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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07

Cleveland as her home and is very fond
of her homie in that city. She says
that the Tarrytown climate does not
agree with her. On the contrary, her
husband finds that Tarrytown is very
beneficial to his health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rockefeller are now in
Cleveland On the day they left larry
town Mr. Rockefeller said: Mrs. Rock
efellers health is not very robust and,
as she is strongly attached to our Cleve-
land home, | go there to please her.
Fifty years ago Laura Celestial Spell
man was the classmate and the sweet
heart of John ID. Rockefeller, the only
sweetheart he ever had. She is the
daughter of a Cleveland merchant, II. B.
Spelman, noted for his sterling honesty
and deep religious convictions. She has
one sister, Lucy, who never married and
has been a member of the Rockefeller
household ever since the death of her
parents.
The Rockefeller family is intensely
religious and during the summer months
which John ID. Rockefeller and his wife
spend at their home at Forest Hill, in
Cleveland, both are to be found every
Friday evening and Sunday morning in
attendance at the services of the Euclid
avenue Baptist church.
On her marriage to John d. Rookie
Teller in 1866. Mrs. Rockefeller became
member of the Baptist church, with
drawing her membership with the Ply
mouth Congregational church. She has
had four children, three girls and one
son, Bessie, Alta, Edith and John ID.
Jr. The care of her children, their ed
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07

Mrs. John ID. Rockefeller enjoys the
distinction of being the wife of the
wealthiest man in the world But to
those who know her she has other and
greater distinctions.
She is Il gentle Christian woman, Il
good wife and loving mother, into
whose peaceful life the veNing questions
of wealth do not enter.
Practically she leads the same quiet
life that she did when she was Miss
Spelman OF course, her husbands for
tune has given her many things, but
100000 would have supplied her person
al needs quite as well as the countless
millions at her command.
Mrs. Rockefeller is not woman in
clined to society. She has her own
coterie of personal friends, but she
shuns as far as possible the notoriety
of public functions.
She is Il woman of very strong do
nestle habits, thrifty, economical and
very unassuming. This very instinct OF
domesticity has made the wealthicst
woman in the world almost an unknown
person.
Not a dozen persons around Pocantico
Hills outside of her own household know
her by sight. She attends the First
Baptist church occasionally, but it is
question if any member of the congrc-
CATION would recognize her on the street.
Il have been introduced to Mrs. Rock
efeller twice." said a prominent bank
president of Tarrytown, ''and | am posi-
tive | would not know her again if l
should meet her."
Mrs. Rockefeller does not always 30
to town with her husband. In fact she
is seldom seen with him. She claims
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller


ucation and their training has been Mrs.
Rockefcller's chief occupation in life.
She was devoted to them. She has
trained them, moreover, in the ways
of thrift and economy and has set them
an example in her conduct and dress.
Society never claimed her attention
from them for an instant.
The social circle of the Rockefellers
has always been confined to their old
friends and acquaintance of their
youthful days. Mrs. Rockefeller has not
been conspicuous for her individual char
ity work, that duty being left entirely
TO her husband.
Today, though 90 years of age, she
does not show her age by many years.
She would be called little woman
though she is rather plump and stout.
eys Among her friends she is exceed
inely cordial and chatty. She bears
cduca ton.
The household servants adore her.
TO them she is not their employer, but
their friend, and their loyalty to her is
we'll known. Her only confidant is her
sister, Miss Spelman, who accompanies
here whenever she leaves home.
1t is said that Mrs. Rockefeller would
be just as happy and as well satisfied
if her husband were worth but few
thousand.
Her chief pleasure is driving. She
does not attend theaters and would not
ride in an automobile. She does not be-
leve in cards or any kind of games and
has no use for golf, although her hus-
band has regained his health by playing
it. In short, she prefers to live a quiet
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07

domestic life in her home at Cleveland.
Six years ago Mrs. Rockefeller gave
a reception to the graduates of the
Central high school in Cleveland. Six
of the ten members of her class were
present The class roll included the
names of three senators, Hanna, VOL
colt, and John F. Jones.
A prominent guest was Andrew Frese,
her old schoolmaster, among whose most
treasured possessions are some faded es-
says Mrs. Rockefeller wrote when she
was Lettic Spclman. One of them, - a
Mothers Love-" begins thus:
"a mothers love, there's naught so
pure, so constant and so kind Truly,
and beautifully hath the poet spoken.
That mothers love is pure can scarce
ly be doubted. Even the hearts first
love cannot exceed it, and if the depths
of the earth were searched there could
not be found a diamond purer. 1t shines
as brightly through all her actions as
the first beams of the sun when they
glance along the mountain tops and
streams through the valleys.
"Such a pure love is. also constant.
1t ever follows the beloved child and
seems to say, like Ruth of old Whittier
thou goest | will go; and where thou
lodgest, I will lodge
at is not like love of a less pure
nature, swayed to and fro by every
passing breeze, but remains firm and
constant to the end.
''No matter in what situation the
child may be placed, mothers love is
always near and, like guardian angel,
hovers over him and advises him. And
when, like too many, he has gone far
and plunged deep in vice and crime, if
he allows himself to pause moment
| in his downward career, the pure and
constant love of his mother is not for
gotten.
'Surely there is nothing so pure, so
constant and SO kind as Il mothers love,
and it very seldom fails of having great
influence over the future character and
destiny of the child
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07
HORNBLOWER'S WlNDJAMIKG.
Difference Between DO" Policy
and do Nothinq" Policy.

du0 q DO tNOItIIu9 UOuCys
William b. Hornblower, in his address
to the democratic state convention, I'M
dertook to tell what the democratic
party would do in case it should be
successful. He performed this task with
better effect than even Judge Parker did
in his speech of acceptance, but even so,
we doubt whether the program of policy
which he outlined will prove very at
tractive to the voters of the country.
He says that the democratic party in
tends:
First-To do away with the iniquities
of the protective tariff, but Judge Park
er in his speech admitted that he would
be powerless to do anything.
Second-To promise to give independ-
ence to the Philippines. That word,
promise" is the only difference between
democratic and republican policy. The
republican program is to prepare the
Philippines by education for independ-
ence. To promise" independence would,
Secretary Taft says, serve only to de-
moralize the Filipinos and undo the
work of upbuilding already so well ad
vanced.
Third-To give an economical admin
istration Good.
Fourth-To re-establish the distinc-
ton between the executive and legisla-
tive functions. Mr.. Hornblowcr says
that Judge Parker, if he becomes presi-
dent, will not boast of "doing things"
but take pride in refraining from doing
unconstitutional" things.
In other words Roosevelt is presi-
dent who does things. Parker would be
president who didn't do things and
took pride in refraining. This is just
the difference between a ''do'' policy and
a ''do nothing" policy, between con-
structive and negative craftsmanship
Wall Street Journal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07
Took Off a Wheel.

T. r. Coughlan's buggy horse made a
short but spirited dash on Front street,
near the Saulpaugh, yesterday after
noon. In passing lumber wagon that
stood well out into the road the buggy
struck the rim of wheel, and lost one
of it's own wheels. This let the box
down and the horse was startled, but
did not run far. One man was thrown
out, but the other held to the lines.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07

Rev. Monsignore NJ. j. Levelle of St.
Patrick's cathedral, New York in re-
cent interview regarding woman suf-
frage said: 81 believe that the hope of
purity in politics lies with women, when
the other sex has equal rights with the
men at the polls, not in one or two
states of the Union, but in every state,
then and then only will there be no more
use for reform clubs and reformers
Women-the great majority-would not
vote for party platform, but it would
be found that the man who aspircd to
office, his personality, his life in every
aspect would be the factors which die
tated the decision of women's ballots. /
believe with woman sulfragist who
said recently that the only man who
is worse than a repeater is the man
who doesn't vote at all. If nothing
else should be obtained from equal suf
frage | am sure that women, if they
had a right to vote, would never let an
election get by without putting ballot
in its box. They would at least express
an opinion"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07
COAL CONTRACT AWARDED.
Library Board Decides to Try Big
Muddy.

The public library board held its regu-
lar meeting last night. Bids for fur
nishing fifty tons of soft coal at the
library building were opened, and that
of Mel Cook on Big Muddy was ac-
copied 1t was 81 ton delivered. The
next highest bid on Big Muddy was
1896.
1t was voted that after next Saturday
the children's reading room shall be
closed at p m. After that time it will
not be opened evenings.
The meeting of the state library asso-
citation will be held in this city Oct.
9th and 2Sth, and on the evening of the
latter day lecture will be given by
DIR. Richard Burton of the university of
Minnesota. 1t will be popular lecture
and free to all. 1t has not yet been de-
cided where it will be given.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07
Chicago,
Milwaukee, &
St. Paul R'V.

No. Al departs at 0 :55 a. II, to St Paul. Mime
apolis, Chicago and Milwaukee.
No. 43 departs at Z :l5 p. m. to St Paul, Mime
apolis, Chicago and Milwaukee.
No 40 arrives at 800 p. IN. from St Paul,
Minneapolis, Chicago and Milwaukee,
Ne. A arrives at 80 p. m. from st. Paul,
Minneapolis Chicago and Milwaukee.
MANKATO, WELLS LINE.
No. 122 departs at $40 a. III.
No. 40 departs at :05 p. N.
No. 144 departs at 9 80 p. IN.
No. AL arrives at 9:45 a. m.
No. 1913 arrives at 800 p. m.
No. 43 arrives at :05 p. N.
No. 122 and No. 40 Connects east and west al
Wells also for st. G.ouis, Chicago, Milwaukee
and Kansas City. Dining car serving supper
on No. 40 Sleeper for Chicago and Miiwaukee
No change Of depots at Chicago for 81. Louis
No. Ill aud No. 43 direct connections from
Chicago and Milwaukee.
]. c. MOORE. Agent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07
Four More Enrolled.

Since the writing of the article on the
normal school students, appearing else
where in this issue, four new students
have entered the normal school, rails
ing the total enrollment>to 354. Ella c.
Margaret and Mary f. Farrell, of Frank
lin, and Hilda A. Moen of Alden.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07
A LINGERING COUGH

The cough that holds on
in spite of all remedies needs
energetic and above all thor
ough treatment. A mere
cough mixture won't do.
Root out the cold that causes
the cough.
How? SCOTS Emulsion.
Why SCOTS Emulsion?
Because it stops the irrita-
ton, soothes the tissues and
heals the affected membranes.
When? Rig ht away.
SCOTS Emulsion begins to
help with the first dose.
Well send you sample free upon request
SCOTT & BOVINE, 400 Pearl Street, New Yorks
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07
Train Injuries an Old LADY.

Rev. +. E. r. Miller gave an evening
reading from the poets in the First
Presbyterian church of St. Paul on Mon
day evening. He returned home last
night. The train, on which he came,
ctruck and injured an old lady, who
was picking up coal beside the track at
Mendoza.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07
CHICAGO
GREAT
WESTERN
Maple Leaf DALI WAV
Route. NfA w
RAILWAY

Chicago Great Western ny.
sWatervlhe Flysian Madison Lake ao~
cotnmoGation departs 500 p m. daily
except Saturday. arrives $40 a. N.
daily except Sunday.
rrains for Waterville, Faribault, North
field. Red Wing, ST. Paul. Minne-
apols and intermediate points leave
at $40 a. m. and $500 p. m.
Trains for Dodge Center, Dubuque, Chi
cago, and the east, Des. Moines. st.
Joseph, Kansas City and the south
west leave at $40 a. m. and $500 p.
m. Trains arrive from those points
at 9:35 p. m. and 1920 p. m.
Trains leave for Austin, Lyle, Mason
City Fort Dodge, Council Bluffs and
Omaha at $40 a. m. and 800 p. m.
and arrive at 9:35 p. m. and 1880
p. m.
Trains marked run daily except Sun
day; all others daily. For informa-
ton AS to dates or routes to any
point apply To Chicago Great Western
Agent at depot.
w. NJ BARR, Agent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07
STATE OF OHIO, City of Toledo. Lucas

COUnty.-SS.
Frank ]. Cheney, makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the City of To-
ledo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev
cry case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day of December
A. d. 1886.
(Seal.) A. w. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testi-
monials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07

Blood's Paints are the cheapest when
you consider the time they last. Two
thirds the expense of painting is in APP
plying. j. Manderfcld Company has the
paint that goes the farthcst and lasts
the longest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07

c. st. p, M. & o. Tins Table.
sDes Moines and Sioux City Passenger,
No. 5. arrives 10:45 a. ~; departs
1915 a. m.
..Kansas City and Denver Express, No.
3, arr. 1905 p. M; dep. 1915 p. M.
Kansas City Mail and Express. No. l.
arr. 10:15 p. M; dep. 1920 p. M;
est. James Passenger, No. z, arr. 1850
p. m; dep. 500 p. M. :.
.Mankato and Gilmore Passenger, No. Al,
departs at 7:55 a. m.
No. Is, Omaha Night Express arrives at
11:45 p. M; departs at 1850 p. m.
Trains Going East and North.
Twin City Limited. No. 2. arrives at
4:42 a. M; departs at 4:45 a: m.
sSt James Passenger, No. s, arrives at
$50 a. M; departs at 7:10 a. IN.
Irwin City Local, No. 6, arrives at 12:Ss
p. M; departs 1855 p. m.
tsTwin City Express. No. 4, arrives az
4:45 p. m; departs at 1850 p. m: -.
sElmore and Mankato Passenger, NO. 40,
arrives at 700 p. M.
No. 16. from Sioux Falls, and Mitcheii,
arrives at 1855 a. M; departs at b:0b
.Daiiy except Sunday. ''Daily:
FL. J. WAGEN. Agent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07

Benjamin Taylor left this afternoon
for Chicago, where he will remain sew
eral days on business.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07
Time IQb|eS
Goln0 Fact

Going East.
IIChicago Mail ana Passenger, No. Es4.
arrives 40 departs 80 Il. m.
ssLocal Passenger, No. G, dep. 200 p. n.
aChicag go EXPRESS, No. 502. arr. 4:40; dep.
4:55 p IN.
*LOcal Passenger, No. IA, arrives 7A5 p. IN.
*No. 16 for New Ulm, departs II 80 a. m.
**No Is for New Ulm, departs z O5 p. IN.
Going West.
**Local Passenger, No. II departs 100 a. III.
Minnesota Mail and Passenger, No. 607,
arr. 200 p. m.
dakota Passenger, No. 5c3 arr. 1901;
dep. 1915 p. M
No. SOL arrives II 35; departs IL 80 p. IN.
No. IS from New Ulm arrives 1880 a. m
No. II from New Ulm arrives rs p. IN
sDaily. *"Daily except Sunday. Daily
west OF NankatO.
H. J. WAGEN. Agent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07

Miss Mollie Weinand of Chicago, who
has been visiting for some time in this
part of the city, has gone to visit on the
Jordan farm on Bunker hill.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07

Evan Hughes took a trip to Mapleton
today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07
OUT IN THE FIRST WARD.
William Mckinley Initiated Properly
Into the Fire Department.

INV et'S ~ SSHSA' "''S'S'
William Mckinley, brother of Aid.
Mckinley, was initiated last Monday
night into Dukes Addition Hook &
Ladder company No. 3. The meeting
was held, as usual, in the fire station
on North Fourth street, about eighteen
members being present. MIR. Mckinley
was initiated in proper style and rode
the goat" with all the grace possible I'M
der the circumstances. In order to
introduce him effectively into the SER
vice, he was given liberal doses of
smoke and water. He was later given
an instrument to sign, and appended
his name, without being aware of the
contents of the document Later, when
his attention was again called to it, he
found that he had pledged himself to
give the boys of the fire company Il
good allaround treat, including five
boxes of Hook & Ladder cigars.
i. Il. Brown, the newly elected secre-
tary, was installed and began his du-
ties as keeper of the records. 1t was
decided to ask the city to put cement
curb and gutter in front of the en-
CINE house. The members of the fire
company are willing to pay half the
cost if the city will pay the other half.
The fire. station property includes sixty
front feet.
F. Last Sunday afternoon the Ravine
baseball team defeated the Hoboes in
a close game played in Keysor's pasture,
the score standing II to 10. The bat
terry for the Ravine team consisted of
Fred Krans and Ernest Swanson. The
HQboes' battery comprised Glenn kiefle
and Jack Swanson. Ernest Swanson
made several very good catches for the
Ravine team behind the bat. Fred
Krans made several good stops for the
Ravine team.
The travelling work in this part of
the city is proceeding with business-like
rapidity. The river gravel has been
hauled upon Second and May streets,
and will soon be rolled out and present
as neat and useful surface as North
Fourth street, which was recently fixed
up in the same manner. Opposition has
arisen to doing this work on Third
street, however, many of the property
owners claiming that that street is
good enough as it is. Other residents
along the street say that the street does
very well as it is in dry weather, but is
very muddy after rain. The out
come of the dispute remains to be
seen.
George Stahl, young man of twenty
one, is very i'll at his home on North
Fourth street. He has been suffering
for some time with hemorrhages from
the lungs, and on account of this all
ment has been able to do very little
work during the past two years. Last
night he had very bad attack, and
fears for the worst were entertained.
Mrs. John Hector left on Saturday af-
ternoon for Sleepy Eye, where she will
visit relatives for the space of two
weeks.
John Berggren has gone to Chicago to
work as stone mason.
Miss Mollie Weinand of Chicago, who
has been visiting for some time in this
part of the city, has gone to visit on the
Jordan farm on Bunker hill.
Automobiles have been speeding
through the first ward at such high
70 10 of Spoed that peOnJa have beoIIu tO
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07

Automobiles have been speeding
through the first ward at such high
rate of speed that people have begun to
call them sought to- know betters.'
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07

John Berggren has gone to Chicago tc
work as a stone mason.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-07

Mrs. John Hector left on Saturday af-
ternoon for Sleepy Eye, where she will
visit relatives for the space of two
weeks.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-25

NJ. r, Hnrdesty was rushed with
work yesterday morning and did not
put In an appearance nj the grandstand
until the afternoon. He IL doing the
official announcing. As the result Of
his absence, spectators were not kept
posted, but hereafter during the races
duty. He Is quite humorIst and
cracked some very good lmpromptu
jokes yesterday. Chairman West wants
him to 20 on at the Stadium but Mr..
Hardesty declines to perofrm for
money insisting that he liz out for
the fun OF the thing.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-25

otto Sundnes, a Columbia river fish
erman. departs this morning for the
home OF his parents IN Nampnas. Fin
land, where he Will spend the winter
Mr., Sundnes spent last winter with his
folks In the old country. He had n
most successful season here and with
two boats delivered total Of "a tons
of fish. worth about $4,000. The boat
operated by Sundnes delivered Is tons
of salmon.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-25

Governor Chamberlain and the mem
bers of his stan were yesterday en-
tertalned aboard the monitor Wyoming.
The customary salute was fired when
the governor departed. The Wyoming
fired several salutes during the day,
using her six-pounders. The report
of these guns is very sharp and biting.
Some enthusiastic ladies' in the grand
stand expressed the hope that the big
guns would be fired, but fortunately
the hope was not realized. The wy
oming is one Of Uncle Sans most for
warships, and her six Founders
are dealing instruments. They
are used to clear" the decks Of an
enemy's ships and can be fired with as
founding rapldity.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-25

Mrs. Sara Ross. who returned Mon
day on the steamship Elder from San
Francisco. states that the trip was
unusually severe. The vessel was
tossed about by the seas and several
doors were smashed In by great waves.
For some time the passengers were
kept confined In their stateroons The
storm occurred of the California coast,
but when the Oregon coast was reach
ed fine weather was encountered Cap
tain Randall said II was one Of the
worst trips he ever had between San
Francisco and Astoria.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-25

Hon. John II. Smith advances the
excellent suggestion that the people Of
this city should take steps to secure
the removal OF the remains OF Captains
Lewis and Clark to this county, where
suitable monument should be erected
to the memory of the explorers. The
body of one Of the explorers lies in
an obscure county In Tennessee, and
the other body could undoubtedly be
brought to Clatsop county II permis-
sion were asked OF the relatives. The
explorers achieved their goal In this
county. and It is quite fitting that their
remains should repose here The sug-
gestion will be brought to the atten-
tion OF the Chamber OF Commerce.