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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-09
Asks County Board for Right to
Construct and Operate Line
Proposes to Lay Trsck to Eagle
Lake, St. Clair and Further.
Gunders Report Is Considered
and Resolution Adopted.
From Thursdays Daily.

There was an important hearing before
the county board this afternoon. The
Mankato Railway, Light and Power
company asked for franchise to build
its electric line through the country. 1t
asked for a franchise for forty years.
1t desired the right to survey, locate,
construct and operate railway to be
operated by electricity or other motive
power than steam or animal, from the
head of the Glenwood ravine to Eagle
Lake, thence to st. Clair, and thence
southeast to the east limits of the coun-
ty over such route as the company
shall deem most advisable.
The representatives of the road stated
that it was their intention to lay the
track on the company's own private right
of way as much as possible, and wher-
ever possible to occupy only twenty feet
off of the side of such highways in con-
nection with thirty feet of adjoining
land. 1t was the desire and intention
of the company to Immediately enter on
the work of grading and constructing
said railway, as soon as the balance of
the right of way can be secured, to-
gether with a few other preliminaries.
1t seems to be the intention of the
county board to have the franchise look
ed into carefully by the county attorney
and probably a committee of the board,
and action ON it will probably be de-
'ferred until a report can be received
The time of the board yesterday af-
ternoon was taken up with the consider
alton of the report made by commit
tee upon Auditor Gunders' accounts. A
resolution was adopted, but owing to the
absence from the city of Auditor Wea-
yer it could not be found this afternoon.
A member of the county board stated
that the resolution receives the belief of
the board that Mr. Gunders took for
his own use money purported to have
been used for clerk hire, and that the
county attorney is instructed to take
steps to have the matter righted
The board recommended some abate-
ments, and voted money to help several
townships to repair their roads.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-09
STATE FAIR ExCURSIONISTs.
About the Same Number From Man
kato This Year as Last.
From Thursdays Daily.

The number of people who attended
the state fair this year from Mankato
did not fall much short of the num-
Der who attended last year. Last week,
about 700 tickets were sold over the
Omaha road, which was falling off
of 200 or more from last year. This de-
crease was almost made up by the num-
Der who went over the Milwaukee and
Great Western roads, The number of
tickets sold over these roads was PAT,
which is great increase over last year,
due to the Great Western road running
into the center of the city and the Mil
waukee road having gotten its new line
into nice working order.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-09
Price of Threshing.
From Trnursdav's Daily.

Threshers are asking three, four and
five cents for their work this fall. They
say they are not charging this on account
of the high price the farmers are get
ting for their grain, but because the
threshing is actually worth that price.
The farmers are not kicking, as they
well know that the threshermen have
not realized anything during the last
two years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-09
YOUNG GREEK ARRESTED.
Charged With Robbery by the Greek
Merchant.
From THURSDAYS Daily

Merchant.
From Thursdays Daily.
A young Greek named Charles Polakz
was arrested early this morning by Off
Ger Bienapf while believed to be in the
act of burglarizing the store of the
Greek candy and fruit merchant, G..
Apostolokos, on South Front street. The
arrest was made at two o'clock this
morning.
Polaks had worked for Apostolokos
for a couple of weeks during the sum-
mer, but was not kept because he did
not prove to be valuable helper. He
went to Sleepy Eye, but returned a few
days ago and applied to the merchant
for work, but was refused. For some
reason, Apostolokos feared that he in
tended to rob his store, and kept close
watch. Shortly after midnight he heard
a noise in the store and notified the po-
lice. Officer Bienapf accompanied him
back to the place, and found one win
dow in the rear raised. They then went
in and found PolakZ.
The prisoner had number of ar
ticles in his pockets that the merchant
claimed were his. These included num-
Der of old foreign coins of no great
value, gilt smelling bottle attached TO
a brass chain, a copper chain and few
other things, all together being worth
perhaps a few dollars. Polakz claimed
that he had been sleeping in the score
with the permission of the merchant and
that he slept there Monday night. This
the merchant denies. Polakz says that
the merchant. loaned him the coins to-
look at, but this is also denied.
Apostolokos procured warrant this
forenoon, charging Polakz with burglary
in the third degree, and the hearing was
set for Sept. 10th at 9 a. m. The de-
PENDANT was released on $500 bonds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-09
FIVE MEN KILLED.
Threshins Machine Engine ExpIodes
With Fatal Results.
From Tuesdays Daily.


Bricelyn, Mimi, Sept. 6.-The boiler
on Peter Days threshing engine ex-
ploded when three miles north at nine
o'clock yesterday morning, killing DAILY,
Chris Sunde, James Seymour, Abe Fos-
ter and William Gallon.
Their legs and arms were torn off
and their bodies thrown twenty rods
Fosters body was partly burned.
The rear half of the engine was
thrown forty rods into a field. George
Halverson was injured.
Wheat stacks near by were set on
fire.
The accident happened on the farm OF
George Halverson.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-09
Large Enrolment.
From Thursdays Daily.

The enrolment at the normal school
ND to this forenoon was $50 in the nor
NAL department. This is just fifty more
than at the same time last year The
work of the school is opening smoothly,
and the enrolment is expected to in
crease.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-09

Makes rich, red blood, and muscle
more rapidly than any known remedy.
It's food for brain and nerves. That
what's HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
is. 50 cents, tea or tablets. j. c. Thro.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-09

Mayor Taylor is building coal shed
l6 by 80 feet along the Omaha track
outside of the fire limits. He may make
it 100 feet long. 1t is to be a frame
structure, and will hold large quantity
of coal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-09
BOUGHT OUT A STORE.
Business Change Occurs in North
Mankato Today.
From SATURDAYS Daily.

Jay II. Phelps of Sherman avenue,
North Mankato, has bought out the
store at Sherman and Belgrade avenues,
that store that w. II. Tidland few
days ago was on the point of selling to
Mr.. Abramson of Slayton. Mr.. Phelps
has already taken possession. Jay Sherk
is doing the delivering, but as this boy
will have to go to school very soon, Mr..
Phelps must get new delivery boy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-09
PRAYER Meeting.

Prayer meeting in the Congregational
church at 1880, this evening Subject
of the Bible study, Psalms IL to l6.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-09

Knox hats, fall styles, at Henry E.
Hance's.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-05-27

rTHE UNDERsI MED Treasurer, will
attend in the several Election dis
'r..ts of Prince Genrgc's county. Md, a
the following named places on the day
, named, in the month of June, 1904. be
tween the hours of 10 ii. III and ) y IN.
either in person or by deputy. for the
: purpose OF collecting State and county
taxes levied by the County Com
missioners of said county foI the curren
,, year of 1904
10Th, Laurel dis riot. at l. urel B INK
Wednesday, June lst
1st, Evansville district, at Ulle's Store
Thursday. June 2nd.
end, it,adensburg district, at Lynch:
Store, Friday June 3rd.
10th. Evansville district. at George G
Walkers Office, Monday, June 9th.
1 18th. Bowie strict. at l.. EdIavitch':
Store, Tuesday, Juue 7th.
7Lh, Queen Anne district at Michel
vile Store, "Wednesday, June 9Th.
. 18th, Kent district, at Lusby's Store
Thursday June 8 h.
9th Sp,.I,ngs district, at Doves Store
Friday, JuLe 10th.
! l1th, Brandywine district, at Postoffice
! Monday, June 18th.
4th, Nottingham district, at Baden:
Store, Tuesday; June 18th.
Sth, Aquasco district, at Pnstoffice
Wednesday, June 18th.
18th, Oxon Hill district, McNey's Stol e
Thursday, June 10th. .-.....
5th, Piscataway district. at Boswell:
Store, Friday, June 18th.
18th, Mellwood district at Mrs Pad
gets Store, Monday, June Goth.
9Th, Surratts district, at Miller's Store
Tuesday, June 2lst.
In Washington, D. c.. at Duckett &
Dents Office, $50 F St N. w., June 9th
2Sth, 29th. aud Both.
To all persons who pay their county
taxes, levied as aforesaid, to me or to any
person authorized by me to receive the
same, on or before the 1st day of July
1904, no interest will be charged-aftel
which date interest will be charged at the
rate of per cent. per annum till NOvem
Der 1st, 1904 After November LIST, 1904
an additional interest of one half per cent
per month will be harged till said count,
taxes are paid. Those who pay their
State taxes, levied as aforesaid, on or be
fore the 1st day of September, 1904, will
be entitled to deduction of 5 per cent
Those who pay their State takes, levied as
aforesaid. after the 1st day of September
and on or before the 1st day of October
1904, will be entitled to deduction OF
4 per cent, and those who pay their State
taxes, levied as aforesaid, after the Is,
day of October, 1904. and before LIST day
of November, 1904. will be entitled to b
deduction of 3 per cent. As the aforesaid
referred to taxes respectively become du.
and in arrears the Treasurer will proceed
to enforce the payment of same as direct
ed by law.
GEORGE W. HARDY,
Treasurer and Collector of State and
County Taxes for Prince Georges county
Maryland.
May Is, 19O4-tf
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-05-27

it is the only piece Of land on the Medi
terranean that is still misgoycrne1 by the
native chiefs Yes, as you say, Spain is
there; but where's Spain2 She will not
Interfere any more than she did when
Barlow and Decatur snatched our captive
sailors f:om the Dey of Algiers.' | did
not add that the probability of Mr. Roose
velt's declaring war on Morocco depend
ed entirely how uncertain he felt of his
election. A doubt of Indiana might cause
the instantaneous bombardment of Tan
gier
Edison, Inventor, has procured several!
hundred patents, and he probably has fit
ty or more applications for patent now
pending in the United States Patent Of
hce He is spoiled child of genius and
fortune; and understanding his i'm
mense wealth has been procured through
patents. He is continually charging the
great Patent Office of the United States
to which his protection has been granted
with unfairness There is no fairer or
more equitable office in the United States
or in any other government than the
United States Patent Office. The exami-
ners are supposed to grant inventors all
they are entitled too, but to protect the
seven hundred and fifty thousand paten-
tees, who have already REQUIRED patents,
they cannot allow claims that have al
ready been patented. 1t would be diff
cult to assemble more highly educated
body of specialists then are found in the
ranks of the examiners of the United
States Patent Office
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-05-27
kETRENCHMEN IN AD-
VANCE OF HARD TIM ES

The Isrge reduction in the working
force of tbs Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, which has been announced
is not an encouraging sign OF indnstrl'
al conditions, says the Baltimore Sum-
Iron and steel have long been regard
ed as the trade barometers- In the
country stores in old times the mer.
chants would say that times were pros
porous or "hard'' according to the
price of nails Building and improve
ments are things which can be put off
If men are not prosperous they will
put off building and repairing until
better times. There is, therefore, no
demand for nails and consequently
nails are cheap. In the same way the
railroads in these days are first-rate
index to the condition of business. II
large crops are produced, if the fac
tories are busy, if the iron and steel
mills are at work, if coal is in demand
then the railroads will have plenty OF
freight and passengers to haul, and
they will earn money, which will be
distributed broadcast for labor and
among stockholders. The reduction
of expenses by great railroad compa'
ny in discbarging II, 900 employees is
a significant sign of business depres'
sion. But to the common mind there
is no apparent reason why there should
lie depression at this time. Agri-
cultural products are fetching good
prices, cotton is very high, and the in
dications are that wheat will sell bet
ter after harvest than for some years.
All kinds Of crops are bringing good
prices; nor is there any jrst reason to
believe that the crops will be smaller
,Ean usual this year. This should
give the railroads a great volume OF
business; and when the farmers have
money to spend they keep the factor
i,s soirg :Ed labor employed. The
St. Louis fair this year should also
add materially to the earnings of the
railroads. But prosperity and drpres-
sion seem to follow each other in waves
and no one has ever given any salts
factory explanation of the reasons. OF
course, reckless speculation in water.
cd stocks brings losses which naturally
and inev tally cause reaction, like
that of a man recovering from pro-
longed debauch. This is Presiden-
tial election year, and that Away S
unsettles business and contributes 10
depression; but there is now no sub
slantial reason why there 81 uu!d be
hard times
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-05-27
VAST FARM RESOURCES
OFTHE UNITED STATES

The department of agriculture has is
sued a report on The Nations Farm Sur
plus" prepared By George K Holmes,
chief of the division Of foreign markets
1t gives 100000, 900 as conservative
estimate Of the value Of the farm pro
ducts of this cnun try not fed To live stock
in 1908, on the basis of the census valua
ton. The value of the exported farm
products of this country was, in 1903
$S7S, AIS, 451, and the highest value reach
ed during the last eleven years was 1851,
628, 331 in 1901. due chiefly to cotton.
The value of the exported farm pro
ducts of this country is concentrated
mostly in few principal products. Of it
in 1904 cotton constituted SO per cent.
grain and grain products 25 per cent,
meat and meat products and live animals
"a per cent, these products equalling ov-
er s. per cent. of the exports of farm
products last year. Adding tobacco,
whose exports were valued at over $685.
OOO, 900; oilcake and oilcake meal, $40,
339, 279; fruit and nuts, over $4,000, 900,
and vegetable oils over SIG, 900, 900 gives a
Of total eight classes of products, each with
an export value of over $1O,000,000 that
comprise almost 90 per cent. of the en-
tire farm exports of 1908.
Within recent years, ending with 1908,
the cotton exports have been between
5000, OOO, 900 aud 1000, 900. 900 pounds and
the exported fraction of the crop has
been between 63 and II per cent. for a
long series of years. The fraction of
the wheat crop exported in the last dozen
years has been about 81 to al per cent,
and the exported wheat and wheat flour
have yearly averaged somewhat more
than 200, 100000 bushels since 1897, be-
fore which period for many years the
quantity was usually so 900 900 to OO,0OO,-
900 bushels less.
Only small portion of the corn or
maize crop is exported as corn, the high
est percentage, II per cent, being for
1898. Notwithstanding the small per
centage, the exported bushels reach 100,-
1000 to 200,OO0,OOO. The beef exports
weighed 3S5, O0O,O00; pork exports, SOL
OOO,O 900; lard exports, $1,000. 900; oleo oil
exports, 5000, 900, and tobacco, 36s, OOO,-
900 pounds. Butter and cheese exports
have decidedly declined within two or
three years.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-05-27
Reduced Rates to Atlantic City.

For the benefit Of those desiring to at
tend the meeting of the American Medi-
cal Association at Atlantic City, June Z
to 10, and the session of the American
Academy of Medicine at the same place,
June and 6, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will sell excursion tickets to
Atlantic City from all stations on its lines
west of Downington and Avondale, north
of Parker Ford, south of Newark and
Porter, Del. and north and east of Trer-
ton, Windsor, and Toms River, N. ex-
elusive, at rate of single fare plus $l.OO for
the round trip. Tickets will be sold June
1,2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, good returning leaving
Atlantic City June 4, to Is, inclusive.
Tickets will be good to stop over at Phil
adelphia on going trip within limit of
June 6, and at Philadelphia and Baltimore
on return trip within the final limit on de-
pcsit at stop over point. All tickets must e
deposited imme diately on arrival at Nor
ris Guards Armory, 12 South New York
Avenue, Atlnatic City. Regular excur-
sion tickets at usual rates will be sold
from the points named above and from
intermediate points to Atlantic City.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-05-27
SHYLOCk

Shylock was the man who
wanted a pound of human
1csh. There are many
Shyloch5 now, the GONZALES
,ent, tie consumptive, the
ely child, the pale young
IN Y, I'll want human flesh
ID thcJ can get it-take
SCOTS Emulsion.
SCOTS Emulsion is flesh
I'll blood, bone and muscle.
tfecds the nerves, strengthens
&c digestive organs and they
ced the whole body.
For nearly thirty years
SCOTS Emulsion has been the
great givcr of human flesh.
;7e will send you couple of
ounces free.
SCOTT g. BOVINE. Chemists.
4o9-4l5 Pearl Street, New York.
soc. and 81 90 all druggists
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-05-27
MARYLAND'S TOWNS.

1t does not necessitate the taking OF
great deal Of pains or the making of
an extended investigation to perceive
that real spirit Of progress pervades
the towns Of Maryland. says the Bal
timore Herald. We read daily in the
dispatches tina: reach US from the var
ious sections of the state of the good
and substantial progress that is being
made, and when We turn to the col
umns of the country press there is.
abundant evidence OF growth and pros
perity in tie items Of news cleaned by
the rural editor and his worthy assist
ants. Maryland is fair state--fair
to dwell in as we'll as fair to look upon.
1t has untold resources and advan-
tages as a place of residence and a
place for money making, and her peo-
pie are alive to these facts today as
never before. There is anywhere
thrift and enterprise, and these quail.
ties Of the men of the commonwealth
are bringing forth fruit hundredfold
in the promotion of the welfare Of the
state Maryland, my Maryland, is
thereby destined TO become one of IT, e
brightes stars in Old Glory's constel-
laticn
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-05-27

GEORGE W. HARDY,
Treasurer and Collector Of State and
County Taxes for Prince Georges county
Maryland.
May Is, 19O4-tf
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-05-27

ton should instruct for Colonel kilbourne
he would have to be accounted for at st.
Louis
Mr.. Folk, of Missouri, will be talked
about more and more from this time on.
Those democrats who want to make Il
specially in the campaign of taxing the
republicans with graft and corruption
think it might not be bad idea to run
Mr.. Folk as the exponent of that plank Of
their platform.
Robert E. Pattison, of Pennsylvania, is
being talked about He come up every
four years, but as Pennsylvania is pro-
baby the most hopeless state in the Union
for the democrats, his name does not
attract much attention.
In every direction the democrats are
looking for their dark horse. In the
meantime, Judge Parker's friends are
Quescent, taking the ground that it
would be wiser not to push his campaign
any harder, but to await developments at
st. Louis and let the sentiment develop
in the convention.
They think that the Cleveland boom
will be launched and that the Southern
delegates will become disguised and fall
back Immediately into the Parker co
umn. The Parker boom has no central
head, but exists in desultory sort of
fashion in many sections. Some of the
Judges best friends wish that Mr.. Hill
would stay away from St. Louis, for his
presence and active participation will
serve to ALLEVIATE votes, they claim.
Representative Livingston, Of Georgia
has issued advice to delegates to the
nominating convention of his state which
carries 4 much greater weight than cur
sorry reading Of his remarks indicates.
Mr.. Livingston acknowledges that there
is strong Parker sentiment in Georgia,
and his friends declare that he probably
did as much to bring about that senti.
ment as any other man. He was a Par
ker man early in the campaign, and his
friends are certain that as late as a month
ago he would have been earnestly in
favor of instructing the Georgia delega-
ton for the silent New Yorker
But chance has occurred and Mr..
Livingston has come out with advice for
his fellow democrats of Georgia, who will
'on vote for delegates, telling them that
While they should choose Parker men to
90 the democratic national convention,
they should not instruct them, except
that they should vote by the unit rule
He has put this advice on the ground that
the delegates should be unhampered in
voting for the best man whose name
comes before the convention.
While this is very mild advice and does
not involve suggestion to vote for any
one else, it is interpreted by the friends
of Mr. Livingston as meaning that he has
questioned the advice he gave several
months ago in favor of Parker. Repre-
sentative Livingston is unalterably appos
ed to Hearst, but his friends now believe
that he regards German quite as favcra-
bly, for the nomination as he does Judge
Parker.