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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE.
All News From King Edwards Bedside
Is Satisfactory.

London, June 30.-The night passed
with less incident at Buckingham pal
ace than any other night since the op-
Grafton. was performed on King Ed
ward. There were fewer watchers
outside the palace, the public ap-
pareHtly having accepted the official
announcement that the king has
passed the point of immediate dan
ger. The following bulletin was is
sued at a. NJ:
1.-THE king feels stronger, in spite
Of some discomfort from the wound.
Nothing has occurred to disturb the
satisfactory progress the king is max
ing"
This bulletin was not expected until
10 o'clock, consequently the few per-
sons who were passing in the neigh
borhood of the palace were the only
ones attracted to the announcement.
When the footmen had posted the no.
tice, however, the crowd soon in
creased and read the latest news with
expressions of thankfulness.
A bulletin posted at the palace at
p. m. said the kings progress was in
every way satisfactory and that the
local discomfort had decreased.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Copenhagen says that Queen Alexan-
dra has invited the deputation of Dan
lsh hussars to return to London at the
end of September for the coronation
Of the king.
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SITUATION UNCHANGED.
Eighth Week of Anthracite Strike
Finds Both Sides Firm.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, June 30.-The
beginning of the eighth week of the
| anthracite miners strike shows no
change in the situation. At President
Mitchell's headquarters National Board
Member John Fallon is acting for Mr..
Mitchell during his absence. He said
that the miners were just as deter
mined as ever, and unless there was
arbitration the strike is destined to
go on. The national board member
also denied that there was any suffer
ing among the strikers. He said that
so far there was no privation and not
likely to be any for a long time to
come.
The local operators seem to be a
unit in saying that a break in the
strikers ranks may come any time
now. This belief is based on reports
which the operators claim to have re-
ceived from many sources that the
families of many of the strikers are
in want.
An attempt will be made to start at
least three washeries in the Wyoming
region. One operator said that the
number of washeries now in operation
was greater than at any time since
the strike began and that there was
only one step between operating
washery and colliery. Sooner or
later ne thought an attempt would be
made to start up a mine.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
ALL RECORDS BROKEN.
Gauge of 1926 Miles of Track Changed
in Nine Hours.

Mediapolis, Ia, June 30.-Four hun
dred and forty men working nine hours
in driving yain moved both rails of
the Burlington and Western road on
125 miles of track and thus broke all
records in converting a narrow into
a broad gauge track. The event was
witnessed by thousands of Iowans,
who stood at every depot holding UNI
brellas to protect themselves from the
drenching downpour.
Twenty-eight crews of sixteen men
each, working an average of four
miles each, accomplished the feat
without the abandonment of any reg
ular Sunday traffic and without any
serious delay. Two hundred thousand
spikes were driven. Each rail was
moved ten and a quarter inches to a
row of spikes previously driven in
the ties. All save four spikes in the
inside had been previously drawn, all
those on the outside being undisturbed
until their rails were lifted to their
broader gauge.
The work was carried on simultane-
ously on the line from Madiapolis to
Washington and from Wenfield to Os-
kaloosa. Trains loaded with gangs of
men left Mediapolis, Washington and
Oskaloosa on the narrow gauge and
dropped the gangs four miles apart.
Following the narrow gauge trains spe-
Gals on the new broad gauge picked
up the gangs and conveyed them to the
starting point. All sidings were
broadened at the same time.
The men were all experienced track
men of the Burlington and Western,
and others borrowed from the Burling
ton and Rock Island systems.
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TO RESUME FESTIVITIES.
Proposition Warmly Approved in View
of Kings Rapid Recovery.

London, June 28.-The prospect of
the kings rapid recovery has led to
revival Of the projects for festivities.
1t has practically been decided that
the Indian and colonial troops here
shall be reviewed here next Tuesday
or Wednesday by the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales on the Horse guards
parade, Queen Alexandra attending to
take the salute on behalf of the king,
as she did recently at Aldershot. This
idea was warmly advocated by the
colonial premiers in London and it
has been approved by Joseph Cham
berlain, the colonial secretary.
It is also likely that as soon as his
majesty is pronounced to be out of
danger London will indulge in gen.
eral illumination. Very few of the illu-
mination devices in the city have
been disturbed, their owners awaiting
the decision of the Prince of Wales in
the matter. The prince has not yet
ordered the removal of the devices
from Marlborough House. 1t is not
impossible that the abandonment of
the naval review will be reconsidered
in the interests of the colonial and
Indian visitors, who are greatly dis
appointed at missing this sight. Other
entertainments of the nations colonial
and Indian guests are also being ar
ranged. Thus, If there is no setback
in his majesty's progress, there will
be a partial revival of the interrupted
festivities
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WILL DAMAGE THE CROPS.
Heavy Rainfall Reported Throughout
the Middle Western States.

Chicago, June 3O.-"If the rains con-
tinue few days longer the damage to
the crops throughout the Middle West
ern and Western states and the loss
to the farmers will be beyond calcula-
tion," said Professor Cox of the Unit
ed States weather bureau.
While he was speaking reports were
coming in showing that it was raining
practically all over the Middle West,
and that many already flooded states
were visited by an inch or more of
rain In twenty-four hours. In Chicago
the rainfall was more than an inch.
Illinois is one of the chief sufferers.
All through the interior, as far south
as the Ohio river, the farms are flood
ed. Corn fields, wheat fields, meadows
and gardens have been turned into
lakes and ponds. Only the most favor
able kind of weather will save the ag-
ricultural communities from heavy
loss
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July 4 1902
4, The Free Press..map ought to be in
every home in Blue Earth--rscounty
The price is right and the mapsis
right.
lima 21-Inlu 4.11.1Qn2

ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth-ss. In Probate Court.
IN the matter of the estate of LuciuR
wheeler Nourse. deceased
Letters or administration on the estate of said
deceased being this day granted unto E. r.
Kennedy of said county.
1t is ordered, That all claims and demands
OF all persons against said estate be presented
to this court for examination and ALLOWANCES,
at the probate office in the city of Mankato, In
said Blue Earth county. on the following day,
VIZ Monday the 18th day of December 4 D. 1912,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said dav.
1t is further ordered, That six months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to pre-
sent their claims against said estate, at the ex-
piration of which time all claims not presented
to said court, or not proven to its satisfaction,
shall be forever barred; unless for cause shown
further time be allowed.
Ordered further. That notice of the time and
place of the hearing and examination ofsaid
claims and demands shall be given by publica.
ton of this order for three successive weeks
prior to the day appointed for such examina-
ton, IN the Mankato Free Press, a weekly
newspaper printed and published at Mankato
in said county
Dated at Mankato, the 18th day OF
June, A, D. 1902.
By the Court:
probate Court Seal VIM. F. HUGHES,
- Judge of Probate.
s. B. Wilson,
Atty for Administrator.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
KING EDWARDS CONDITION RE.
PORTED TO BE MOST
EE SATISFACTORY.
RECOVERY ALMOST CERTAIN
Doctors Regard the Danger of Peri.
tonitis as Now Nearly Past-As
Soon as 1t Is Safe to Do So His
Majesty Will Be Removed to Cowes
and Placed on Board the Royal
Yacht for ConvaIescence.

London, June 2S.-'It's the best
yet" was the public comment with
! which the bulletin posted at Bucking
ham palace at II o'clock was greeted
A small crowd waited before the pal
ace until the bulletin was brought out
and when the grand news became
known there were cries of Hear
hear" and cheers. Lord Churchill
the acting lord chamberlain, drove UP
to the palace just as the bulletin was
issued and he expressed his keen pleas,
ure at the doctors report of the kings
condition. After learning the con.
tents of the bulletin the crowd at the
palace quickly dispersed and the re,
joicing which was already apparent in
the crowded streets increased in keep
Ing with the terms of the latest re-
port. The II o'clock bulletin was as
follows:
"His majesty's condition is in all
respects satisfactory. The king has
had comfortable day and has made
substantial improvement"
The Prince and Princess of Wales
dined at Buckingham palace in COM
pany with several royal personages.
All the diners returned early to their
homes.
The unanimity among prominent
physicians in expressing their opin-
ions as to the case of the king is quite
remarkable. All the professional opin-
ions gathered are distinctly favorable
and hopeful, the doctors regarding the
danger of peritonitis as now almost
past, and believe his majesty's recov-
cry to be entirely probable.
Are Proud of Their King.
The people are taking the greatest
pride in the kings fortitude. 1t has
been learned that his majesty facili-
tated the preparations for the opera
ton, and that when the surgeons were
ready he stretched himself upon the
operating table, declining assistance
Lord Warwick, in proposing a vote
of sympathy for the king before the
Warwick town council, said that he
was authoritatively informed that his
majesty's first words after recovering
consciousness after the operation
were:
will my people ever forgive me?"
ness and pluck are considered most
favorable auguries for a speedy re-
covery, and the messages from Queen
Alexandra and Sir Francis Knollys,
the kings private secretary, in re-
ply to expressions of solicitude, and
the statements of persons most famil-
lar with the situation, all bear out the
confident hoDefulness which prevails.
me Daily Mail says that all King
Edwards functions are working ad-
mirably. The drainage pipe has not
yet been removed, says the paper, but
the kings general progress is very
sure and steady. His diet already in
cludes soup, fish and baked apples. 1t
is probable that next week the number
of daily bulletins will be diminished.
at has been informally settled"
says the paper, that as soon as it is
safe to do so his majesty will be moved
to Cowes and placed on board the
royal yacht for his period of conval-
eSpenceo
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IN M'kINLEY'S MEMORY.
Tablet Unveiled in the Metropolitan
Methodist Church, Washington.

Washington, June 30-A small tab
let of white marble, bearing in letters
of gold brief statement of the life
and deeds of William Mckinley, the
tribute of his friend, Judge Thomas
H. Anderson, formerly of Ohio, but
now a member of the district bench,
was unveiled in the Metropolitan
Methodist Episcopal church here Sun
day. The unwilling was attended with
simple ceremony in the presence of
some of those who had helped the dead
president execute the will of the peo-
pie. Well known men added their
tributes to the solemn melodies of the
choir in making the occasion
memorable one. The American flag
that concealed the tablet was drawn
aside as the congregation sang with
deep feeling Nearer, My God, to
Thee" The tablet occupies position
on the north wall of the main audi
forum midway between the two en-
frances to the church. President
Roosevelt and Secretary Cortelyou
were present.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
LARGEST IN THE WORLD.
Mammonth Cotton Mill to Be Built
Near Kansas CITY.

Kansas City, June 30.-The Star
says: The largest cotton mill in the
world is to be built within twenty
miles of Kansas City. Ten million
dollars is to be invested, $3,100,000 of
which has already been subscribed by
Eastern and Western men. The mill
will have 100000 spindles and 10000
looms. 1t will employ 1000 operatives
and have a payroll of $2,450,000 a
year. The capacity of the mill will
be 10000 bales of cotton a year, with
an output of 100000 pounds of fin
ished cloth. The value of the annual
output will, it is estimated, amount to
$12,750,000. The mill will be revolu-
tionary in its construction. Electricity
will be used as the motive power and
several new devices will be installed.
There will be four mill buildings COW
ering an aggregate of twenty acres of
ground.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
American Jockeys Exonerated.

Paris, June 30.-The recent investi-
cation by the Jockey club OF the con-
duct on the French turf of American
jockeys, who, it was intimated, had at
tempted to prevent the English joe
keys riding with them from winning
races, has resulted in the exoneration
of the Americans. 1t is said that the
club found nothing suspicious in their
behavior and no proof of a combina-
ton on their part against the English
riders was discovered.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
TELEGRAPHIc BREvITIEs

Cholera has appeared at Toxic,
Japan.
President Roosevelt has signed the
isthmian canal bill.
The third trial of Jessie Morrison for
the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle at Ell.
dorado, Kan, resulted in a verdict of
guilty.
Edwin and Thomas Balch of Phila.
delphia are at present in st. Peters.
burg for the purpose of collecting in.
formation and material with regard to
the boundaries of Alaska.
Eastern Nebraska has had four days
Of almost continuous rainfall, flooding
corn fields and delaying the harvesting
of small grain. Some damage has been
done to wheat in the shock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
WALKED OUT OF CHURCH.
Miners at ELEPHANT, Pa, Refuse to
Worship With an "Unfair" Man.

Scranton, Pa, June 30.-The quiet
Sunday services at st. Patrick's Cath
Ole church at Olyphant were rudely
disturbed by District Board Member
Stephen Reap of the United Mine
Workers of America suddenly leaving
the building on account of the pres
ence of tabooed person, taking with
him large percentage of the congre-
cation. 1t was at the 10 o'clock morn
ing mass. The Rev. Father Murphy
had just arrived and was proceeding
down the aisle when Reap arose in his
seat and said: Father, there's a man
in this church who is on the unfair
list. Will you ask him to leave the
church,"
"No," answered Father Murphy,
brusquely, Il will not"
Reap then called upon all present
whose sympathies were with the mine
workers and their cause to leave the
church with him. Between $50 and
200 men arose and quietly filed out
They attended the services at the Oily
plant Polish Catholic church.
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Seven Are Probably Drowned.

Put-in-Bay, o., June 30.-The steam
barge George H. Dunbar sprung a
leak ten miles east of Kelleys island
and sank at 4 a. m. The captain, his
daughter and another man were saved
by persons from Kelleys island. Seven
others left the barge on raft, but up
to this time had not been seen and it
is feared that they have been lost.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
Mob Stones Street Cars.

Pawtucket, R. l., June 30.-Street
cars were stoned and distractions
placed on the tracks by sympathizers
of the striking motormen and conduc-
tors in this city and Central Falls.
The heavy rain has made the police
less vigilant than usual and the at
tacks were surprise. Two street
railway men were hurt by missiles.
After running ten cars during the day
the Traction company took all off at
dusk
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
Struck a Broken Rail.

Colorado Springs, June 30.-At 10
a. m, an excursion train on the Colo
RADIO Midland railway coming down
Ute pass from Cripple Creek struck a
broken rail and seven cars were
wrecked. Francis M. English, promi-
ent musician of this city, was instant.
ly killed and thirty other passengers
were more or less injured, three or
four probably fatally.
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GIVEN A GOOD sENDoFF.
eneral Jacob n. Smith Sails for the
United Stafee

General Jacob n. Smith Sails for the
United States.
Manila, June 30-Brigadier General
Jacob H. Smith, formerly in command
OF the American forces on the island of
Samar, who was recently tried by
courtmartial on charges prejudicial to
good order and discipline, left for San
Francisco on the United States army
transport Thomas. A large number of
persons assembled to bid him farewell.
All the newspapers of Manila have
printed eulogies of General Smith, and
even the Filipino papers say that the
most cruel methods of ending a wal
are, In the long run, the wisest and
most humane.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
JESSE JAMES REINTERRED.
Remains of Noted Outlaw Are Buried
at kearney, Mo.

at kearney, Mo.
Kansas City, June 30-Jesse James
body, which has been buried for twen-
ty years in the dooryard of the old
James homestead near Excelsior
Springs, Mo-, was disinterred during
the day and buried in the cemetery at
Kearney, Mo-, beside the body of his
father and wife. Mrs. Zerelda Sam
uels, mother of Jesse James, Frank
James, his brother, and Jesse and
Mary, his son and daughter, attended
the ceremonies. A funeral service
was held and the pallbearers were
comrades Of Jesse James when all
were members of Quantrell's band.
When the skeleton of his father was
dug up Jesse James, Jr., picked up
the skull and pointed out the hole
made by the bullet from Bob Ford S
pistol. Besides relatives and close
friends of the James family only a
small crowd attended the exercises.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
UPSET RUSSIA'S PLANS.
Peace in South Africa Was Declared
Sooner Than Expected.

st. Petersburg, June 30.-The fact
that no representative of the court or
of the ministry has called at the Brit
ish embassy here to offer the SYM
pathy of Russia in the matter of the
illness Of King Edward has occasioned
much comment and is generally at
tributed to Russian chagrin on account
of the conclusion of peace in South
Africa. 1t is said upon excellent au-
thority that Count Lamsdorff, the
minister of foreign affairs, admitted
that this peace had upset Russia's cal
culations, which were based upon a
much longer continuance of Great
Britain's difficulties in South Africa.
Count Lamsdorff is reported to be
particularly nettled because Great
Britain did not consult the Boer dele
gates in Europe in regard to peace.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
The Pope's Gift to Roosevelt.

Rome, June 30.-The Right Rev.
Thomas O'Gorman, bishop of Sioux
Falls, S. D., when he returns to the
United States, will be the bearer of a
letter from the pope to President
Roosevelt and will take with him the
pontiff's magnificent gift to the Amer
lean president, which consists of a
view of the city of Rome from the
Vatican studio, done in mosaic.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
DEMANDS ARE CONCEDED.
Strike of Chicago Job Printers Has
Been AVerted,

Chicago, June 3O.-The threatened
strike of the Chicago job printers has
been averted by the Chicago Typothe-
tae, the employers organization, ac-
ceding to the demands of the men.
Beginning next Tuesday all union
printers employed in the book and job
printing offices in Chicago will receive
material advance in wages. This is
the first time in over twenty years
that the job printers of this city have
received an increase in pay.
The agreement and scale of wages
agreed upon will remain operative I'm
til July /, 1905. According to the
agreement any disputes which may
arise in the future must be referred
to an arbitration board, and, pending
settlement, there shall be no suspen-
sion of work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
EstraY Notice.

A Jersey bull about three years
old came to my pasture about two
weeks ago. He is dehorned and has
ring in his nose. Owner can have
same by calling on John Addleman,
e15, sell, of sec. 81, township South
Bend, proving property and paying
charges.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
UNDOUBTEDLY MURDERED.
Four American Teachers at Manila
Missing Since June 10.

Manila, June 28.-Although there
are definite reports that the four
American teachers who have been
missing since June 10, when they start
ed on days outing, have been killed,
there is little doubt that they were
murdered, as members of the constab-
ulary, who killed man for resisting
arrest, found on his person the revol-
yer, watch and chain, which had be-
longed to Mr.. Thomas, one of the
teachers referred to.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
Mine Cinnamon Denied Admission.

Port Townsend, Wash, June 3d.
Nine Chinese claiming admission as
laborers returning from China have
been denied admission and arrested
by the customs officials, it being ap-
parent, in a majority of the cases,
that their papers were irregular. Each
purported to bear the signature of
Collector Saunders, but these are de
Clared to be forgeries.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
WILL JOIN DoWIE.
Mrs. Nation Will Stop Smashing and
Go to HEALING.

Wichita, Kan, June 30-Word has
been received at Medicine Lodge from
Mrs. Carrie Nation, the saloon smash
er, announcing her intention of join
ing John Alexander Dowie in his col
ony of Zion, near Chicago.
Mrs. Nation claims in her letters
that she has turned out to be first
class healer and that she will travel
for Prophet Dowie, gaining converts
to come there, and will make that her
home.
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RebeIlious Chiefs pecapitated.

Lisbon, June 28.-It has been Off
cially announced that Portuguese
troops have gained a decisive victory
over the rebels in the upper Zambesi
region of Portuguese East Africa. The
rebellious chiefs were captured and
decapitated and their heads were salt
ed and conveyed to the capital of the
c0l0nV
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
Tried to Lynch a Socialist.

Nation, ILL.,, June 28.-"Kill him,
lynch him; the rope; hang him. were
some of the cries that greeted John
w. Anderson of Chicago, Socialist or
ganizer, as he addressed large crowd
at Assumption, Christian county. An
derson was roughly handled and pelted
with rotten eggs. Cool headed citizens
surrounded Anderson, escorted him to
the railway station and he was sent
out of town on the first train.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-04
Eleven Horses Burned.

Henderson, Mimi, June 30.-Fire
destroyed the barn belonging to the
A. P. Poehler company of this city
and all the contents. Eleven horses,
among them two thoroughbreds be-
longing to Andrew Carlson of st. Pc
ter, were lost, also two colts and sew.
eral calves. The origin of the fire is
unknown,