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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-28

Homes liz the West-There are yet
hundreds Of THOUSANDS Of acres OF
good government land in Missouri and
Arkansas subject to homestead en-
Try tn 1t only costs $t4 to own 100
acres. Healthy climate. good soil,
pure water and well timbered. MY
book. just printed, tails about loca-
ton, how to get It, etc. 1t also tells
about homesteads in the new rich
State Of Oklahoma, and many other
Interesting matters about the great
Sysst. Price $3.50 cash.
j. e. SMITH,
Leader Block, Springfield, Mo.
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Don't forget the bail game, Graf
ton and Fairmont camps for prize.
September 8 at the Park, If
Big circulation, small rates for West
virginian want ads. X cent a word
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WANTED 40 girls at the Cumberland
Glass Factory. Steady employment
for good workers..
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WANTED Girl to assist in kitchen.
Apply $50 Fairmont avenue. tt
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w ssTEp At once; position as nurse
tor children. Can give reference if
feduired Address #, !" care Of West
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No one will go hungry IL they follow
the crowd to the Park September 8. tt
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NTED Thfte tooh, strictly sober,
With experience in restaurant. Adj
Dress .:F' e 4, care the West lvtrginianH
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LOST Near depot ladies' hunting
face gold watch with fob and pin with
Isl and charm n. g. 8. Return
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-02
McCIeary's Max. and Min.

Representative McCleary's little bill is
receiving some very hard knocks in the
east The press of that portion of the
country does not take kindly to his
Max. and Min. ideas. The Hartford
Courant comments on the bill in the
following style: 'Unless The Tribune
is misinformed, Uncle Joe Cannon and
his lieutenants have made up their
minds to jam the McCleary dual tar
if bill through the house.
"Just what is the McCleary bill? Its
author, the sage of Mankato, takes the
Dingley tariff as his minimum. Then
he gets his maximum by adding 20 per
cent to the Dingley duties and by clap
ping a contingent % per cent rate ad
valorem upon imported articles at pres
ent on the free list. He graciously con-
tinues to commercial nations treating
the United States right the privilege of
paying the Dingley duties. Commercial
nations like Germany, that have been
making new tariffs of which McCleary
disproves, must pay the maximum du-
ties.
sour contemporary Washington cor
respondent reports that some of the
most influential senators are disposed
to regard the enactment of the measure
at this time as inadvisable." Well they
may be.
"The new German tariff is due to go
into operation on March l. Another cor
respondent writes from Washington that
the farmers are becoming nervous as the
day approaches, and are making their
congressman nervous. They do not
want retaliation he reports. They
want markets kept in at least as favor
able a condition as at present.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-02
while those having been in the service
for thirty years enjoy their full salary.
Uncle Sans Foreign Trade.

Three billion dollars. An enormous
sum of money, but at that the foreign
commerce of the United States amount
ed as high during the year 1905. That
ought to help some. Uncle Sam con-
tinues to extend his trade, the increase
in the past five years reaching the sum
of six hundred million dollars. One no
table Characteristic of the years foreign
trade is the fact that the exports in the
month of December were practically
$20O,000,00O, the preliminary figures be-
ing $l90,709,06S, exclusive of the trade
with Porto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska.
1t was only in 1891 that exports first
reached as high as $l00,000,O00 in any
single month, the earliest month at
which they crossed the $l0000O0OO line
being October, 1891, when the total was
$lO2, S77 ,243. This total of more than
hundred millions a month continued
only during the months of October, No
vember and December, 1891, and Janu-
airy, 1892, and it was not until late in
1896 that the $l00,000,000 line again
was crossed In 1896, 1897, 1898, and
1899, the closing months of each year
showed monthly expectation of more
than $lOO,OOO,OOO, and beginning with
the year 1900, the monthly total in all
cases has exceeded $l00,000,O00, except
during the months of June, July and
August of 1902, 1903 and 1904, when
they fell slightly below that sum.
The largest months expectation in
any year prior to December, 1905, was
that of December, 1904, when the total
was $l74,Sl9,5G6, but that record is
surpassed to the extent of 100000
by the record of December, 1905, which,
as above indicated, is $l99,7O9,06S.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-02
GOOD WOMAN GONE.
| Mrs. Helen {. Moore of Oregon Dies
While Visiting in Mankato.
From Thursdays Daily.

FIOIl 4lluiSNdy ) Dplf.
Mrs. Helen Z. Moore died at G:3Q
o'clock last evening, De- a result of gen
gicne following diabetes. Her home was
At Ashland, Oregon, but she came TO
Mankato month ago to visit her broth
cr, Edward n. Porter,ran engineer on the
c. & n. w. railway, and family, at 322
East Mulberry street. She had gangrene
Of her right foot, aHd'it became so bad
th;u she was advised to submit to an
operation The limb was taken off above
the knee on Monday, but it did not
avail to save her life Her husband ar
rived in time to be with her during the
last hours of her life.
Mrs Moore was fifty-three wears of
age, and was a lady of noble, charitable
attributes and an active Christian work
er. She was possessed of considerable
wealth and used it to relieve suffering
humanity. She was loved by all who
knew her, and her death causes sorrow
among all of these.
The remains were placed aboard the
4:.t5 O'Clock train this afternoon, and
will be taken to Ashland, Oregon, for
burial. They were accompanied by the
sorrowing husband, Isaac c. Moore, and
Ivy Mr. and Mrs. Porter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-02
mission proftel ih' ANY way BY this
transaction. kfs 80 f{A

mission proftel ih' ANY way BY this
transaction. III 3 ftE{a
"The contract. for the elevators, and
for the fire-proofng seem to have been
improperly let, and the state did not re-
ceive the best possible value for the
money expended. The failure to estab-
lish system of unit values for extras
in the original contracts was an eXpen-
siye and ineXcusable omission.
"The building as a whole, however,
is wonderful piece of architecture, and,
classed among the buildings of its kind
in the country, is generally commended
as being the best in the country and
built at a reasonable cost.
'If were to criteise those who had
charge of the construction, the chief
criticism would lie in the fact that the
commission when appointed had no idea
whatever of complying with the law
passed by the legislature; that they
l'CNSA 1hNNIuNu " tiCtN ~ OhiiN'ii's- -
come within the limits of the appropria-
ton. Any one accepting public trust
to carry out the provisions of any par
ticular law passed by the legislature
ought to abide absolutely by and at all
times be within the limits of the law.
Il am satisfied now, as our people are
generally satisfied | think, that the state
would not wish building inferior to
the one we have.
at is monument to the enterprise
and industry and culture and the
strength of the state, and while | might
criticise some of the details of opera
ton in the construction of the building,
they are not captious criticisms. On the
contrary, | would say this:
"Mr Seabury of the capitol commits
sion is entitled to q great deal OF
credit for his share in the construction
of the building. I have very carefully
inquired into the matters with which he
was connected and ain pleased to say
III his behalf that the correspondence and
all the records on file indicate that he
was consistently insistent in the de
mand that there should be no reckless
waste or extravaganza.
For him | think ] can say that he
was the one man who stood between the
successful construction of the building
at its present cost and any further at
tempt at an increased appropriation from
the legislature.
"And moreover, the entire record
proves that neither he nor any other
member of the commission profted
through any contract OF any material
furnished in the construction of the
building"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-02
Cutting Off an Abuse.

The house of representatives is get
ting economical That body is opposed
to paying bills incurred for painting
the faces of government officials. 1t
seems that men holding the more i'm
portant positions have had the
weakness to sit for oil paint
ings and their portraits adorn-
ed the walls of the federal buildings at
the expense of the people. This oil
painting business was severely CRITICS
ed when Chairman Tawney of the APP
preparation committee asked the house
to vote a deficiency appropriation to
cover the cost of portrait of Former
Attorney General Knox, which was or
dered by Mr.. Moody. In defending HIM
self and the appropriation Mr.. Tawney
made some interesting revelations. The
cost of the portrait was $2,6l5. The de-
partment of justice attempted to cover
up the purchase of the portrait by ask
ing for a deficiency appropriation for
miscellaneous expenditures, including
telegraph, fuel, light, foreign postage, la
Dor, repairs, care of buildings and
grounds, books of reference, periodicals
and other necessaries directly ordered by
the attorney general" On probing into
these miscellaneous expenditures" Mr.
Tawney found that hidden away in them
was an item of $2,Gl5 for an oil por-
trait of Mr. Knox.
In criticising this expenditure, mem
bers of the house brought out the fact
that when they desired to honor a
speaker by hanging his portrait in the
capitol the cost of the picture is defray-
ed by subscriptions taken among the
members themselves. The difference be-
tween this method and that practiced
by executive officials was sharply con-
trasted Officials, temporarily dressed in
official authority, have mania for leav-
ing portraits of themselves stuck about
the walls of public buildings. This Gus
tom was started some years ago by or
dering portraits of cabinet officers, but
it has been extended to include assist
ant secretaries, heads of bureaus, chief
clerks and other minor employees, to
degree that has excited amazement. And
the government is made to pay for these
monuments to the vanity of officehold-
ers. The house proposes to put check
on such expenditures in the future. The
custom of sending members of the house
to foreign countries, at the governments
expense, for the purpose of studying de-
signs for monuments to noted Ameri-
cans, should be stopped also. Such
needless expense is an outrage upon
the people. 1t is extravaganza with all
the fine trimmings.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-02
TRIBUTE TO A JUIRST.
Judge Brown Speaks in Praise of
Former Judge Severance.

ioii lhui Sbety 1dHy.
The reception rendered Judge Brown
at Window on Monday, several speeches
were made by prominent members of
The bar. In his response Judge Brown
paid the following tribute to Judge
Severance of Mankato:
Judge Severance succeeded Judge
Dickinson on our district bench. / can
not speak of him without emotion, for
|, in common with many other lawyers
of this district can never repay our OBJ
legations to him. He was cast in an
heroic mould, was big of brain and large
of heart, and while other judges have
had the respect of the members of the
bar, he had also their love- / trust
that you will pardon me for personal
allusion, but it is simply typical of the
experience of others: The first case ]
ever tried in Minnesota was before
Judge Severance. l was then Il young
and inexperienced lawyer, and had just
come into the state and was totally I'M
familiar with the practice and proce-
dure here. A short time after my ar
rival and just before court convened
a client employed me ton account of the
illness of his counsel) to try for him a
somewhat complicated and difficult case.
L well remember with what temptation
/ undertook it. From the first | was
under the kindly eve of Judge Severance
Repeatedly, when through my inexperi-
ence I wandered close to the brink of an
abyss, which would have resulted in the
loss of my clients case and in my de-
rision, a suggestion quietly and kindly
made from him, so nicely worded as not
to be offensive to my adversary, led me
back to sure ground so that my client,
through his efforts much more than my
his cause. Judge Severance was one of
the finest orators that / have ever heard.
For years he remained judge of his dis
trict without opposition, simply on his
merits, although at the time the polit
zeal party with which he affiliated was
not in power, and his political support
ers locally were in the minority. Were
| to say here all that 1 would desire to
say concerning Judge Severance it would
occupy the entire time allotted me-"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-02
WAS EDMANDS SEEN?
Claimed That the Minister Has Been
in Winnipeg Lately.

Wahpeton, n. D., Jan. 25.-A pri-
vatc letter has been received here from
Winnipeg which states that the Rev.
Ednands, the Wahpeton minister who
so mysteriously disappeared from here.
and who was believed to have been
drowned through the ice in the river.
has been seen on the streets there. The
letter asked information as to any re-
ward offered for the discovery of the
miss ing mans whereabouts.
The report from Winnipeg does not
receive credence here, where the opin-
ion is general that when the ice breaks
up in the spring Edmands' body will be
recovered. Mrs. Edmands, who is now
living with q brother in the east, of
fered a reward for the recovery of the
cody, but it is the impression here that
a reward would be paid also for any
clue leading to the finding of the preach
er dead or alive.
The Winnipeg letter makes it appear
that Edmands was victim of lost
memory, during which he wandered to
the Canadian town, and when he recov-
cred his faculties he hesitated to make
Known his identity. The notoriety sure
to follow his temperance in Wahpeton
was so distasteful to the minister that
he finally determined to keep secret
his identity and the facts concerning his
mysterious disappearance. This is the
statement of the writer of the letter,
but so many sensational reports have
been in circulation which upon investi-
&c ton have proved groundless that the
people here are unwilling to accept
these statements as the truth. How
ever, the matter is being investigated.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-02
Civil Service in Paraguay.

In the civil service of Paraguay APP
pointments are made as the ministers OF
the departments desire. Women are not
employed, although they are not ineligi-
ble This is customary in Spanish Am
erican countries, though women some
times act as postmasters in country
postoffices. There is in Asuncion one
woman employed in the telegraph office
her compensation is the same as that OF
the male employees. There are no terri
toria! appointments, except of justices
of the peace, who must be from the To-
cality in which they are appointed
There are no special provisions for the
appointments of consuls, ministers, post
masters, etc. The hours of labor in
winter are from to ii a. m. and in the
summer from 6 to IL a. M, but post
telegraph, and internal-revenue offices
custom houses, and other offices where
there is a necessity for a full days SER
vice reopen in the afternoon in win
ter from two to six and in summer from
three to seven.
There are no holidays granted except
on national anniversaries and the like
and no vacations with pay except in the
case of court employees, who have one
month. In case of sickness pay is al
lowed with the permission of the min
lister, for maximum period of six
months.
The chiefs of the different depart
ments keep confidential record of the
efficiency and industry of the employees
but this record does not oblige the pro-
motion of anyone if the ministers dc
not desire it. An employee may be
transferred from one department tc
another with the consent of the minis
ter. If an employee is separated from
his position for minor causes he may be
allowed to return, but if he is convict
ed by the courts of illegal actions in
connection with his office he becomes
ineligible for any public position.
There are no restrictions on the polit-
ical activity of an employee, although
he is supposed not to write or speak
publicly against the government. EN-
ployment is for four years, except in
cases of ministers and others who rep
resent the policy of the government
who are supposed to resign when they
are not in harmony with the admins
tration. AS contributions and assess.
ments are not made here for political
purposes, the employee is not called on
for donations. Any employee, as eiti-
zen, can converse with a legislator, but
not as an employee. This matter is
completely in the authority of the re-
spective ministers.
There is provision made for the
support of employees after service of
twenty years, the fund being raised by
tax of five per cent on the salaries OF
all public employees, collected each
month. Persons having been in service
for twenty years are allowed fifty per
cent of the salary which they received
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-02
THINK BEFORE YOU ACT.
Trade at Home and Keep Dollars Cir.
cuIatine Among Your People,

In discussing the growth of the mail
orde1 business and why so much mon
ey is being sent from the country dis
tricts to the mail order concerns of the
big cities, The Red Wing Republican
takes the view that it is simply be-
cause there are so many people who act
before they think; so many who do not
stop to consider the fact that whenever
they send a dollar out of town, they'll
never see that dollar again, while if they
spent it at home, it would come back
to them again and again in the form of
better markets, better roads and increas-
ed land values.
The story is told that farmer in
this state put his initials on dollar
piec, before he gave it to his home
merchant in exchange for reliable mer-
chandise and that dollar came back to
him half a dozen times in three years.
Then he sent it away to Il mail order
house for some don't know what I'll get
stuff and he hasn't seen that dollar since
And thus it goes with every cent you
send to these out of town mail order
houses. You don't know what you will
get for it, and it is lost to you for
ever.
The statement is often heard that the
home merchant charges exorbitant prices
for his goods, but if you will deal with
him in the same manner that you have
to deal with the mail order houses he
can meet any prices quoted by these
houses and, in most instances, do better.
Stop and consider this before you
make out that next mail order-then
take it to your home dealer and he will
save you money and worry and give you
reliable merchandise at honest prices,
and besides, give you better roads, bet
ter markets, better schools.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-02
OLD RESIDENT GONE.
George E. Oaty of Good Thunder Re-
ceives Final Summons.

From Thursdays Daily
George E. Doty, one of the old resi-
dents of the county, died at his home
at Good Thunder this morning after a
short illness with liver trouble. On New
Years day he and his wife celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary with
a gathering of friends. Mr.. Doty was
feeling in excellent health at that time.
The deceased was born in Medina
county, Ohio, in 1885, and moved with
his family to Wisconsin when fifteen
years of age. There he was married
fifty years ago to Miss Martha Bene-
Dict The couple came to this county
thirty years ago. locating at Good Thun-
der. They had two sons and one daugh-
ter, of whom only one son survives,
William Doty of Melrose. Mr.. Doty
was one of the substantial men of his
neghborhood, and was well liked by all,
and his death is a source OF sorrow.
The funeral services will be held at
the Baptist church at Good Thunder
Saturday afternoon at two o'clock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-02
STATE AID TO SCHOOLS.
Superintendent Mcdonnell Is Given a
Ruling by State Department.

HuIinS py StdLe department..
From Thursdays Daily.
| In reply to a query from Superin
tenedent James NJ. Mcconnell of Man.
kato, State Superintendent j. w. Olsen
has written that pupils in kindergarten
schools as well as any other department
are entitled to the state apportionment
if they are five years of age or over
and then only.
Superintendent Mcconnell asked the
question:
"Where the kindergarten is part of
the regular school system, taught by
qualified and regular certified teachers
do the children count for the state APP
portionment, or is it necessary to CLASH
fly them as primary children? 1 put the
question in this way because | know in
practice they are counted in many
schools"
Mr.. Olsen replied that according to
the statutes the state superintendent is
directed to make an apportionment of
the current school funds in the state
treasury based on the number of chill
dren in the schools between the ages of
five and twenty-one.
''As l understand the law, therefore,
no pupil in the public schools, under
the age of five years, whether in the
kinderparten or some other department
may properly be reported to share in
the state apportionment of current
funds. But if the children are above
five years and attend the required num-
Der of days, they are entitled to APP
portionment regardless of the grade or
department they are in"