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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-30

DR.. A. s. Boyett and little daughter,
Jennie Mae, from Draneville spent
Sunday here with friends.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24
Bad Money Should Be Branded.

Bankers have been asked by the Unit
ed States secret service department to
assist in the suppression of the circula-
ton of counterfeit money, but the bank
officers have not entered heart and soul
into this work for fear of offending pa
irons. The suggestion of the secret sery-
ice department is to the effect that a
piece of bad money presented at bank
should be properly defaced. This is the
provision the bankers refuse to carry out
and the result is that many a worthless
bill is kept in circulation when it should
have been destroyed. Secret service Of
ficers find that in tracing the history of
counterfeit notes it has been discovered
that in many instances holders of the
notes had submitted them to bank Of
fcers for opinions as to their genuine
ness; that the bank officers had describ-
ed the notes as counterfeit and then re-
turned them to the holders without
branding them counterfeit" or worth
less" Similarly counterfeit notes de-
tected in daily remittanees' were return
ed to depositors unbranded. This prac-
tice not only heightened the life of the
note in circulation, but was direct in
centive to the holder to commit the crime
of passing note when he knew it to be
counterfeit
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24
Rural Trolley Lines.

Editor C. ID. Belden of The Mower
County Transcript is visiting the scenes
of his childhood in Providence, r. l.,
and in an interesting letter to his paper
he tells of the beauties of the trolley
lines in the New England states. 1t is
only through such letters as those writ
ten by Mr. Belden and others who visit
the east that the western people are
given any idea of the trolley service en-
ioyed by those in the older and more
thicllly populated states. Mr.. Baden says
the trolley lines Shave certainly invaded
the rural districts of southern New Eng
land "Out from Providence in all di-
rections the cars run and bring the sur
rounding country in easy and convenient
touch with the centers. You can 90 by
trolley from Providence to Boston and
with single gap from Boston to New
York. The shore resorts on both side
OF Narragansett bay are united by troll
ley. You can 90 into the interior now
where before territory almost unknown
to the outside world was located.
went one morning out on the Danielson-
vile trolley line. Past Olneyville we
came to the old Greek tavern once so
noted. Along the Hartford pike on the
ridge of the johnson hill, through forests
of chestnuts, past Changes hotel and Oak
swamp reservoir and Brighton park to
North Sictuate, large country village
hitherto reached only by slow stage and
over rough roads. One is surprised to see
how much)of this section is still uncul-
tivated. Yet when the rocky hill sides
are seen it is not so very strange. We
turn south and continue on to Ashland
where one of our choice friends has
charge of a New England cotton mill
which we inspected from picker to loom.
The trolley continues on across the line
into Connecticut. What convenience
it will be for the rural districts of Min
nesota when these trolley lines are eX-
tended so as to place the farmers in con-
venient reach of the centers.
The trolley means much for the rural
communities Of New England In all di-
rections from Providence comfortable
homes are being built for those who
have business in the city and can thus
get home conveniently. Up back of my
old home the rocky hills have been
cleared and dozens of residences built
and past the quiet village of my child
hood whizzes the trolley car. Instead OF
being attracted by the charcoal wagons
and six horse cotton mill wagons that
formerly traversed the highways the boy
OF today has the evidence of twentieth
century, in sight as he works over the
same fields which his forefathers cult
yatad -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24
CAN'T BE SEPARATED.
Some People Have Learned How to Get
Rid of Both.

Backache and kidney ache are twin
brothers.
You can't separate them.
And you can't get rid of the backache-
until you cure the kidney ache.
If the kidneys are well and strong,
the rest of the system is pretty sure to
be in vigorous health.
Doan's Kidney Pills make strong
healthy kidneys.
Mr.. A. c. Cedar, shoemaker of 604
North Front street, says: Il think for
a year steadily 1 had most depressing
backache 1t was dull nagging aching
accompanied at times by sharp twinges
through the small of my back when
making any sudden movement like ris-
ing from my bench. | thought it would
wear off in time, but it did not. Read
ing about Doan's Pills l procured them
from John c. Thro. They cured me-"
For sale by all dealers, price so cents.
Foster NIillburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and take
no other
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24
Consumption of Beer and Spirits

The Duluth Herald has been looking
into the figures which have to do with
the consumption of beer, wine and spirits.
Fifty years ago the American of the
times was satisfied with per capita
consumption of 4.0S gallons of wines and
liquors per capita. Today he demands
l9.4S gallons. But lest our temperance
friends should be too much shocked let
it be said that fifty years ago the aver
age citizen put away 2.23 gallons of
hard, distilled liquor. Now ne is salts
fed with l.36 gallons. The fact is that
in malt liquors, such as beer, the Ameri-
can nowadays has far out-distanced the
American of 1850, raising the average
from an insignificant LIS gallons to l7.49
gallons. In the matter of wines the
American has never been heavy drink
er. What makes up the heavy figure of
his consumption is mostly beer, and even
this is not the heaviest kind of beer.
1t would not be correct, therefore, to
say that the American people are more
intemeprate now than they were fifty
years ago. 1t is well known that the
contrary is the fact. Any close observ-
er will notice that scbriety is constantly
ON the increase, and that drinking to ex-
cess or even moderately is becoming less.
Last year Illinois produced 39,742, $40
gallons of distilled spirits, and Kentucky,
which ranked second, 26,0l9 ,l66. But
among 100000 people these figures are
not so very heavy. When our ancestors
took something for the stomach's sake it
was the real S'hard stuff" On the whole
cur people are now much more moderate,
and this is highly gratifying.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24
rlinnesota,s Banks.

Minnesota is rich state, not only in
vast property interests, but in actual
wealth which is deposited in her many
banks. The recent statement issued by
the public examiner, S. T. johnson, is
worthy of perusual, and it certainly
shows the financial institutions to be in
the most fattering condition.
The aggregate deposits in state and
national banks in Minnesota, April 30,
1901, were $lll,993,93l ,and on July l6,
1902, $l42,3S4,OlO, an increase for the
one year of $3O,390,O7l. The 1902 state
ment was made at time when wild land
speculation was rife and much of the
money in banks was temporary deposit,
SO that the total figures given show real
ly an inflated deposit. Despite this in
fated condition, the same banks showed
on June 8, 1908, total deposit of $l46,-
242,7S0, an increase of $34,248,S4S over
1901, and an increase of $3,S5S,769 over
the inflated deposits of 1902.
Since 1901 the state banks of discount
and deposit show an increase of 1852, 400
in capital stock, an increase of 1852, 7O6
in surplus, an increase of 1882 ,532 in un-
divided profits, making a total increase
in available assets of 1887 ,639.66.
The increase since 1902 has been as fol-
lows
In capital stock, $249,OOO; in surplus,
$3ls,722 and in undivided profits, $685..
075, total increase in the past year of
$765T9S.
The state banks of Minnesota had on
June 8, this year, in reserve of 38 per
cent, while the law requires but 20 per
cent.
The national banks in Minnesota had
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24

on this same date reserve of 25 per
cent when the law requires but Is, except
In case of certain reserve cities. The
national banks in Minnesota show the
following increases since 1901: In capt.
tai stock, $3,397 500; in surplus, $l,046,
656, and in undivided profits of $S4S, POI,
total increase of So, 292,S64.
The increase in these same items of
1908 over 1902 is as follows: Capital
stock, S2,47l 400; surplus, $55S,757 "a;
undivided profits, $57l ,69l.ll, total in
crease. in the year of $3,60l $40.
Commenting upon the statement Pub
lie Examiner Johnson has this to say:
1.-The banks of Minnesota, as demonstrate
ed by these figures, are impregnable, and
when we consider the fact that they have
less past due paper than in any year
since 1898, and the fact that in the midst
OF this wild land speculation they have
kept clear of credits backed only by that
kind of security, it is evident that very
great progress in strength and conserva-
tive business has been made during the
last year. This conservatism, which has
become universal among our bankers
will be continued, and there need be nc
+; fear for the stability of the financial In
stitutions of Minnesota"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24
Pope Leo.

While the death of Pope Leo XIII was
not unexpected the news that he had
passed away was received with univer-
sal regret. He was greatly loved by the
people of his own church and respected
by those outside of it. His was kindly
nature, his life was filled with high ideals,
his thoughts were pure and his life en-
nobling, The world is better for his hav-
ing lived in it. His career was indeed re-
nlarkable. one that is allotted to but few
men, For nearly twentysix years he
held his high and exalted ecclesiastical
station, and all men were honored when
doing him honor. His was magnifi-
cent and noble character. His sympath-
etic heart reached out to the world and
his voice always was for peace. Broad
minded in his views he brought to his
shrine those of all religious denomina-
tions; now that he is dead they join in
pronouncing a benediction over his saint
" soul.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24
HEAD is BLOWN AWAY
Charles Rhine, a WatonWan County
Farmer, Found Dead.
May Have Been Murdered While
Asleep in His Room.

st. James, Mimi, July 23.-Charles
Rhine, farmer, was found dead about
two o'clock yesterday morning at his
home on the Lamb farm in South
Branch township, eight miles south of
St. James, by his eldest daughter, Caro-
line, sixteen years DID, The entire back
side of his head was blown off and his
brains scattered all over the room
The dead man when found was lying
across the bed, with revolver in one
hand and holding a double barreled shot
gun in the other. The stock of the gun
rested between his feet and one barrel
had been exploded. The revolver had
not been discharged.
Coroner Rowe went to the scene of the
tragedy and decided that an inquest was
necessary. The inquest will be held to-
day.
The position of the body and the ma
ture of the wounds gives suspicion of
murder.
The three children of the ,man were
asleep in the room where Rhine met his
death, but did not hear the report of any
firearms, nor were they awakened by any
commotion in the room
The elder daughter found her father
and spread the alarm to the neighbors.
The first report that reached st. James
was that Rhine had committed suicide,
but later information would seem to con-
tradict this report. The result of the
inquiry is awaited with great excite
ment
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24
STATE CANNOT LOSE.
Bankrupts Cannot Be Relieved of
Debts to Commonwealth.
From THURSDAYS Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
State officers are of the opinion that
the rulings of Judge Cray of the Mime
apolis district court, in the case of the
state against the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank of Minneapolis, that con-
gress has not the power to discharge OBJ
legations due a state, is of preaching
Importance to the financiers of Minneso-
ia.
The case grew out of an application
filed by George L. Matchen, surveyor
general of logs and lumber, directing the
clerk of court to discharge a judgment of
$24,33S07 held by the state against him.
The court denied the application, hold
ing that debts due the state cannot be
discharged under the national bankrupt
CIV act the same as debts due private indi-
viduals.
The case is important to Minnesota, in
asmuch as this state, with its immense
resources, is engaged in many financial
enterprises. Minnesota last night at
the close of business had 81, S76,7lS.67 ON
deposit in various banks, of which $685.
352 20 was in banks which have become
insolvent.
In case the securities 60 into bankrupt
icy, these obligations cannot be dischar-
ge, according to the ruling.
C. NJ. Somerby, assistant attorney
general, who argued the case for the
state, when asked about the matter yes
terday, said that as far as he knew the
point was a new one.
The amount involved in the case just
decided was small one, he said, the
judgment against the sureties having
been reduced by collections to about S.
coo, but that the principal involved was
an important one.
He said that the attorney generals
office felt confident that the higher court
would sustain Judge Cray in case an
appeal is taken.
Mr.. Matchen has applied to the state
for an appointment of a commission to
adjust his liability on this adjustment,
and the matter has been held in allegiance
pending this decision.-Minneapolis Tri-
h,Inp
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24
LABOR DAY PICNIC.
More Committees Appointed to Look
After Details.

From Thursdays Daily.
The executive board of the trades and
labor council held meeting last night to
make further arrangements for the labor
day picnic, Sept. 18th.
The committee on speaker reported
that he had promised to get one.
The committee on bands reported that
it had written to the bands in several
of the surrounding towns, but had not
received any reply as yet.
The committee on sports reported that
it will arrange for good ball game, put
ting up purse of perhaps $50 1t is ex-
pected that the local team will play a
good team from abroad. 1t is expected
to have racing matinee, also.
The following additional committees
We're appointed:
Parade Messrs. Morrison, Clausius,
Strom, Marschner and Burmaster.
Dinner-Messrs, Karmany, Hanson,
Buttimer, Knutson and Amerman.
Dance-Messrs. Hampel, Yaxtheimer,
Guenther, Hall and Leiferman.
Observation-Disclosures. Keith, Otto Thro-
dahl, Huttinger, Nelson and Lestico.
An effort will be made to have prize
drill between the Modern Woodman team
and a platoon from company I'll.
There are now sixteen unions in the
city, with membership of $50 to 900
men, and two or three more unions may
be organized before that time.
Unions from neighboring towns and
also non-union men from this city and
vicinity will be asked to participate, as
all laboring men are interested in this
holiday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24
The Winged.norse Farce.

The Free Press is reliably informed
that the capitol commission has enter
ci into $4,000 contract with sculp-
ture who is to furnish for the new capitol
building in st. Paul statuary which is
called quadriga-or four winged horses.
These are to be placed above the main en-
trance of the building. just what these
four winged horses are symbolical of is
rot given out by the powers that be.
Probably the architect of the capitol
knows, but it is a certainty that several of
the members of the commission do not
know. But that is neither here nor
there. The point that The Free Press
wishes to raise is, that it was not
necessary for the commission to dig
down into mythology in order to pro-
cure appropriate figures with which to
adorn the entrance way to Minnesota's
state capitol building. How
much more appropriate it would have
been had the commission decided to place
at the spot indicated the statutes of two
men who were here at the birth of the
state, and who had so much to do with
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24
Slaughter of the Innocents.

God pity the poor, especially if they
live in the slums of the large cities where
pure air is even denied them. In the
smaller towns and in the country dis
tricts the poor people no doubt suffer
much at times but pure air and water are
not articles which they are forced to
crave for. In London's slums the slaught-
er of the innocents is carried on every
day during the summer months, and the
municipality does not appear to know
how to grapple with the situation.
Tragedies follow tragedies daily, and
mans inhumanity to man appears to be
widespread in the metropolis of the world.
Is there no remedy for the evil?
At the meeting of the congress of the
Royal Institute of Public Health Miss
Jeanette Herald, the well-known work
er among the poor, declared that Lon
don's slums are hotbeds OF infant misery.
The great heat which has been expert
enced since July set in, coupled with the
crimes of tradesmen and the ignorance
of mothers, converted the courts, lanes
and crowded quarters of the large cities
into social infernos for babies, thousands
OF whom are being fed on impure milk
and food. have seen infants, for whom
the purest milk was the only proper
food, sucking pickles and mustard, dirty
suet and sugar-coated sticks.
Miss Herald described the distribution
OF sterilized milk by the Liverpool cor
poration and asserted that it has saved
infants lives. She also ad-
vocated that the municipalities should
grapple with the problem of the babies
Of the poor.
Eaton Jones, the child veterinary au-
thority of Liverpool, stated that onehalf
of the dairies throughout the country
were in an abominably unsanitary condi-
ton and that probably so per cent of
the mich cows were more or less infect
ed with tuberculosis
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24
A CORRECTION.
From Thursdays Daily.

In Tuesdays issue it was stated under
the head of police court that Ed. O'Con-
nor of st. Clair had pleaded guilty to the
charge of disorderly conduct and paid
fine The reporter obtained the informa-
ton at the police station, but it appears
that it was Charles O'Connor Jr. who
was arrested and not Ed. O'Connor, who
is an excellent and withdrawing young
that a mistake in the name had been
made
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24
Discovered It Years Ago.

The Mankato Free Press has just dis
covered that the small towns in southern
Minnesota pay the freight. While the
legislature was forcing the roads in the
northern part of the state to reduce
rates to minimum the southern part
of the state paid the shot to the Omaha,
Milwaukee, etc, and we are still max
ING the excessive OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
field News.
The Free Press discovered months
aye years-ago that the small towns
were paying the freight, and it has never
lost an opportunity to call attention to
that fact making its utterances more
emphatic each time
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24

Some wag in Mankato informed the
ptlice of that city that he saw a travel
ing man drop roll of bills which was
picked up by some other fellow. The
Mankato police are set of wide
awakes; even old man Kelley, whose
exact age is not known but it is up in the
90's, can pick up trail and run it down
like a hound on the track of fox, and
the animal is freed every time. On this
occasion the police force rounded up the
individual and made him show up. The
wad proved to be 500 advertising bill.
We opine the force grinned and took a
hike.-Lake Crystal Union.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24
on THE RACE TRACK
Yesterdays Matinee Proved to Be
Very Successful.
From Thursdays Daily.


Since the last matinee held on June
23d the driving club has been forced to
postpone its races three different times
and while the first start of the colts
should have been on the first week in
July it has been delayed for various
causes until yesterday. The bad wea-
Their heretofore was the cause of Mr..
Oily withdrawing his colt, Atlanta, from
the cup race. From now on it is hoped
that the club will be fortunate in its
selection of dates. The races yesterday
were very good, the finishes were all
close with good time made in all races.
The colt race and double team race
should be especially mentioned as re-
colts had started; also the first time
that o. X, owned by Gates Phillips, and
Tetonka owned by George Phillips, had
been sent a half mile hitched together
Their time to the half was 1:2l.
The colts in their maiden start cover.
ed the half in 1:46 and l:4l with Bay.
hart Jr. first, Dr. Driver second, Miss
Jayhawk third and Pompier fourth. The
latter two colts were somewhat at 6
disadvantage as they had the outside
positions and We're hitched to carts in
stead of bikes as their worthy opponent:
were.
The race between Daisy, Rowdy anC
Blue Star was won by the latter, thu
fastest time being l:22h. This wa'
Blue Stars first start and she gave {
creditable performance. The stallion
race brought out five good horses. Afte
( perhaps three-quarters of an hour o
tedious waiting the horses were sen
away with Tempter in the lead, Roya
Online second, Doc w. third, Appole
fourth and Golden Rod fifth Arounc
the first turn Appolles was interfereC
with, otherwish his finish in this hea
might have been much better. As i
was Royal Online was first, Tempter sec
ond, Appoles third, Doc. W. fourth AM
Golden Rod fifth.
The best time in the stallion race wa
l:l9 and l:l6, half mile heats.
In the next heat Royal Online had tn
track to himself, winning by two length
from Appolles, after good drive, Tempt
er third and Doc w fourth, Golden Ro,
fifth. The next meeting of the club will
be at the track week from Friday AM
! the next colt race for the merchants Gu
will be two weeks from Friday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-24

The Minneapolis Journal suggests the
formation of a rural police force to
protect country jewellers from the out
RACES of tramps and other lawless classes
that roam the land. "If there were a
strong rural police force through the
ish in the country because of the isola-
ton of its dwellings would be done away
with. The very knowledge that there
is no person nearer than the nearest
village who is charged with the duty OF
maintaining peace and protecting prop
erty is an incentive to crime The Grim
inal knows that he has very good
chance to get far away before he will
be pursued" :.