the trade, COM
MERGE and manufacture of the territory
acquired by the Louisiana purchase.
She should have rhe evidences of it
made apparent at the fair.
| The Blue Earth Post in commenting
upon the supreme court decision in
the normal board board of control
difference, says: If the board of con-
troll consisting of three inexperienced
men so far as educational matters are
concerned, presume to dictate the
money value of institutions the choice
of books and the funds needed it will
be sorry day for Minnesota. We can
not believe that they will presume to
interfere with purely educational mat
tiers. That some frills can be spared by
our educational institutions cannot be
denied. By the future wisdom of the
board the law which created it will
stand or fall.
| St. Cloud Journal Press The Min
neapolis Journal thinks there is a
scheme on foot to defeat Van SAINT FOR
the Republican nomination. I'm
doubleday the railroads would be will
ing to pay the price to have him killed
off, but it is asking great deal of the
people to expect them to slaughter one
of their best friends.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-24
THE SCHEME OF VAN SAINTS OP-
POSITION.

There are numerous rumors from
the twin cities of plan on foot to de-
feat Gov. Van SAINT for denomination
and the twin city dailies have had
more or less to say about it in their poll
tical columns. The scheme is, they
claim to work up opposition to the
governor all over the state, and then
combine upon r. G. Dunn as their can
didate. Congressman Heatwole is Gre
dited with being at the head of the
movement to organize the southern
part of the state for his heretofore
dearly beloved enemy, the state audi
tor. The third district congressman is
credited with the desire to succeed
Senator Clapp in the United States
senate. There is no doubt out that the
opponents Of Gov. Van SAINT would like
to secure the name of Auditor Damn to
conjure with. But Mr.. Dunn has come
out very emphstically and said that ne
was not and would not be candidate
for governor against Gov. Van SAINT.
Also that he is not candidate again
for state auditor. Mr.. Dunn has al
ways had a habit of saying what he
means, and he has not in the past been
at all backward in letting it be known
when he wanted an Office, and the
Free Press hardly believes that he
will commence at this time in life tic
exhibit feeling of shyness upon the
subject. The most important thing
for the success of such movement il
to secare his active consent. While
there seems to be considerable activity
among some of the governors oppon
ents it should not be forgotten that th'
stand Gov. Van SAINT has taken for th'
enforcement of the laws of the stat
has made him immensely popular
everywhere among the people. NJ
matter what the final decision of tn,
court may be. they recognize the fac
that he has taken a standi their in
terest and they will be disposed tt
stand by him as result. His recent
action has made him many friend
through the state, and strengthened
him with many more, and they will
not be idle when it comes to matter
connected with his denomination.