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 appear and testify on, behalf of. the United Statess
 Coincident with the serving of war rants, but it was declared by him to be merely an incident, was the arrival of Irving c. Sauter, Of the Department of Justce. Mir. Saul ter's offical tile sad to be special agent in Chicago of the New York district" He declared he was here on business but did not disclose its nature.
 The editorial referred t. in the sub poena served on MT. Harding, fore man of The News, and which appeared December 8. under the heading fhe Panama Canal Matter" commented on A resolution introduced by Represen- ia lives at Washington calling for the fullest investigation into the details or the purchase of the Panama Canal property from the French company. Various allegations as to the final dis- nosition of the $4O0OO.U LOO, sent to France were made in the editorial.
 The World wIEl Fight.
 Nav York. Ian. 16.--The World so- night made the following statement re- garding the subpoenas issued here:
 .'Subpoenas will be served today on William P. McLouGhliE. editor or Sports and Athletics, of the Press Pnhlishing Company, and J. Angus Shaw, secretary of the company, re- quiring them to attend on the 18th day of January, 1909. at 1o:30 of the fore noon. before the United States grand jury to testify ail and everything whichh you may know geerally on the part of United States
 "subpoenas in this form seem un- Iprecedented in the history of the crim- inal law.
 "It being thus apparent. on the face of these subpoenas, that a general in- vestigation is sought. fin any and all subjects in which the witnesses have any information without requiring that such investigations be given proceeding, which Is under investiga- tion by the grand jury as is required by law, and 1t being thus clearly mere fishing excursion. on the part Of the government. orders to show cause have been obtained. returnable before Judge Ward on Monday morning at 9;SO o'clock. why such subpoenas should not be quashed."
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-17
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Gloves Cleaned, 15c and 25c. stOIxes's Pfnce, Q A s. Perry. Phone 83S.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-17
FIRE UNDER CONTROL
TAKING DAMAGED COTTON OUT OF
 THE STEAMER.
No Estimate is Placed on Loss to Cargo in Pensacoln--Selma Man 10
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Pensacola, Fla, Jan. 1e.-tspecial)- After four days of hard fighting upon the part of the tow boats the fire in the cotton cargo of the British steamer Mattewan was checked this morning and this afternoon 1t was under con trol to such an extent that one Of the hatches was opened and cotton screw men began removing a portion of the cargo.
 About one hundred bales were re- moved and lowed to the wharves on lighters. and are being placed on the ground and extinguished. where tt IS found burning.
 All cotton taken up from the ship is very badly damaged. and it is be- lieved that all of it stored in the three forward matches and numbering several thousand bales. has been damaged.
 It has not been decided what dispo- sition will be made of the damaged cargo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-17
sunday Lid in Pep.acoIa.

The lid will be on tight in Pensacola again tomorrow, as Sherin Van Felt announced tonight that he intends con- tinuing the enforcement of the Sunday laws. It is not probable. however, that he will modest parties who are Tn their ofices going through their mall as he did last Sunday. but all places of business must be closed and noth- ing sold on the Sabbath except medi- cines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-17

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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-07
COMMERCIAL CLUB BEGINS Third
YEAR UNDER FAVORABLE AUSPICES

the office of mayor as Mr.. Meyer had
labOred he should avail himself of
some of the fruits of that office The
speaker had noticed, however. that af-
ter the turmoil of an election things
seemed to 90 along as always. 1t
reminded him of the story of the col
ored man who had purchased license
to marry his lady friend. Lucinda. and
returned to ask the clerk to change
the name to that of Martha. remark
ING that both were mighty fine girls.
When the clerk informed him that the
change was impossible and that he
would have to procure another license
at an expense of s.. the prospective
bridegroom replied that he would let it
CO. explaining that there wa no two
dollah difference in dem two gals
SO it was With msyor5 there was
no So difference. And because of the
absence of Mr.. Meyer, he would 90
back to the x-nmyor AMI introduce
DR.. J. W. Andrews wlO would respond
to the toast. "rhe City of Mankato"
introduced mayor Andrews.
Dr.. Andrews gave a few remi-
niscences, recalling the primitive condi-
tons of fifty years ago on tie pres
ent site of Mankato and comparing
them with the modern conditions of
today. He mentioned the rivalry be-
tween the several frontier towns of
southern Minnesota and referred elo-
quently to the fact that Mankato had
forged ahead. 1t was the men of tine
city-such men as John L. Meagher,
John C. Wise, John A. Willard, Judge
Severance and James Shoemaker-that
had put Mankato in the front rank.
DR.. Andrews pointed out brilliant
future for Alankato, citing its many
advantages, including its school sys-
TENS, which are second to none in
the country, its quarries which promise
to enjoy record breaking business
this year, the Hubbard MILL the i'm
portance of which is not fully appre-
ciated, the Knitting mills, foundries
butter tub factories and all the other
factories which are building up Man
kato. He expressed his faith in Man
kato-the metropolis of southern Min
nesota, an important railroad center, a
city with a street railway system
which pays so well that it will be ex.
tended this summer.
Remarks BY Senator Garfield.
Senator E. H. Garfield of Luverne
who was one of the honored guests
from out of town. responded to the
toast, Party Politics and Politicians.
The senator remarked that he was at
a loss to know why Mankato should
call on a dennizen of Luverne to
boost Mankato. However, it was COM
mendable in securing citizens from
other places to help out the little
towns.
Senator Garfield reviewed the great
commercial interests of the country
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From Tuesdays Daily.


Launched upon the third year of its
career. at an annual banquet last even
ing III the knights OF Columbus hall,
the NIankato Commercial club begins
lhe new year under very favorable
auspices.
The affair last night was in the ma
tfrc of big revival, i'll spite of the
fact that the club is at the present
fully as active an organization as at
any time i'll its history. Big as IRE
the achievements of the club as pic
tured by the several speakers last
evening, the future promises even
greater things for the benefit of Man
kato.
The third annual banquet was a
most suspicious event and pleasant
in the extreme As one of the speak
ers mentioned. it was something of a
mutual admiration society" and a
store of solid encouragement was put
Up that should last year.
Not a Thing Left Undone.
There was hardly anything left to
he desired The banquet hall was nice
" decorated with large flags and the
tables. uniquely arranged were orna-
mented with carnations and smilax
and lighted with candeabra. The la
dies of st. Johns Episcopal church
served fine supper. the menu being
as follows:
Fruit Punch
Roast Beef with Brown Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
AIacaroni with Cheese
Tomato Salad
Bread and Butter Sandwiches
Jelly
lee Cream Cake
Coffee Cigars
Lamm's orchestra rendered con-
cert during the banquet which added
to The enjoyment of the affair. There
were about one hundred and fifty
guests seated at the tables.
Benjamin Taylor presided over the
post prandial program, introducing the
speakers i'm the clever. inimitable man
ner which has brought him consider
able renown as toastinaster.
Mr.. Taylor remarked at the begin
ming that the gentlemen were gathered
in the interests of MankatO to discuss
its successes. its advantages and its
possibilities. He referred to the trials
and troubles of the past year as ex-
perienced by Mankato Things reached
a point where the people thought best
to place physician at the head OF
municipal affairs This condition had
gone from bad to worse and the peo.
pie had now supplanted the physician
with maker of tombstones.
The vacant chair at his right had
been reserved for Mr.. A. G. Meyer
the mayor. and he did not know why
that gentleman was not present. He
thought that after laboring to secure
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Senator Works told of the greatness
of the magnitude and possibilities of
the North Star state, his subject being
minnesota" He asserted that there
is something radically wrong else
farming would be more popular among
young men. This brought forth the need
of the establishment of agricultural
schools
At Il recent occasion in Duluth, Sen
ator Works said he had been asked to
speak and he chose for his topic, "The
Lure of the City. He decried the tend
ency of the young men to leave the
farm and found his convictions met
with general approval
Senator Works urged closer co-opera
ton in the state. explaining that he
voted against the tonnage tax bill be
, cause he believed it would divide the
state. He asked a statewide co-opera-
ton and predicted "a brilliant future
for Minnesota.
Looking Forward"
The interesting program closed with
an address by Lieutenant Governor
A. o. Eberhart, who responded on the
subject Looking Forward" Reference
had been made to Mr.. Eberhart S
splendid record as presiding officer of
the senate, and he took occasion at
the outset to voice his pride at being
! honored with that office. 1t had proven
! of great educational value to him and
he felt that he had profited much
| through his experience. He had no
pull he knew of, but he did pretend
to have a large amount of push" and
he attributed to that quality any sue
cesses he has achieved.
Taking up his topic, the lieutenant
governor said he was looking forward to
the time when the Mankato Commercial
club will enjoy the hearty and best sup
port of every citizen in Mankato. to bet
ter times in city government and to the
time when all will be interested i'm
good government to the extent which
| that important matter deserves.
I He was looking forward to the time
when the resources of both the city
and the state are developed to the full
est and best advantage, and this could
be brought about through co operation
as Mr.. Palmer has suggested. He dis
cussed several important legislative
projects briefly, emphasizing the neces-
sity of early action upon them.
| At the conclusion of his admirable
address, Mr.. Eberhart dwelt at some
length upon the Importance of public
sentiment preceding law enactment.
| He prophesied that the commission
form of government adopted in Man
kato would result in little betterment
| if the vast majority of citizens failed
to exercise their rights and do their
part toward making the city govern
ment everything it should be.
Mr.. Eberharts appeal to his hear
ers to take a greater interest in the
welfare of the city and state in which
| they live was eloquent and finely de,
livered, End one of the features of
the program which was instructive and
| enjoyable to the utmost.
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and declared that the commerce of the
future was hard to realize. Commerce
he contended was the greatest civil
izing missionary, and through it, the
world will one day become great
commercial democracy, He showed the
close alliance between commerce and
party politics, and combatted wrong
conception of the relation of business
to politics. The tendency of party
politics is for good, and that it is only
the man who don't think who is not a
party politician and he is not good
citizen. Non partisan politics result in
chaos; the work of legislative bodies
is colorless, almost worthless. The true
politician is one who is versed i'm the
science of government, and one of the
best friends of good government. He
is the man who has the courage to
stand for his convictions, courage to
lead the people through the storms and
strife of state. And SO long as the
name politician was a. term of re-
proach, the country will not secure
the best men to offices. Officeholding
should be the highest honor. Senator
Garfield closed his address with a
glowing compliment to Mankato's rep
resentation in the state legislature
paying special tribute to Lieutenant
Governor Eberhart
Talk BY Mr. Palmer.
George NJ. Palmer gave one of the
pithy talks of the evening, respond
ing to the subject, Corporation" The
word meant "to operate with another
and Mr.. Palmer decldrs4 concentrated
effort one of the things needed in
Mankato. He told of the citizen who
was too engrossed with his private
affairs to give any time to the bust
ness of the public, and showed the
obligation every man owes to the city
in which be lives. He tiged his hear
ers to be discomfort with personal sue
cess and to 20 further and do some
thing for the good of the town. II
was lautab.e to strive for new fac
tories but il was just as important
to support the institutions now located
here which are city's best asset
Discussing Mankato's needs, Mr.
Palmer said a good city was wanted
city with more paved streets, bet
ter streets, better roads; good men
were wanted in the city, men who
could progress the city, a clean city
was wanted, because of the numerous
educational institutions located here
which could attain the greatest degree
of usefulness only when the city en-
joyed the reputation of being morally
and physically clean; better com.
mercial club was wanted; but on the
other hand the city needed fewer
knockers, fewer injunctions, less OF
jealousies and fewer business grouches
Mr.. Palmer wanted every man present
to repeat to himself the old couplet
What kind of a town would this
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never converted into law until the
people are ready for it. If the laws
not backed BY public sentiment We're
wiped off the statute books, there
would be no trouble in law enforce
ment
Tie commission form of government
is an experiment and Mankato must
be careful not to attempt too much
at once. She is being watched, and
has an opportunity to better not only
it own government but through its
experiences and example the govern
ments of many of the neighboring
cities. Consequently the responsibilities
Mankato has assumed in this matter
are great. He ventured the prediction
that the commission form would oper-
ate successfully and satisfactorily
under the guidance of the citizens of
tulate the city on securing the ser
vices of C. O. Daley i'll drafting the
measure to empower the city to adopt
this plain, and Mr.. Daley upon the
| SPLENDID manner in which he had exc
cuted his important commission.
Closing, Senator Putnam, complS
mented the Commercial club upon its
activity and the power it is exercising
,, for the good of Mankato.
Appearance of Pastor.
/ Rev. w. S. Emery, formerly of
North Mankato, now of Amboy, re-
/! sponded to the toast "A Partoral
! PropuIsion." or as POSTMASTER Taylor
!; simplified it. "A Boost by a Minister
! Referring at the outset to the stress
that had been laid upon the import
ance of politics and commerce upon the
growth of community, Rev. MIR
! Emery added third important factor
! the system of ethics, ideals, or re
! igious life The welfare of any city
or community he declared is dependent
| to Il great extent upon eyes wide-oper
| for fairness and justice and fellowship
| He used fine smile to portray the
! presence of a knocker in almost every
worthy undertaking. saying he once
watched switch engine at work, anc
heard an unearthly screech as il
backed OH siding. Inquiry brought
| the information that contact of The
| wheels on rusty rail caused The
noise SO it was always some rusty
rails to set up cry against progress
and improvement. He expressed 8
| hope that Mankato would have a sec
ond bridge across the Minnesota, de
spite the rusty rails" that might be
encountered and the audience applaud
ed enthusiastically.
| Rev. Mr.. Emery closed his remark:
with very entertaining recital Of
how he had concluded to respond to 8
| toast on this occasion-to help as
much as he could the Mankato Com
mercial club.
| Senator Works introduced.
Senator S. d. Works was the next
/ speaker. Toastmaster Taylor announc
ed that he was about to introduce d
gentleman who was known as prom,
inent democrat "The devil was the
first democrat" Bryon had said. Mr.
Taylor explained that there was nc
application thought of. He quoted it
simply because if its poetic sentiment
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town be
"HintS on Farming"
"Hints Oh Farming" Il rather mys-
ferrous topic assigned Judge w. l..
Comstock brought out one of the in
teresting and valuable toasts of the
evening.
Judge Comstock refused to plead for
the knocker. but nevertheless he be-
lieved II little criticism was neces-
sary thing to progress or improvement
of any kind. He cited the advantages
of competition between cities as well
as in business life. Reaching his topic
he expressed belief that farming
should interest the Mankato CONNER
cial club. inasmuch as it is closely al
lied to Mankato's interests. One of
the greatest opportunities of Mankato
lay i'll the development of the farm
ing interests of the immediate vicinity
The city is today bounded by farms
ranging in size from 100 to 200 acres
when methods should be changed to
reduce these farms to tracts of twenty
TO not more than forty acres each
These acres are not producing what
they can be made to return of de-
, voted to truck, potatoes, and the more
highly cultivated and productive crops
Their proper development would result
in materially increasing traffic in Man
kato and build up the city to a won
derful extent. He earnestly hoped for
he Inauguration of modern farming
methods in this vicinity and also for
the establishment of Il rural agricul-
tural school which would greatly as
sist in bringing it about.
Remarks By Another Senator.
In responding to the subject sop
pidan Amity," Hon. f. E. Putnam
senator from Blue Earth, remarked
that he was enjoying this meeting of
, the Commercial club, which, he thought
all would agree, had resolved itself
into mutual admiration society. 1t
was II time when virtues were remem-
bered and faults forgotten, and class
of meeting that is good for any com
munity or any body of men.
After Il fruitless search for trans
lation or definition of the subject as
signed him, he would take the liberty
lof following the suggestion of the
POSTMASTER and talk about the com
mission plan of city government.
! 1t is generally known that the weak
ness of municipal government is il
bad administration Every city car
have good or bad administration of its
affairs. 1t is the fault of the citizens
if the municipal government is poor
and the citizens cannot simply call il
corrupt and let it go at that. They
cannot go to sleep and allow the com
mission plan run itself, but must bt
wide-awake always and exercising the
rights of citizenship. Laws must have
the support of the people on whom
they will operate, but there is now 8
tendency to crystalize in laws things
the people are not ready for and viii
not live up to. England and Canada
are looked up as countries in which
laws are ridgidly and literally enforced
and this is true because custom is
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-07

Minneapolis. May 1.-The coming of
the democratic leader to Minneapolis
yesterday was unhearalded Shortly
after 8 Il. IN. he walked alone into
the lobby of the West hotel. After
brief conference with ex-governor
John Lind, he left at IL a. M, for
Fergus Falls, Mimi, where he lectured
last night.
Mr.. Bryan was very communicative.
Perhaps it is the bracing weather"
he said but somehow | feel just
right. | will answer any question
that is reasonable
''Will you be a candidate for the
presidency in 1912" he was. asked.
Chat" he replied, broad smile il
Illuminating his features, ''is the one
question | cannot answer. Time will
tell.
Talks Like an Optimist.
"The prospects of the democratic
party" said he, "to sweep the country
at the next election are improving
every day. The tariff situation. which
is just as he democrats predicted, is
responsible for this.
THE republican party he CON
tInued, promised revision of the tariff
What the tariff will look like when
they get through no one knows"
Mr.. Bryan said that his visit in
Minneapolis had no political signifi-
canoe. He did not see Governor John
a. johnson and did not notify the
governor that he was in Minneapolis.
Meets Old Friend.
His visit, however, was productive of
one boyhood reunion. In the hotel
lobby Bryan met John Absher. Wap
ner, S. d., schoolmate. Recognition
was mutual and instant, though thew
had not met since 1888.
Have you voted for me every time
| have given you chancey" BRYAN
asked his old friend.
Il have never voted for YOU and T
never will until you change your mol.
icles.' was Absher's answer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-07

c. J. Fritz, a painter, has disappeared
from Albert Lea, leaving wife and
two small children.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-07
|BRYAN IN THE CAME
PROPOSES TO STAY BY POLITICS
UNTIL HE SHUFFLES OFF.

Commoner's Visit to Minneapolis Yes
terday Was Unannounced; Brief
Conference With John Lind; May
Again Be a Candidate for the
Presidency; Time Will Tell, He
Said to Reporters Who Quizzed.
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Il am in politics to stay /
) have been in politics since | was
) boy and | expect to remain
) in politics until | die William
) Jennings Bryan.