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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-26
orts. killing over eight hundred Jap

forts, killing over eight hundred Jap
anese and destroying the three vessels.
His own loss was four men killed in
action and seven wounded, one of whom
afterward died. The hull of the Wyom-
ing had been hit ten times, her funnel
had six holes in it. Two masts were
injured and the upper rigging badly cut.
Following this battle in 1864 japan
paid to the United States the sum of
$75O,OO0 as an indemnity fund. Out of
this fund claims were to be paid to those
suffering the damages from the daimios,
but, as matter of fact, nothing was
done. This fund remained on deposit
with the state department and was in
vested in United States securities until
in 1883 it amounted to the sum of ST.
77O,364. Finally in that year the sur
vivors of the Wyoming expedition were
paid certain sums out of this accumu
lation and $7S5,000 was ordered return
ed to Japan. 1t took considerable fight
ing in congress before anything was done
with this fund. In fact, the claims of
the Wyoming men were before congress
six different times.
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SOCIALISTS NAME A TICKET.
c. E. Keith of Mankato Nominated for
State Treasurer.

State officers were nominated by the
socialists in state convention at Hol-
combs hall this morning. This was the
second day of the convention. The fol-
lowing nominations were made: Gov
ernor, j. E. Nash, Minneapolis; lieuten-
ant governor, 0. e. Lofthus, Shelly;
secretary of state, q. E. Carlson, ST..
Paul; state treasurer, G. E. Keith, Man
kato; attorney general, G. w. Downing,
Fergus Falls.
The convention was scheduled to COM
plete the ticket by the nomination of
three justices for the supreme court
and two railroad commissioners, late
this afternoon. w. N. Rogers was elect
ed chairman of The day. Committees
on amendment to constitution and plat
form and rules and regulations were
elected Amendments to the constitu-
ton were proposed and adopted.
The following delegates and alternates
were elected to attend the national con-
vention in Chicago on May 1: Delegates,
S. M. Holman, M. A. Bratland, J. E.
Nash, Thomas Lucas, A. N. Gilbertson,
n. Klein and G. B. Leonard; alternates,
P. H. Gender, Edward Baskey, DR.. Hirsh
field, E. d. Cross, E. B. Ford, F. G. Bow
er and E. L. Anderson. Nicholas Klein
was chosen delegate large. j. E.
Nash, organizer for Minneapolis, was
chosen state secretary. The state exc
cutive committee of five will be chosen
before the close of the convention.
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NEWS FROM BEAUFORT.

A large crowd gathered at the home
of Ernest Nagel last Thursday evening
it being his birthday. Fine refresh
ments were served at midnight. All re-
port good time.
The horse of Jacob Myer that was cut
in the wire is getting along nicely.
William H. Ward had bee last Fri
day to help him put up his ice house.
Mrs. Joseph Wadde1l visited with
Mrs. William Ward last Friday.
A number of friends gathered at the
home of John Munglas last Saturday
night. The evening was spent in dane
ing and playing cards. When friends &c
to- Mr.. Munglas' they are sure of a
good time.
Miss Maud Mace closed a successful
term of school last Tuesday. Miss Maud
is fine teacher.
William Rath's family spent last Mon
day evening with Mr.. and Mrs. James
Getty.
John Oyer is the owner of new
heavy harness.
The champion woodchoppers of Beau
ford are George Moury and John Howard
Mrs. Fred Cramer, son and daughter
visited with Mr.. and Mrs. Emery Healy
last Saturday and Sunday.
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Tut. Tut, Colonel.

The Lake Crystal Union continues its
scolding in this weeks issue as fol-
lows:
'Tn Garden City no newspaper is pub
lished; The Union has quite circula-
ton in that place and vicinity; the cor
respondent to The Free Press from that
town was instructed to send in the news
so it would appear in that paper the day
prior to the circulation of The Union in
the town. The same instructions were
given to correspondents at Vernon Cen
ter and other towns in the vicinity of
this place where The Union largely cir
culates. This is done for the purpose of
heading off the news given by The Union.
The Free Press does not wait until the
country newspapers furnish them with
the news, but with that grasping pro-
pensity to kill off all country papers
and establish monopoly along this line,
it considers itself big concern"
Colonel, where do you expect to go
to when Old Gabriel blows his trum-
peti After relating such ''fibs'' you GER
tainly cannot expect to inhabit that
place, the entrance to which is presided
over by st. Peter?
Now colonel, please be good.
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the country by the millions and the
number of requests for this literature is
constantly increasing. Where six OF
seven years ago I received no request
for literature of this kind I now receive
one hundred"
This comment by the member brings
attention to the great amount of really
instructive and valuable literature that
is being sent out by the department of
agriculture. The reports of scientific
tests by the experts in horticulture, bot
any, and kindred branches, are eagerly
sought for by people in all sections of
the country. 1t is apparent from the
sources of these requests and the new
fields from which inquiries are con-
stantly coming, that there is great
awakening among the younger men of
the country in scientific agriculture and
horticulture.
According to the letters received by
senators and representatives there is
more expert scientific experimentation in
progress among the farmers at this time
than ever before, and the results are
being shown in the marked success of
diversified farming all over the country.
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National Aid for Road Taking.


Washington advices are to the effect
that Professor w. M. Hays of the
Minnesota Agricultural college has been
down to the capitol city attending the
National Good Roads convention, and
he was given an opportunity to appear
before the committee of congress to out
line his views. Mr.. Hays is of the
opinion that the time is near at hand
when government aid will be given to
road building. There probably will be
no legislation in this session of congress,
but within the next two or three years
Professor Hays looks for something to
be done along the line of bills now pend
ing. Work this session will be largely
educational. President Roosevelt warm
ly endorses the idea, as do many leading
men in congress.
The government will engage in this
work, for the purpose of facilitating the
delivery of mails, and for the larger rea-
son that something ought to be done to
preserve the equilibrium of population,
wealth and education between country
and city
For years the cities have been growing
rapidly, but the country has not held
its own. Roadways have had more to
do with this than any other thing
Country schools especially, have suffered.
With the Inauguration of the good roads
movement ON national scale, Professor
Hays sees the prospects of the consoli-
dation of rural schools, in all parts of
the country, along the lines made pos
sible by good roads in Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois. Farm values in these states,
adjacent to good roads are increasing in
value more rapidly than anywhere else
in the middle west.
The national government should be in
terested in road building to the extent
that it is in the improvement of the
rivers and harbors. The popular favor
with which the rural mail service has
been received should be enough to con-
vince congressman that this system can
be further extended by the betterment
of the highways, and there can be no
objection raised to the appropriation of
Ia large sum of money to carry out the
undertaking.
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The Road Law.

No one matter, perhaps, has been
more thoroughly discussed through the
country newspaper press during the past
few years than has been the subject of
good roads, and the best method of rails
ing revenue with which to make new
roads and bridges, in the country dis
tricts, and with which to keep them
in repair and further, how best to eX
pend the road and bridge fund. 1t has
been contended with good deal of rea-
son, that if the levying of a poll tax
were discontinued and the office of road
overseer were abolished, and the method
of assessing and collecting the road and
bridge fund in money as are other taxes,
and such funds expended under the sup
ervision of a competent engineer, to be
appointed by the board of supervisors,
substituted, much better results would
be obtained. For the information of
rural readers who may have overlooked
the law, and who might like to give the
plan last suggested trial, attention is
called to Chapter DC of the General Laws
of 1895. The law referred to provides
in brief, that when over 20 per cent of
the resident tax payers of any township,
file petition with the town clerk of the
town at least twenty days before any
town meeting, setting forth that it is
deemed expedient to abolish the office of
overseer and to abolish the collection
of poll tax, and recommending, that all
roads and bridges in the town shall be
under the supervision of the town sup
ervisors, the town clerk shall give notice
thereof and at such town meeting next
following vote shall be had upon the
question of change, and if a
majority of the votes cast vote in favor
of such proposition, the election of road
overseers and the collection of poll tax
in such township shall be abolished, and
thereafter all taxes assessed for making
and repairing roads shall be paid in
money, and shall be expended under the
supervision of the supervisors, who are
authorized to procure all work to be
done by contract, and to appoint COM
petent person to superintend the work,
at not exceeding So per day.
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Money Is Not Wasted.

This is comment by member of
congress and it shows that money ex-
pended for the publication and distri-
button of documents pertaining to agri-
culture is not wasted:
''While much that is said about the
useless and reckless expenditure of pub
lie moneys in the publication and distri-
button of documents, the people generally
have little idea of the marvellous growth
in the demand for documents of certain
kinds during the past few years. The
increase in demand for documents by the
farmers of the country has been simply
marvellous. The publications by the de-
partment of agriculture known as far
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Good Roads or Pensions?

National lawmakers are wedged be-
tween two propositions roads and
pensions. It is a matter of interesting
speculation among congressman at this
time whether the greatest benefits could
be obtained in the country, and incident
ally to the political parties, by the pas
sage of legislation in congress at this
session for the promotion of the good
roads movement or for the giving of a
service pension to soldiers of the civil
war.
Both are expensive propositions and
both are urged by some of the most
representative men in the country with a
vigor that is surprising. 1t is set down
as certain that either proposition would
entail an annual expense to the federal
government aggregating more than $685.
100000. The majority of the old sol
diers are urging the passage of the SER
vice pension bill, but not a few of them
insist that the time has not yet come
for a general bill, and ask that the mea-
sure be limited to veterans above the age
of sixty-fve years. In respect to the
good roads legislation, it is remarkable
what sentiment has been worked up
among the leading farmers in most of
the states favorable to the measure.
Not only are the farmers pushing the
bill, but the carriage and wagon build
ers, and the owners and operators of
automobiles, and the agents of auto
mobile manufacturing concerns are push
ing for the legislation with wonderful
force and energy.
A suggestion has been made by some
of the members of the house who have
been strongly importuned to favor the
good roads appropriations, that if the
government is going into the business of
aiding in the construction of good roads
scheme should be devised whereby the
owners of automobiles, who are the most
active in the movement, should be sub
iected to an annual tax or license on
their machines, which would raise con-
siderable fund for the good roads con-
struction in the states.
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MANkATo FREE PRESS

Representative Davis is having a
world of trouble with his bill to permit
the construction of stationary bridges
over the Minnesota river. A Washing
ton dispatch says that doubts are ex-
pressed by members of the delegation
that the war department can be Undue
ed to make a favorable report on the
bill introduced by Representative Davis,
and passed in the house, authorizing the
construction of stationary bridges across
the Minnesota river. Representatives
Davis and Stevens today has confer
ence with Col. Mackenzie, corps of engi-
neers, ON the subject. 1t appears that
the department has a record in favor of
the draw bridge across the river, and
the officials feel that they cannot re-
prise themselves. The bill is now pend
ing before the senate committee on COM
merce, and report from the war depart
ment has been called for. Unless there
is a change in the situation, the report
will be against the bill in its present
FORM
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MADISON LAKE.

Patrick Murphy was Mankato visit
or Saturday.
The proper petition having been filed,
the question of license or no license will
be voted on at the coming village cleo
ton.
George r. Swearingen transacted bust
ness in Mankato Wednesday.
G. w. Allyn returned from Nevada,
Mo-, Monday.
The purchase of the blooded stallion
has fallen through. Not enough farmers
could be induced to take shares.
Bert Otis has disposed of his belong
ings, and will leave in a few days for
Milwaukee, where he will reside in the
future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rochek, of Nor
thome, are visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. A. HI. Hanchett.
The village council have called upon
the proprietors of all public halls in the
village to rearrange the doors of their
halls so as to open outward. To the
credit of the proprietors be it said that
the change is being made promptly and
without objection.
The young men of Marysburg are
planning to build hall, 80 by 20 feet,
at the enterprising center, to be located
upon the church property and eventually
to become the property of the parish.
The dimension timber will be cut from
twenty acres of timber land which the
parish owns. 1t is intended to have the
building ready by st. Patrick's day.
w E. Davey, who is travelling for a
Mankato concern, is thinking of moving
to the county seat to reside.
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WILL FIX FAIR DATES.
President Fairch;Id of Association
Wants Bin Show.

Frank Fairchild of Garden City was in
Mankato yesterday afternoon. He stat
ed that meeting of the Agricultural So
ciety will be held very soon and dates
for the fair will be decided on. Mr..
Fairchild is the president of the asso-
citation He is in favor of the society
holding fair next fall that will be
worth going miles to see. A good, up-to-
date fair will be greatly appreciated by
the public, and it does seem as if big
and prosperous county like Blue Earth
could have a fair that would outshine
any in the state.
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GOOD ROADS Meeting.
State Convention in Session in st.
Paul TODAY.

Good roads promoters will meet in st.
Paul today under the auspices of the
Minnesota Good Roads association. The
sessions of the. association will be at
tended by R. w. Richardson, secretary
of the National Good Roads association.
The annual address of President G. w.
Cooley was interesting
The Minnesota association has been
very active of late in stimulating the
organization of county associations and
in educating the rural communities in
the benefits of permanent road construc-
ton. 1t is also interested in the move
ments for national and state appropria-
tions for building roads.
National aid for the construction of
good roads was the keynote of the con-
vention.
The members of the association are
strongly in favor of the bill, which is
before the United States senate, appro-
priating $24,O0O,OOO to aid in the con-
struction of roads during the next three
years. The plan is for the federal gov
eminent to bear one-half the cost of the
improved roads, the state and local gov
ernments bearing the other half.
The meeting was informal, in that no
set program of papers was arranged.
IS s,,fo 81 FOL
the subjects of most interest to the
movement for good roads. The presi-
dents of the various country good roads
associations in Minnesota spoke on such
subjects as estate and National Aid
''Road Construction and Maintenance u
Highway Commissions" Necessary
Legislation" and other matters.
R. w. Richardson, secretary of the ma
tional association, attended the meeting
and spoke on the good roads movement
Several hundred invitations were sent
out, and as the state association has
500 members, there was good attend
anee. The delegates were welcomed by
Gov. S. R. Van SAINT, and the commit
tees on resolutions AMI legislation were
appointed at once.
The officers of the association are:
President, George W. Cooley, Minneap.
oils; secretary, George L. Wilson, Min.
neapolis; assistant secretary, Benjamin
F. Beardsley, st. Paul; chairman exec
utfve committee, ]. T. Elwell, Minneapo,
lis; chairman legislative committee, A
O. Eberhart, Mankato
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JUDsoN.

c. G.. Jones, VIM. w. Evans, Lizzie
Jane Jones and Mrs Beckman are on the
sick list.
C. G. Davis, mail carrier Route 5, and
bride spent last Monday visiting eoun-
try friends, which opportunity Davis
does not often nave.
Conner Jones left last Tuesday for
Iowa to assist in helping his sister and
brother, Mr. Robt Roberts loaded up a
couple car loads of stock and implements.
They expect to be out here in week or
$50 and will occupy R. G. Jones' farm.
Several interested farmers attended
the meeting of the telephone company
at Lake Crystal Tuesday. We understand
that it will be stock company here
after and the price fixed at S25 per share.
Will Roberts exchanged horses with
Johnny Lewis recently. Now he drives
an up date matched team of greys.
VIM. J. Roberts sold his black horse
last Monday to Mr.. Richardson of this
town for $40 Mr.. Roberts believes
in producing the best in all kinds of live
stock and when it comes to selling he
finds no difficulty in getting the highest
price.
The Eureka Creamery board has re-
hired Mr. F. ]. Milsow to operate their
creamery for this year. Mr.. Milsow's
record as buttermaker and engineer for
the last year proved very satisfactory
and the old saying is, sSLet good enough
alone" and the majority of the board be-
lieved such to be true.
The Lake Crystal Union last week
mentioned the marriage of Miss Maggie
Roberts to Mr.. John johnson (Judson's
depot AGENT. We have made all sorts
of inquiries as to the truth of the state
ment, but failed to find any evidence
proving the same to be true and when
we last saw John he still led bachelors
life.
The Salem choir, under the leadership
of R. F. Jones, is busy day and night
practicing for the competition in singing
for the eistoddfod that is to be held at
Lake Crystal next Wednesday, March I'd.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Edward F. Nettleton to VIM. F. Net
Teton and others, s1a, lot 5, and lots
and Z, block %, Madison Lake, for 81.
Western Town Lot company to Louisa
p. Edwards, lot 10, block 2, Cambria, for
$50.
Llewellyn H. Hughes to L. J. johnson,
lot IL, block 2, Cambria, for $3.50.
James Hanson to Henry Frescholtz,
eight acres in lot l, section "a, Lime, for
$3.50.
c. c. Samson to o. HI. Dorweiler, s1s
seA, section l3, and ne u, section "a,
Vernon Center, and south eleven acres
of swA, sw14, section Is, and two acres
in ne1A, nwA, and 81 acres in nw14,
nwA, section 10, Lyra for $l7,750.
Elias w. Griggs to j. Henry Cross,
neH, section l6, Pleasant Mound, for
SIS, 900.
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REST MADE EASY.
There Will Be Less Sleeplessness When
Mankato People Learn This.

Can't rest at night with bad back,
A lame, a weak or an aching one.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for bad
backs.
They cure every form of kidney ills,
From common backache to diabetes.
They are endorsed by Mankato people.
Mrs. August Swenson, of 2l3 East
Rock street, says: "My back panied me.
1 was lame over the hips, backache made
me miserable, and painful sensations ex-
listed in the top of my head. I was drag
ged out and tired all the time, being ner-
vous and unable to sleep nights, and I
lost my ambition. I used box of Doan's
Kidney Pills procured from J. G. Thro,
North Front street, and grew better in
every way. I could sleep well, had no
more languor and did not suffer from the
pain. I received so much positive benefit
from Doan's Kidney Pills that l do not
hesitate to recommend them"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffaro, N. Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name, Doan's, and take
no other.
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ROLL CALLED.
Odd Fellows Respond to Their Names
in Person or BY Letter.

Mankato lodge No. Is, l. o. o. F., had
its first roll call last night, and it prov
ed to be such a success that it was de-
termined to make it an annual affair
hereafter. The roll was called not only
of the present members, but of all past
members of the lodge, making a total
of over 500 names.
About eighty members were present,
and others replied to the call of their
names by letter, these being read. Nearly
the entire evening was devoted to call
ing the names and reading the letters.
The only charter member who responded
was B. d. Pay. John Diamond has been
member of the order for ffty-four
years. Samuel Winship was the oldest
candidate initiated, going in when he was
fifty eight years old, and Geo. II. Lang
was the youngest, going in upon his
twenty-first birthday.
The dining room was decorated with
flags and bunting, and a sumptuous re-
past was served, the Rebekahs assist
ing in serving it.
The committee on roll call was compos-
ed of Messrs. Burgess, Tompkins and
Wiecking, and the committee on refresh
ments was composed of Messrs Edwards,
Holman and 8. Wilson.
The following members drove in from
the country to answer in person at the
roll call: Fl. Fl. Jones and j. III. Jones
of Lake Crystal, Daniel Edwards of judi
son, Daniel Williams and Moses Roberts
of South Bend, and F. A. Mccall of
Spring Island.
A. N. Drake was about the only mem
Der whose whereabouts are uncertain,
but he is believed to be dead