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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-09
SPRING ISLAND ITEMS

The young folks had fine time on
the ice New Years day. The river
had overHowed, making the ice per-
fectly smooth. and in the best possible
shape for skating.
Mrs. sSorenson pleasantly entertained
party of young people New Years
evening.
Mr.. Hays while hunting will. Jerry
Jones shot fox on the Blue Earth
near Spring Island.
Mrs. Williams Is away visiting for a
few days.
Fred Hall. of FAirmont is visiting
friends in the neighborhood.
Mr.. Fredericks..has decided to locate
his sawmill on August Resins farm.
Farmers can begin to haul logs there
any time.
Herman Pischner brought home his
bride from Grand Haven, Mich, last
week. Neighbors gave them a hearty
welcome in the shape of a surprise
party.
Paul Kunkle is on the sick list.
Frank Webster shipped carload of
hogs from Rapidan, paying the high
est market price for item. Rapidan is
getting to be- the greatest hog market
this side of st. Paul.
The next business meeting of the
Rap1dan Literary club will be held
Jan. 10th. The subject for debate is,
"Resolved. That United States sena-
tors should be elected by direct vote
of the people. Affirmative, Carl
Flo, Bessie Jameson and Earl Van
Sickle. Negative, Arthur Mitchell,
W A. Just, Charles johnson, and
Eric Holberg.
A nice little daughter arrived at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Holden
last week.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-09
NElGHBoRHooD NEWS.
IUDsON ITEMS.

Carl Thurston shipped carload of
hogs TO st. Paul Christmas night.
r. I. Jones and families and G
Owens of Spain, S. D.. have been Wis
iting friends and relatives in Judson
during the past week.
W. j. Meredith recently purchased a
new range and reports it has given
the best of satisfaction.
Miss Margaret Jenkins has taken up
her school work again in district SO,
after weeks vacation.
j. M. Jones is out again after an
illness of three weeks with pleurisy.
The diphrheria cases at E. T. Evans
are all over and the quarantine viii
be removed soon.
Mrs. R. w. Thomas and c. 8, Jones
are on the sick list.
John Wigley of Mankato was bus.
mess caller at Judson last week.
John E. Jones is hauling wheat te
Judson from Butternut.
Twenty-eig cents per pound was
paid for butter at Judson and Eureks
creameries last month. Who says cows
don't pay?
Farmers are making good use of the
sleighing and getting their summer
supply of wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Evans of Lake
Crystal. and Mr.. and Mrs. E. j
William of Judson spent New Year
with Mr.. Owens people.
John Ellis of Judson has gone tt
New York to visit relatives.
John Morgan of Peoria, Illinois
is visiting friends and relatives il
Judson.
Daniel Edwards lost valuable col
last week.
William Lewis and family wer,
Mankato callers recently.
Garfield and Gwendolyn James wer'
seen breaking some fine colts during
the holidays.
Charley Smith spent Sunday will
friends and relatives in Minnesot,
Lake.
| B. G. Williams has traded a hors,
for tract of land in Dakota.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-06

COWS. The petitioners said that the
custom of inspectors is to inspect only
the cow Of the larger diaries. While
dairymen owning fewer than five cows
are exempt from paying a license
tax, it is argued by the petitioners
that they should not be exempt from
inspection. The board seemed to be
of the same opinion, for it referred the
petition to the state board OF meat
and milk inspectors, with the recon-
mendation that it be granted.
The board adopted a resolution COM
mending the secretary for the prompt
manner in which he stamped out the
epidemic of typhoid in Fergus county,
also severely %censuring the health
officer Of that county for his alleged
negligence. Instructions were given
the secretary to have copies printed
of the quarantine regulations for dis
tribution among the different health
officers, who will distribute them to
members of households that have been
under quarantine.
Free distribution of the quarterly
health bulletin was ordered stopped.
copies will be sent only to
health officers, newspapers and per-
sons making request for them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-06
Stepped Against a Hot Stove.

A child of Mrs. Geo. T. Benson,
when getting his usual Saturday night
stove which burned him severely. The
child was in great agony and his
mother could do nothing to pacify
him. Remembering that she had a
bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm in
the house, she thought she would try
it. In less than half an hour after
applying it the child was quiet and
asleep, and in less than two weeks
was well. Mrs. Benson is a well known
resident of Kellar, Va. Pain Balm
is an %antiseptic liniment and espec-
tally valuable for burns, cuts bruises
and sprains. For sale by all druggists.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-06
First Publication Oct. 80, 1so3.-6w
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, Land OF
flee at Bozeman, Montana, October
26, 19O3.-Notice is hereby given that
the following named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final
proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before
7. A. Williams, clerk of court, at
Billings, Montana, on December IS,
1908, viz:
CABOT T. THOMAS,
on Homestead Entry No. 1855, for
the sk sen and sh sWA section
80, township 1 north, range % east,
NJ. P. M.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land, viz:
Alfred L. Thomas, of Columbus, Mon
tana; Henry Struck, of Park City,
Montana; Preston B. Moss, of Billings,
Montana; Robert J. Martin, OF Bill
ings, Montana.
M. R. WILSON, Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-06
OWNERSHIP UNSETTLED.
Strip Of Territory In Alaska Left In
Uncertainty.

Washington, Nov. 5.-The surpris-
ing fact developed Wednesday that
the ownership of a strip of territory
40 miles in length was left unsettled
by the deliberations OF the Alaskan
boundary tribunal in London.
The territory In doubt lies between
Kate's Needle and DEVILS Paw and
the, distance is $40 miles. DEVILS
Paw Is a mountain peak seventy-hve
miles southeast OF Skagway, and
Hates Needle is a peak 140 miles
south of DEVILS Paw.
The region left-in uncertainty is not
valuable SO far as known now. It is
covered with ice and snow all the
year. This material part of the line
was not determined because the prov
incial survey chart of 1893 provided
no data, this part Of the work having
Teen botched-probably with intent
w the Canadian members of the joint
survey party. The matter cannot be
settled without a new treaty with
Great Britain negotiated forsthis spe-
cial purpose and providing for the
appointment of another commission.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-06
Court OF Inquiry 10 Be Appointed.
CABLE CARS IN COLLISION.
One Person Killed and Fifty-one 9th.
ers Injured.

One PERSON killed ana Fifty-one Otn.
ers Injured.
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 5.-One per-
% was killed and fifty-one others In
jured, two of them perhaps fatally, in
the collision of two cable cars in a
fog on the steep Twelfth street via
duct. Most of the injured were shop
girls on their way from home in Kan
a City. Kan, to the department
stores on the Missouri side. The
dead girl, Nellie Luscombe. aged
twenty, was killed instantly. She was
found buried beneath the debris Of
the wrecked trains. A small piece of
Steel. the size of a lead pencil, had
been driven into the girls skull be-
tween the eyes, and the left side Of
her head was crushed. She was SO
badly disfigured that 1t was several
hours before she was identified. OF
the injured, Carrie Mooney, also a dry
goods clerk, who suffered both legs
broken. and Herman Watkins, q
clerk, whose jaw was broken and who
was otherwise hurt, will die, it Is be-
lieved.
Seventeen others were more or less
seriously hurt, FIVE OF them sustain
ing broken bones. The other thirty
four injured sustained only minor
cuts and bruises.
All the injured lived in Kansas City,
Kan, o. it's suburbs.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-06
GAZETTE AND BILLINGS HARD
WARE COMPANY DO BETTER.
SEND TWO INSTEAD OF One
Rare Chance for Young Ladies to
Make Delightful and Cheap
Journey.

AS will be seen by the announce
ment appearing. elsewhere in this is
sue of The Gazette, an. opportunity is
offered to two young ladies of Yellow
stone county to visit the st. Louis
exposition as the guests of The Ga
zette and Billings Hardware com
pany, instead of one, as originally adj
vertised.
Any young lady over II years OF
age is eligible to enter the contest
and the terms under which votes
may be obtained are decidedly liberal.
The voting will be the same as here
tofore and the two receiving the high
est number of votes will be given
tickets to and from st. Louis, includ-
ing berths, and all expenses for adj
mission to the fair and a 1O-days' stay
at a first-class hotel will be met by
the donors.
In addition 20 the coupons printed
in each issue, The Gazette will give
a special coupon, good for 80 votes,
for each subscription of So and an
additional 10 votes to every young
lady for every dollar she may collect
on account of subscription to The
Gazette.
The offer of the Billings hardware
company is equally liberal. To the
purchaser of every dollars worth OF
merchandise bought from the COM
pany for cash 10 votes will be given;
six votes for a i5-cent purchase; four
votes for a 5O-cent purchase and two
votes for a 25-cent purchase.
The votes must be deposited in the
sealed box kept for that purpose at
the store of the Billings Hardware
company. Those issued by the com
pany are required to be put into the
box at the time of issue. The Ca
zette coupons must be voted on or
before the dates they contain.
The votes will be counted twice
each month, on the first and 18th.
Now that interest in the contest has
been increased because of the very
generous offer of the two companies
the ace between the contestants
promises to be exceptionally interest
ing and their respective friends may
be relied upon to see that there will
be no tagging.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-06
ONE DEAD, TWO INJURED
Three Accidents Occur in Red Lodge
Coal Mines.

Coal Mines.
Red Lodge, Nov. 5.-One man was
killed last night, another is close to
death and a third man, who came
under a fall of rock this noon, is
painfully injured in the coal mine
here.
Sam Puolinen, who worked in the
sixth east drift, was the first one in
jured. He was not a regular employee,
but was working for a man named
Hykila for the night. His partner,
Erick Paccola, jumped in time to
escape the rock, but Puolinen was
buried under it, sustaining two broken
legs Is well as a left rib and collar
bone. Numerous other injuries were
also sustained. He is still alive, but
will probably die tomorrow.
William Jamenskey, who recently
came here from Franklin, Wash, was
employed as a driver. His accident
was a strange one. His car had evil
IDENTIFY become uncoupled, and he
reached down to fasten the hook. He
must have fallen, the big iron hook
catching in his throat, which was
horribly mutilated as he was drag
ged along under the car. The front
part of the neck and the front wall
of the gullet were torn away, and
part of his windpipe was gone. Cor
oner Underwood summoned a jury,
which examined eight witnesses, and
returned a verdict that death was
purely accidental.
The third accident occurred at noon
today, when John Putio came under
a fall of rock and sustained a broken
leg and other minor injuries.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-06
GUARDING STATES HEALTH.
State Board Will Endeavor to Enforce
the Law.

Hereafter no more violations Of the
laws that properly come within the
purview of the state board of health
will be permitted to go UNPUBLISHED,
that is if the board a secure pun
ishment of the offenders.
The quarterly meeting of that body
wa held at Helena last Tuesday, and
among the first matters considered
was that relating to the statutory re-
quirement concerning the reporting OF
existence of Of contagious dis
eases. The law makes 1T the duty OF
any physician or householder to report
to the health officer at once the ex-
istence of any contagious diseases
that may come to their notice. AS a
penalty for not doing SO the law pro-
vides for the imposition of a fine OF
not exceeding $50.
This law has not been enforced in
the past and health officers have had
considerable difficulty on account OF
the contempt shown for it. To show
that 1t is in earnest in regard to Sc
curing compliance with this part OF
the statutes, the board adopted a reso-
luton instructing the secretary, Doc
tor T. D. futile, to institute criminal
proceedings against any person who
may violate the law in the future.
There Are Others.
The board further instructed the
secretary to proceed against all ply
sicians or parents failing to make re-
port to the respective county clerks
5of births and deaths, as required by
law. The law says it-shall be the
duty of a physician or midwife, who
is in attendance upon the birth of a
child, to report this fact to the county
clerk, and where there is no physi-
clan or midwife in attendance, his
duty devolves upon the parents. In
case Of a death it is made obligatory
upon the physician to report it.
Want Inspection Extended.
A petition was received from tax
payers Of Great Falls asking the board
70 instruct all milk inspectors to test
All mich cows from which milk is
sold, g we'll o the regular dairy
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-06
REQUEST FOR RECOGNITION.
State Department Declines to Commit
Itself.

Washington, Nov. 5.-The state de-
partment Wednesday received a
prompt request from the representa-
tives Of the revolutionary government
at Panama that the United States
recognize the new state of Panama,
but pending official advices from our
consular officers at Panama that a
new government had been established
and Is q de facto government, the
state department declined to commit
Itself.
However, attention was called to
the fact that 1T is the invariable pol
Icy of the United States to deal with
the de factO government In any coun-
try. This statement Is taken as ia
vorable to recognition should the new
Panama government have an active
existence.
Early In the morning news was re-
csived OF the Smelling of Panama by
the Colombian gunboat Bogota and in
structions were cabled at once to our,
vice consul there to protest against
this b~ombardment, while the COM
mander of the cruiser Boston was d.
rected to prevent the Bogota resum-
Ing firing. 1t early became apparent
that this government intended to take
active steps to
Protect Life and Property.
on the isthmus and to take an adj
vanced position. Instructions were
cabled commanders of warships on
their way to the isthmus or already
there. to resort to any necessary
measures to prevent bloodshed. The
situation at the two ends Of the rail-
way. Panama and Colon, is anomalous
and late last night it developed that
the Colon situation is the result of
plans Of the navy department miscar-
rying.
The dispatches to the Nashville
which should have reached her imme-
aiately upon her arrival at Colon.
Nov. 2, were intercepted and were not
received by Commander Hubbard un-
til after the Colombian gunboat had
arrived at Colon with 500 Colombian
troops aboard, when it was too late to
prevent her entrance to the harbor.
The execution of the original scheme
would have eliminated the Catagena
from the situation at Colon and the
present unfortunate complications
would have been avoided.
1t is expected further efforts will be
made on the part of the new govern
ment of Panama to obtain recOgni-
ton at the hands Of the United States.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-06
cuMMINs' LARGE PLuRALIT,
Iowa Governor Carries the state B,
Eighty Thousand.

= =M kEWTE'Zlt
Des Moines, Ia, Nov. 5-Complete
returns from every county in Iowa e
ceived by the Register and Leader,
show Governor Cummins' plurality
over ]. B. Sullivan, Democratic .candi-
date for governor, to be 80,802. The
size of the plurality was a surprise in
all quarters. Governor Cummins had
confidently predicted a plurality of
$4,000 OF more, but at Republican
headquarters no more than $4,000 was
claimed at any time, while at Demo
cratic headquarters not more than
10000 was conceded. In a large meas
ure the result is considered a personal
victory for Governor Cummins.
Governor Cummins ran somewhat
ahead of the remainder of the Repub-
lican state ticket. The Democrats
will have twenty-three Of the 100 mem
bers Of the next house, a gain of six,
and eight of the fifty members of the
senate, a loss Of two.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-06
NORTHERN SECURITIES CASE
Attorneys for Minnesota Want Hear
ina Advanced,

Washington, Nov. 5.-The attorneys
for the state Of Minnesota Wednesday
fled a brief in the supreme court in
support of the motion to advance the
case of the state against the North
ern Securities company. They say
they want the Minnesota case and the
federal case argued about the same
time, and-contend that the notice of
an intention on the part of the de-
PENDANTS to move to dismiss the cas-
is not sufirs + to defeat the motion
to advance
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-06
Joi..sLN EAcLy DEFEATED.
His Total Vote Smallest for Years ii

HIS votaI Vote Smallest TOR Yea IN
Ohio.
Columbus, o., Nov. 5.-The Repub-
lican plurality in Ohio Is about u.s..
600 for governor and the majority In
the legislature on joint ballot for sena-
tor Is n~inety-three.
Chairman Dick Of the Republican
state committee has secured reports
from all Of the eighty-eight county
Quantities and announces that Her
Republican, has carried sixty
. &c 1ties and Johnson, Democrat,
-Wenty-six for governor, most Of the
latter by small and the former by
large pluralities. On a total vote Of
less than 100000, Herrick's plurality
In the counties aggregate 1852, and
Johnson's 20,476, so that Herrick has
q net plurality in the state Of ia, 7O6
on estimates that may be increased
from 1000 to 1000 by the off,
cial count. The plurality on the rest
of the Republican state ticket will
likely be by from 1000 to 5000 less
than that for Herrick. The total vote
for Johnson was less than that for
any Democratic candidate for govern
or for years.
On the legislative ticket the Demo-
Gratis carried four less counties than
for governor.
The senate stands 20 Republicans
and 4 Democrats. The house stands
80 Republicans and II Democrats. The
majority on joint ballot for the re-
election of Senator Hanna will be SO.
Mayor Johnson has issued a state
ment in which he attributed the re-
suit in Ohio to the contention of SEN
ator Hanna that Johnson's election
would unsettle business conditions,
and the large fund used by Republi-
cans.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-06
Brothers Mortaily Wounded.

Kansas City, Nov. 5.-As a result Of
a dispute over a water bill Of SIPS.
George II. Rodman, salesman for a
Wholesale cracker company, shot and
mortaily wounded A. W. Burns and his
brother JOIN Burns. in the parlor Of
A. w. Burns. residence.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-06
sEckHAM's LARGE MAJORITY.
Democratic Governor Carries Ken
lucky by Twenty-Five Thousand.

-
Louisville, KY, Nov. 5.-Returns
which are complete save for a few
scattered precincts in remote parts Of
the state give Governor Beckham,
Democrat. for governor q majority Of
3O,408 over Morris B. Belknap, his Re-
publican opponent. The missing pre-
scincts r in both Republican and
Democratic strongholds, yet the asser-
tion seems warranted that the gov
ernor's final and official majority will
be not less than $4,000. This is the
largest majority given a Democratic
gubernatorial candidate in fifteen
years.
The Republicans are preparing
charges Of fraud alleged to have been
perpetrated in Louisville, which they
will probably present to the grand
jury IN q few days.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-06
INDEPENDENCE OF THE isTHMus
OF PANAMA is PROCLAIMED
At COLON.
AMERICAN MARINES LANDED
NEW REPUBLIC PROMPTLY AP.
PEALs TO WASHINGTON FOR
RECOGNITION

tAC lll1L6 VI a SAOC d4u d1QlO SCOuCS I'll
great enthusiasm, the independence of
the isthmus and the department Of
Panama was declared Tuesday even
Ing.
The city of Panama is now in the
hands Of the revolrtiolists and no
serious attempt has been made to re-
capture 1t. The Colombian gunboat
Bogota arrived in the harbor after the
declaration of independence and
threw a few shells into the. city with
out doing damage to life or property.
Perfect order prevails in, Colon and
transisthmian. trains are running as
usual without interruption. IN Pana-
ma the flag of the new republic, in
colors Of red, white and blue, floats
over the government buildings.
The movement for independence has
been in progress since the rejection
by the congress at Bogota Of the Hay
Herran canal treaty, but its sudden
ripening Tuesday night was due to
the news of the unexpected arrival at
Colon of the Colombian gunboat Car
tagena with Generals Tovar and
Amaya and a number Of troops
The movement has been promoted
by prominent and wealthy isthmians
and Governor Obaldia Of the depart
ment of Panama, who arrived at
Panama at $3.50 p. m Tuesday, on
computing the troops and citizens in
favor OF independence. found that they
numbered at least 1900. The advo-
Gates Of independence both at Pana-
ma and at Colon are now jubilant.
Nashville Prevented Trouble.
The presence Of the United States
gunboat Nashville at Colon is believ-
ed to have resulted in the avoidance
of serious trouble. AS the result Of
a conference here Colonel Torres,
commanding the troops at Colon, has
sent on a special train to Panama "a
representative to confer with General
Tovar, whose unconditional release is
In reliable quarters it is believed
that peaceful results will follow q
proposal just made to Colonel Torres
that the American troops will return
to the Nashville If he guarantees to
maintain order. This proposal was
accepted by Colonel Torres.
AT 1880 o'clock last night the Ameri-
can bluejackets returned aboard the
Nashville. 1
During the excitement in the after
noon the blue Jackets from the Nash
vile quickly placed bales of cotton on
the tops of freight cars. forming ex-
cellant barricades. Many of the citi.
Gems were armed with rifles and re-
volvers. Several Americans and 9th
er foreigners took refuge on board
the German steamer Markomannia.
The opinion of everybody here is
that the isthmian canal is now as.
The project of Colon has been In
by Commander Hubbard Of
the Nashville that the transportation
of troops OF the transisthmian rail-
road will not be permitted and that
traffic on that road must not be in
Z
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-06
Returns COMING in Slowly.

Jackson. Miss, Nov. 5:-The vote
cast in the state election will not ex-
coed 10000. The returns are coming in
slowly. The contest for supreme
court clerk will be thrown into the
house.