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The statesman., 1906-05-04

For days and weeks before his
ceath II was remembered, the
wealthy old foundryman pottered
around in the molding room. over
some task which he would not per-
nit any one to help him about
Chuckling and nodding his head he
Kept at his work, until finally he or.
dered the molten iron run into an
immense fiat mold.
When the result had cooled of, Il
was seen to be huge. thin. fat shee.
OF iron. bearing lengthy inscription
In raised letters. beginning: Il. John
Pott Mettle, being Of sound mind and
body" etc.
There murmured the old man.
with the grim smile for which he
was famous, they will see that the
Iron will which is characteristic OF
me shall be in evidence even after |
have passed away"
How vain are the hopes OF man.
Six months after the death of John
Pott Mettle the lawyers had broken
his will as easily as II II had been
written on ice.
The statesman., 1906-05-04
A FEW REASONS WHY YOU
SHOULD VOTE Eyes" ON THE
LIGHTING FRANCHISE.
Cuts Taxes.

The company agrees to pay into the
city treasury 100000 in cash, the
payments to be made quarter-annually
at the rate Of $500, this money to be
placed in the general fund for defray-
ing city expenses This is $4,000 per
year. The company further agrees to
sell street arc lamps TO the city at the
rate OF $50 per lamp per year, and
park lamps at 81 per month. Upon
the basis Of lamps now in use, this will
mean a saving of $35, 5O2.i1 per year
TO the taxpayers; the annual payment
and the reduction OF cost of street
lighting means a total saving OF SIS,
502.il per years.
The statesman., 1906-05-04
Reductions Begin Now.

This agreement provides that II
shall become effective at once and the
reduction in rates and payments TO the
city shall commence Immediately. II
Is further provided that other reduc.
tons shall be made from year TO year
without the necessity Of additional leg.
islation. Consequently. to put of the
matter ut this time would mean to fail
TO take advantage o. the reduction
now offered, and would deprive the
city Of the yearly payment.
The statesman., 1906-05-04
Reports Denied by Wynne.

Robert J. Wynne. consul general to
London. while in Washington had his
attention called to some stories print.
ed in western paper charging that
there had been ''goings on" in his
London career. Mr.. Wynne glanced
over the publication and and said
philosophically: IT'S no more. per-
haps. than might have been expect
ed. You see, when was in the post.
office department upset the calcula.
tons Of more than one daily paper
which enjoyed special privileges in
connection with the rural free deliy-
cry. That is their way OF fighting
back. But there is nothing to the
tales. need only tell you that
have never been a guest at such 4
dinner as is described and have,
unfortunately. never been presented
at court. Exchange.
The statesman., 1906-05-04
Lowest Rate u, Country.

The rate charged for lighting cur
rent, 10 cents gross, or cents net.
is as low as the lowest rate charged
In any city In the United States foi
residence lighting. The rate In Chi.
cago. ST. Louis and Boston is 90 cents.
in Kansas City. Les Angeles and
Omaha, 1t is Is cents. or forty seven
cities in the United States with a popu.
lation )f over 100000, there are but
nine cities where the rate is as low as
10 cents per kilowatt hour. and in no
city is II lower
The statesman., 1906-05-04
Saves You So Per cent.

The amount apportioned from taxes
for city purposes this year was 81 AS
6GG.72. Assuming the city expenses to
be the same next year, these reduc.
tons are equivalent 10 decrease in
city taxes Of go per cent. in order TO
secure the same service; or. ex.
pressed in other words. due TO these
payments and reductions, your taxes
next year can be GO per cent. less and
the city still have funds TO operate all
OF its departments on the same scale
as this year.
The statesman., 1906-05-04
Six Reduct ons.

The franchise provides that the aver
age rates to be received by the com
pans shall lessen constantly. The rates
received by the company for the re-
mainder Of this year and for 1907, shall
not exceed 95 cents per thousand for
gas and ~ cents per lilowatt hour for
electricity for lighting purposes. Fur.
Their reductions are agreed upon every
two years. until the average rates do
not exceed rs cents per thousand for
gas and cents for electric light.
The statesman., 1906-05-04
City Needs More Lights.

Denver has more miles of streets
than any other city of its size in the
country In consequence the expense
of lighting the streets is greater than
in more closely-settled cities. There
should be a street lamp on every street
corner in Denver, and 1t is our aim in
making this proposition to enable you
TO have one.
The statesman., 1906-05-04

add practically fifty per cent. more
lights without increasing the appropri-
alton for this expense; that is, you
may have additional street lights in
your district without the burden of
taxation being increased one cent.
The statesman., 1906-05-04
Steamers for Lake Ti,caca.

A second steamer is about TO be
placed ppon Lake Titicaca. which is
10000 feet above sea level in the
Andes of Peru. The first steamer,
which was built in England. was sen,
out peacemeal, and Is now being re
constructed upon the shores Of the
Lake.
The statesman., 1906-05-04
More Liohts-No More Cost.

WoTe GIUHtb-NU WVTe OVsS'
Under the proposed reduction in the
rates for street lighting, the city may
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
SEVEN MEET DEATH
PENNSYLVANIA MINERS TORN TO
PIECES BY AN EXPLOSION
OF DYNAMITE.

Shenandoah, Pa, May 16.-Seven
miners were torn to pieces and twelve
badly burned by an explosion of dyna-
mite in the Shenandoah City colliery
of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron company during the day.
A box of dynamite which a workman
was carrying fell from his shoulder
and caused the explosion, which ig-
nited the mine gas. There were about
fifty men at work in the east gang
way of the shaft when the explosion
occurred, but so far as known all es-
capped except those working on the
first lift. In this part of the shaft none
escaped either death or injury.
All the men killed were mutilated
beyond recognition.
The force of the conclusion was ter
rife. Doors were torn off and brat
tees were wrecked. every section of
the mine feeling the effect of the
shock.
All Of the killed and injured were
foreigners. But little damage was
done to the mine.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
CAUSES MUCH DISTRESS.
Rain Adds to Misery OF San Francisco
Sufferers.

San Francisco, May 15.-The cold
disagreeable rain which fell all fore
noon created much distress among
the refugees camps and even caused
annoyance to hOuseholderS who were
cooking in the street.
Many of the tents in Golden Gate
park, the Preside and Fort Mason are
without plank flooring and they be
came damp at once.
Happily, the rain was of short dura
ton, and the afternoon was ushered
in by bright sunshine.
AT meeting of the committee on
special session of the legislature II
was unanimously decided that the
present fifty-year lease law should be
80 amended SO that ninety-nine year
leases will hereafter be permitted in
the state. This is looked upon by the
real estate men as a most important
step, as they maintain that under the
new conditions building will progress
rapidly. The committee also decided
to recommend an increase of the in
heritance tax and of corporation
licenses. The state will be asked to
authorize the issuance of bonds in the
sum of 100000 to be tax on the ton
mage of San Francisco for a recon
struction Of those portions OF the
wharves and the sea wall destroyed
by the recent calamity.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
FAVORITISM SHOWN.
Railroad Did Not Distribute Coal Cars
Equitably.

Philadelphia, May 16-Testimony
tending to show favoritism by rail-
road companies in the distribution of
coal cars was ELECTED when the inter-
state commerce commission resumed
its investigation here. George w.
Clark, a car distributor employed by
the Pennsylvania Railroad company at
Altoona, Pa, admitted that he had re-
ceived orders to make special as
signment of cars to the Berwin-Whit
Coal company and that frequently
these assignments were made previous
to the regular percentage distribution
Mr.. Clark admitted that special allot-
ments had to a certain extent inter-
fered with an equitable distribution
Arthur Hale, superintendent of
transportation of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, was on the stand the
greater part Of the day. Through him
it was brought out that the Merchants
Coal company and the Somerset Coal
company had frequently received
many cars in excess of their percent
age, while various smaller companies
suffered a shortage. Mr.. Hale ex-
planned that the shortage shown on
the records did not indicate that the
companies suffered for lack of cars as
In many cases these companies could
not handle their full complement.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
COD LIVER OIL.

1t almost makes you
sick to think of it, but It
isn't nearly as bad as it
used to be. The improved
method of refining it
makes it much easier to
take, and when made into
SCOTS Emulsion almost
every one can take it.
Most children like it and
all children that are not
robust are benefited by it.
When the doctor says
/" Take cod liver OIL" he
generally means SCOTS
Emulsion; ask him if he
doesn't. They know it is
more easily digested and
better than the plain oil.
SCOTT & BOVINE. 400 Pearl Street. New York.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
HILL TELLS OF NEW ROAD.
Railway Magnate Will Construct Line
in Canada.

IN Cdndud.
Winnipeg, Man., May 16.-James J..
Hill, president and dominant force Of
the Great Northern railway, was an
hOnOred guest in Winnipeg Tuesday.
Arriving with distinguished party of
officials, including his son, Louis w.
Hill, the famous magnate was met by
an influential deputation and taken
first to the Manitoba club. Later he
was entertained at luncheon by the
Canadian club, where 600 representa-
tive citizens sat down.
Mr.. Hill talked in reminiscent
mood and then he gradually ap-
preached the optimistic, prophesying a
wonderful future for Winnipeg and
the Canadian West He strongly ad-
vised against the giving away of pub.
lie domains, especially in large blocks,
believing that the steady influx of i'm
migration would serve to fill up the
country.
Mr. Hill said in an Interview he ex-
pected to have a through line COM
pleted from Winnipeg to the coast by
the time the Grand Trunk Pacific had
reached the city, which means by the
fall of 1907. He stated that Winnipeg
would be headquarters of the Canadian
roads and he intended to build ter
minalS and station on the Ross ave-
nue. property. He said that he had no
intention of invading Eastern Canada,
but would use the Canadian Pacific
railway and Grand Trunk Pacific.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
VERDICT IN HERESY TRIAL.
Rev. Craspey Suspended From Minis.
try But Is Given Time to Recant.

Rochester, N. Y, May 16.-The ver-
dict in the heresy trial of Rev. DR..
Algernon S. Crapsey has been deliv-
cred to the accused minister Four of
the jurors state that in their opinion
sentence should be passed as follows:
THAT the respondent should be sus-
pended from exercising the functions
of the church until such time as he
shall satisfy the ecclesiastical authori-
ties of the diocese that his belief and
teaching conform to the doctrines of
the Apostles creed and the Nicene
creed as this church hath received the
same. However, we express the ear
nest hope and desire that the respond
ent may see his way clearly during the
thirty days that under the canons of
the church must intervene before SEN
tence be pronounced to the full salts
faction Of the ecclesiastical authorities
Of such conformity on his part"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
SUGGESTS AN AMENDMENT.
Secretary Taft Would Change EIimina
$H& ton Act.

Washington, May 15.-Secretary
Taft has sent a letter to the senate
committee on military affairs suggest
ing an amendment of the bill pending
before the committee known as the
elimination act. This measure was
submitted to the committee several
months ago and is expected to receive
favorable action. 1t provides in brief
that in order to insure healthy promo
ton in the army certain percentage
of vacancies must take place each
year in each grade and if these do not
occur naturally through retirement for
age or through death, army boards
must recommend the necessary num-
Der of officers for retirement. These
percentages were fixed with view to
the promotion of officers to the grade
of captain at the age of thirty-four
years; to be majors at fOrty-five; lieu
tenant colonels at fifty and colonies at
fifty-five years. In making the COM
putations no account was taken of the
casualties that occur through resigna-
ton; dismissal and retirement for
diSa ability
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
CONTEST VERY CLOSE.
Result of Caucuses in South Dakota
Doubtful.

DOubttdis
Sioux Falls, S. D., May 16-Reports
OF Tuesdays caucuseS received up to
midnight indicate that the result of
the contest between the Stalwart and
large will be very close, and victory
for one faction or the other may be
dependent upon the result in some of
the smaller and more remote coun-
ties.
Minnehaha county, with it's eighty
was captured by the Insurgents, who
express themselves as jubilant over
carrying the home county of Senator
Kittredge, the leader of the Stalwarts.
The result in Sioux Falls was very
close, the Stalwarts capturing fifty-one
delegates to the county convention
against forty-eight captured by the In
surgents, giving the Stalwarts a ma
jority of only three.
Reports thus far at hand show that
the Stalwarts captured the following
counties: Brown, Brule, Dawson, Day,
AA"oii0o' 4SNoN' iie'iu, SOuiHSlou,
Grant, Edmunds and Hutchiscn, with
total of 306 delegates.
The following counties, reports indi-
cate, were carried by the Insurgents:
Beadle, Bookings, Kingsbury, Lin
coin, Moody, Union, Aurora, Minneha-
ha, Clay, Lake, Turner and Hanson,
with a total of AL delegates to the
state convention.
The faction which controls the state
convention must have 685 delegates,
total of 1869 delegates being entitled
to seats in the convention.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
BECOMES MORE COMPLICATED
Labor Situation on the Great Lakes
Assumes a Peculiar Phase.

Labor Situation on the Great Lakes
Assumes a Peculiar Phase.
Cleveland, May ia meeting OF
the Lake Carriers association and the
firemen, oilers, grain scoopers and
others affiliated with the longshore-
men was held here Monday for the
purpose of comforting upon the ques-
ton of wages and other points in dis
pute. When the meeting was con-
cluded President Keefe Of the long
shOremen and President Livingstone
of the Lake Carriers both declared
that they had gone over the prelimi-
naries only. The meeting will be re-
sumed in the morning. Edward Smith
appeared at the meeting and said that
he might call upon the Lake Carriers
association to furnish him firemen
for the tugs of the Great Lakes Tow
ing company. He made this statement
under an understanding between the
two organizations that he has right
to do SO. This presents somewhat
complicated situation. The tug fire.
men are part Of the longshoremen's
organization In the event of an
agreement between the firemen and
oilers and the Lake Carriers assOcia-
ton and a disagreement between the
tug firemen and the Great Lakes Tow.
ing company, the union might be
called upon to supply the places of the
tug firemen who are locked out.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
SHOOT AT THEIR ASSAILANTS.
Telephone Company Employees Wound
One Strike Sympathizer.

One Strike Sympathizer.
Minneapolis, May 16.-Made despe-
rate by the attack of a crowd of 'strik-
ing telephone linemen and strike SYM
pathizerS, Perley Hall and Adam
Charette, two employees of the Twin
City Telephone company, drew their
revolvers and opened fire on their as
sailants Tuesday afternoon at Central
avenue and University avenue south
east
A bullet from Halls revolver struck
Ward d. Werring, infiicting a pain
full but not dangerous wound in the
calf of the right leg Hall promptly
surrendered himself to the police, and
upon acknowledging that he shot
Werring he was locked up on a charge
of assault with dangerous weapons.
Charette was also arrested on a charge
OF disorderly conduct, and Werring
was likewise placed under arrest as
soon as the wound in his leg was
dressed While the police were taking
Hall and Charette to the East Side sta
ton, Clifford H. Werring, a brother Of
the injured man, attacked Special
Officer Gonyea, who had Hall in
charge, in his frenzy to get at the man
who shot his brother, and was himself
placed under arrest on a charge of as
sault and battery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
TREND OF TRADE.
6seortsd Daily byi the Gum mi nGs
Commission Co.. Room IL Free
Press Building.
Hog and Cattle Market.

Chicago, May l6.-Hogs, $4,000; left
over, 1882; prospects steady at yester-
days close. Light, $63Oa6.55; mixed
$6.35a667; heavy, $6.l5a657; workers.
$6.45a6.55. Cattle, $4,000; strong. Sheep
$4,000. strong to 10 cents higher.
Sioux City, May l6.-Hogs, 5000;
weak. Light, $6.l5a625; heavy, $6.25a
6.35; mixed, $62Oa6.3O; bulk, $6.22a6.27
Yesterdays average weight, 243. Cost
1927. Cattle, 600; strong.
Omaha, May l6,-Hogs, 1000. Cattle
1000. Sheep, 1000
Kansas City, May l6.-Hogs, $4,000
Cattle, 5000. Sheep, 5000
South st. Paul, May l6.-Hogs, g.
500; open weak to shade lower Light
5.lOaG35; mixed, $6l0a6.30; heavy
$6.OOa6.35; pigs, $4.50a5.OO; rough, $3.50
$40. Cattle steady. Sheep, strong.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
TABAH CONTROVERSY ENDED.
Great Britain Spares Susceptbilities
of Turkish Sultan.

London, May 15.-The correspond
ent at Constantinople of the Daily
Telegraph, in dispatch dated May IA
relative to the settlement of the Tabah
controversy between Great Britain
and Turkey, says the susceptibilities
of the sultan have been spared by
Great Britain in the acceptance of the
proposition that the delimitation OF
the Sinaitic frontier be determined by
a Turco-Egyptian commission. The
sultan, as the correspondent says, thus
still preserves the fiction of sovereign
ty over Egypt. The Tribune's and the
Standards dispatches from CONSTANT
nople confirm the Daily Telegraph's
statement regarding the constitution
of the delimitation commission.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
LAKE MARINE FIREMEN REFUSE
TO ACCEPT TERMS OF CAR.
RIERS' ASSOCIATION.
OTHER UNIONS ARE INv0L we'd
BREAK IN NEGOTIATIONS MAY
RESULT IN TYING UP TRAF.
FIG ON THE LAKES.

Cleveland, May 16.-The conference
between the Marine Firemen and rep
resentatives of the Lake Carriers as
ISOLATION, which for two days has
been considering wages, ended abrupt
ly late Tuesday afternoon, the tiremen
leaving the conference and refusing to
accept the proposed wage scale. AS
the Longshoremen's, Tugmen's, Oil
ers', Grain Scoopers' and Water Tend,
ers' unions are affiliated it Is be-
lieved the break in negotiations will
carry out all of these elements and
throw the lake carrying situation back
to where it was previous to the agree.
ment which resulted in resumption
of traffic President Keefe and the
delegates representing the labor ele-
ments in withdrawing declared that
the men would not accept the scale.
President Livingstone of the Lake
Carriers association said:
I'VE have offered the men all we
can afford to pay-a continuation of
the wages of last year. They have re-
fused to accept this. That is the sit
uation."
Mr.. Livingstone, when asked if
this meant that lake traffic would
again be tied up said he did not think
that conclusion follows necessarily
and added:
Il feel sure we can get firemen for
the boats. We are anxious to come to
terms with the men and did all we
could be reasonably expected to Sc
cure them, but the agreement seems
impossible"
President Keefe of the Longshore-
mems association declined to discuss
the rupture between the labor dele
gates and the lake carriers
The opinion is freely expressed now
that the breach will not extend to the
threatened tying up of freight traffic
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
OPERATOR RUNS AMUck.
Kills One Man, Wounds Five Others
and Ends His Own Life.

Atlanta, Ca, May 16.-Crazed by
drink and by disappointment in love
affair, James H. Clark, a telegraph
operator at Chamblee, a dozen miles
north of Atlanta, late in the afternoon
ran amuck. He killed one man, Sc
verely wounded three, slightly wound
ed fifth, and dubbed a sixth with a
shotgun; set fire to the home of one
OF his victims and when surrounded
by posse shot himself through the
heart.
Clark had paid attention to the niece
Of E. S. Purcell, but was discouraged.
He went to the Purcell home Monday
evening, demanding admittance, but
was refused. He then set fire to the
kitchen and when E. S. Purcell and his
son appeared to fight the flames, Clark
fired upon them, wounding both. Re-
turning about midnight Clark made
another attempt to fire the house. The
result was that W. S. Mask, railroad
station agent, received wound in the
neck.
Clark then went to Dunwoody, about
hNC Hilco away. ne eHleIeu Tic
store of Nash & Check and demanded
ammunition. The store people had
been warned by telephone, and re-
fused to sell 1t to him. Clark imme-
diately fired, killing Check with bull
let through the heart. He also
wounded Mr.. Nash dangerously. He
then took to the woods. On the way
down the railroad track he met W. J..
Cocker, whom he attacked and wound
ed slightly. A posse was enlisted and
hounds were put on the track of the
insane man. He was caught up with
near Chamblee and then committed
suicide
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
RETAIL PRICES
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Hans c. Jorgenson to Charles b
Scoville, north so feet of east s feet OF
lot Z, and VIZ, lot 8, block 6, Van
Brunt's addition, for $780,
Mary l.. Eddy to Edward Murphy
government lots 3, and 5, and land in
the SELF, swA, section 26, Mankato
l44.S3 acres i'm all, for $4,000
Hill City Land, Loan and Lumber Co
and others to Stacy Little, south thirty
acres of seA, ne4, section "a, Judson,
for 81 800.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
TELEGRAPHIc BREvITIES.

The wireless telegraph conference
which was to have been held at Ber-
lin June % next, has been postponed
to Oct. 3.
Viscount Hayashi, formerly Japa
nese ambassador to Great Britain, has
accepted the office of foreign minister
of Japan.
James A. Cove, one OF the most
prominent Republican politicians In
Michigan and collector of customs at
Grand Rapids. is dead of apoplexy.
The church congress, composed OF
lay and clerical Episcopalians from all
parts of the United States, began It's
convention in Philadelphia Tuesday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
General Tiddall Dead.

New York, May 16.-Brigadier Gen
eral John Caldwell Tiddall, U. S. A.. re
tired, first governor of Alaska, and fol
many years commandant at Yves
Point, died in Mont Clair, N. j., Tues
day, aged eightyone years. Deatf
was due to general debility.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
BASEBALL SCORES.
National LEAGUE.

At Pittsburg, 5; Philadelphia, 4.
At ST. Louis, 5; Boston, 8.
At Cincinnati, 1; New York, 4.
At Chicago, 2; Brooklyn, l.
American League.
At New York, 5; Cleveland, 4.
AT Boston, 5; st. Louis, 9.
At Philadelphia, 1; Chicago, 0.
At Washington, 5; Detroit, O.
American Association.
At st. Paul, 5; Louisville, 0.
At Minneapolis, 1 indianapolis, 4.
At Kansas City, 4; Toledo, S.
At Milwaukee, 3; Columbus, S.