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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-05

Twentyeight students graduated from
the high school last night, the COM
mencement exercises being held in Man
kato Theatre in the presence of large
audience. The program was carried out
in manner not only highly satisfac
tory to the faculty, but to the members
OF the board of education, to the patrons
of the school and the audience, which ex-
hibited its approval of what was done by
liberal applause. The graduates who par
ticipated acquitted themselves in a
highly creditable way. Their orations
showed that they had been well prepared,
and their delivery demonstrated that
they had been well trained in the art
Of speaking. The exercises as a whole
will compare very favorably with those
which have been given in the past.
The interior of the theatre presented
a very pretty appearance. The stars
and stripes were in evidence everywhere
and ported plants were displayed in pro-
fusion. All these details added to the
evenings entertainment.
The program was opened with an invo-
cation by Rev. George w. Davis of the
Presbyterian church. This was followed
by song, rendered by the high school
chorus.
Mr.. Clifford Boynton, the class salu-
tatorian, spoke on the ''Child World of
Dickens" He said that Charles Dick
ems children characters appeal to all
that is good and that Dickens under
stood child life to a remarkable extent.
He showed in a very real manner the
difference in the characters, taking for
example the street waif and the child of
the rich. Dickens children characters
will live in history for many years.
Miss Anna Hoy spoke upon indus
trial Progress" Her principal theme
was the place woman had taken in the
promotion of industry. She showed how
the scope of woman's labor had advanced
since the days of our grandmother and
that woman had risen from the position
of slave and drudge to social power
The high school shorus rendered a
song entitled "Gipsy Life" in pleasing
manner
Mr.. James Swan, the class president,
addressed the audience on the subject
of "The Preservation of Our Forests
He said that it was right to cut large
trees for lumber but that the ruthless
destruction of small timber should be
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-05
LOVES YOUNG DREAM.
Clarence Pettis OF WatonWan County
Marries a Wisconsin Girl.
From Fridays Daily.


After coutship of but five weeks
Miss Grace NJ. johnson of Barron, Wis.
and Clarence F. Pettis, young farmer
of Watonwan county, Mimi, came to ST.
Paul yesterday morning and were mar
ried by Court Commissioner Gallick
They met at a dance at Barron about
the middle of April, while Pettis was
visiting there. 1t was a case of love at
first sight and an immediate marriage
was proposed. The girl consented but
her parents objected.
The young couple arrived in st. Paul,
about ten o'clock yesterday. A hack
driver took them in tow and drove them
to the court house. The license was Sc
cured and the marriage performed, after
which the couple hurried back to Bar
ron, Wis, to try to secure the forgive
ness of her parents. They will reside on
the groom's farm in Watonwan county,
st. Paul Pioneer Press.
Young Pettis has relatives living in
Garden City.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-05
FRACTURES A LEG.
Harry PIymat Sustains Injury While
Returning From Celebration.
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Attorney w. n. Plymat this morning
received letter from his son, Harry,
who is practicing law at Rolla, n. D.,
in which the young man states that he
is confined to his room with broken leg.
On Monday Mr.. Plymat went to Holm
burg, Canada, where the people were cele-
brating the queens birthday. He remain
ed over Tuesday and while en- route to
Rolla with a party that was driving
overland, the team ran away, throwing
the occupants of the vehicle put. Mr.
Plymat sustained a fracture of >the left
leg between the ankle and the knee. The
attending physician says he will be laid
up for five weeks at least.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-05
DAM BREAKS AT REDWOOD
This Caused a Rise in Minnesota OF q
Foot and a Half.
From Fridays Daily.

Several stories were circulated during
the day in regard to the Big Stone lake
dam. 1t was said that the dam had gone
out, and that Hubbard & Palmer received
a message to that effect. No such mes
sage was received by that firm. So far
as The Free Press was able to learn to-
day no dam went out at Big Stone lake.
Many people who heard the story today
were expecting deluge before night
fall.
The dam at Redwood Falls gave way
yesterday afternoon and this caused the
river to rise about a foot and half
This morning the dam was repaired, and
the water commenced to lower.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-05
INSTRUCTORS SELECTED.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The following istructors have been Sc
lected for the summer training school:
John A. Hancock, pedagogy and psy.
chology; Mrs. Minnie S. Parry, gram
mar; Fred L. Holtz, physics and geog
raphy; Ulysses 0. Cox, physical geogra
ply and physiology; Ellen c. Davis, ar
ithmetic; j. S. Young, history and civics
Charlotte S. Huff, music; Edna S. Fisch
Ell, reading, literature and composition
Kate H. Sparrow, drawing, primary read
ing and numbers; Miss Glotzbach, text
book library; Miss Cooper, general Ii
brary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-05
WILL WE'D IN THE FALL.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Attorney A. B. Hughes was absent
from the city the first part of the week
He went to his former home in Man
kato, where he had business of import
ance. Close friends of Mr.. Hughes as
sert that he is about ready to commence
the construction of a fine residence in
Peake's addition land that he went to
Mankato with plans for the same, so
that the young lady of his choice might
advise with him relative to any changes
which might be desired. Rumor hath it
that Mr.. Hughes will take unto himself
a wife next fall.-Wadena Tribune.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-05

stopped. Capitalists do not plant new
forests for the reason that the financial
returns were not quick enough. He
thought that the United States would
probably lead the world in this subject.
Miss Helen Siemens who spoke upon
the Solution of the Negro Problem
thought that it would be wrong to
think of transporting the negroes back
to Africa. The negro should be taught
the first principles of manhood. She
mentioned the good that Booker L
Washington had done among the blacks
The main thought in her essay was
that the negro should be educated in
manual labor by trained teachers.
Mr.. Charles Larkin sang Gounod's Die
Possente in his usual rich and delight
full manner.
Miss Helen Weed, who spoke upon
"Education," said that the United States
did not lead the world in the matter OF
education. The health of the scholars
was at stake and the schoolrooms should
be kept cleaner than they are at present
The school surroundings, especially the
pictures, should be of an inspiring nature
The keep off the Grass" signs should be
eliminated from the play grounds. The
schools should take more of hand in
making the future men of prominence.
'Municipal Reform" was the subject
that was handled in very able manner
by Mr.. Charles O'Conner. He thought
that the opportunities for corporations to
swindle the public were steadily add
vancing and he advocated municipal con-
troll to correct this wrong.
The high school chorus favored the
audience with two selections.
Mr. John Dodds, in handling the sub
ject of Economic Orthodoxy" showed
that he was a close observer of birds.
The virtues of birds, he thought, were
darkened too much by the little harm
they do. The ravages of insect enemies
were largely kept in control by birds.
He advocated doing all that is possible
to encourage the feathered tribe such
as building tree houses for them.
The last speaker was the class valedic-
torian, Miss Lora Bacon. She said it
was necessary to attain one goal in
order to reach a higher one. Childhood
is the only time we are satisfied with
our knowledge. Later in life man may
be hkened to the sides of an angle
ever broadening and never coming to a
point where he is satisfied with his know
ledge. She thought that not member
of the present class was satisfied with
their present attachments and all looked
forward to higher ideals.
A quartet composed of Miss Lora Ba-
con and Barbara Mansfield and Charles
Wagon and Chandler Larkin sang Sc
lection in manner that was highly APP
preciated.
Superintendent E. B. Uline addressed
the class and spoke upon the things the
class had attained aside from their edu-
cation. Their future would be to a large
degree influenced by their past school
life. He advised them not to regard their
learning a certain staff on which to lean
for success.
President Davis presented the diplo
mas with appropriate remarks.
The chorus sang a selection in closing
that was well received.
At the end of the program the stage
was crowded with people who extended
congratulations to the graduates and wish
ed them much success and happiness in
their journey through the world.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-05
OBSERVED AT GOOD THUNDER.

From Saturdays Daily.
At Good Thunder yesterday the schools
held exercises in commemoration of
Memorial Day. j. G.. Graham delivered
an address and gave the pupils much in
formation regarding the war.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-05
DEATHS ROLL CALL.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Frank Smith, aged twenty-s years,
died of heart trouble at the home of
his father, Lawrence w. Smith in Marys-
burg. He was born in Marysburg. The
funeral will be held from the home at
two o'clock tomorrow. Mr.. Smith was
an honorable, upright young man and
held in high regard by all who knew him.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-05

Has no uperior in diagnosing aud treatins
diseases and deformities. He will give $50 tol
any case that he cannot tell the disease anC
where locatad in five minutes.
All durable medical and surgical diseases
acute and chronic catarrh, and Special Ills
eases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and II oa;, Lunt
Disease, Early Consumption, Bronchitis, Bron
chial Catarrh, Constitutional Catarrb. Dyspep
STA, Sick Headache, stomach and Bowe
Troubles, Rheumatism. Neuralgia, ocia tica
Bright's Disease, Diabetes. Kidney, Liver
Bladder, Prostate and Female diseases Dig
ziness, Nervousness, Indigestion, obesity
Interrupted Nutrition Slow Growth in Child
, rem, and all wasting diseases in adults. Mart
cases OF Deafness, Ringing in the Ears, Loss .
Eyesight, Cataract, Cross Eyes, etc. that have
been improperly treated or neglected can be
easily restored. Deforu ities, Club Feet Cury
allure of the Spine, Disease of the Brain, Para
lysis, Epilepsy, Heart Disease, Dropsy, Swell
ling of the Limbs, Structure, Open Sores. Pair
in the Bones. Granular Engagements aud al
long-standipg diseases properly treated
Young, middle-aged and old, single or married
men and all who suffer from lost manhood
nervous debility, spermatorrboea, seminal
losses, SEXUAL decay, failing memory, weak
eyes, stunted development, lack of energy. i'm
povertened blood, pimples, impedimerts Il
marriage; also blood and skin diseases, Syphil
lis, Eruptions, Hair Falling, Bone Pains. Swell
lings, sore Throat, Ulcers, effects of Mercury
Kidney and Bladder troubles, Weak BACK
burning Urine, passing urine too often. GOnOr
rhoea, elect, structure, receive searching treat
ment, prompt relief and cure for life.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-05
From Saturdays Daily.

A ten pound girl arrived at the home
of MIR. and Mrs. w. w. Weller in
Rapidan this morning. The mother and
daughter are doing finely and the father
feels as young as ever he did.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-05
THE GRADUATES.

THE GRADUATES. :
Willis F. Atcherson 4
Sadie Barney I
Lora D. Bacon :,
Clifford c. Boynton
Charles Carlson (
Jerry N. Culp I
Catheryn Dougherty :
John S. Dodds :,
Della NJ. Gibbons
Helen HILBERT I
Anna D. Hoy 4
Julia Marie Hub :,
Eda A. Jensen :,
Arvid Johnson =
Olga H. johnson :.
Lolita E. Under
Barbara Mansfield
Charles O'Connor
Lila Grace 0djard :
Jessie B. Sanborn !
S. Rose Staley
Helen Siemens
Edith Mae Sheldon :
Nettie Skuse
James E. Swan
Helen A. Weed
Ralph B. Warren :
Charles H. Wagon :
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-05
Cancers, Tumors, Golfer, FistuIa, Piles

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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-05
END OF SCHOOL DAYS
Young Graduates Step Forth From
Mankato High School.
Twent,.eight We're Presented With
Diplomas Last Night.
Interesting Exercises Held at Theatre
Before Large Audience.
Play House Was Very Beautifully Dec.
Grated for Occasion.
From Saturdays Daily.


From Saturdays Daily.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-27
FOR TWO TELEPHONES
Raleigh and Bell Choice of
Retail Grocers.
The Vote Last Night Showed That The Grocery
Trade Win Lead in
Contest.

The Retail Grocers' Association has ta-
ken hand in the three telephone sys-
TENS of Raleigh
The members find three telephones too
much of good thing and they want to
cut these down to two.
At the meeting last Friday night the
matter was discussed, but it was left
over till last night, when there was an
adjourned meeting of the Retail Grocers'
Association.
This meeting discussed the telephone
business and decided that three telephones
were burden. After much deliberation
it was agreed to take a vote on the ques-
ton, the two telephone systems in Raj
eigh receiving the highest number oil votes
to be used by the retail grocers and
the third to be dropped.
A ballot was taken and the vote stood
SO for the Raleigh, % for the Bell and is
for the Interstate
According to the agreement this means
that the retail grocers of Raleigh in the
association will drop the Interstate tele-
phones and use the Raleigh and Bell
What the effect of this will be on the
third system in Raleigh remains to be
seen.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-27
A pErRlF1ED CAT.
Raleigh Will Discount the Asheville Petrifed
Man Business.

Asheville and its alleged petriied man
may as well stand aside.
Raleigh goes it one better for it has
something in the petrifed line not heard
Of before.
This is a petrifed cat, a genuine, bona
fide Thomas, that has done Gaia Waullng
while he was in the quick. Now that he
is petrified he still excites admiration.
He was found in pond near Raleigh
and was brought in late yesterday after
noon. He is all o. K. and the trade mark
of petriication is blown on him. Today
he will be placed in the State Museum,
but only that the doubling Thomases mot
cats, but two legged ones) may gaze and
be convinced.
He was seined up yesterday and brought
at once to Raleigh that he might be used
as horrible example to Raleigh folks
who don't want to expand and have
Greater Raleigh" He is an example OF
a cat who insisted on staying In one
place.
He may be incorporated so as to equal
in dignity the Asheville alleged petrified
man, and in this event Editor Merritt and
the Asheville Citizen are politely requested
to clear the road for His Catship.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-27
ORGANIZING THE oKdcERs.
Attorney General Johnson is Out on Tour for
This Purpose.

Mr.. Norman H. Johnson, of Burlington,
the State legal adviser and Attorney Genz
eral of the State Association of Retail
Grocers, was here yesterday.
Mr. Johnson is hard at work orga-izing
the retail grocers INTO protective assocIao
tions over the State. He begins a tour
of the east next Monday and the promise
is for many more associations He has
just been to Winston Salem and says a
splendid association was organized there
On Monday he will speak at Elizabeth
City and will organize an association there
Following this, day after day, he viii
organize ASSOCIATIONS in Hartford, Eden
ton, Plymouth, Washington. Greenville,
Williamson, Kinston, New Bern, More
head City and Beaufort with other places
to visit after these.
The State Retail Grocers' Association
is growing in strength and Mr.. Johnson
feels sure that soon every town in North
Carolina of any s:ze will have a local
branch.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-27
ONE EIGHTH ILLEGAL
$50 Qualified Voters Said
to be Registered.
The Outlook Now is That There win b, Many
Challenges in City Extension
Election.

"Over $50 names on the registration
books for the election on City Extension
are legally disqualified" said gentleman
last night, who takes much interest in the
pending City Extension election.
will they be challenger" / asked.
"Of course they will be-" he replied.
"a preliminary examination in one division
of one ward shows that there are thirty
negroes registered whose names ought not
to be on the registration books In the
same division there are the names Of
over thirty white men who are legally dis
qualified"
If this gentleman is right then one
eighth of all the names on the registra-
ton books are not properly there and
must be erased before the election is held
next Monday In the rush to secure the
registration OF all who would vote their
way much activity has been manifested
in swelling the registration. If any per
sons name is on the books, improperly,
the law provides method of having it
taken off, and it should be done.
"How about the negroes in the city ex-
tension contest? Have many of them reg
istered? was a question | asked a well
known citizen last night.
There are now 1872 or 1SS on the regis
tration books was his reply, "and many
of them are disqualified Those who are
clearly entitled to vote will be permitted
to vote, but the others will be challenged
We do not intend to have the negro in
PRODUCED to settle this local question when
he has been eliminated from State and
National politics. If his vote is appealed
to in this matter, then it will be appealed
to in other elections, and soon we will
have the negro in politics and deeply as
ever, without any appeal to the negro
vote The side that appeals to negroes
and seeks to put them on the registration
books deserves to be defeated, independent
of which side they take"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-27
THE DOORS SEEM TO
HAVE BEEN DRBaUcHED.
the Disqualified Voters Of
Raleigh.

Early yesterday morning the registrars
Of the different precincts in the city be-
gan scattering over the different sections
OF the city notices of challenge to nearly
three hundred and fifty alleged disquali-
fed voters These challenges, it is under
stood, came from the friends of city
extension, who had been during the
past few days making a canvass of the
registration.
This action on the part Of the extension
lists ade a veritable sensation and seemed
to htrow CONSERVATION into the ranks of
the anti-expansionists who had been con
soling themselves with the thought, II
not the claim, that the extensionlsts
could not resist the large registration
At first it was contended by the ants
that there could be no challenges until
today Saturday but this contention was
seemingly abandoned after careful study
of section 10 of the election law. which
reads as follows:
LAWS 1901, CHAPTER 80, SECTION 10.
1T shall be the duty of the registrar
to attend the polling place of his town
ship or precinct with the registration
books on Saturday preceding the cleo
ton, from the hour of 8 o'clock a. m.
till the hour of O'Clock p M, when
and where the said books shall be open
for the inspection of TIE electors of the
precinct or township, and any of said
electors shall be allowed to object to
the name of any person appearing on
said books. In case CT any such objection
the registrar shall enter upon his books,
opposite the name Of the person So OBJ
jected to, the word challenged and shall
appoint n time and place, beiefe the
election day when he, together MA said
judges, shall hear ard decide said OBJ
lection, giving personal notice cf such
challenge to the voter 50 objected to;
and if for any cause personal notice
cannot be given, then it shall be suff-
cient to leave a copy thereof at his resi-
dence: Provided nothing in this section
shall prohibit any elector from challeng-
ing or Directing to the name of any
person registered or offering to register
at any time other tan at above speci-
fed If any person so challenged or OBJ
jected to shall be found not duly qualified
the registrar shall erase his name from
the books
The constitution says that no man car
vote IN any election unless he has paid
his poll tax for the year previous to the
election. on or before the first day OF
May OF the year in which he offers to
vote and it is understood that practically
THESE challenges were because
failure on the part of the voter to pay
his tax by the time specified by the con
stitution.
"Our time was short said Mr.. r. B
Arendell, chairman of the extension COM
he laxr xUo ttnd n
provides that notice must be given TO the
voter challenged and time and place
ramed by the registrar at which the
voter may appear and prove whether OF
not he is qualified for that reason the
notices were sent out yesterday in or
der that the matter might be heard to-
day and that every man challenged might
have the time and the opportunity to es
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-27

tablish the fact of his qualification. if
he was indeed qualified.
1.-The books were gone over carefully"
said MIR. Arendell and one side believe that
the challenges approximately reach those
disqualified of course in so large a list
there may be errors here and there, but
if there are errors the vote has both the
r'ght and the opportunity to connect the
same we desire that every man who is
qualified shall vote whether he be for it
or against it, but we do not believe in
indiscriminate registering or voting re-
CARELESS of the law regulating elections in
this as any other election.
ONE ONE ONE
Mr.. ]. N. Holding, one of the leaders Of
the anti-extension forces was asked yes
terday concerning the matter of the chal-
lenges.
Il understand" said he, chat the ex-
tensionists will challenge about $50. but
do not think that there is anything like
this number who will prove to be dis
qualified. The fact is that if the chal-
lengers had consulted all the county lists
they would have found many men whose
right to vote they have challenged are
fully qualified under the law. Besides this
do not think that the procedure as to
time is just and right
Being asked if the Anti Extension people
would make any challenges, Mr.. Holding
said they would. How many" he was
asked. ooh, about half as many as the
other side he replied. and when asked if
this would be from $50 to It's he said
that these figures were about right.
"All our challenges will hold good, =
said he. '.but do not think that out of
the $50 challenges of the extension forces
they will be able to make good in more
than one hundred to one hundred and
twenty-five cases."
The question of challenges as to be
heard today at the various polling places,
and it is said that the anti-extensionists
are to have lawyers at every place in
order to make a hard fight to keep their
votes on the books.