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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-28
Dee 2i-2S IAN !. 10 81.
ORDER F0T fIEAEfNG NPPrTCXTTON
FOR ApPOlNTMFNF Of
ADMINISTRATOR.

STATE OF MlNNES0T'N. County OF Blue
Earth, SIS. In Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate OF John y.
HincklCV, deceased.
On receiving and filing the patitiOn Of F. neS-
tine Bar,h. OF the county of Blue Garth
representing. among other things. that John
:. lincNley. late of the cOanty of Blue
Earth in the state Of Minnesota, on the l6th
DAY of November A. ~. !JUi, at the county OF
Blue Earth. died intCState. and being an in
babitant of this county at the time Of his
death. leaving goods. chattclS. and estate
within this county. and that the said peii-
toner is a creditor OF said decreased. and pray
ing that administration of said estate tie TO
Nj. Barth granted.
And all uersoaS Interested in said matter
ar h"r bY required to appear be-
fore sail ,oGrt on Monday the iith day of
ian. 4. ID. 1897. at 10 O'Clock Il. m, at the
probate Office, in the court house. in AlankatO.
in said county. And show cause II any there
be. why said petition should not he grmtrd.
Ordered further. that notice thereof be
given 10 the heirs of said deceased and to all
persons Interested, by publishing this order
once in each week for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing. in the Mankato
Free Press. weekly newspaper printed and
published nj Mankato in said county.
Dated at Mankato tn" 18th DAY OF Deem
ber A. ID. 1900. BN the Court.
NM. +. HUGHES,
probate Court Seal Judge OF Probate.
5. T.. wilson Attorney.
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State and Federal,
Decisions Antagonize Trusts

Missouri. whose attorney general
was pressing certain telling questions
upon officials of the Standard Oil com
pany at New York in O. first week
Of the year, was the state and st. Louis
the city in which the federal attorney
general began formal proceedings,
NOV. Is, to dissolve this same huge
corporation with thinly yelled threats
of criminal action against it's creator,
Rockefeller, and his official associates.
This suit was the elimination of the
Investigations authorized by congress
and conducted by Garfield and the com
merce commission. The Garfield re-
port had brought with it the presi-
dents official denunciation of the Stand
ards illegal practices, MAY f. and the
challenge from the nations chief was
boldly accepted by the Standard Off
cials in a statement denying the
charges and rebuking the president
But it remained for Ohio to take the
brunt of the years legal battle against
the oil trust. At Findlay in July Il
suit was cttii ttu thC Stitt sihti-
trust law, and John d. Rockefeller WAS
summoned. Through counsel he plead
ed not guilty, and on OCT. o the state
began q broadside case against the
Itandard Oil Company of Ohio on the
charge of conspiracy to restrain trade,
sl the officials being summoned. On
OCT 10 the jury adjudged the com
pany guilty. and the sentence of $4,000
4 day. retroactive. was imposed by
Judge Banker. The case was appealed.
The New York Central railroad was
prosecuted for rebating to the sugar
trust and, fined $10S,000, while the
sugar trust was fined $16S,000 for re-
ceiving the rebates.
Prior to the oil prosecutions the big
beef packers brought to trial at Chca-
go on criminal charges had gone scot
free on the decision of Judge Hum
phrey, holding that they were immune
because their testimony had been given
confdentially to Garfield At Kansas
City JUNE II four of the packers-Ar-
mour, Swift, Cudahy and Morris-were
IOuIlt VI dCtCptihS lNDutto II Jul
the Burlington.
In near y all of the larger cities COM
binltions of ice companies were attack
cd for conspiracy in forcing up prices,
the most promptly successful prosecu-
ton being against the five Toledo deal
ers. who were not only fined but who
began their jail sentences, but later got
out on bond and appealed. At Phila-
delphia the indicted ice men got off
with a nominal fine, Iut were warned
against second offense.
DstrictN Attorney Jerome of New
York reported that he could find moth
ing OH which to base case against the
Mutual. but the New York Life was
still under scrutiny, and the cases
against the Burnhams and Eldri1ge Of
the Mutual Reserve c;,me to trial lin
December, George Burnham, Jr., being
convicted of larceny.
Supreme court decisions were:
Holding it to be illegal for railroads
to deal in any commodities which they
haul; that the railroads may select
through routes: upholding the Michigan
aI ysllorqm railroad tax. refusing Mis-
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Dec 21-2S. Jan. (. 1867
ORDER FOR HEARING ON CL HMS.

STATE OF MIME OTA-C, unity of Blue
Earth-ss. ! "a rr. hate |Unrt.
]" the matter of Inc estate OF Clarence II.
Piper. deceased.
Letters teStamcntary on the estate OF
said deceased being this day granted unto
Ler ora j Piper. of said County.
II is ordered. that all claims and demands
OF all persons against said estate hc presented
to this court. for examination and ALLOWANCE.
at the probate Office in the City of hlaDlatO in
said Blue Earth cOIntY, on the following daN,
viz: Monday. the 18th day of Jnne, a. ~,
1861, ut ten O'Clock in the forenoon of said day.
II is hcrOrdcrcd. that SIN months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors - pre-
ser: their claims against said oStat" AT the
Cn piraton of which time all claims not pre-
Sented TO said court or not proven 10 its sat
iSfactiOn. shall he forever barred unless for
cause shown further time be allowed
Ordered fur taer, that notice Of the time and
place of hearing ana examination of said
claims and demand shall DC given bY publ
cation Of this Ortier>for three sycc esSiye weeks
priorto the DAY appointed Tor such eEauina
ton, in the ManllatO Free Press. a weekly
newspaper printed and published at MankatO
in said county,
Dated at ManIlato, The 18th day oC Dcccm-
Der. A. d. 1906
Ry the Court.
probate Court Scall WM. f. HUGHES.
Judge OF Probate.
:. Il. Wilson, Attorney.
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by President Roosevelt, SEPT. 10. The
that the American government was not
disposed to intervene in his favor COM
PEELED Taft to proclaim himself provi-
sional governor, SEPT. 30, and to call
for sufficient naval and military sup
port to OveraWe the warning factions.
Later Taft was succeeded by Magoon
Panama and Colombia made treaty
of peace AUG. 1. Since January Ven
ezuela and France have ceased diplo-
matte relations. President Castro quit
Office, a sick man. All the South and
Central American countries We're repre-
scented at the pan-American congress
at Rio de Janeiro in August. They ia
vored a general arbitration convention
to be enacted by The Hague conference
and approved the Drago doctrine.
JAPAN.-After getting her grip on
the Chinese trade Japan condescended
to open the door into Manchura in
March, and the new world power of
the orient was engaged in May in max
ing new tariff law with retaliatory
and protective features. a most amaz-
ing feature of Japan's progress was the
Matchmaking of all her industries.
CHINA-Even the Chinese pulse APP
pears at last to be throbbing with the
common aspiration for individual ex-
preston under popular government,
and by the decree of the aged empress
Il commission of distinguished China
men visited western nations and re-
turned to begin the creation OF con-
GtitntiNl for ChiIn.
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later was made public to force house
action Amended 50 rs to place costs
Oh government and omit label dates,
the bill became Il law.
One other important measure involv-
ing the use of new federal powers was
the pure food bill.
Under the leadership of Speaker Can
non Il Republican instruction against
joint statehood for Arizona and New
Mexico was crushed. The bill finally
emerged from conference under q COM
promise agreement providing for the
admission Of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory IS the state of Oklahoma and
authorizing Arizona and New Mexico
to hold plebiscite on joint statehood
next fall This became law JUNE 16.
Other important measures enacted
were: To authorize the eighty-five foot
lock canal across the iSthmuS, to au-
thorize construction of the Lake Erie
and Ohio ship canal. to place denatured
alcohol on the free list
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r. H. iiaf H. tor. In response to
the law in Ohio and public opinion
elsewheredhe Pennsylvania inaugural
ed Il two and Il half cent fare and =
cents on thousand mile tickets. The
Erie. Lackawanna, New Haven and
other lines followed suit.
Lawson's insurance attack took final
shape in the formation of the Internal
tiOnal Policy Holders committee, man
aged by Samuel Untermyer, and q
costly campaign was waged with the
existing management for control of
these companies in the elections de.
creed by the new Armstrong law.
Whether you consider that labor has
got its full share of prosperity or not,
it is n fact that in nearly every indus.
try wages have been advanced during
the past year, sometimes on demand of
the unions and sometimes voluntarily
by employers. The dread of great
miners strike which disturbed the
business public when the year was
young became acute in the Indianapo
lis conference of soft coal operators
and miners FEB. &c, when the opera.
tors refused the demand of the men
for twelve and Il half cent increase
At this point President Roosevelt ap
pealed to both sides to get together
and when Robbins, the Pittsburg oper
ator, agreed to Il , per cent increase il
was only Il matter of time when all of
the soft coal men had come to terms Oh
the compromise of 5.J5 increase for
two years, with certain concessions
from the men. The hard coal trust, how.
ever, held out. and strike was actually
called APRIL |, but after surrendering
practically all of their demands in the
interest of peace and under the leader.
ship of President Mitchell the miners
finally. MAY Z, agreed to three year
renewal of the arbitration board award
on basis that seemed to them recog.
milton of the union which was, howev.
or. denied by the operators.
Another strike. which was begun
JAN. and which lasted through the
year, was that of the job printers for
IN eight hour day. The photographers
struck for the same cause, AUG. 9. Ala.
baila miners ended two years strike
by referendum. AUG. 20. Fall River
cotton mills restored twelve and halt
cent wage cut JULY 1, and NOV. %
submitted to 10 per cent increase. Dur
ing October and November the rail
roads. beginning with the Pennsylva-
MIA. agreed to general wage increase
in all ciasses- OF york and this exam
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terror, Hitchcock and Shaw retiring.
Treasury surplus was SIG. 1871 100. The
secretary estimated that the per capita
circulation was $32.42 During the year
he successfully stimulated gold inn
ports by depositing cash with import
ing banks pending arrival of bullion.
To increase bank note circulation he
released $1S000,000 bonds for other Sc
curities
The president issued an order, AUG.
a, that in-all executive papers the 300
words Of the simplified spelling boards
list be adopted, proposition which
caused much confusion in the govern
ment printing Office. Congress in De
cember decided to retain the diction-
airy spellings, and the president &C
guessed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-28
The Worlds Chief Events
and Tendencies OF a Year
Outlined In Orderly Array
For Busy Readers Who
Want to Be Well Informed.
By EDWIN S. POTTER.
Editor Universal News Analysis.
Higher and Higher
Sweeps PrOsperity's Tide
By EDWIN S. POTTER.

Look first at the enormous product
won from the soil by the American ma
chine-and-science-ai farmer. Sec
satary Shaw has figured that out for
us within the past month-an output
valued at S6,194,O 100000, total $324,-
100000 bigger than last years. In the
crop realm corn was king at a valua-
ton of 81, 1O0,O00,000. Agricultural ex-
ports reached the high water mark Of
$976,000,0G0.
All of the great railroad and indus
trial corporations have reported in
creased earnings, have paid higher div
idends and increased capital stock.
while many have cut luscious surplus
melons-nOtably Hills hundred million
ore deal distribution, the Pullman S3o,-
100000. the United States and Wells
Fargo Express companies forced di-
vision. Even Steel common resumed q
- per cent dividend.
Trusts have gobbled trusts, and, de-
spite the rate law, rebate prosecutions
and Jungle book exposures, the con-
centration of capital interests has gone
forward, n new feature being the for
nation of huge holding companies in
England, which was disclosed in the
Findlay trial of the Standard Oil COM
pany and was reported in connection
with the beef trust. The glucose trust
was absorbed by the oil trust in Janu-
AIRY The Amalgamated Copper COM
pany absorbed the HeinZe interest, and
two gigantic new trusts were formed
the American Farm Produce company,
with S20,000,00 capital, and 100000
600 rubber company to exploit the
Kongp concession-both financed and
controlled by the Ryan-Whitney inter
eStS.
But it was especially in the railroad
business that the movement toward
centra lization was evident. and here
the dominant figure of the year was
that of f. II. Hartman, who in Jan
uary pushed subsidiary line into
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elected King HaakOn VII and Queen
Maud were crowned.
PERSIA age-long hypnoticspell
of absoIutism which had held back
progress in Persia gave way at last be-
fore the influence of Russia's terrific
ferment. The leading merchants and
mUlllhs voiced the aspiration for self
government, and the shah conyoked Il
representative assembly to be known
as the house of justice JAN. 81 and
granted Il constitution AUG. -.
SPANISH AMERICA = President
Palma of Cuba began his second term
MAY 20, with the island republic APP
parently making good progress toward
security, opposition Of the defeated
Liberals having subsidized, but sudden
ly, about the middle Of August, num-
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iIci tnc SlilS anu
stripes through the lonesome polar
night to the eghty-seventh parallel and
found way to reach the pole next
trip. Wcliman got his big airship
ready ut Danes island, but deferred Il
start till next year.
Unity was again the keynote of re-
ligious and philanthropic effort. On
MAY n the union of tie Presby terrain
and Cumberland Presbyterian churches
was completed, although minority Of
the latter began dissenting legal
fight. COngregationalists. Methodists
and United Brethren planned a union.
In Canada the merging spirit embraced
all Protestant denominations.
Two national gatherings. at Washing
ton and at Philadelphia. were held in
the interest of uniform divorce laws.
Mrs Parsons book mentioning the idea
Of trial marriage in the distant future
caused q great outcly Of disapproval.
State supervision OF marriage was
talked OF.
The bureau of labor said the cost of
living had gone NJ nearly a third.
In the long list of accidents and dis
asterS three of natures commissions
stand ont in calamitcus rclicf-namclv.
the fiery upheavsi Of Nesuvius. APRIL
Z, and The Pacific coast quakings which
resulted in the ttlmbling down aud
burning of the greater portions OF San
Francisco. ApRIL. II. ana of Nalparai-
so. Chile, AUG. iG \ storm, SEPT ~.
swept the gulf coast, taking over 100
lives and doing a millions damage.
Deaths choicest harvest Included
Harper, educator; Wheeler SGl,ier;
Cure, scientist; Schurz. reformer; An
thony. suffragist; Ibsen. dramatist;
Seldom. premier; Christian. king of
Denmark; Cragie. novelist; Martin,
black pope.
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interior, who successfully headed off Il
labor revolt when the general strike
was declared, MAY l. In the succeed
ing elections the government was sls-
tained and on OCT 10 Clemenceau
succeeded Sarrienl as premier and
brought Colonel Iicquart vindication
by making hni war minister. The con
demnation of Dreyfus had been finally
annulled by the supreme court, JULY
-. and he had been restored to the
army, with command of division.
Clemenceau's great crisis came, DEC.
II, when with firm hand he proceeded
to execute the separation law, sending
the pope's ambassador to the frontier
and taking Iforcible possession of the
church property. Passive resistance
was urged by the church leaders.
RUSSIA.--The car announced on
APRIL n q constitution, the purpose
of which was to retain his control of
the army and navy, to declare his
right to dissolve the douma and to give
the upper house, or council of state,
the right to pass upon all legislation.
Thus circumscribed, the first Russian
parliament was opened at st. Peters
burg MAY 10 by the car in person. The
Constitutional Democrats were in Il
large majority, and there was a large
peasant representation. A strong adj
: dress demanding political amnesty,
universal suffrage. land for peasants
and legislative independence of the
douma was adopted, but it was reject
ed by Premier Goremykin. After talk
ing continuously for two months and
eleven days without tangible result
the douma suddenly was, dissolved by
the ear JULY %.
The repreSsive measures which had
been used against the liberal classes
by Minister of the Interior Durnovo
We're now intensified under the pre-
miership of NJ. Stolypn. thousands of
intellectuals being banished to Siberia
and many serious Hebrew massacres
resulting. the worst of which were mt
Bialystok on JUNE II and at Siedlce
on SEPT. s. Repression was answer
ed by terrorism and assassination, and
n series Of peasant uprisngs begin
ming JULY 20 destroyed many fine es-
tates and spoiled the crops.
On JULY SO in anticipation of the
long expected general strike there be-
gan number of bloody mutines ut
Sveaborg, Finland, ut Cronstadt, at Re-
val and on the Black sea. Mutinies
also occurred frequently in the army,
even the cars guard regiment being
affected. The bulk of the army and
navy remained loyal, however. and
these sporadic revOlts were crushed
with a stern hand The general strike,
too, proved ineffective. Famine is Rus
sa's winter guest.
GERMANY. - Barring the costly colo
NAL war in southwest Africa, which
caused the dissolution of the reichstag
DEC. 10. the kaiser's people had a
busy and prosperous year. The effect
of the treaty signed at AL ociras, Spain
APRIL Z, providing a joint internal
tional control in Morocco, was proof
enough that the Anglo-French alliance
could not ignore Germany. A grandson
to the kaiser was born JULY 4.
SPAIN.-Two events within the Span
ish realm commanded the attention OF
the world One was the international
conference at Algeciras. The other was
the bomb-punctured wedding ceremo
ny of King Alfonso and Princess Ena
nj Madrid MAY ~
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back on his word as to the request for
the pope,s promotion of Archbishop
Ireland The president retorted. deny
him of deceit.
lde was inaugurated governor of the
Philippines. April. ..
Secretary Hitchcock ordered the
withdrawal of all public coal and oil
lands from sale or settlement, OCT. s.
Cabinet changes were Bonaparte to
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Der of Liberal
leaders were ar
rested, and Gen
eral Pine Guer-
IA headed q
strong force Of
rebels in Pinar
del Rio. An of
fer of amnesty
was rejected
and martial law
declared. Sever
al fatal clashes
occurred before
an arms tice
was arranged
by Alessrs. Taft
and BACON sent
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becoming pre-
IN i er. Troops
were necessary
to queil tie
serious IN i II e
strike riots aft
/ or the fatal eX-
plosion at Cour-
riers, in which
more than 1000
men lost their
lives. Here was
felt the strong
hand of NJ. Gle
menceau, then
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The demand for labor in the west OK
ceeded the supply. Chicago inaugu
rated its new freight subway, AUG. 10,
The New York Central ran its first
suburban electric train OCT. |. The
Colorado river was ut last turned into
its original channel, OCT. n, but steps
were taken to~preserve the Salton sea
as it is.
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Dunont and Peary
Take Scientific Nonors

After centuries of dreaming and ex-
perimentatiOn> * was the privilege of
the year 1906 to see mans first me-
chanical navigation OF the air from Il
standing start in screw propelled
aeroplanc. This was accomplished by
NJ. Santos-Dumont at Paris, SEPT. -.
ana in Il later fight he won the $4,000
prize by flying over kilometer from Il
standing start. Lieutenant Lahm, an
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the president sent
two experts. Messrs.
Nell and Reynolds,
to verify the fiction
lists sta TEN EN- is.
Their report was SO
far confirm q tory
that it was first used
as Il secret lever to
bring the senate to
pass the Beveridgc
inspection bill and
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American, won the
international bal
loon race from Par
is, OCT. |.
In popular estima-
ton no work of the
year ranks higher
than that of Robert
y. Peary, who car
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Seattle, in july
bought up the Bal
timore and Ohio
stock which the
Pennsylvania pco-
pie had dropped, in
y ov m b er tri-
umphed over Fish
by placing Hara-
han at the head OF
the Illinois Central
and thus made
himself master OF
n 10000 mile trans.
continental railway
system a | IN OS I
without a cOmpeti.
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be attorney general,
bloody to the SUI
Dreme court bench,
Mctcalf to the navy,
Oscar S. Straus. the
New York merchant,
commerce and IA
Dor; Ambassador
Won l.. Meyer to lie
postmaster general,
Cortelyou, to the
treasury, Garfield
a., e &l,o -,
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new prophet rode
forth on the yell
low panoplied steed
of syndicated news
paper publicity and
obtained Il tremen-
dous following. Al
though E d i t o +
Hearst was I'M
hOrSed as the Dem
Ocratic-League cam
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expected, especially
in view Of the impe-
tus given to their
movement by such
notable accessions us
Chicago's young mil.
lioraire. Joseph Me-
dill Patterson. who
resigned MARCH 0
as Mayor DUNES
commissioner of pub
lie works, and j. G.
Phelps Stokes, the
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: nder the stress of much radical talk
in both the older parties the Socialists
didn't make SO big Il showing as they