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or where LIE Sueur is. In making for
that point when about half way, Mr..
David Faribault overlook US with two
fine teams loaded with goods to trade
to the Indians, and he induced me to
sit in with him and he drove through
to Traverse. There we stayed until
the balance of our party came along.
From thence we came to French
mans by the name Of LIE Blanc, and
there we induced him to pilot us to
our journeys end, as he knew the
country and the Indians, and the
latter were in great numbers hereabours
and rather objected to our crossing
the river at that point. But with LIE
Blanc we got along very well with no
serious mishsps until we reached Sib-
ley mound and back to the place
where stands the finest little city in
Minnesota.
''For several years did not locate
in Mankato, but came here every year
up to the time of locating and always
called it my home from my first visit.
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diately opposite Mr.. Pfaff. and
adjoining his old stone business house,
a block of stores at cost of perhaps
some two or three thousand dollars.
There are several other good build
ings on lower Front street approach
ing completion, the owners of which
we do not know.
On Front. between Hickory and
Walnut streets Capt. Guenther is
erecting a building 40 by 40 feet two
and half stories high, which is
estimated to cost about So, 900.
M. q. Bergholtz has just completed
an addition of some Is feet front to
his block on Front, between Walnut
and Hickory, at a cost of perhaps
81, 600.
A. N. Dukes has recently finished
a new store room on Front street op-
posite the levee, at a cost of 81, 600.
Messrs. Keys. Jenkins & Roos are
putting up business house, 40 by 40
feet, two and half stories. on the
corner of Main and Second streets,
which will cost three or four thousand
dollars.
Mr.. Furnell has recently completed
a good two story building on Walnut
between Front and Second streets. the
dimensions and cost of which we do
not know.
Chas. Heilborn is erecting large
two-story building on the corner of
Second and Hickory Streets designed,
we believe, for business purposes, of
the dimensions and cost of which we
are not informed.
Andrew Hanna is about completing
q new two story building on the
corner of Front and Hickory streets
which he designs occupying as drug
store, at cost of about 81, 900.
Numerous smaller dwelling houses
costing from $500 to 81. 900 are going
up in various directions, with the
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The First Sign Board in rlankato.

From letter written Dec. 1, 1899,
by Mr.. P. K. johnson we learn that
the first sign was on his house. corner
of Front and Main streets. He
writes "It was not beer sign-no,
it was a Bible sign. In 1868 there
came to my house clerical looking
man, and after some talk, he said he
would like to leave few Bibles with
me for distribution had no objec.
tions and his instructions were to
receive pay for them if it was offered,
but in no case to fail to give Bible
to any person desiring one. He then
nailed on the corner of the house a
sign board bearing the inscription,
Bible Repository and that was the
first sign board displayed in Mankato.
1 performed the duties of Bible
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and was prominent factor in making
the new townsite success. The local
management of the company's affairs
during the first year, however. was
left mainly to Mr.. johnson, who with
his friend Goodrich. remained faith
fully at their wilderness post all OF
that summer and the following win
ter. In the early part of the summer
a second log cabin somewhat like the
first, but little larger and having a
small window, was erected on block q,
about where the first Winona depot
stood. Here Mr.. and Mrs. James Rab-
lin, who were employed by the town
site company, lived, and with them
Johnson and Goodrich boarded during
most of the summer and winter. A
midsummer freshet having made the
river again navigsble, the steamer
Black Hawk was induced by Col.
Robertson to make three trips to Man,
kato. She left st. Paul on her first
Journey on July Sd, 1859, with Al
passengers, 10 of whom including Col
Robertson, were booked for Mankato
where they arrived at 9 a. m. on July
9Th in pouring rain. On the 7th o.
this month July while Robertson
jackson, johnson and one or two o
the other proprietors were together a
Mankato partial division of the town
site lots was made among the mem
bers Lot 4, block 6, on which Ih
first cabin stood having fallen t
Henry Jackson, he sold 1t on Jul.
gath to Henry Bergholtz.
On July 9th, accompanied by an in
telligent Indian guide Col. Robertson
ascended the Minnesota several mile
in a canoe, to determine its naviga
bility above the mouth of the Blu
Earth of which he was we'll convince
as result. While the colonel was a
Mankato he met one ]. M. Norecon
who with two companions had bee
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feasible highway route, however, and
80 reported, and in month or two
thereafter Messrs Reed, Thompson and
Kennedy with corps of surveyors and
assistants opened road from Reed g
landing at tie foot of Lake Pepin
along the route indicated to Mankato,
and this old route by way of st. Clair
was the main highway to the east for
many years.
In Octoper, 1859. Messrs. Hanna
and MaxHeld visited the settlement
and located claims. During the fall
of this year P. K. johnson and Henry
Jackson built them each cozy cabin
of hewn logs with windows, floors and
partitioned rooms complete, johnson 8
being on lot 1, block ID and Jackson 8
on lot of the same block. In the be-
ginning of winter Col Robertson put
up a log store on block 10 and placed
it in charge of Evans Goodrich with
stock of goods to trade with the In
disns. About the first of December the
townsite company let the contract for
building a frame hotel. afterwards
known as the Mankato House, to one
Lewis a. Windslow, who sublet the
contract to Minard Mills and during
the winter some of the timbers for
the building were gotten out.
Among those not mentioned who
settled in the townsite in 1862 were
Noah Armstrong, John E. Harrison,
John Henderson, Ephraim Cole and
Hiram Fuller, the latter arriving in
November brought the first news OF
the presidential election of that yeal
to town.
In February, 1868, Robert WardlaW
and VIM. Wood arrived in sleigh
drawn by three horses, having follow
ed the river all the way from Dubuque
! Wardlaw had a trunkful of good
and soon opened store in the frs
claim shanty. With the opening o
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$3O,ooO,ooo for Cuba.

Feb. 10, SO:
The Washington correspondent of
the N Y. Evening Post says II am
assured from high source that if an
alliance exists between France and
England to prevent the acquisition of
Cuba by the United States, the ad-
ministration has no information on
the subject. In this connection, it is
true that Mr.. Buchanan, with the
advice of the cabinet, had advised
those powers that the United States
will never submit to the control of
Cuba by either or both of them.
From present appearances this is as
near as we shall come to the acquisi-
tion of Cuba. Mr. Buchanan stands a
better chance of being struck by light
ming some clear day in midwinter,
than he does of seeing Cuba annexed
to this country in any shape. His age
lessons his chances nightly" The
Post editorially remarks:
"The news from Spain, received by
the arrival from Europe. confirms the
general conviction of all we'll inform
ed men in this country that Spain is
resolved not to sell the island of Cuba
TO the United States. Not only is
this resolution fully taken, but it
seems that the very proposal is regard
ed as offensive and unfriendly. 1t is
looked upon, we suppose, by the Span
ish government much as we should
regard an offer from Spain, to pur-
chase Long Island or Nantucket. The
possession of Cuba to her is more i'm
portant than the possession of any of
our islands can be to US.
"We will not attempt to conjecture
what will be the effect of this intelli
gence on the passage of Mr.. Slidell's
BILL now before the senate. As the
thirty millions of dollars which that
bill places at the disposal of the presi-
dent are not required to be paid to
Spain for the island of Cuba, but are
simply made over to him for expendi-
ture, it is not probable that Mr.
Buchanan's adherents will be deferred
from supporting the law by the known
impossibility of obtaining Cuba If
they obtain the money they will
doubtless be satisfied that, probably,
is regarded as of more Importance
than the island.
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Lincoln on Compromise.

Feb. 1S, '61:
The following unequivocal and man
ly utterance is reported as coming
from Mr.. Lincoln within the last few
weeks. 1t has a genuine ring and we
doubt not is an authentic exposition
of his sentiments on the subject:
81 will suffer death before I will
consent or will advise my friends to
consent to any compromise or conces-
sion which looks like buying the
privilege of taking possession of the
government, to which we have a con-
stitutional right because whatever 1
might think of the merits of the various
propositions before congress, 1 should
regard any concessions in the face of
menace, as the destruction of the gov
ernment itself. and the consent of all
hands, that our system shall be
brought down to level with the ex-
listing disorganized state of affairs in
Mexico -
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Recent picture)

K. Johnson and Mrs. Henry jackson
afterwards Mrs. Hinckley) from list
submitted by the proprietors, and
was the one suggested by Col. Robert
SON. who took it from Nicollet's book
descriptive of the Blue Earth country
Being the old Indian name OF the
Blue Earth river Though the ladies
did not know it at the time) 1t was
most appropriate.
MANY persons at once became inter
ested in this much-talked-of settle
ment at the mouth of the Blue Earth
and were anxious to see it, but In
those days of no roads it was very In
accessible as a great forest full OF
swamps. ravines and tangled mass
of growing and fallen timber inter-
yened between it and st. Paul. On
the 9Th of April, 1862, five Germans
attempted to reach it in bateau they
had constructed with small mast
and sail in its center. They were
Philip Krummel, = Weinheimer, Jacob
Guenther, Conrad Stulz and another
whose name we did not learn. After
ascending the Minnesota about fifteen
miles the mast caught in an over
hanging bough and the bateau sudden
ly capsized and Weinheimer was
drowned. The other four clung to the
boat until rescued by some Indians
who happened to hear their cries for
help.
Finally the townsite company ar
ranged with the little steamer "Tiger"
to make a few trips to their new town.
On April 21st, 1859, she left the ST.
Paul wharf on her first voyage, well
loaded with supplies and crowded with
passengers, among whom was P. K.
johnson, who had not been back to
the townsite since February. johnson
took with him a stock of goods intend
ed especially for the Indian trade,
which he sold in the log shanty under
a license held by Jackson. The boat
returned to st. Paul on the Goth, and
on the 2Sth of April started on her
second trip to Mankato with a heavy
load of freight and passengers for that
and other points along the river. The
Tiger made her third trip to Mankato
on May 18th taking up as big load
as before During this month of May
the townsite was surveyed anu plated
by Simeon P. Folsom of st. Paul, a
surveyor hired by the company. The
land adjoining the townsite and be-
tween it and Kasota was soon taken
by the horde of claim seekers who
came up on the boat and otherwise.
Josiah B. and Henry S. Gump located
on what is now Mankato City in April
or May, and built a shanty there.
John B. and William G. Greenway
also made claims adjoining them, and
Evans Goodrich took the land on
which Dukes addition is situated.
John James, James Rablin and many
others located claims in the vicinity
also this spring. Philip Krummel
Jacob Guenther and their two surviv
ing comrades, nothing daunted by
their unfortunate first attempt, reach
ed Mankato about the 18th of May
having made the journey this time
however, on foot. These and Johl
Schneider and number of other Ger
mans took claims this spring near tn
townsite. These early claimants wer
nearly all adventurous young men an
many did not remain long in the set
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persons. Henry Jackson, Parsons X.
Johnson, Col. D. A. Robertson, Daniel
Williams, John s. Hinckley, VIM.
Hartshorn. J. G. Ramsey, }. M.
Castner, D. F. Brawley and Robert
Kennedy. Each member contributed
s1OO to a fund to be used in develop
ing the new enterprise. The name
"Mankato" was selected by Mrs. +.
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navigation in the spring of 1858
Johnson and Jackson brought their
families to the new town on the hrst
boat. Philip Krummell, having mar
ried the widow of his late unfortunate
comrade, Weinheimer. brought his
bride on the same boat with her four
children. among whom was Louis
and Charley Graf.
In May came the Hanna and Max
field families and occupied building
which Minard Mills had started that
spring for warehouse, which stood
where the Young & Otto grocery now
stands. Henry Goodrich, Basil More
land, Joseph Guenther, Hoxie Rath-
burn and many others arrived the
same spring. In the early part of June
came Thos. D. Warren and George E.
Van Brunt with their families, and
with them James McMurtrie and Mar
shall T. Comstock, Clements Kron,
Edwin Howe, Josiah Keene, Peter
Frenzel, John G. Layton came about
| the same time.
During the first part of July Gen.
Leach, who had been appointed by the
townsite company to superintend the
construction of the Mankato House
raised its frame work and enclosed it.
During the same summer Capt. Reno
surveyed the Mendoza and Big Sioux
q. S. military road through Mankato
which gave the pioneers good road
to st. Paul. Some twenty buildings
were erected on the townsite this year
and the foundation of our future city
was laid.
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man, possessed of not very much OF
this worlds goods and sought employ
ment, which found in that city, and
worked there until the latter part OF
January, 1859, when l was induced
by P. K. johnson and others to come
to the southerly bend of the Minnesota
river, which happened to be about
where Mankato is now located. We
left st. Paul with six persons In the
party, Henry jackson, P. K. Johnson
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The first white male child born in Mankato. Mr..
Kron has always resided here.
Element. Quite a number were en-
ployed more or less by the townsite
company. On the oath day of May
Daniel Williams sold his interest to
Gen. Samuel Leech, man of consid-
cradle means and prominence, whose
home was in Warsaw, Illinois. He
had recently been receiver of the U. s.
land Office at st. Croix Falls and had
invested largely in Wisconsin and
Minnesota real estate. He soon took
much interest in his Mankato venture
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John James, Dan Williams, Louis De
Mareau and myself. We made the
trip to Sibley mound in seven days
and camped for the night, and looked
around until about noon the next day
when we hitched up our team and
came back to where Mankato now
stands and camped for the night. We
then picked out a place to build a
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owners of which we are unacquainted.
But those we have enumerated will
serve to show that notwithstanding
the "hard tines" our town is NOV
ing steadily forward in the direction
of its manifest destiny''-the second
city in Minnesota.
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Ex=GOV. ALEXANDER RAMSEY.
First Territorial and War Governor of Mime
sofa Territory
bar at Harrisburg in 1889. BE was
secretary of the electoral college Of
Pennsylvania in 1910, clerk of the
house of representatives in 1S4l, repre-
sentative in the 2Sth and 29th con-
gress, appointed by President Taylor
governor of the territory of Minnesota
April 3, 1S49, which Office he held
until 1868, was mayor of st. Paul in
1856, governor of the state of Mime
sofa from 1860 to 1853, United States
senator from 1868 to 1875, Sec
retary of war under President Hayes
from 1879 to 1881.
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Hon. W w. Paddock, who resides
of Mankato, and who is member of
the present board of county commits
sioners, relates his first visit to Man
kato MS follows:
Sin rhe year 1851 / came to st.
Paul, MINI. was then quite young
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agent the best I could, distributing
them to those whom thought ought
to have one. I remember presenting
one to Robert Wardlaw, telling him to
read it and try to read it understand
ingly."
Alexander Ramsey was born near
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Sept. 8,
1916. Educated at Fayette College,
studied law and was admitted to the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
FAVOR PANAMA ROUTE.
Isthmian Canal Commission says the ORe1
by the French COmpanE Is
the Best

Washington, Jan. 21.-The president
Monday transmitted to congress the
supplemental report of the isthmian
canal commission on the proposition
of the Panama Canal company to sell
its property to the United States for
$40,0OO,O0O. The commission unani-
mously reports that after considering
the changed conditions that now ex-
list that all the facts and circum-
stances upon which its present judg-
ment must be based, the commission
is of opinion that the most practical
BILE and feasible route for the 18TH
milan canal, to be under control, man
agement and ownership of the Unit
ed States, is that known as the Pan
anna canal route. The report is signed
by all the members of the commits
sion. 1t was accompanied by let
ter of transmittaI from the president
to congress.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
RECIPROCITY CONVENTION.
Over a Hundred Delegates In Attendance
Omcers EIected-The Purpose of
the Organization.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 23.-The reci-
procity convention called at the sug-
gestion of Gov. Stanley held it's initial
session here yesterday. Over 100 del
egates were in attendance, including
two. or three each from half-dozen
or more western states besides Kan
sas.
Officers were elected yesterday as
follows: President, Gov. W. E. Stan
ley, of Kansas; vice president, James
Deering, of Chicago; secretary, A. B.
Hulitt, of Topeka; treasurer, P. I.
Bonebrake, of Topeka. Resolutions
were adopted asking congress to pro-
vide for reciprocal relations with
Cuba. The headquarters of the league
will be in Topeka and the purpose of
its organization will be to aid in es-
tablishing better trade relations with
Mexico, Cuba and other countries
such as the interests of the west
should demand.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
ASTOUNDING SHORTAGE.
Treasurer of a Cincinnati PackinghOuse
said to Have Stolen Nearly 100000
from His Employers.

Cincinnati, Jan. 23.-It is alleged
that Theodore Braemer, secretary
treasurer of the Schroth Packing
company, of this city, is short in his
accounts from 100000 to 100000.
Braemer and his wife have turned all
their estate over to the Schroths and
the shortage will be fully covered
without prosecution. Until recently
Braemer received $25 per week as
booklleeper. His salary never exceed
ed $40 per week and he has been with
the firm 25 years. He has transferred
one of the finest residences in the
city and other valuable property and
over $4,000 in stocks and bonds to
his former employers. His employ
ers always believed his statements
about his fortunate speculations and
investments and never examined his
books.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
TO BUY TELEGRAPH LINES.
Belief in Washington That the President
Is Having a Bill Drawn for Govern
nent Ownership.

Washington, Jan. 23.-The report
that the administration bill for the
acquisition of all telegraph lines in
the country is now being prepared by
subcommittee of the senate post of
fee committee and will be introduced
at an early date, is generally accred-
tied here. Interests closely identified
with both the Western Union and
Postal companies admit the question
has been submitted to them and has
been considered in a general way.
1t is authoritatively stated here that
the Postal stockholders and the
Gould interests in the Western Union
are willing to sell and will not oppose
the measure. Wall street and other
authorities say that by taking over
the telegraph lines the government
could reduce tolls from 10 to 20 per
cent, use three per cent. of the earn
ings to form a sinking fund with
which the bonds can be redeemed, and
thus pay for the property out of the
earnings.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
PUT IN BLACK HOLES.
Nine COnvIcts Confined in Two Small Dun
geOns, Six by Eight Feet, Without ANY
Bedding and Little to Eat.

Tacoma, Wash, Jan. 23.-Ten of
the ii cenvicts who escaped from
McNeiPs island penitentiary Sunday
and were recaptured without blood
shed are now confined in two small
dungeons, six by eight feet, five men
in each. One man, Carroll, is too
sick to be placed in a dungeon. The
convicts who were captured Tuesday
morning and who were then almost
famished, were not fed until Tues
day night, when they each received
one slice of bread and a sup of
water. They got nothing else to eat
until last night and will be kept in
the dungeons for at least Is days
The black holes contain no bedding
and are but six feet high.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
NIXON FOR SHIP SUBSIDY.
New Leader of Tammany VIII Try to Get
Democratic congressman to Vote Com
trary to Their Platform.

New York, Jan. 23.-Lewis Nixon
favors the ship subsidy bill, and the
first great test of his power as acting
leader of Tammany will come when
the bill reaches a vote in the house
of representatives.. Mr.. Nixon will
use whatever power of the organiza-
ton that he can control to force the
Tammany congressman to vote for it.
The national platform of the demo-
cratic party contains plank de-
nouncing the principle of subsidies to
ships, and the representatives of the
party in congress, with few excep-
lions, will work and vote against the
measure when it is reported out by
the committee in charge.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
LEAVE PLATFORM ALONE.
House Democrats Say 1t Is Not the Prev
inee of the Caucus to Make POIIt-
icaI Declarations.

Washington, Jan. 22.-The commit
tee of 10 appointed by direction of
the caucus of house democrats to
consider number of resolutions out
lining the policy to be pursued by the
minority during the present congress,
have agreed by vote of II to 1 to
recommend to the general demo-
cratic caucus which meets on Friday
the adoption of a resolution declar-
ing it to be the sense of the demo-
Gratis of the house that the caucus is
not for the purpose of making plat
form declarations and has no power
to add to or subtract from the ma
tional platform already adopted. Mr..
Henry, of Texas, will offer as a sub
stitute a resolution for the reaffirma-
ton of the Kansas City platform.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
More Lands May Be Opened.

Washington, Jan. 23.-Indian Agent
Jensen is expected to-day with a dele.
cation of Otoe, Missouri and Ponca
Indians from Oklahoma, who want
to be heard on the question as tc
the opening of such of their lands as
have not been taken as allotments
or which have been released by the
death of their Indian alIottees. These
lands comprise nearly 100000 acres.
There is considerable demand fol
their opening to white settlement.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
TO CARRY OUT THE Law.
President of st. Louis Worlds Fair Says the
National Commission Is Not COnsid-
erIng Postponement.

ST. Louis, Jan. 21-Thomas H. Car
ter, president of the National Worlds
Fair commission, who arrived here
last night, said: There has been
some agitation for postponement of
the fair to some date later than 1908,
but so far as the national commission
is concerned Postponement has not
been considered and it is not contem-
plated. The law passed by congress
provides that the formal opening
shall take place not later than April
80, 1903. It is our duty and our pur-
pose to carry out the law"