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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23

and with greater regularity than is prac-
ticable at the outset, Nevertheless, the
venture will do much good Indirectly, if
not directly.
The expediency of utilizing wireless
telegraphy for the collection of data
from the ocean was recognized by the
Washington weather bureau long ago, al
though the policy has not yet been car
ried into execution. Forecasts for the
eastern seaboard are based mainly upon
conditions observed in the interior of the
continent. Seldom, except during the
hurricane season, is this part of the
country liable to be affected by disturb
ances on the Atlantic. On the Pacific
coast the situation is different. The
weather there is largely dominated by
that on the ocean, and wireless tele-
grams should furnish welcome indica-
lions of the latter For the mariner and
agriculturist beyond the Rockies the
service cannot be initiated too soon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23
ROOSEVELT MOI UNKNOWN

.nl President Roosevelt is not Ian I'M
known quantity to the American 1!l. E;.a people
He is personally wen known to vast
number of voters in every part of the
country. In New York he is familiar to
the sight of a majority of the people of
3 that great CITY, Throughout his. own
} state the. same is true. in Boston he is
as much at home as in NewsAY orli, for
Harvard is his alma mater. Throughout
New England he is recognized as the rep
resentative and exponent of the ideals
which have ruled the cradle of American
liberty from the landing of the pilgrim
fathers.
And this native of the Empire state,
this graduate from the famous New
England university, is even more ferv-
emily admired and beloved in the west
the faE, .waest=aad the middle west, than
he IS if the 2,east. And his intensity Of
feeling for Roosevelt. in the west lin
swayed by, sectional bii5als3,! as il is, is but
the national ffse sslFilns ga young, sirile
people. A peorle-who recognize a man
when tlss see fhlsssa @sa-
During the. Mckinley campaign of
1900 Roosevelt. :, as candidate for. vice
president, visited almost every western
state and territory. He spoke to i'm
mense crowds, and won friends by thou,
sands by his straightforward, self-con-
trolled, dignifed utterances, and his
manly, generous personality.
Toward the end of the campaign the
national committee was overwhelmed
by requests for speeches by Roosevelt in
all parts of the country. 1t was ply
steal impossibility for him to accept one
fourth of the engagements to speak that
were urged upon him.
In Chicago, where, on his return from
the west, he addressed a great crowd at
the Coliseum, he was received with the
utmost exhibition of enthusiasm. His
speech was calm, forceful, logical and
convincing, contrast to the frantic eff
forts of ordinary speakers.
Contrary to the expectations of people
who had derived their ideas from the
comic supplements, and other pictorial
atrocities of the yellow press, Mr.
Roosevelt's utterances were character
lied by steadfast adherence to the
main questions at issue in the cam
paign, and whatever he said bore the
stamp of original thought, broad ex-
perience and study, and the most con-
scientious sense of responsibility. There
was no ranting, no personal abuse, no
wild statements or strange imaginings
i'm any of Mr.. Roosevelt's speeches, and
there was no posing. He stood before
his great audiences dignifed, collected
and amply able to take care of himself
an American gentleman. In language
in bearing, in all that he said and did
there was what made friends for him
of all who came within the sound of his
voice.
President Roosevelt has visited the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23
JOHN 0SLUND ROBBED.
Blue Earth County Farmer Falls
Among Minneapolis Thieves.
From Tuesdays Daily.

CAou uCc0oy Deshys
John Oslund, farmer living near Man
kato was robbed of gold watch valu-
ed at $50 and $26 in cash, in an alley off
Second street in Minneapolis early last
evening. His assailants, two in number,
succeeded in getting away with their
plumber after choking Osltmd into in
sensibility. .,a1, ae1i esi t.g~.g .1ps ..
Oslund told The police The met theipair
OH the street and went with Them to an
eating house.. One of thet thugs paid for
the meal and latePaithey hadI several
beers together. Promo the saloon they
went. down Second street until they
reached a. dark. alley when they steered
him into it, and set upon hinio demanding
his money. 0slmds taken iby surprise
was unable to make any effective resist
ance and was soon rendered unconscious
and relieved of his money. Detectives
with a good description of the men are
working on the case.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23
Ia TOILETTE AND WISCONSIN.

Lincoln Steffen's story of the state OF
Wisconsin in the October McClure's is the
story of Governor LaFollette Here is a
governor who is really the head of his
state. Through him the people have beat,
en- the corrupt system and restored rep
resentative government. But it has been
Ia long and bitter struggle, and today is
perhaps at its iercest point. '''s~ y.
Mr.. Steffens gives an excellent sketch
of LaFollette and "LaFolletteism",s the
men and issues of the hour inWisconsin.
In this state he finds that'for years the
corrupt system of the corporations con-
trolled it's federal, state and municipal
governments for the benefit of special
interests, opposed to public interest. In
spite of the system, epposedr by the re-
publican party machine at every step,
Robert LaFollette became states attor-
ney, congressman and governor. He has
constantly fought the! Organization" the
system, and by making his appeal direct
to the people he has won.
Yet LaFollette's victory has been far
from complete. His opponents have been
able to prevent the enactment of the re-
form legislation he has. championed His
efforts to sReare- the passage of, ar plr,i;;,
mary election law, equality rpf taxation
and railway rates have failed, although,
his party has, Incorporated these meas,
ures in its platform and thase, had an
overwhelming majorityi i'm the legislature;
The special interests. have been, able TO
block every important reform move the
governor has dmade,i and NOW seeks his
final defeatdby, splitting bisjtRartyi and md,
aiding the democrats. Iorf rtBt oit 49,.
Admitting for the. sake, of argument
that there may be flaws in La ollllestte's
administrative record, even in, the, man
himself, Mr. Steffens points, out the es-
sential fact that the fight lip. Wisconsin
lis for jself-goyernment.i not good gov.
eminent; it tIis "a fight tor establish a
government, representative, of all the the peoQ-
pie. Given that; rempyte, from rom / f ciolptrol
the big businessman bad politics that
corrupt all branches ofI5he government,
and good government will come easily
enough. But big business and bad poll
tics are hard to beat"
Thus the fundamental issue in Wis
consin, as elsewhere, lies deep. But Mr..
Steffens says that the people of Wis
consin, educated by their long war, are
politically intelligent, ''as intelligent as
the citizenship of Illinois," and he be-
leyes they are to be trusted. And here
is the vital point in the Whole discus
sion of Wisconsin; for, no matter how
men may differ about Governor LaFOl-
lette otherwise, his long, hard fight has
developed citizenship in the state -hon-
est, reasonable, intelligent citizenship.
And that is better than business; :" that
is what business and government IN emf, are
fOr-men.". III s.~n.sg8 4"t0G ~ =
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23
WIRELESS WEATHER a.s,cHAMs.

An experiment is soon to- be made in
Great Britain which, if lit does not yield
particularly valuable results at first,
cannot fail to lead in time to a material
improvement in the weather forecasts
for the United Kingdom. Through the
enterprise of London newspaper, The
Daily Telegraph, wireless messages are
to be secured from ships at sea concern
ing the force of the wind and the read
ing of the barometer at points not more
than hundred miles from the western
and southwestern coasts. This informa-
ton, when combined with the govern
ment reports relative to conditions on
land, is expected to furnish occasional
hints of an approaching change (which
might not otherwise be foreseen. q
Most of the storms which either in
wade northern Europe or come near
enough thereto to influence the meteor
illogical situation travel over the tAtlan-
tic in an easterly or northeasterly di-
rection. A distance of hundred miles
is the equivalent of scarcely more than
four hours. So brief warning will
rarely be of much service. Yet if it were
received only few minutes after the
hour for the regular observation on land
and when the stations had closed, it
might materially alter the outlook. The
British government now receives by mail
from the merchant marine reports which
do good in another way. They throw
light on the past, but are of no help in
regard to the future. Before the plan
which has been adopted by The Daily
Telegraph can attain its full usefulness
provision must be made for larger de-
velopment. Messages should be obtained
from distance of several hundred miles
y - 3.Dse
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23

Pacific coast since his assumption of
the presidency, and there, as well as
throughout his journey from and back
to the capital, the people rose to greet
him with unmatched enthusiasm. He met
and talked with hundreds of his fellow
citizens, in every occupation, in every
stage and state of society from the cow
boy to college president. He saw and
spoke to and was cheered by thousands
upon thousands of men, women and
President Roosevelt is no
stranger to the people of the United
States. He knows them. They know
him. And they understand each other.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23
VICTIM OF THIEVES.
George F. Phillips of St. Clair Robbed
for Second Time.
From Tuesdays Daily.

George F; Phillips of St. Clair re-
lturpteadl today from Gla bweek's trip t9'
IdahoQc On his! way back be checked his
satehel and gun at ao Omaha foggt Mankatq,
and on his ARRIVAL aallrh eBe he found that G}
the ss ti3hHh had been opened and rsnsaek7
ed, His ra zqfar3 and qtherl articles were
taksggi5 pHH His gun was also stolen 81 la,t
least that Isl the suggestion, fqrv it has
not yet aEEgiYegd Hfe has the checks ffekS, SO
that the FaiglyyaN company will have to
make gooda;1o 70. gey sbihas9 1879 ogj
IN r Philips " was s,FqPPbEe db at thes camp
meeting ne ting at the M16prSsse mi mineral 81 springs
a couple of months ptS ago WT hPen the same me
razor ,Jaq and many other tsrat articles we're
stolen sgHI HI got the rPzzog g paeak besides
most most Of the stolen goods lads 10
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23
THE CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST.

James I. McCleary is renominated for
congress. With the assistance of a
large number of democrats he achieved
quite victory over his opponent, Mr..
Miller, in the primaries. Those who
were thoroughly acquainted with the
conditions which existed in the second
district are not surprised at the out
come of this, i'll many respects, one of
the most remarkable political battles
ever fought out in Minnesota. Mr.. Mil
Ter entered the campaign without hav
ing his plans formulated. He perfected
no organization. In fact he did not pos
sess the sinews necessary to organize
tered, and, therefore, concerted action
on the part of his friends and support
ers was out of the question. Yet, de-
spite all these drawbacks, Mn; Miller
made a decidedly good showing IN the
primaries, and tie ballots simply bear
out the claim tRas mas been made by The
Free Press that the people of the dis
trict are not wbolEsin sympathy with
Mr.. McCleary as to his views on the
tariff. With q, perfect organization, and
more vigorous work, on the part of his
supporters i'm Ias Number of localities, Mr..
Miller conld have swresteds the nomination
from the man who has represented this
great agricultural section in the lower
house of congress for almost twelve
years The story told by the ballots
should convince the politician, and the
layman as well, that Mr.. McCleary's
''standpat" ideas are unpopular.
Mr. McCleary is republican and The
Free Press is a supporter of the party
which has seen fit to honor him with
denomination for congress. While not
i. agreeing with the, Congressman in all
things, and We do not. consider that it is
ieresy to our party to- disagree, yet The
Free Press will support him fer re'eleel
ton, believing that a republican from
this district can, under all circumstances,
and in view, of the Tact that President
Roosevelt will l7eontihGe S,in's office four
more years, accomplish greater, things
for the people. than Il member: bf ths op-
lpoaing pare /. Hill hAI's &c.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.

placing cement curb and gutter along the
east side of North Fourth street from
Lime to Franklin to LOWER & Pay, the
lowest bidder. The award was approved.
President Porter called the attention
of the council to the sidewalk on the
east side of Sixth street between Main
and Hickory. Owing to The steep en-
bankment, it was question whether it
would not be best to lay four foot walks
at present, to be extended to six feet
later on, when the driveway is thrown
toward the west side of the street
The matter was left with the board of
public works to do as it thinks best
Capt. Day was present and was call
ed upon for remarks. He urged the
necessity of having a building where
Company H can drill. If the city should
lose the company .it might never get
it again. He deprecated laying the mat.
ter over so much, as cold weather is
almost here.
The bills were read and allowed. They
included an estimate of $349 to Nc
Lauren & Northrop on a sewer contract;
the pay roll of $6O7.76; and sI,24O to
the National Meter company for meters.
= City Attorney Daley suggested that
it was early yet and that it might be
we'll to look over the tew charter. After
d Short retessi, the council took up the
reading Of the charter. is ono t'ato
2 The 'council;sinstructed the city }attor-
ney' to hand Back at6i Chairman ,cturrier
Of the charter commission the copy of
the charter with the recommendation
that hesmaiiner Of making special as
sessments' be left al" it is in tie pres
'ent charter instead Of adopting chapter
sic Of the laws If 1901. "it2d,naHJ
~ The coinciI believes that the ica1himis-
sion was mistaken in concluding that it
had to incorporate The chapter in the
new charter, and it also Believed that
to have the chapter portion of the city
charter would be expensive, costing the
city $500 to $1,000 a year in additional
compensation to the aldermen, who could
public works.
In arriving at the opinion that the
commission does not have to incorporate
chapter $40 in the new charter, the coun-
ell was influenced by the advice of the
city attorney, who reported that he had
consulted City Attorney Michael Of st.
Paul, City Attorney, .Healy of Minpeap-
oils, and City, Attorney aFinkelburg of
Winona. ,All of, these three, gentlemen
had held that any charter adopted by
the charter. commission and by vote of
the people would supercede, any general
law of the state. As the law in ques-
ton was passed for the special benefit
of Winona, the opinion of, Mr.. Finkel
burg is, given much weight l
81 The aldermen found a number of
other features in the proposed new char
ter that are not satisfactory and that
they do not believe will work out for
the best interest of the city, but the
matter of the making of the assessments
is of such great Importance that it was
not thought best to bring up any of the
other objectional features at this time.
Every city official feels that it would
be great mistake to adopt the propos-
ed new charter as it now stands.
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Card of Thanks.

We, the undersigned, do hereby ex-
tend our sincere thanks to all those who
assisted us in the hour of our sad af
fiction, the death of son and brother,
Joseph B. Bauer. John B. Guenther and
family.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23
m9oi 80 Transit Transfer r. Of Property.
From TiiesdaYiss Daily. eof9o el

20 MSS Essie Jones, FORMERLY Of this city
but nov Of California has Sold the bust
ness property on Front street occupied
by Moore & Tobin's hardware store to
John r. Thomas, cashier of the Man
kato State bank, for $4,000. 1t COM
prises a full lot. She has also sold the
half lot and nearly new dwelling on
Broad street, just north of the Presbyte-
rian church, to w. w. Davis, Jr., for ST.
900. Both are desirable properties.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23

Oscar Door left yesterday for Barrie,
Canada; where he is to besfffa1riedf On the
2Sth to Miss Jennie Lightfobt3 :,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-24
For Weak. Languid People.

Weak, sickly people often remark ''if
I could only get something that would
nourish me and give me strength they
10 not know why, but the food they
eat is of no benefit 70 them, they gain
no flesh and feel no stronger. The
fact is the stomach is too weak to per.
form its work, and the little appetite
they once had rs gone. The blood be-
comes more thin and watery, bringing
on faint sick spells with loss of men,
Dry and ambition. There is a remedy
for all this that acts in the right way.
1t is called DR.. Gunn's Blood and Nerve
Tonic, and is sold by all druggists for
75c per box, of 3 boxes for 81. II
turns the food you eat into rlch, red
blood, making flesh AN; strength, Great.
ing an appetite because The system de-
mands sustenance, Sold by Stone &
Mercer,
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Vow yers,s narl,or Ensle..

Above the pIer-cIose to 1t and to-
gcther. as If for comfort-huddled a
cluster OF tugs. those curious, power
ful, persistent little steam craft that
ply back and forth and up and down.
snucily ana busily Important, their
rows OF Tenders trailing In the water.
clleir black smoke bannering out be
bind. Often | had watched them nos
ing in and out among the heavier craft,
nudging Il great ocean liner into mid
stream and singly or together pushing
or pulling some huge helpless bulk, as
an ant or as two might seize and
trundle great dead bumblebee Their
power and their impudence had filed
me with wonder. Viewing them now
in repose, was impressed by the fact,
hitherto unconsidered, that upon al
most every pilot house was golden
eagle with extended wings-a symbol
of power and swiftness-and it was
borne in upon me that the tug in truth
Is the harbor eagle, with all other craft
for Its prey.-Scribner's
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Fashions among the native tribes OF
South Africa are thus described by d
recent writer; During one season the
people are all wearing safety pins Us
earrings: tie next season no one vii,
look at them, for pins are out ami.
buttons are In. In one tribe blue
spotted cotton handkerchiefs are ali
the rage. but fifty miles away no one
viii look at such things-they want
cotton shirts. The only universal orna.
ment. perhaps. consists In beadworl,
Some tribes. such as the Fingoes anc
zuIus, take TO beadwork more than
others; the one thing they are all con.
sistent m is a strangely good taste for
color combination. They never indulge
in combination OF gaudy colors. never
affect an inharmonlons color scheme.
thus bearing out Ruskin's statement
that bad taste In color does not arise in
people who are left to themselves ana
nature" Embarrassing Is a prodigious
business among them. The process is
assisted by liberal use of red clay.
and as the perfected work of art is
expected TO Inst Il month the lRad Is
permitted 10 rest on the nlpe OF the
neck only when the owner sleeps.
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How he Evadea The sulcide Law.

How lie Evaded the snicide Law.
lord CHEF Justice Haillsforsl II Eng
lapd, who liked ina former century. not
withstanding his high position became
80 tired Of life that he determined to
shuttle OF this mortal coil But he
feared to commit suicide. because at
the time a verdict OF feio de Sc follow
ed as a matter of course and the body
Of the suicide was buried at four cross
roads. with stake thrust through II.
Further. he had 10 avert the conse-
quences TO his relatives Of forfeiture
of his goods. which was also one OF the
penalties for self destruction. He adopt
ed novel expedient. Several of his
deer having been stolen. he gave orders
TO his keepers 10 shoot any person they
met in or near the park at night who
did not Immediately stand when chal.
Il .ged. Then on o dark night he threw
himself in the path OF the keepers
and. not answering the challenge, was
shot dead on the spot. The stump Of
an old oak under which he fell still
marks the scene of the tragedy and
goes to this day by the name of Hank
ford's oak.
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Trees and gainfnII.

Some persons ask il trees affect rain
fall That question is one on which
foresters differ. but the large majority
are satisfied they do induce rainfall.
Vonmulere, Schenck and many others
are emphatic In the claim that forests
induce rainfall. 1t is certain they re
tain humidity TO great extent, and
that alone would affect the rainfall;
but the point on which all agree is the
value of forests for the conservation
of water. preventing foods or drought,
distributing the water evenly the
whole year. 1t is matter of history
in foreign countries that when forests
have been destroyed the rainfall has
been greatly lessened and more spas
modic.-T. p. Lukens in Maxwelrs
Talisman.
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A Physician Healed.

DR.. George Ewing, practicing ply.
stefan of Smiths Grove, Ky, for over
thirty years, writes his personal ex'
pericnce with Foley's Kidney Cure;
For years had been greatly bothered
with kidney and bladder trouble and en-,
lafged PROSTATE gland. 1 used every
thing known to the profession without
relief, until commenced to use Foley's
Kidney Cure. After taking three bot
ties was entirely relieved and cured
prescribe it now daily in my practice
and heartily recomemnd its use % all
physicians for such troubles. l nave
prescribed it in hundreds of cases with
perfect success" Sold by G. D. Sturm
& Co., Stone & Mercer and R. ]. Criss
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Foliage ana colors.

The colorings of variegated foliage
plants cannot be intensified by the use
of colored glass. A curious Belgian
horticulturist, after long series OF
experiments, concludes that brilliant
light favors high coIoration of foliage
Trees and shrubs with golden leaves
when poorly Illuminated : that is
through either blue or red glass-be-
came green or in some cases blanched
In no case did the colored glass have
beneficial effect. most plants after
months exposure putting forth
smaller leaves, less vivid in coloring
In some cases a very apparent stunr
Ing of the plants growth was observ.
lilo
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-24
A Cure For Piles.

q mad bad case OF piles,n says G. f.
Carter, of Atlanta, Ca, "and consulted
a physician who advised me to try a
box of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye.
purchased box and was entirely cured
It is splendid for piles, giving relief
instantly and / heartily recommend it
to all sufferers" DeWitt's Witch Hazel
salye is unequalled for its healing
qualities. Eczema and other skin dis.
eases, also sores, cuts, burns and wounds
of every kind are quickly cured by it
Sold by Some 5 Mercer.