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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-28
PRESIDENT URGES
CONGRESS- TO ACT
CONTINUED from page one.)

Is idle TO expect permanently 10
thwart the determination Of the great
body of our citizens. II may be and
often is the highest duty of u court,
n legislature, or an executive, TO resist
and defy a gust OF popular passion;
and most certainly no public servant,
whatever may be the consequences 20
himself. should yield 10 what he
thinks wrong. But in question
which is emphatically one of public
policy, the policy which the public de-
mands Is sure In the end to be adopt
ed: aud n persistent refusal to grant
to a large portion of our people what
Is right is only too apt in the end TO
result in causing such irritation that
when the right Is obtained It is OBJ
taihed IN the course OF movement 50
ri considered and violent as to be ac-
companied BY much that Is wrong
The process of Injunction in labor dis
putes, as well .as where state laws
are Involved, should be used sparing-
Is. and only when there Is the clear
est necessity for II but II Is one 80
necessary to the efficient performance
of duty by the court on behalf of the
nation that 1t IS in the highest degree
to be regretted that II should be liable
to reckless use; for this reckless use
tends to make honest men desire so
10 hamper its execution as to destroy
It's usefulness.
The Dcmagogue.
Every farsighted patriot should pro
test first of all against the growth in
this country Of that evil thing which
d called class consciousness" The
dtmagogue. the sinister or foolish so
clalist visionary who strives TO arouse
this feeling OF class consciousness in
our working people. does a foul and
cvil thing: for he Is no true American
he IS no self respecting cilIzen Of this
republic. he forfelts his right to-stand
with manly self-reliance on a footins
of entire equality with all other citi-
zens. who bows to envy and greed,
who erects the doctrine of class hatred
into a shibboleth who substitutes 10y
atty to men OF particular status.
whether rich or poor. for loyalty to
those eternal and immutable princi-
pies OF righteousness which bid us
treat each man on his worth as man
without regard TO his wealth or his
poverty. But evil though the influence
exercised by the man Of great wealth
l..
the Industrial world, who By his lack
Of sympathy with. and lack of under
standing Of still more by any exit
bition Of uncompromislng hostility to.
the millions OF, our working people.
tondsto unite them against their fell
low-Americans who are better of In
this worlds goods. II Is a bad thing
90 teach our working people that men
Of meaus, that meu who have the
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-28

After a self-made' man finishes the
job he closes the factory.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-28

roducts of labor. as by certain forms
of the boycott. II has left the field of
production, and its action may plain
ly be in restraint of interstate trade
and must necessarily be subject to
inquiry, exactly as in the case of any
other combination for the same pur-
pose, so as to determine whether such
action is contrary to sound public
'rolicy. The heartiest encouragement
should be given to the wageworkers
to form labor unions and to enter
into agreements with their employers:
and their right to strike, so long as
they act peaceably, must be preserved
But we should sanction neither a
boycott nor a blacklist which would
be Illegal at common law.
The measures ] advocate are in the
interest both of decent corporations
and of law-abiding labor unions.
They are, moreover, pre-eminently in
the interest of the public, for in my
Judgment the American people have
definitely made up their minds that
the days of the reign of the great
law-defying and law-evading corpora
tons are over. and that from this
time on the mighty organizations of
capital necessary for the transaction
Of business under modern conditions,
while encouraged so long as they act
honestly and in the interest of the
general public, are to be subjected to
careful supervision and regulation of
kind so effective as to insure their
acting in the interest of the people as
whole.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-28
Labor Organizations.

A strong effort has been made to
have labor organizations completely
exempted from any of the operations
of this law, whether or not their acts
are in restraint of trade. Such ex-
ceptlon would in all probability make
the bill unconstitutional, and~the leg
stature has no more right TO pass a
bill without regard to whether IL is
constitutional than the courts have
lightly to declare Unconstitutional a
law which the legislature has solemn
ly enacted. The responsibility is as
great on the one side as on the other,
and an abuse of power by the legislat-
ure in one direction is equally to be
condemned with an abuse of power
by the courts in the other direction.
II is not possible wholly to except la
Dor organizations from the workings
OF this law, and they who insist upon
totally excepting them. are merely
providing that their status shall be
kept wholly unchanged. and that they
shall continue TO be exposed to the ac-
tion which they now dread. Obvi-
orsly. an organization not formed for
profit should not be required to furn-
lsh statistics in any way as complete
as those furnished by organizations
for profit. Moreover. so far as labor
is engaged in production only. its
claims to be exempted from the anti.
trust law are sound. This would sub
7tantially cover the right of laborers
10 combine. to strike peaceably, and
y enter into trade agreements with
the employers. But when labor UNI
1ortakes in a wrongful manner to pre-
vent the distribution and sale of the
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-28

that we must rely upon national legis-
lst!on to prevent the commercial
abuses that now exist and the others
that are sure to arise unless some eff
cient governmental body has ade-
quate power of control over them. AT
present the failure of the congress to
utilize and exercise the great powers
conferred upon It as regards inter-
state commerce leaves this commerce
to be regulated, not by the state nor
yet by the congress, but by the occas-
ional and necessarily inadequate and
one-sided action of the federal iudic-
larry. However upright and able a
court Is, 1t cannot act constructively !:
It can only act negatively or destruc-
lively, as an agency of government;
ard this means that the courts are
and must always be unable to deal
with a problem like the
present, which requires constructive
action. A court can decide what is
faulty, but ii has no power to make
better what it thus finds to be faulty.
There should be an efficient executive
body created with power enough to
correct abuses and scope enough to
work out the complex problems that
this great country has developed. 1t
IL not sufficient objection to say that
such a body may be guilty of unwis-
dom or of abuses. Any government
al body, whether court or a COM
whether executive, legisla-
tive or judicial, if given power
enough to enable it to do effective
work for good, must also inevitably
receive enough power to make it pos
sihlv Objective for OWL
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-21
From MONDAYS Daily.

rTOI1 honudS Tally,
Friends of j. NJ. Barclay of Madi.
son Lake are urging him to- become a
candidate for the legislature. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Barclay has the
matter under consideration and may
decide to enter the field.
Mr.. Barclay is proprietor of the ia.
NOUS summer resort, Point Pleasant
He has a wide acquaintance in Blue
Earth county, and were he to become
a candidate for the house, there is
no question of the strong support that
would be given him at the primaries.
Mr.. Barclay has long been a resi-
dent of this county, and he under.
stands its needs. He is progressive
republican and would prove Give
wire" in the legislature.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-21
Aug. 21-2S Sep. 1903.
ORDER FOR HEARING APPLICATION
FOR APPOINTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATORS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County OF Blue
Eartb.-sS. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate OF ID. V.
Williams. deceased.
On receiving and filing the petition OF
Eva l. Williams. of the county of Blue
Earth. representing. among other things. that
D. V. Williams, late of the, county of
Blue Earth. in the State of Minnesota. on the
first day of August. A. d.. 1908. 1t the county
Blue Earth. died intestate. and being al. in
habitant of this county at the time OF his
death. leaving goods. chattels. and estate
within this county. and that the said petit
toner is the surviving wife of said de-
estate be to herself granted:
IT is Ordered. that said petition be heard be-
fore said Court. on Monday the IA tn day of
September, A. D, 1908, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, at
the Probate Office. in the Court House in Man
katO in said County.
And all persons interested in said matter
are hereby. required to appear at
said time and place and show cause il any
there be why said petition should not be
granted.
Ordered further. that notice thereof be
given to 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
Dated at Mankato the goth day of August,
A. ID. 1908. BY the Court
VIM. HUGHES.
probate Court Seal Judge of Probate.
ThOs. Hughes. Attorney.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-21
BINDER IS GIVEN A TEST
WAS MADE BY CONvlCTS At THE
STATE PRISON.
It Is the First Of the Machinery That 10
To Be Made at the Institution
At Saltwater.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
The state board of control has wit
messed the first test given an expert.
mental binder now being manufactured
at the state prison and at the close
pronounced the machine a success. The
test took place in a field at Lake Ell
mo, near Saltwater.
"We gave it the hardest work DOS.
sible, even to the extent of working
it in grain that was badly tangled, and
it went through without hitch" said
Commissioner Rosing, who was present.
"We agree on two or three changes
in the working parts, but otherwise
the machine will be left as originally
planned"
The new binder is the result of a
law passed by the last legislature au-
thorizing the manufacture of farm ma
chinery at the state prison Since its
passage the prison officials have been
hard at work perfecting a binder, and
the one tested yesterday is the fruit
of their labors. Several more will be
built and put in the hands of farmers,
and as soon as they prove all right
their manufacture and sale will begin.
Their manufacture in large numbers,
however, cannot be undertaken until
money has been provided for the in.
stallation of a foundry and woodwork
ing shop at the prison. Just now the
experimental machines are being manu-
featured outside. the prison and the
parts assembled within. The next leg
ilature is expected to provide the
money.
When the plant has been installed,
the manufacture of shoes, which is
now an important industry at the
prison, will be dropped.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-21
M a n X a to, Mime sofa
1l4-12O S. Front St.
Choosing a School

In selecting school you want to con-
slider its character The men in charge
give character to an institution. If the
management is efficient the school will
have good conditions, competent teachers,
best systems, and wholesome surround
ings. Such school will be a live and
growing school. That's the kind the
Mankato Commercial College is. 1t is a
growing and prosperous school,, enrolling
over 600 students last year. It's the
school you want to choose.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-21

Get off the street car at Ann street
cinder walk leading directly to the
fair grounds.
The work on the new cinder walk
was completed yesterday. 1t was done
under the supervision of Superintend-
ent Hance of the street railway com.
pany, who secured from Mr.. Carlstrou
permission to build across his lots,
making the route from the car line to
the fair grounds over block shorter.
The walk is well built and will be dry
at all times. 1t is in keeping with
the excellent cinder paths recently
laid inside the fair grounds, and will
be greatly appreciated by the public.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-21

the machine, and both men were
badly hurt, but the boy miraculously
escaped uninjured. Mr.. Britcson's shoul
der was painfully injured, and Mr.
Anderson received number of cuts
and bruises.
Mr. d. Fancher passed by with his
machine soon afterwards, and took the
men to the office of local physician
After their injuries had been treated
they went back to superintend the re-
moval of their machine, which was
taken to Schwender Bros garage. The
machine was damaged to the extent
of $lOO 1t will take some little time
to repair the car, and the Brookings
men will return home, either leaving
it to be repaired in Mankato or ship.
ping it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-21

August Prang and Otto Dollar, far
mers of Decoria, got into a wrangle
over some cattle Sunday, and today
Dollar had Prang arrested on warrant
charging him with assault in the
third degree. 1t appears that Prang's
cattle got into Dollars corn and Dol
lar took them up. Prang went to get
them and Dollar refused to let them
go without a settlement, and Dollar
claims that Prang struck him. Prang
also has a black eye, so the honors
appear to have been about even.
Deputy Sheriff Klughertz went out
today and arrested Prang and as
neither judge nor special judge
was in the city it was agreed that
he should appear and enter plea on
Aug. "a at 10 a. M, and he was al
lowed to go upon furnishing peace
and appearance bond for 500.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-21

"No new cases, no sir!"-was the
brief report given out late this after
noon by the board of health
The sentence was spoken by DR.
Bielland, health commissioner, who when
pressed for any further information
that might prove of public interest
saddle could think of nothing else to
give out.
The last samples of city water sent
to St. Paul for analysis have not been
reported upon but lit is thought that
these will show as marked improve
ment as did the previous samples.
With no new cases reported for five
days, the health authorities feel great
ly encouraged. 1t is splendid indica-
ton that the fight waged against the
epidemic has been successful and that
within comparatively short time the
visitation will have reached its end.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-21

The North Mankato council held a
meeting las5 Saturday night and de-
cided to call a special election to vote
on an appropriation to issue $1,000
bonds for :he purpose of aiding in
building dyke along the river bank
to prevent future overfows. Since then
it has been ascertained that there was
some irreguiarity in the call, and a
special meeting of the council will
be called to rescind the action and is
sue another call for an election. 1t is
proposed to borrow the money from
the state at four per cent interest
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-21
Mystery Surrounds Death of
EMe Peterson in Minneapolis
MANKATO GRE PASSES AWAY LAST NIGHT UNDER
PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES
Went the Rooms Miss ST. Cyr Flour City Saturday Even
ing; Taken III and Died Before Doctor Reached Her
Bedside Had Been Operated On

From Tuesdays Daily.
The Minneapolis Tribune this morn
ing contained the following story:
Miss Effie Peterson of Mankato,
twenty -four years old, died last night
at seven o'clock at the home of Miss
Dora ST. Cyr, l747 Lyndale avenue
south, under circumstances that seem
suspicious to police and coroner. De-
tectives are hunting for young man
who is said to know much concern
ing the cause of Miss Peterson's death.
The body is at the county morgue
and Coroner Kistler> will conduct a
post-mortem this morning He believes
the young woman's death was caused
by blood poisoning resulting from an
illegal operation.
Reached Minneapolis Saturday.
The woman came to Miss st. Cyr's
rooms on Saturday and told story
of being well acquainted with Miss
st. Cyr's sister while in school, She
then said her name was Effie Barber,
but l..e finding of card in her pocket
book leads the coroner to think her
true name is Peterson. AS the elder
Miss st. Cyr was not in the city, Miss
Dora entertained Miss Peterson. Miss
st. Cyr is professional nurse, but
states that she had not been practicing
for some time, and that she cared
for the young woman only through
friendship. Miss st. Cyr says:
Il did not know that the girl was
sick until yesterday. Then l noticed
her condition and begged her to tell
me what the matter was. She refused
10 do so, but had / known that
she was seriously i'll, would have
ut once sent for a doctor. She was
taken violently i'll last evening and
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-21

!, The report of the deputy city trea-
sslrer, Miss Durkee for the month
of July shows the receipts to have
been as follows: Ten saloon licenses.
$4,000; one plumbers license, $40;
state treasurer, Fireman's relief associa-
ton, $l,ll5.55; municipal court fines
and fees, $3.50; special assessments,
$l,739.74; water rents, $743.9l; water
meters, $37 20, total, $l3,834.2O.
The amount paid out in city orders
was $lO,029.9S. The net balance in the
treasury at the end of the month was
All of the funds had bal
ances except the waterworks fund,
which was overdrawn $77.75, by reason
of paying off the $4,000 of waterworks
bonds May l.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-21
HOLD M. E. CONFERENCE
FAIRMONT TO ENTERTAIN THE
PREACHER AND LAYMaN.
Meet Will Convene in That City on
September 80 and Continue
for Several Days.

FairmOnt, Aug. l3.-The great gath
ering known as the Minnesota annual
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church viii soon convene in this city
The date appointed for the opening
session is Sept. 30. 1t will open Wed,
nesday morning and will close Monday
noon, providing all the business can be
transacted in that time. 1t will bring
a company of two hundred, including
ministers and their wives. This con-
ference includes st. Paul and the por-
ton of the state south of it. In size
and i'm the interests represented this
will be the greatest company ever en-.
tertained by /FairmOnt and the honor
of caring for this conference is eagerly
sought after by larger cities than
this. 1t was only-secured by us after
a hard fight with Austin
Lay Association Meeting.
The Lay association will be held Fri
day and Saturday of conference week
and will bring representative laymen
to the number of one hundred at least.
As this body will overtax the capacity
of our hotels and boarding houses the
call for genuine and openhearted hos
pItality on the part of our citizens
generally becomes imperative. 1t has
been the custom in other towns and
cities for the people, both Protestant
and Roman Catholic, to receive the
delegates into their homes and Fair
mont will no doubt be as generous in
spirit as her sister cities.
The local Methodist church has al
ready provided places for one hundred
and twenty five, and the committee
will soon begin a canvass to provide
for the remainder
The program will be published soon.
1t already has upon it names of men
of national reputation whose addresses
will be intellectual feasts. 1t is safe
to say that very few Chautauuuas
provide as strong ard varied an array
of talent as this conference will. The
subjects discussed will be world wide in
their scope and treatment Bishop
Luther b Wilson of Philadelphia will
preside and will be heard in two adj
dresses and one sermon.
Committees at Work.
The local committees are as follows:
EXecutive-H. q p. Edwards, T.. G..
Hyde, II. f. Hester, j. III. Quinn, f. B.
Shanks, +. S. Livermore, b. H. Curtis.
l.. FL. Pryor.
SOliciting-E. c. Hyde, J. w. Rose,
Miss Bird, G. H. Guigley and Mesdames
Grant, Curtis, Quigley, johnson, Hat
tie Stowe, Berg, +. b. Shanks, Tull
and Frank Gould.
Public Reception Quinn, L. C.
Dean, i. III. Pryor. E. B. Shanks, H.
IF. Hester, i. c. Hyde and their wives.
Finance-H. p. Edwards, j. I. Daffer,
L. S. Parker, Seth Conklin.
Printing-H. f. Kester, Paul Peter
son and Carl Berg.
Music-Miss Bertha Day, Mrs. Floy
Conklin, Miss Eta Shanks, Mrs. Alex
Grant, Mrs. Schaller, Ben Curtis, Nal
com Aldrich, w. F. Meme, G. H.
Guigley.
Transportation-B. H. Curtis, G. NJ.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-21
DEATH OF HAZEL M. PAY
YOUNG LADY DIED AT 7:ao LAST
EVENING.
Second Victim Of Typhoid Fever In
Family Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. n.
Pay; Son Better.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Death has again invaded the family
of w. III. Pay, and snatched away
another of the children. Hazel Maud
Pay, the eldest daughter, passed away
at 1870 o'clock last evening at the
residence Oh Hickory street. She was
taken sick week ago last Sunday and
returned to her home, although up to
that time she had been staying at the
home of her grandfather, B. d. Pay,
during the illness that was in her
family. She was stricken with typhoid
fever, and almost from the start this
was complicated with meningitis. She
was very sick almost from the start
Yesterday morning she was taken
worse, and passed away early in the
evening. Everything that was possible
was done to save her. Four nurses
were constantly employed to - care for
her and her brother, and nothing was
left undone.
Hazel was fourteen years old on
Nov. "a last, and went through the
grade schools up to the eighth grade,
which she attended last year. She
was bright in her studies, winsome
in her personality, and exalted in her
character. While somewhat reserved
she made friends readily, and was a
favorite with all, and her taking off
is great blow to her parents and
relatives and a source of deep sorrow
to all who knew her.
Funeral services will be held at
1920 o'clock tomorrow forenoon, at
the home of b. ID. Pay, 80 South
Second street, and the interment will
be made at Glenwood cemetery. Rev.
Lofstrom of Faribault will conduct the
services.
Earl Pay continues to improve slow
ly, and is better than at any time
since his illness began. Hazel case
was not due to secondary infection,
but to primary infection from the
city water, although the disease did
hot develop as early as in most cases.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-21
From Tuesdays Daily.

+. w. Cutter, a harnessmaker and
an old resident of st. Peter, was found
dead in his harness shop Sunday morn
ing. Death was due to a cerebral
hemorrhage, and Coroner G. f. Mer-
rift, who viewed the remains, decided
that an inquest would not be neces-
sary. Mr.. Cutter was born in Hart
ford, Conn.,, in lS47, and went to ST.
Peter in 1868. He had three sons,
S. A. Cutter of Bemidji, +. w. Cutter
of Austin and Harry Cutter of Guthrie,
Okla.