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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-16
Hon. W. S. Hammond Talks
to the NormaiItes.
Followed by an Address From
Governor Johnson.
Who Presented The Diplomas
With Fitting Remarks.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
1t certainly must have done the neart
of every patriotic citizen good to see
gathered on the rostrum of the normal
ASSEMBLY hall last evening that mag
nificent class of seventy seven, only
seven of whom were young men
ready to receive their diplomas and &C
forth to train the young. The class
appeared almost as one unbroken sight
of whiteness, filling all but one end and
little space. at the front of the large
dais. To the left of the class were
seated the faculty members, with Pres
ident Cooper, Governor Johnson, Hon.
w. S. Hammond of st. James, Rev
E. L. Heermance and John c. Wise
the resident director. !,
Elm branches, palms, and ferns in
profuse quantities and very prettily
arranged adorned both the front and
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-16
June 9-16-23. 1905.
ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS.

. g
STATE OLE MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth.-SS. In Probate Court.
| In the matter of the estate of Maria Mann,
deceased.
| Letters testamentary on the estate of
said deceased being this day granted unto
August Mann, of said county;
1t is ordered, that all claims and demands
of all persons against said estate be presented
to this court, for examination and allowance.
at the probate Office in the city of Mankato in
said Blue Earth county, ON the following day.
viz: Monday. the 18th day of August. A. d..
1907 at ten o'clock i'm the forenoon of said day.
1t is further ordered. that three months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors TO pre-
sent their claims against said estate. at the
expiration of which time all claims not pre-
Sented to said court, or not proven to its sat
isfaction, shall be forever barred unless for
cause shown further time be allowed.
Ordered further. that notice of the time and
place of hearing and examination of said
claims and demands shall be given by publi-
cation of this order for three successive weeks
prior to the day appointed for such eXamina-
ton. in the Mankato Free Press, a weekly
newspaper printed and published at Mankato.
in said county.
Dated at Mankato. the 23rd day of May. A.
ID. 1905
BY the Court:
lPROBATE COURT WIN. +. HUGHES.
SEAL. Judge of Probate.
5. B. Wilson, Attorney
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SURPRISE ON SENATOR.
Normal School Faculty Presents Hin
With q Tree.

from saturday Daily.
The faculty of the state normal school
yesterday purchased and presented to
Senator A. o. Eberhart fine araucaria
tree, from the Windmiller Co., that was
used in the hall of the building for
decorative purposes during the closing
week. 1t is a beautiful evergreen tree
for inside growth, and the faculty pre-
scented it to the senator as an ex-
preston of appreciation for what he
has accomplished for the school in the
way of legislation. Senator Eberhart
was much pleased with the gift, which
came as complete surprise to him, and
he feels gratified that his efforts arc
appreciated.
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Doubtful Proposition.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The Chicago & Northwestern road.
supposed to be behind the movement
for new line through Austin, wants
$4,000 in cash and the right-of- way,
the conditions being that Austin be
made a division point. If the road is to
90 to Mankato the division from that
place to Austin would be very short
one and not likely to be installed Aus
tin is worse tied up with bonds than is
Albert Lea and it is doubtful if $l5,-
600 would be carried if the proposition
was submitted.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-16
Grace Klages.
From Saturdays Daily.

From saturdays Daily.
Grace, the infant child of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Klages, died at the fam
lily residence on Vine street last night
She was but twelve days old. The fu-
neral services will be held at -four
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon at st. Pc
ter and Paul's Catholic church.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA. County of Blue
Earth.-SS. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of SaphTonia f.
Garvin. deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Walter
" Garvin. administrator of the estate
of Saphronia f. Garvin. deceased. repre-
senting among other things that he
has fully administered said estate and
praying that time and place be fix
ed for examining and allowing the final ac-
count of his administration and for the as
Signment of the residue of said estate to the
parties entitled thereto by law: 80.
1t is ordered, that said account be examined
and petition heard by this court on Mon
day the Goth day of June. A. ID. 1905, at 10
O'Clock a. M at the probate Office in the city
of Mankato, in said county. f&sf.tH '''.
And it is further ordered, that notice there
of be given to all persons interested by pub
fishing COPY of this order ONCE in each week
for three successive weeks prior to said day of
hearing in the Nankato Free Press. weekly
newspaper printed and published at Manlato.
lin Said county. i.iH 49, ii''a Pr
Dated at the city of Man<ato. the Goth day
of May. A. ID. 1865. S''t 't
BY the Court
probate Court Seal WIN, T. HUGHES,
,sa"fg Judge of Probate.
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FOR RENT-Thirteen acres of land
one mile west of Eagle Lake. Inquire
Mrs. Adam Harting. Eagle Lake, Mimi.
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Wanted.

Competent girl for general homework
Apply III State street, Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-16

Special sale on fancy hosiery at
Henry E. Hances.
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Hon.. Seth Bottomley sends1the fol-
lowing to The Free Press for publica
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June 2-9-l6. 1903.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS.

ThoS. Hughes, Attorney.
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SOME NEW hooks.
A New nl,tory OF Canada.

Tho eleventh volume OF Tho History
Of Norh America which IA in course of
publication by George Barrie Sons Of
Philadelphia. and OF which the editor-in-
chief il Prof Guy Carleton Lee of Johns
hopkins University. il devoted TO an ac-
count Of canada and British North America
from the discovery OF Newfoundland to
tho present day In volume Of 800 page
the author. a Canadian scholar. Dr. W.
BhNNrrr MuNRo. now instructorin govern
ucui in Harvard University, has under
taken to sum up tho results OF the researches
made I'm such general works as those OF
It-carbo, 'harlcvox Ferand, faillon,
Cqmeau Patkman, Christie, Suite, Nc
Mullen and Kingsford as well a. in the
special works n Harrisse. Casgrain Martin
ouu Graver. Dionne. Doughty, lm-
cotte Dent Read Lindsey Edgar Begar
Pope Wilson and many others Al
Trough. however,. the field OF Canadian
history has been worked over thoroughly
bv the Investigators named DR. Munro
has gone personally 10 the original sources
whenever il seemed necessary or de-ira Die
t. do so The result is that We have Il
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lation, which was signally strengthened
by the emigration Of the United Empire
Loyalists from the Thirteen Colonies ID
i7s3-si. As early as 1889 the home authon-
ties had given some attention to the re-
vision of the Canadian Constitution ana
eventually they decided to separate tue
colony Of Quebec into two provinces 10
be known respectively 40 Lower Canada ana
Upper Canada. Two years later Parla
nent passed the bill officially described
as the Canada act but more generally
known as the Constitutional act OF lisl.
The measure repealed such parts OF the
Que.ec act a. were inconsistent with us
provisions The Province OF Quebec was
divided and the names Lower and upper
Canada were bestowed officially upon
the older and newer sections respec-
lively. The executive power in each
province was vested in the hands OF Cover
nor nominated by the Crown, and assisted
by a similarly nominated Executive Council
or cabinet. Legislative power was vested
ia the first instance IN the hands or Legs
lative Council, and an Assembly for eacb
province; the members Of the former we're
to be appointed bv the Crown, to hold once
for life. and were To be Ia Lower canada
no fewer than fifteen IN number; in Upper
Canada they were 10 be no fewer than seven
The Speaker. or presiding officer OF the
Legislative Council, was TO be named by
the Governor on behalf Of the sovereign
Members Of the Assembly, on the other hand,
were to be chosen by the people OF the re-
spective provinces from electoral districts
which the Governor Of each province was
empowered TO delimit- The franchise
for voters in rural districts was extended
TO all owners Of land (held either in free
hold or 10 feudal tenure) amounting in
value to forty shilliugs per year over and
above charges for such holdings in the
towns the qualification was fixed at hNe
pounds in the case of freeholders. and ten
pounds sterling per annum in the case oil
Ieaseholders The total number Of members
in the Assembly in Upper Canada was 10
he not less than sixteen, and in Lower Can
ada not less than fifty. and in all cases
plurality OF votes was TO be deemed sum-
cient for election. That the act OF l1sl
went a certain distanc in the direction OF
increa sed colonial autonomy is not denied
but our author points out that, by giving
equality of legislative power TO elective and
appointive houses, 1t opened the way for
rivalry and deadlock. 1t took fifty years
and the shock Of a rebellion in both prov
inces o. convince the home authorities that
Canadians demanded system which EN-
bodied not alone the letter but the spirit
Of the British Constitution; that they in
sisted on the full recognition Of tho account
ability Of all other branches Of the Admin
istration to that branch which represented
the popular will.
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v !

We pass to a chapter describing tho con
dition Of Canada g agriculture. in dustry and
commerce under the French colonial admin
istration As Parkman's narratives have
made clear 10 us. the word -patenalism
gives the keynote Of the French agricul-
tural industrial and commercial policy in
the New World Our author frankly con
cedes that II New France never became
materially prosperous II was not through
anv lack Of governmental encouragement
or parental care. From first 10 last the
French Government endeavored 90 ad-
vance as well as TO control. all the economic
activities OF its colony by the free use
of official mach merry Those who sought
however. to foster infant material growth
we're too cold and unbending, and the
colony proved unresponsive The attempt
TO force the economic enterprise Of the
country into restricted and narrow channels
checked private initiative or the latter
indeed there never was much. but what
there was clamored in vain for freer scope
Dr. Munro. like Mr. Parkman. lays stress
on the sharp contrast presented in this
respect by the early colonial policies Of
France and England The Anglo-Sa ION
n
abundant stock OF individual enterprise
and with a more complacent selfreliance
than was his Gallo neighbor. Apart from
congenital traits however the former vas
long allowed to shape his economic des-
TIMES under less hampering conditions II
is In the ever present paternalism that our
author finds the true eI PLANTATION Of the tardy
economic development Of New France just
IA in the comparative absence Of II he dis
tinguishes the reason for the rapid agri-
cultural. industrial and commercial develop
ment of New England France never lost
sight OF her design 10 found in America a
powerful military colony; all other factors
in colonial development were warped into
agreement with this idea England on the
other hand was wise enough to recognize
that in the long run military proves rests
with the land which has devoted Itself most
successfully TO the arts Of peace
II is well known that under the French
almost all grants Of land made by the
COMPANY Of New France and. after
the surrender Of it's rights by the Crown
were held en- fef or an seigH6urle Some
writers have used the term -seignioTs'
and -noblesse- a. Synonymous. A dis
-
fore us In France it may have been under
the dncieH regime correct TO lie the terms
quoted a. approximately synonymous; but
in speaking Of French Canada such Ike IS
quite misleading In Franc the seignior
was always a member Of the nobiesse; in
the colony he was by no means such. In
fact not one Canadian seignior in fifty had
this rank From time to time the French
King. in recognition of meritorious services
performed by certain seignlors. either in
military expeditions or in defence Of the
country. or in advancing the civil interests
Of the colony. granted them patents of no.
bility Furthermore, some Of the emf
grants 10 the colony, especially among
those who came out with the intention Of
taking government service. and among
the officers Of the distnnded eori0nGH-
S0Leres Regiment, we're already members
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Of the pobiesse in France and these, oil
course. retained their rank in Canada
On the whole the design OF creating feudal
aristocrlcy in the western dominionS OF
France was not attended with any marked
success those who received rank in the
nobhsse were undoubtedly for the most
part worthy of the honor hut they were
also for the most part very poor in worldly
goods and found the struggle 10 man,
tain their dignity a hard one The totfi
number Of noble families was never very
large. Gov. Carleton estimated that at me
time Of he British conquest there were not
more than 100 in all. and of these the
majority returned TO France rs soon IA
the Treaty Of Paris was proclaimed
From first TO last the fur trade was the
economic backbone of New France II
was for two centuries more important
than all other branches of commerce put
together There were two methods 10y
which the trade could be carried on. One
was by going to the Indians 10 buy ana
sell the other was by inducing the Indians
to come 10 the French settlements. FROM
the outset 10 the end OF the French GOLDMAN
rus the individual traders much pre-
ferred the former method. but from frst
10 last the authorbie- sought 10 establish
the latter To ta, 81 from an early da'e
periodical fairs '-C4Ns established at Mont
real Three Rivers and Quebec. 10 which
c ntres each summer came the canoe
focas Of tho Indians from the North
and West Every trader had his booth
and for days the barler1ng continued,
till the Indians had exchanged their harvest
OF the forest for blankets, cloth, utensils
and trinkets Obviously. this centralized
system Of traffic would give an oppor-
tunty for the exercise OF strict regula-
ton of prices. Naturally, too, the harder
traders would chafe under such restrc-
tons and there was ground for their asser'
ton that. II they did not 60 TO seek trade
in the Western wilderness. English traders
from Albany would fore5tall them I'm
able to stem the exodus. the French co
lonial authorities tried TO control II by Is
tablishing posts al various points In the
West. Another attempt at regulation took
the form OF an issuance Of licenses 10
limited number Of couTeurs de bois or forest
roamers each year Usually he number
granted was twenty-five. and for each
license a considerable payment was ex-
acted. That this device proved Intellectual
T. evident from a statement in an official
despatch that more than eight hundred
men out OF population Of les- than ten
thousand souls had taken TO the wilder
ness TO trsds. Lands were abandoned,
wives and children We're deserted debts
were left unpaid. the fascination OF the
traffio seemed 70 grip every vigorous young
man in the colony. Often the coWeurs de
bois remained in the woods for years at
time. returning to civilization whenever
they thought the chances Of punishment
wers small. For half century they held
in their hands the dcstinie- Of the great
West and supplied the East with the
sinews alike of peace and war.
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| |

It j. scu known to American readers Of
Parkmans narratives that the St Law
renee and Lake basin. westward Of the
ottawa Valley, was practically unsettled
nj the time OF the British conquest The
French. indeed. bad established trading
posts at several points which were deemed
to possess strategic value or TO be located
favoraby for controlling the fur ira flc
with the Indians At none Of these points
however. had they made serious attempts
10 establish permanent settlements II had
been the policy Of the French authorities
to confne the settled area in such way
az to make the defence Of the colony as
easy and "a inexpensive a. possible Hence
with the exception Of small tract along
the southern shore Of Ottawa River, Upper
Canada or what is now Ontario bad re-
NAMED virtually free from French influ-
ence After the colony passed into British
hands however settlers came out ia Consid-
cradle numbers from Great Britain and many
Of these pushed forward into the Upper
Province no carve ont homes IN the wilder
ness preferring 20 do this rather than 10
settle ia an alien environment But the great
influx into this part Of the col ony "a me dur
tury, when the outcome or the Revom-
Iionary War in the British colonies to the
south drove the Loyalist> Of that sect ion
into Canada Assisted hv the colonia
and home authorities these emigrants
settled by thousands along the north shores
Of the Upper 81 Lawrence and Lake On
,ario A. a rule the Lovalists made adj b
mirable settlers. many Of them, indeed
were drawn from the higher walks Of life
Moreover, only men Possessed Of more
than ordinary enterprise and courage
would have left their homes along the
Atlantic 10 endure the priyations Of pioneer
life in a new colony Our author Justly
describes these l.oyalist- a. the Pilgrim
Fathers ot Upper Canada, no colony has
ever begun It's history with a mon. valuable
asset In them the thirst for liberty Of
thought and action was s. raug. and II wa =
their immediate descend. n'. inheritinR
the qualities Of their father who fought
and won the battle for constitutional gov
eminent in the first half Of the nineteenth
century II is 10 h. noted that during the
last named period the colony OF Canada
received large and valuable acoessions
from Scotland The Scotch immigran ts
settled a various points but for the most
part in the Lower 81 Lawrence and Of
tawa valleys Some Highland regiments
were disbanded in the colonies after the
War Of lsi2-15, and the members OF these
formed some settlements which TO the
present day are thoroughly Scotch in
characteristics ana traditions Again,
after the potato famine in the later '4O-,
large numbers Of Irish eHiles made their
more or less equally all over the upper
province DR.. Munro points out that
from this poverty stricken but yirle race
have been bred some Of Canada's most
distinguished sons Not few orators.
statesmen and poets are to he found among
them. We remark. finally. that during
the last half century there has been but
little influx into Upper Canada from other
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than British sources II is true that in
the western part Of the provinces two
counties have been settled and are still
dominated by German Protestants, hut
the vast ma ioritv Of the peoi e are still
Of direct English Scotch or Irish descent
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He marred a career but he made a ma.
ton
No one who desires TO see within ID.
compass of single volume a oonplets
conspectus Of Canadian annals can afford
to overlook this book. 1t is one Of thu
most valuable contributions to the syn.
dicated History Of North America
NJ " II
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The last division Of British North America
IA the Pacific Slope which is occupied by
the province Of British Columbia and by
the southern part OF the Yukon Territory
in so far as this lies in British hands All
the tract il rocky and great deal OF It
* unfit for cultivation. The great valleys
offer some opportunities for agriculture
and cattle raising. but II il mainly TO its
mineral wealth that the slope owes its
economic progress. British Columbia and
the Yukon are by all means the foremost
mining sections Of the Dominion Of Canada.
The salmon fisheries OF the British Column
bia rivers have long been a source of EN-
ployment to thousands and the deep sea
fisheries OF the coast are Of growing i'm
portance The climate Of the province IS
well suited 10 the principal occupations
OF It's inhsbitants. Like the Northwest
Territories, British Columbia has been
peopled largely by settlers of British de
scent; with but two exceptions. there IL
no considerable foreign element in the
population. These exceptions are the
Chinese and Japanese, who have 6ocked
into the province In large numbers during
the last two decades. attracted by the high
scale Of wages With the Chinese the Do
miuon authorities have been able TO deal
through the imposition % a heavy tax
but in he case Of the Japanese, the problem
has assumed a more serious form, the
friendly relations between Japan and Great
Britain having rendered It impracticable
to take drastic action against Japanese
immigrants 10 British Columbia
Surveying Canada as a whole, the author