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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-04
.COMEsTO THIS CITY
Next Session of Teachers As
ISOLATION Held Here.
The Invitation Is Extended BY
Supt. J. N. Mcconnell.
c. n. Barnes Elected President
of the Organization.
Miss Caroline Robbins Chosen
Secretary-Treasurer.
From Saturdays Daily.

i
Mankato has secured the next annual
meeting of the Southern Minnesota
Teachers association, notwithstanding
| the efforts of Blue Earth to land the
prize. Such was the decision at the
meeting just held at Fairmont. Man.
kato's victory is mainly due to the
work of Superintendent Mcconnell, to
whom the thanks of this city are certain
ly due.
Officers elected by the association at
the meeting, just concluded, for the
ensuing year are as follows: President,
Supt. C. H. Barnes, Wells; Vice-presi-
dent, Superintendent Latin, Freeborn
| county; secretary and treasurer, Miss
Caroline Robbins, Mankato normal; exc
cutive committee, Supt. j. M. Mcconnell,
Mankato; Superintendent Franklin,
Faribault; and Superintendent Savage,
Cottonwood county.
| One of the main features of the con-
vention was the address on "The Mod
ern Suit of Mail" delivered by Hon. w.
the Fairmont opera house to large
and much delighted audience.
On Thursday evening, before the regu-
lar convention proceedings, the meeting
of the county superintendent took
place in the assembly hall at the Fair
mont high school. Superintendent Nc
Connell was the presiding officer. At that
meeting was discussed the plan of exam
ination of the country students for ad
mission to the city schools. 1t was rec
commended by the meeting that the
matter be placed in the hands of an
examining committee, consisting of the
county and city superintendent in each
county. 1t was also voted that those
present at the meeting favored legis-
lation which should provide for one
or more assistant superintendent of
public instruction, whose business it
should be to inspect and aid the rural
schools, cooperating with the county
superintendent. The superintendent
also voted in favor of the consolidation
of the rural schools as the best solution
of the country school problem.
The reception rendered to the visiting
teachers at the A. 0. U. w. hall last
evening was very enjoyable affair, and
was very largely attended by both teach
ers and citizens.
The remainder of the program was
carried out substantially as has already
been published in The Free Press.
Little Fairmont indeed did well in en-
PERTAINING the teachers. All that could
be accommodated in the hotels were
taken care of there and the citizens
threw open their doors to the rest. More
teachers could easily have been taken
care of, if they had come to the city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-04

1886 when things were in a chaotic
condition and the people were living ON
"rocks and enthusiasm" and there was
not great deal of the latter-not even
a iugfull.
The free silver cry of Bryan and
his cohorts in 1896 drove a great many
democrats into the republican party.
These men felt it their duty to assist
the party of sound money to achieve a
victory. After being in the party a
short time they enjoyed the experience
so well that they decided to remain in
the ranks. This year these men will
vote for Roosevelt and Fairbanks, who
will be elected by a big majority of the
electoral college.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-04
DUTY OF REPUBLICANS.

There is a 'dearth of excitement in
the county campaign due more than any
other one thing to the fact that but two
of the republican candidates have OPP
position-such as it is. 1t cannot be
said with any degree of seriousness that
either T. w. Hart, candidate for treas
urer, and Sheriff Bennett Williams,
who is seeking a. reelection, are siren
uously opposed in any quarter. Both
are excellent men,. and certainly they
are entitled to and are receiving the
support of the party which has honor
ed them with nominations. Mr.. Hart
made one of the mosto.vigorous cam
paigns for a nomination ever recorded
in the political history of the county.
While he always has taken an active
interest in politics, and has been 10y
al republican, ever ready to contribute
from his time and means to forward the
candidacy. of those who have sought the
suffrages of the voters, this is his first
appearance as candidate for any Of
fice.9a Mr.. Hart always was an aggres-
sive gentleman in the political arena.
He always fought with characteristic
energy for those principles which have
made the republican party very i'm
portant factor in the upbuilding of this
country. He never has been a sluggard
when there was work to be done for
the political organization of which he
has been member so many years, and
this fart together with his competency
to perform the duties of county treasur-
er, should bring to his aid the most
hearty support of party men. Local
and petty jealousies should not inter-
fere with the duty which is imposed up
on republicans who wish to have their
party, organization maintained without
a break or puncture. Parties are
easily disorganized if factions are Gre
ated, and this year especially should re-
publicans stand by their ticket from the
presidential electors down to coroner.
Republicans should make the election in
Blue Earth county unanimous. There is
no fear hut that this will be done, but
they should make the majority for each
candidate so large, so overwhelmingly
large, that there will never be any
doubt as to where Blue Earth county
can be located in the future. The Free
Press has nothing of a derogatory char
acter to say of the two men who are
named on the democratic ticket for
county treasurer and sheriff. Far be it
from this, paper to speak ill of either.
But neither gentlemen can lay any
claim to republican support.
The Free Press has in the past refer
ded to Mr.. Harris business ability, his
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-04
LIND REALLY AT FAULT.

1t is rather amusing to read of John
Lind's frantic efforts to work up a
case against Bob Dunn in the matter of
including some $4,000 acres of valuable
swamp Belonging to state institutions
in a grant to the Duluth & Iron Range
railroad, says The Morris Sun. This
land was afterwards recovered to the
state through the individual efforts of
Dunn, so that the seriousness of the
question is not so great as Lind would
have us believe. When the land re-
ferred to was selected by the railroad
it was objected to, but the company
claimed right to take it. Mr.. Dunn
then conceived the idea that the entire
grant of some 100000 acres was void
and sought permission from the legisla-
ture to test the validity of the grant in
the courts. The legislature appointed
Mr.. Lind, the attorney general and the
state auditor as members of a commits
sion to look after the interests of the
state in these suits, and it is in the
conduct of these suits that Lind now
charges Dunn with "recklesness." Since
Mr.. Lind was himself the head of that
commission, and an eminent attorney at
that, and was directly charged with
looking after matters which he now
charges Dunn with neglecting, the film
siness of Lind's charges can readily be
seen. The results of these suits was
that the railroad was declared entitled
to the land selected, but later Dunn sue
cecded in recovering for the state the
43 900 acres of land which Lind by his
own carelessness permitted the railroad
company to secure. Lind had as good an
opportunity of knowing all the details
concerning the lands in this grant as did
the auditor, for he was charged with a
thorough investigation, and doubtless
was fully aware that the road was not
entitled to the land in question and also
of his own responsibility, yet in keeping
with the methods of the others who are
leading in the vile attacks upon the
republican candidate for governor he
throws honesty to the winds and seeks
to encompass. Dunn's defeat by mislead-
ing and false statements.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-04
IN RE THE LETTER.

If democrats can gain a crumb of
comfort out of the letter relating to
the Panama canal which Senator Gull
berson read at recent meeting in New
York, they are welcome to it. The let
ter in question was written by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to DR.. Albert Shaw, and
is as follows:
'White House, Washington, Oct. 10,
1908 My Dear DIR. Shaw: | enclose
you, purely for your own information, a
copy of a letter of September 5, from
our minister to Colombia. 1 think it
might interest you to see that there was
absolutely not the slightest chance of
securing by treaty any more than we
endeavored to secure. The alternatives
were to 60 to Nicaragua, against the
advice of the great majority of compe-
tent engineers-some of the most COM
petent saying that we had better have
no canal at this time than go Thereon
else to take the territory by force with
out any attempt at getting treaty. I
cast aside the proposition made at this
time to foment the secession of Panama.
Whatever other governments can do, the
United States cannot 60 into the secur-
ing by such underhand means of the
cession. Privately, l freely say to you
that l should be delighted if Panama
were an Independent state, or if it made
itself so at this moment; but for me to
say so publicly would amount to an in
stigation of revolt, and therefore 1 can
not say it. With great regards, sincere
ly yours,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-04
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"

1t transpires that copy of this letter
was in the hands of democratic senators
at the time of the debate over the
treaty with Panama in the senate, but
they did not object to the ratification
of that treaty, and in fact they did not
use the letter in an attempt to block the
treaty. Since Senator Culberson has
seen fit to make the communication
public, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts
comes forward with an explanation of
how the democrats come to have the
letter in their possession:
1.-Two months or more after the rev.
olution, and while the debate upon the
Panama treaty was going on in the SEN
ate, an officer of the senate told me that
the democratic senators were searching
for letter which they understood had
been written to DR.. Shaw, which had
appeared somewhere, and which, they
understood, convicted the President of
cOmpllclty IN fOmentlng the revolution.
l replied that l knew the letter they
meant, that it had been published, that
it was the exact reverse of what they
thought, but that if they wanted it l
would gladly get them copy of it. 1
went to the White House, got copy
of this letter to DR.. Shaw, and with
full permission took it to the senate
and gave it to Senator German. A
day or two after, Senator German ask
ed me if 1 had any objection to his
giving it to Senator Culberson. l said
not the least that the letter had been
published and they could do what they
liked with it. The Panama treaty went
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-04

1t is predicted by, his strongest friends
that Sheriff Williams will be reelected
by majority not far from 1000. There
should berno hesitancy on the part of the
people in rendering their votes to Mr..
Williams on election day. He has prov
ed to- be frst-class official and one
whom it should be a delight to support
Mr.. Williams IDS so well known to the
people of Blue Earth county, and his ex-
cellent record is familiar to them all,
that any extended comments regarding
the gentleman are unnecessary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-04
Democracy's Hopes Blasted.

Democracy's hopes are blasted. The
forces behind Judge Parker do not ex-
pect his election. The crowd managed
by Hill and Murphy are just whistling
to keep their courage up. 1t becomes
more apparent that Roosevelt will be
victorious. The people at large have
made up their minds on this point. The
democrats do not hope to carry any
western states, except perhaps Missouri
and Montana, and the latter is not sure
to cast it's vote for the man from Esop-
us. There is no disturbance among the
republicans throughout the country. The
party is united, and there is very good
reason why the election of Roosevelt and
Fairbanks is among the certainties.
There is nothing in the democratic plat
form that appeals to the people to vote
for Parker. The judge is not vote
getter. He possesses no personal mag
netism, and he is altogether too conserv-
ative to catch the admiration of the
progressive American people, who believe
in Roosevelt's policy of "doing things"
Democracy itself has nothing to offer
the people but a large collection of
promises which the party could not car
ry out were it to be placed in charge of
the government. In the language of the
street democracy ''could not make a
good 'front.'" 1t is a well known fact
that the democratic party could not
manage the affairs of the nation with
any degree of satisfaction to the people.
1t displayed its inability to do SO in
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-04
Will Have a Banquet.

Rev. Geo. H. Davis has accepted the
invitation to act as POSTMASTER at ban
quet to be held by some of the lead
ing members of the Episcopalian church
and business men at st. Peter in COM
memoration of the preaching of the first
sermon in the Episcopal church in that
city, by Bishop jackson Kemper, fifty
years ago. Bishop Edsall will be among
the orators at the banquet board.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-04
OUT GARDEN CITY WAY.
News In General--Society Notes and
Personal Gossip.

FerSondi GOSSIP.
Mr.. Batherick has sold his residence
at the foot of the depot hill to Mrs.
liver Peterson. Mr.. and Mrs. Batherick
will move to Missouri in the near flu.
ture.
Mr.. Wilcox, the jeweler, is moving his
family from Amboy into the house on
Lindsey hill, known as the glass block.
Mrs. Julia Bixby spent the latter part
of the week visiting her sister, Mrs.
Henry Spicer, who resides in Mankato.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shuring of Kensitt, Ia,
visited their old neighbor, Eugene Bunce,
two days last week.
Alfred Merservey, Jr., has gone to the
northern part of Wisconsin where his
family now reside.
The Knights of Pythias lodge gave
a banquet for their friends Saturday
evening. The Garden City orchestra
played many beautiful selections All
engaged in games until eleven o'clock
when bounteous supper was served
by the hospitable Rathbone Sisters. All
reported a most enjoyable time.
Mr. and Mrs. William Over of Man.
kato drove up from that place Friday
to make visit at the home of John
Miller.
Mrs. James Jones and son, VIII, and
daughter, Martha, made shopping tour
to the county seat Friday. "@
In regard to the little folks that are
on the sick list, we will say that Bernie
Norton is improving quite rapidly, but
Baby Richardson and frankie Norton
are not as well as reported last week.
Rev. and Mrs. Bruce Black will take
a vacation of three weeks Therefore he
will not preach again until Nov. 18th.
j. NJ. Chapman has the lumber and
stone on the ground to construct a new
Doih hCdi pidCc vi lHc DdIH tIdI
was burned recently. The dimensions
will be 30x6O.
Lou Clapper and family will move in
to their newly purchased residence the
first of this week
William Skinner is plastering his
house, slowly but surely, he will finish
building his fine residence.
Milton Hall and family started for
their home at Fergus Falls last week.
They will visit in st. Paul on their
way.
Miss Allie Osgood spent last week at
Lake Crystal at the home of her uncle,
helping her aunt care for her cousin
Claude, who was seriously wounded
short time ago.
Miss Eva Thomas visited in town
with relatives over Sunday, the first
time she has visited in town for a num-
Der of weeks.
Mr.. Blacks Sunday school class gave
an oyster supper last Thursday evening.
Frank Eaton spent the latter part of
the week in town visiting relatives.
Monday he and his brother, John, went
to see their sister, who is very i'll.
Theodore Thomas, who has been at
Kasota a number of weeks came home
Saturday evening, returning Monday
morning to resume his work in the
cleaning mills at that place
Eli S. Warner of st. Paul visited at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Amos Warner over Sunday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-04
MAKES A CLEAN SWEEP.

There's nothing like doing thing
thoroughly. Of all the Salves you ever
heard of, Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the
best. 1t sweeps away and cures Burns
Sores, Bruises, Cuts, Boils, Ulcers, Skin
Eruptions and Piles. It's only 25c, and
guaranteed to give satisfaction by John
c. Thro, druggist.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-04
To Have Enclosed Kinks.
From Fridays Daily.

The Caledonia Curling club is await
ing the cold weather, SO as to begin
series of games on the ice. 1t expects
to have four Kinks this year, and to
have two of them enclosed. The Kinks
will probably be located where the one
was last year, near the foot of Cherry
street By having two enclosed, the club
will be independent of the weather, no
snow accommodating and the cold wind be-
ing shut out. :.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-04
MANKATO FREE PRESS

to "a vote witis that letter to DR.. Shaw
in the possession of democratic sena-
torS."
AS is usual with. the democrats they
are making great ado over nothing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-04
PROBATE COURT.
From Fridays Daily.

The hearing on the final account in the
George Melcher estate was had in the
probate court today. A. r. Pau Jr.
appeared for the executor, Mr.. PLACE
man, and Attorney Fraser of Rochester
appeared for one of the heirs and OBJ
jected to the final account.
Judge Hughes made an order appoint
ing George E. Richardson administrator
of the estate of the late Susan r. Rich
ardson.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-04
n Matter,
r OfHeam

There is a quality in Royal
Baking Powder which makes
the food more digestible and
wholesome. This peculiarly
of Royal has been noted by
physicians, and they accord
'ngly endorse and recon-
mend it.
POWDER CO.. NEW YORK II
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-07
GAMBLERS MUST Get
OUT OF DUNELLEN.

D~rnellen, Dec. 7:-Gamblers re-
ceiyed a strong judicial warning TO
give Dunollen a wide berth Monday
afternoon. Tho citizen s ere SADIE
against the gambling evil thab was
inaugurateu by Editor George Day q
week ago came to a climax with the
arraignment Of William Douglas, a
negro, of New Brunswick, accused OF
running a crap and card jointin II
Of the small stores on tho aDunellen
main street, aid Jrstice Won Minhen
drove the last nail into the coffin of
the Illicit industry witha scathing
denuncition Of che evil, apda force
FIJI warning to tho habitues and en-
oouragers OF the alleged Joint.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-07
COMMENT.

There are q great many people Tin
tile country WHO do not. hesitate TO
~ iollyp q newspaper man into print
ing a false statement in his paper,
and there are Il number Of imbeciles
who consi der such things remarkable,
smatt and clever. 1t is a common
o%ccurrnnce for some people to deiiber :
ately give an incorrect and sometimes
absolutely imaginary story to a re-
porter "just for fan" This is esp G.
tally true in some sections and every
newspaper in the land from time to
time runs against n of these Tightly
minded wsgs. We know whereof
we speak We have been there.
A recent instance of the kind was
the case Of a certain story that was
given ont in Asbury, Park aud copied.
by various papers NIL over the county.
The person giving the story ont DO
Iiberately misstatod the facts in the
case and told the newspaper man that
O certain action had been taken iii ono
of the State courts. while as n matter
of fact an absolutely reverse action
had been taken in the case. 1t can
usually be found out that when n de-
liborate lie is given to a newspaper
man for publication the person giving
the false information ont has some
peculiar axe TO grind aud does rot care
what kind of n position tho paper is
placsd in.
The practice is q bad one and should
be broken up in some way. A Eperson
who will deliberately give a false
statement to q newspaper, know ing
that it iR a lie, is the most contomp.
tible kind of q cur and his character
and actions should be published far
and wide, "A man who will aunoy-
mously attack another through n
newspaper is the most dispicable class
of worm there is and should be
trampled under foot without mercy.
He should be prosecuted 10 the fGllest
extent of the law and the judge who
passes sentence on him should show Lo
mercy.
A few convictions aud sentences
may have q very good effect. Red
Bank Standard.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-07

on motion che FIfe CQlnmit1so was
empowered TO have electric light fixtures
placed 10 the houses Of W~ashI4gF8n H6se
CO. aud Eagle Hose Ca fur the Sum Of
ninety six collars and seyent3-ni cents
(s96. 40.
On motion the street lighting contract
was awarded to the Public Service Cor
poration for the term Of Avesyears.
On motion the chair appointed Messrs.
Toft, Smith and STACEY q COMMITTEES
with power, to confer with a committee
of the Board of Frsehclders to. consider
the Raritan river bridge matter.
On motion the Clerk was Instructed
TO retcr TO the Public Service Corpora
ton the 81. 600 check accompanying the
bid for street lighting. e4n
On motion the Council adjourned.
JOHN f. RTELLEY,
.osn. - City Clerk.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-07
Coal Company Not Sold.

There was q sudden break of nine
teen points in the stook of tire Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company in the
Philadelphia Stock Exchange %vester-
day. This was duo to a statement
made early in the morning by Lewis
A. Riloy, the company's president,
took tile eFoct that negotiations for
the saio OF tine great anthracite min
ing company TO the Nav York, New
Haven aud Hartford Railroad had
failed,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-07
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1904.

find a substitute for the "taree Re" is
about to he successful. Come to
think of it, however, these two
branches of knowledge could be
learned pretty thoroughly at home
and thus save all tho expense of the
schools.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-07
Burnt Cork Rehearsal.

The Burnt Cork Club will hold their
first rehearsal in Wilder Music Hall to-
morrow night. This club Is composed
Of II number of popular young men
about town and they wiilfshortly give a
minatrel show.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-07

NEW YORK, Dec. Miss Editlr
Devereux Clapp, daughter of Mrs. N.
Devereux Clapp, of this city was mar
ried in st. Francis Xavier's church
here to Count Rene du Temple de
Rougemont, nephew of Mr.. Desrorte
de la Fasse, first secretary OF the
French embassy at Washington.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-07

The message was rather long, Ills
true, but then this is the presidents
last term and he has TO keep his hand,
in for the time WHEN he will devote
his entire attention to literature and
writing books.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-07

The Smith street white wing, who
has been kept busy keeping dirt and
sand, off the asphalt pavement, can
now busy himself sprinkjing sahd on
the Pavement to prevent horses falling
down.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-07

with the schools of Middlese K
teaching ths boys how to pillow and
the schools Of Monmouth teaching the
girls to-.cooK, it would seem that the
Efforts on the part OF the educators to
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-07

Electric lights come high. but we
must have them, and, if the corpora
tions fix the price, what are you 60
ing to do about it?