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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-30

Yet the most marked quality of Haw-
thorne'S style Is neither simplicity nor
clearness. nor reserve of strength, nor I'M
dertone of pathos. 1t is rather in the
unbroken melody. the verbal richness Its
echoes linger in the ear; they wake old
echoes in the brain. The touch of a few
other men may be as perfect the notes
they evoke more brilliant, certainly more
gay; but Hawthorne's deep toned instru-
ment yields harmonieS inimitable and I'M
forgetabe The critics who talk of the
colOrless life of New England and its
colorless reflection in literature had better
open their Hawthorne once more. Ills
pages are STEPPED In color. They have a
dusky glory like the great window in
Keats's Eve of St. Agnes:-
=. diamoned with panes of quaint
device
Innumerable of stains and splendid dyes,
AS are the tiger-moths' deep-damasked
And in ,aI ahe midst, 'mong thousand her
And twilight saints. and dim emblazon-
ings.
A shielded 'scutcheon blushd with blood
of queens and kings.
The subdued splendor of Hawthorne s
colOring is a part of the very texture OF
his style; compared with 1t the brush
work of his successors seems thin and
washy, or else crude and hard: it is like
comparing rug woven in Bokhara with
one manufactured in Connecticut.e- But
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-30

The August magazines have first
place now, and they certainly merit It,
1t would be difficult to name modern
writer of note who is not represented in
them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-30

Fiction does not appear to rule the
literary world in France as it does
here. OF the total of 1914 works copy
righted there in 1903 history and
biography come first with 1921. medi-
cine. etc, second with 1926, education
and instruction third with 1918. where
rs fiction, which is Il sub-heading UNI
der literature (total 1i5O claims only
sol: religion accounts for 7SS. of which
145 are Catholic, So Protestant and 10
Oriental.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-30

Mrs. Arthur Stannard, who for thirty
years has been best known to readers
as John Strange Winter. has, by her
own count, turned out something be-
tween fifty and sixty books since she
began to write. Her last volume. "The
Little Nanities of Mrs. Whitaker is
being given a most cordial welcome.
Evening star., 1904-11-10
CHINESE IMPERIAL BANK.
Effort to Establish One at Shanghai
Failed-Native Distrust.

SHANGHAI. November 10.-The attempts
of the Chinese government to establish
imperial bank of China having failed, owing
to the distrust prevalent among the natives
in regard to entering into anything which
savors Of government control, French Of
ficials and merchants are negotiating with
the Chinese central authorities with the OBJ
Ject in view of advancing the funds neces-
sary for the purpose.
NJ. Chazalon, a retired Shanghai mer~
chant. is representing the Banque d'Paris
In the enterprise, and 1t is estimated that
he has expended $4,000 taels in presents to
officials to secure his object. The promo
ters offer to start bank with capital OF
100000 taels. with the proviso that the
manager and chief accountant shall be
French.
If they are successful in inaugurating this
banking enterprise, its influence on the
trade of other countries will be consider
able, the full extent of which can be esti-
mated, when 1t is understood that all
moneys of the board of revenue must be
lodged in the projected bank of China.
Evening star., 1904-11-10
ELECTED T0cONGRESS
Personnel Of the Next House
of Representatives.
REPUBLIC AN GAINS
BEST INFORMED POLITICIANS
SURPRISED.
Republican Majority is Over On
Hundred, With Many Close
Districts.

The following is a list OF members OF
the House of Representatives of the FIFTY
ninth Congress. The result shows Z4a re-
publicans, 139 democrats and district still
in doubt
Evening star., 1904-11-10
Oklahoma.

At large.
Rep. B. S. Mcclure. Ren.
Hawaii.
At large.
Rep. J. K. Kalanianaole, r.
Evening star., 1904-11-10
Reserve Men Riots in Russia.

VITEBSK, Russia, November 10.-During
reserve men riols here today the men at
one time got the better of the police and
Cossacks and until reinforcements arrived
held high carnival in the city, pillaging
shops. especially where liquor was sold and
even robbing pedestrians in the streets OF
their valuables Order was finally restored,
however without any sacrifice of life.
Evening star., 1904-11-10
Gen. Brooke in the CITY.

Major General John r. Brooke, u. s. A.,
retired. and Mrs. Brooke who reside at
Rosemont. Pa. are on a visit to this city
and are staying at the Shoreham They ex-
pect to remain here about two months
Gen. Brooke was at the War Department
today and had a talk with Secretary Taft
on business matter
Evening star., 1904-11-10

The assertion, again telegraphed Berlin
from st. Petersburg with circumstantial de-
tails, that Emperor William and Emperor
Nicholas will meet at Skiernewice, Russian
Poland. soon is denied by the foreign office.
Evening star., 1904-11-10

Piso's Cure has cured coughs for many yesrs. It
Is stu on the market 25c. At all druggists.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29
Ban on SWEARING.

Iowa is productive of ''ideas." The
state of corn and prohibition has now
put into practice an idea that might be
followed with excellent advantage by
other states. 1t is the idea that swear
ing is useless thing to do and those
who indulge in profanity should be
prosecuted. A dispatch from an Iowa
town states that "Rural Iowa is expert
encing wave of moral reform, judging
from reports received here from widely
separated points. In Indianola a NUM-
cipal campaign was conducted recently
on the issue of bowling alleys or no
bowling alleys. Candidates for the may
orality divided on this issue, regardless
of their party utilization, and the lines
were closely drawn. One of the large col
leges of the state being located at In
dianola made the question more import
ant The bowling advocate won.
'Lake City, in another section of the
state, has now put an official ban upon
shooting galleries, the town administra-
ton having decided that shooting gal
leries are a nuisance and public men,
ace From still another section of the
state, down near the Missouri line, the
town of Tingley has legislated against
profanity. An ordinance was passed by
the town council making swearing in
public a misdemeanor, punishable by
fine or imprisonment in the town Gala
boose One habitual offender was speedi-
ly punished, but the affair did not cause
much excitement.
"This week, however, one of the prom
inent merchants of Tingley facetiously
remarked in private conversation to a
friend, "We have hi of town gov
eminent" The city marshal happened
to be near by and overhearing the re-
mark arrested the merchant and charged
him with profanity. He refused to plead
guilty, but retained counsel and fought
the case. The trial was held in the
opera house so that all might hear. The
ordinance was proved to be invalid, but
the offender was fined just the same.
The matter is to be made an issue at the
next municipal election"
Swearing is altogether useless and it
does no good. All swearers in public
should be fined for contempt of the
public"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29
The Working Peoples Friend.

The snub which President Roose-
velt's private secretary gave the COM
mittee of workingmen who attempted
to call upon the president last week
to protest against the despotism exist
ing in Colorado created such widespread
Indignation that the president FASTENED
to disclaim his responsibility for the i'll
treatment and gave the workingmen to
understand that he should be glad to
have them call again, and this they did
later.-Waseca Herald.
The above is fair sample of the way
in which some Democratic papers mis-
represent things. When the committee
of workingmen called to see the presi-
dent they were informed that he could
not be seen, but that the petition which
they desired him to read would be placed
before him. AS it happened President
Roosevelt was not at home when the
committee called, and he was not within
reach by telephone. Had the committee
notified the president beforehand that
they were about to visit him, he would
have been there to meet them. The COM
mittee did, later on, have the conference,
and the president was most cordial in
his bearing toward those who made up
the party.
The working people have never had a
better friend in the presidential chair
than Theodore Roosevelt. He has al
ways exhibited disposition to listen
to their requests, and if within his power
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29
Uncle Sans Lottery,

Uncle Sam will on Thursday violate
one of the laws of this government.
Your uncle will conduct a lottery at
Chamberlain, S. D., that will make the
Louisiana affair look like fish pond
drawing at a church social Nearly
one hundred and six thousand persons
have registered in the hope of securing
one of the 2,4l2 homesteads in the Rose
bud reservation. 1t is all a game of
chance, and one in fifty or two in
hundred will be given prize when the
drawing takes place. The Cherokee strip
was competed for by 100000 persons.
Taking it all round an orderly crowd
has filled the towns of Yankton, Bone
steel, Fairfax and Chamberlain. The
beneiciaries of this unprecedented rush
for land, this outburst of the national
spirit to get something for nothing, are
the railroad companies. Their passen-
gers have paid them on an average of $40
each which makes their gross receipts
from this lottery 100000. The average
person going to register has paid fully
S. for lodging and meals, or $550,0O0 for
these items. The total registration fees
amount to $3.50, or a total outlay for
Registering alone, $l,677 800.
The l07,5SS who will draw nothing
have therefore expended besides their
time and effort more than $l,640,0O0
This is more than the entire reservation
of $4,000 acres will cost the settlers up
on final proof.
The thousands who have made the pill
grimage to register have come from as
far east as New England and Baltimore,
south from Louisiana, Texas, Kansas
and Missouri, west as far as Arizona,
Colorado and Idaho, and north from
nearly all the border states.
The registration at Yankton footed up
57,434; at Bonesteel, 35,064; Fairfax, s.
600; Chamberlain, 6,l36.
Most of the land is first-class, but
there are portions of it that are not con-
sidered fit for cultivation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29
Poultry at State Fair.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
One of the departments which always
attracts good deal of attention at the
Minnesota state fair is that devoted to
poultry. This division of the fair is
presided over by Leslie Parlin Of st.
Paul, who is an enthusiast and has been
successful in making strong attractions
This years premium list has been
carefully revised, so that it may be
brought up to date, and it conforms in
every detail to the classification of the
American Standard of Perfection, which
is recognized as the standard for poultry
raisers. More than 100 lots are included
in the premium offers for domestic and
game fawls and in each there is a first,
second and third premium of 81, 81 and
SOC, respectively, both for grown fowls
and for chicks. There are liberal prem
iums for the recognized varieties of tur-
keys, ducks and geese and for the lead
ing classes of ornamental and pet stock,
such as guinea fowls, pea fowls, pigeons,
rabbits, guinea pigs and pheasants.
There are also leading premiums for
breeding pens, incubators and breeders.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29

has always granted them. President
Roosevelt would not ''turn down" a COM
mittee of workingmen. He recognizes
their right as American citizens to ad-
dress him. He is proud to mingle with
the people who toll.
Certainly the plutocrats are not MAX
ing up to the president. In fact the
plutocrats and the "snobocrats" are OPP
posing Mr.. Roosevelt's election. He is
man of the people, and this is some
thing the gilded aristocracy does not
"cotton" to.
Dirty filings of Democratic newspapers
will not ALLEVIATE the working people
from President Roosevelt. They will
vote to keep him at the head of this
government.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29
Reciprocity in the East.

Reciprocity sentiment in Massachus-
etts is growing daily; the New England
league is doing much to foster and
encourage this idea among the people In
fact the league is making more strenuous
efforts than ever before to spread the
gospel of reciprocity among the Repub-
licans of not only the Bay state, but
all others that comprise the New Eng
land group. Recently a Boston paper
published an article which we'll described
the work that is going on there. The
paper says that "the movement in be-
half of Canadian reciprocity, so strongly
urged before the Massachusetts legisla-
ture at its last session by the mem
chants of Boston, has developed into one
of the most widespread and spontane-
Gus outbursts under the leadership of
Henry M. Whitney, president of the Bos-
ton Chamber of Commerce, ever seen in
New England. Business men of all shades
of political belief are rapidly assembling
under the standard raised by Mr.. Whit
ney, and it is confidently asserted that
within a very brief period the friends
of the movement will have declared
themselves so emphatically that their
demands cannot longer be overlooked"
If reciprocity with Canada is looked
upon as good thing for the New Eng
land cities, there is no reason why it
should not prove profitable for the cities
of Minnesota and the northwest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29

doing work meanwhile for $l5 per
month. He was admitted to the bar and
was successful in the beginning.
w. Seward Webb took the regular
course at the College of Physicians and
Surgeons in New York. He was given
charge of st. Luke's hospital, and after
spending two years there practiced his
profession in New York city. He felt
drawn toward business life and was
elected president of the Wagner Palace
Car company, which was at the time in
him his opportunity and he reorganized
it in such an effective way as to make
him instantly prominent in business life.
Tribune.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29
The Biggest of Them All.

The Philadelphia Press has an intense
admiration for President Roosevelt, and
that paper advises the encouragement of
the personal issue, in the following Wig
orous style: "Let the personal issue
come. He is no decorous nobody, no neg
ative fgurehead, no stuffed prophet. He
is picturesque, ardent. wholesome, the
biggest boy on the playground, the big
gest man in the battle. Underneath the
roughness of the plains, underneath the
eagerness of the cabinet, is the substance
of greatness and the fneness of the lofty
ideal. The people like his fibre and his
quality. They like it when, with the
sound of war, he put aside the bureau
and put himself at the front. They lik
ed it when, while the homes of the mil
lions shivered and comfortable coal
cliefs looked askance, he commanded
peace and settlement. He will not cease
to be interesting so long as he is on the
stage of action. His country will not
cease to be respected and reckoned with
so long as he holds the scepter. 1t is not
in his nature to fall short of the full
stature of his place. He has not only
filled the measure of the presidency,
but he has made himself the undisputed
leader of his party. His nomination by
reclamation and his election with only
feeble and shattered opposition will
give him unique title to distinction in
the worlds history"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29
Some Old Young Men.

Talking about old men, an exchange
declares there is no limit to age and it
says Chauncey Depew, who is seventy,
and Thomas Platt, who is seventy one,
are not ready to lie on the shelf. And
what of that vigorous warhorse, Chas.
Grosvenor, born in 1926, and Secretary
Wilson, who is seventy-two? There isn't
more vigorous editor in the country
today than Lyman Abbott, land he is verg-
ing on seventy, and his work is not DONE
Charles Henry Camp, the shipbuilder,
was born in 1928, and John Waite De
Peyster, soldier and author, who has
done his best writing in the past few
years, was given to the world in 1921.
Galusha Grow is eightytwo, Shelby NJ
Cullom, seventy-ive, Senator Pettus
eightythree, John I. Morgan eighty,
Senator Hoar, seventy eight, and there
is no end to the list of men who are
nearing the century mark and still work
ing. Men are old or middle aged accord
ing as they retain their vitality and
mental vigor. Some are old at fifty
and sixty, while others, like M. Theirs,
Lord Palmerston, ETC., are barely "old"
at ninety.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29
OLD MAPLETON NOTES.

Neil Darroch cut his barley Monday.
Charles Herman and Charles Cornell
went to the Rosebud reservation Tues
day.
]. L. Stevens is hauling stone for his
new house.
The ladies will have an ice cream sup
per at G. Phelps Saturday evening. Ev-
erybody come.
There was a pleasant gathering at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William Mead
Monday afternoon in honor of their
eleventh wedding anniversary.
Miss Iams returned to her home near
Delavan Tuesday.
Miss Heickert and cousin, Miss Boyd,
were visiting in Mapleton the first of
the week.
School meeting was held at the school
house Saturday evening. B. F. Taylor
was reelected as treasurer and Judd
Cornell was elected clerk, William Mead,
the former clerk, having resigned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29
Candidates and Their Aces

The advanced age of the Democratic
candidate for vice president is topic of
general editorial discussion, and histori-
cal records show that the average age
of the presidents of the United States
at the time of Inauguration has been
about fifty nine years. This is twenty
two years below the age of Mr.. Davis,
who might, in the course of events, sue
ceed to the presidency should the Park
sr ticket 60 through.
The Duluth News Tribune recalls the
fact that the oldest inaugurated presi-
dent of the United States was William
Henry Harrison, who died soon after
taking office. He was sixty-eight, or
fourteen years younger than Mr.. Davis
would be at the time of assuming the
active duties of the vice presidency The
next oldest president at Inauguration
was James Buchanan, sixty-six; next
was Zachary Taylor, sixty-fve, who died
IN office.
Not since Buchanan's time has presi-
1ent been inaugurated who was more
Than fifty seven years old. The ages of
vice presidents at Inauguration average
about the same as those of presidents.
The oldest was Elbridge Gerry of Mass
achusetts, who took the office in 1913 at
the age of sixty-nine. He lived but a
year afterward. The next Oldest was
William R. King of Alabama, who died
within about a month of taking the
oath of office. He was sixty-seven. The
oldest vice president to be sworn in in
recent years was Levi P. Morton, age
sixty-fve at the time, who still lives at
she age of eighty. Mr.. Davis at inaugura-
Zion would be 10 years older than any
predecessor.
The province of the vice president to
assume the executive office upon the
death or removal of the president, makes
she selection of the nominee an important
matter. Three presidents have been MUIR
aered since the civil war and succeeded by
vice presidents. The risk assumed by
@s nations chief executive is great, as
ARE the prospects of vice president to
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29

W. III. Leeman of Henderson has de-
cided not to become candidate for dis
trict judge, and Judge Francis Caldwell of
LIE Sueur is likely to get the Democrat
ic nomination in the eighth district un-
opposed. His contestant at the polls
will be P. w. Morrison of Norwood,
who has declared his candidacy as a Re-
publican. Two years ago Mr.. Morrison
made creditable run for congress, show
ing considerable strength in the coun-
ties of his judicial district.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29
Sealed Bids.

Sealed bids will be received by the
town board of Garden City up to noon of
July 25th for the grading of the Boyn-
ton hill in section 27.
Plans and specifications can be seen
at the office of the town clerk or at
the county surveyors office, Mankato.
A certified check to the amount of
10 per cent of bid drawn in favor of
A. E. Bixby, chairman of board, must
accompany each bid. The board re-
serves the right to reject any and all
bids,
Dated, July II, 1904.
G. w. JOHN,
: Town Clerk.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29
OVERALL MANDATORY.
F. 3. Swain Is Taking Steps to lnsti.
tute One i'm Mankato.
From TupSdav'S Dailv


F. B. Swain of North Mankato has
for some time past been planning the
organization of a corporation for the
purpose of starting an overall factory,
on one or the other side of the river
During the past two months he has
been working among business men with
the idea of forming stock company
capitalized at $4,000 to $4,000. The
members of the board of trade have Just
taken the matter up and have offered
to furnish the rent of building for the
plant. The stock has been for the most
part already subscribed, and about the
only question that yet remains to be
determined is the exact location. The
plant will be instituted for the manufac-
ture of overalls, duck coats and work
ingmen's shirts. Mr.. Swain has had
years of experience in this kind of work
and is thoroughly capable of handling
factory of this kind.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29

When women plod along like steam
rollers or lump along like camels they
lose all the charm and sweetness which
is woman's right inheritance. Women
weren't made to be plodders. There are
men enough to furnish commonplace pic
lures. 1t is for women to be the master
pieces. 1t is as if the Lord had placed
men in the world for the practical struc-
ture and women for ornamentation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29

This is the limit. 1t is charged that
a st. Paul jury while voting to acquit
a person accused of having conducted a
"blind pig" in suburb of that city,
drank up the beer, twenty-four bottles
in all, that had been produced as evidence
against the defendant. The law gives
the jury the right to taste samples of
the exhibits in such cases, so it is claim
ed, and it is certainty that this jury
did the sampling act up brown.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29

succeed him. The nomination of the
venerable southerner, Therefore, is one of
the most remarkable ever made in
party convention. Surely the delegates
acted hastily and without duly consider
ing his fitness.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29

The Redwing Republican is pleased
over the fact that the Republican party
will present united front at the polls
in November, and that the state tick
ct will be elected by large majority.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29

WANTED Female help in the kitchen
of the st. Peter state hospital. Good per-
manent positions open to the right per-
sons. Address at once. DR.. Fl. A Tom
linson, superintendent, st. Peter, Mimi,
or come in person Immediately.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed.
Nyquist of st. James yesterday. Grand
pa and Grandma Nyquist of this city are
very happy.