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7OL XLIV. MANKATO, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1900. NUMBER 30
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You Get All the News in the Free Fress.--SI.OO a Year.
SEE DIFFERENTLY.
Property Owners Not All of
One Mind.
Those on Second Street Divided Over
the Manner of improving that
Thoroughfare
A meeting of the property owners
along that part of Second street which
it is proposed to improve was held at
the office of Dr. J. W. Andrews Friday
evening, members of the council com
mittee on streets also being present.
The manner of improving the street
was talked over, some of the property
owners favoring a layer of broken
stone covered with gravel, and others
preferring gravel alone. Those who
wanted broken stone used said that the
best quality of lime stone should be
taken. Their idea was that the gravel
and lime stone would weld into a solid
pavement.
Some of the property owners favor
a narrow roadway, but this point will
not be pressed, and the present width
of the roadway will be retained.
Engineer Thompson was seen Friday
and stated to the Free Press that it
would be thoroughly impractical to ex
pect to make a good street out of
broken stone covered with gravel.
He states that the gravel will soon
work down between the stone and the
latter will be on top. The improve
ment must be made with broken stone
alone or else with gravel alone.
Mr. Thompson favors making the
improvement with broken lime stone,
a half inch of gravel to be placed on
top to fill in the spaces between the
stone. He would roll the stone dotvn
and wet the gravel and roll it in. This
is the kind of roadway that Hickory
street has between Front and Second.
As a second plan, Mr. Thompson
favors putting down two inches of
river gravel and rolling it to a hard
surface, as was done with South Broad
street and West Fourth street. In the
spring he would put on a little more
of this wherever a depression showed
itself. This would make a fairly
good roadbed for light traffic and
would be cheap. ■ The river gravel he
considers about equal to the Indian
Lake gravel, which contains much
dirt.
A local contractor states that he will
put four inches of broken stone on the
street, roll it down, and put two
inches of Indian Lake gravel on this
and roll it down, for S2O per lot. This
would cover the present width of the
roadway.
Sweeps Over the North Pacific Ocean,
Doing Much Damage to Shipping.
Tacoma. Dec. 21. —Tne hurricane
which has been blowing over the north
Pacific ocean for weeks past is the
most severe known in years. Captains
of incoming -vessels report that they
have never before experienced such
long continued gales. Several vessels
have arrived with their sails blown to
shreds.
At Neah and Clallambays, just in
side Cape Flattery, are more than a
dozen stormbound vessels, awaiting for
the winds to moderate before they
venture out. Several of those are col
liers carrying coal from Tacoma to
' San Francisco and Honolulu, where a
coal famine is already imminent.
The steamship Elihu Thompson ar
rived today from Honolulu after a
severe experience of eleven days with
gales and squalls.
The steamer Centennial, just arrived
from San Francisco, went through the
worst storms off Cape Nome in the
Bering sea, during September and Oc
tober. Her officers report that they
were mere gusts compared to the
gales now raging. The steamship
Willamette, from San Francisco, had
a similar experience. Mountainous
seas washed over her decks, demolish
ing the lifeboats, while at times rain
fell with such force as to flood the
galley and forecastle.
The tug Rainer started for San
Francisco several days ago with the
lumber ship General Frisbie in tow.
They encontered winds of sixty to
eighty miles an hour, which rolled up
tremendous seas against which no
headway could be made. The Fris
bie’s sails were torn to pieces, and as
a precautionary measure both vessels
turned about and returned 200 miles
to port. Marine men expect to hear of
numerous wrecks after the storm sub
sides.
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The Modern Woodmen of America
camp has selected Frank Skouse, Al
bert Shippie and T. J. Jones and two
others to be named later a building
committee. The camp proposes to
erect a building of its own sometime
in the future. The committee will
endeavor to obtain a suitable location,
to be reported to the camp, and is now
looking around.
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The United States senate has con
firmed the apointment of J. D. Price
as postmaster at Lake Crystal.
SEVERE STURM
WANTS A LOCATION-
WILL NOT CONTEST.
Gov. Lind will not Disturb Capt. Van
Sant’s Gubernatorial Right.
The Minneapolis Times Friday morn
ing says :
“Tonight the members of the Demo
cratic state executive campaign com
mittee will meet in the Merchants
hotel in St. Paul. At this meeting
Chairman Rosing will announce that
the state canvassing board has com
pleted its labors and that S. R. Van
Sant still appears the winner in the
gubernatorial election, and then the
aforesaid members will seriously give
out to the public that all intention of
contesting the election of Governor
elect Van Sant has been abandoned.
“Chairman Rosing has not yet ad
mitted that there will be no contest,
but with all due regard for the silence
of the governor’s private secretary,
the jact remains that Governor Lind
still does not yearn for a contest, and
as the governor has the say in this
case, it is practically certain that the
executive committee will se. st the
easy route in landing and agree with
the governor that there is no particu
lar, desire for a contest.
“The general opinion is that the
meeting of the committee is to be held
simply to let the following know that
the idea of a contest has been offi
cially abandoned.
“There is not the slightest possi
bility that the committee will agree
that the governor should contest the
election, and if this should be agreed
upon it is the understanding that the
agreement will be reached simply to
show the governor that the leaders
think him in the wrong in protesting
against a contest.
“If a contest is agreed upon, the
governor will be formally notified of
the opinion of the executive commit
tee, but even with all this the mem
bers of the committee do not hope to
see the governor looking over the elec
tion contest laws. ’’
A HEALTHFUL DECEMBER.
A leading physician stated today
that he had never known a December
with as little sickness as the present
one. The weather has been favorable
for contracting colds, but the people
keep well in sptie of it. The under
takers are also remarking on the lack
of business. Two class of people have
at last bee n found that prosperity has
not struck.
DETERMINED TO WIN.
G. Gerstenhauer has received a letter
from James McWeeny, dated at South
Bend, Ind., Dec. 19th, in which he
says: “I am in training and will keep
it up until you say come. My wind is
good. I just finished a ten mile spin
on my wheel as your letter arrived
this morning. As we are having ex
aminations I have four hours to spend
in class, then my brother and I go for
five miles, I on foot and he setting
the pace on a wheel. My hand is en
tirely well and am feeling fine. I will
be at my best Jan. 22d and if Ido
not win I will take off my hat to Mr.
Rooney. I feel as though I could not
lose. I will beat him or Mankato will
see the toughest match ever pulled off
in the state of Minnesota. Its a case
of I must with me this trip. ”
NEW SUPERINTENDENT CHOSEN.
The Presbyterian Sunday school held
its election of officers Thursday eve
ning W. D. Willard having served as
superintendent for six years past, was
not a candidate for re-election. The
following officers were chosen:
Superintendent —H. A. Patterson.
First assistant —Mrs. J. H James.
Second assistant —E. C. Willard.-
The following officers of the primary
department were chosen:
Superintendent—Mrs. W. M. Taylor.
Secretary and treasurer —Geo. Rod
man.
Assistant —Will Funk.
Librarian —Chas. K. Willard.
Organist—Miss Edith Bowen.
TAKEN BY SURPRISE.
A Happy Little Happening Across the
Slough This Morning.
Mrs. Geo. R. Hair was given a se
vere nervous shock at her home in
Ogle & Davis’ addition Friday,
when a party composed of Judge Ogle,
Chief Bowen, Chief Phillips, Attorney
H. L. Schmitt, S. H. Grannis, F. W.
Hunt and A. M. Clements drove up
and alighted. She knew that she had
done no wrong, but was unable to ac
count for a visit from so imposing a
body of city officers. Her mind was
soon put at ease, however, when Judge
Ogle, after all had been seated in the
parlor, produced an envelope with con
siderable weight to it and in a few
well chosen words presented it to her
as a Christmas present and token of
esteem, saying that it contained $25 in
gold.
Mrs. Hair was scarcely able to re
spond, so taken by surprise was she,
but expressed her thanks. The party
then left, wishing her many happy
returns of the holiday season. Mrs.
Hair is beloved in the community,
where her husband, Elder Hair, labor
ed so long and well. <
POULTRY SHOW.
Opens With 500 Entries and
More Expected.
Exhibitors Are on Hsud From Many
Different Towns, a:id Some Prize
Winniog Fowls are Entered.
The poultry show opened Monday in
the Meagher building next to the Gas
and Electric Light Co. ’s office and
will continue for four more days. The
time today was mostly taken up in
getting the exhibits in order. The
show is sure to be a great success if
the number of entries has anything
to do with it. There is poultry of all
kinds entered, including biddies of
every variety, ducks, geese, Guinea
fouls, pigeons, etc. Thirty or forty
varieties in all are entered.
The exhibitors present are from
Fargo, N. D., Kasson, Winona, Albert
Lea, Wells, Hutchinson, Faribault,
Luverne, Nerstrand and many other
plaecs. The total nuber of fowls en
tered thus far is 500 , and 200 of these
are from Mankato. This number is ex
pected to be increased by 200. Among
the fowls are a number of prize win
ners in other poultry shows, including
those at La Crosse, W is., and Luverne,
Minn.
The building is well filled with the
best of their breed of all the varieties
of fowls, and it will be worth the while
of everybody to visit the show. The
Mankato fowls show up creditably
beside those from abroad. Within the
last few years this city has grown to
be a center for the raising of thorough
bred poultry, and almost every day
shipments are made by express to
various parts of the country. This is
a growing industry and helps to
swell the business interests of Man
kato.
A REMARKABLE RECORD.
Over Four Hundred Patients Treated at
St. Joseph’s Hospital the First Year.
Probably but few of our citizens
know the good work that is being
done in St. Joseph’s hospital, as the
physicians who do most of the work
there do not advertise their work.
St. Joseph hospital has been 6pened
now a little more than one year. Dur
ing that time 443 patients have been
treated. Many of these have been sur
gical cases, major operations, as they
are called by the physicians. There
have been more than forty operations
for appendicitis, with only one death.
There have been several operations
for gall stones with no deaths, and
three very serious brain operations
with one death. This was the case
of a patient who was very seriously
injured by being run into by a train.
Patients have come to our hospital
from most parts of Southwestern Min
nesota and South Dakota, two from
North Dakota, and two from Wiscon
sin, and one from Illinois. From the
large number of surgical operations
there have been five deaths only.
Three of these latter were operated up
on for the purpose of giving relief
only, not with the expectation of cure.
The Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother
have built and elegantly equipped St.
Joseph’s hospital at an expense of
more than $50,000. They annually
spend large sums of money with our
druggists, grocers and other business
men. The hospital indirectly brings
the people here that patronize our
hotels, and often our merchants. We
have physicians that stand high in the
medical profession and have spent
much time and money to qualify them
selves, and are as skillful and success
ful as one will find anywhere. They
are men that spend their money at
home, and are helping to develop Man
kato, and it is but just and right that
our people should give their support
and influence toward the continued
success of St. Joseph’s hospital.
The Sisters turn no one away who
needs hospital treatment. More than
half the deaths in our hospital the
past year have been old people who
have been brought there with some
incurable disease, not with the expec
tation of getting well, but of having
the best possible care in their dying
hours. This fact should not operate to
the prejudice of an instituti on where
so much good is accomplished.
TAKEN BY SURPRISE.
Faculty of the Commercial College Re*
membered by Their Students.
A very pleasant event happened at
the Commercial college when school
convened Friday afternoon. The
members of the faculty were all pre
sent, and one of the students, Albert
Renner, arose and in a neat speech
presented Profs. Brandrup and Nettle
ton each with a fine oak reclining
chair, and each of other members of the
faculty with a handsome gold pen.
The teachers responded in appropriate
terms, and the affair was greatly en
joyed by -all. It was a complete sur
prise upon the teachers.
The public schools closed today for
two weeks. Special exercises were
held in all of the grade schools. Some
very handsome Christmas trees were
had. with darkened rooms.
THE PRISON TWINE.
Wm. Lenz Seeks to Correct Some Erron
eous Beliefs About It.
While in the city last week, Wm.
Lenz made the statement that the large
excess of hemp for binding twine at
the state prison was ordered byWarden
Wolfer, and that when it was purchas
ed there was every prospect that it
would all be needed. In the early sea
son it looked as though Minnesota was
going to have a bumper wheat crop
and the farmers placed big orders. The
twine department ran at full force and
hardly expected to be able to-fill or
ders. Then the backset in the grain
crop came and tho farmers counter
manded part of their orders. They
had named days when they wanted
their orders filled, and these were
early in the summer, so as to be sure
of getting their twine on time. When
the countermanding orders came in,
the manufacture of twine was cut
down and this left a lot of- hemp on
hand.
In regard to the quailty of the twine,
Mr. Lenz stated that the endeavor had
always been made to have it excel
that from other factories, samples of
which were kept on hand. It was
possible that now and then a flaw
crept in and that an occasional ball
of twine would not be what it ought
to be. If such a ball fell into th e
hands of a farmer was a profes
sional kicker he made use of it for
political effect. »
GOLD BEDS LN NICARAGUA
Flattering Reports < f the Country Made
By Charles Lohner Just Returned.
“The gold fields of Nicaragua are
just as rich as those of the Klondike,
and when more is known of the riches
of the Central American country the
rush to the Nicaragua gold fields will
be as great as it ever was to Cali
fornia or the Black Hills. ’ ’ This is
the statement made by Charles Lob
ner, of Cape Gracias, Nicaragua, the
other day at the Leland hotel, Chicago.
With a gold nugget weighing 6%
ounces and worth in the neighborhood
of $l2O, in his pocket, Mr. Lobner
came to Chicago to look after machin
ery for some mine 'owners of that
country. He is an American, has
lived in Nicaragua ten years, and
is enthusiastic over the climate and
the possibilities of the country. In
speaking of the prospects, Mr. Lobner
said that with the building of the
Nicaragua canal an era of prosperity
unprecedented in the history of the
country would set in. The Nicara
guans, both in private and in official
life, are anxious for the construction
by the United States of the inter
oceanic waterway, and the foreingers
will welcome the day when the first
shovelful of earth is turned in the com
mencement of the work.
“With the construction and opera
tion of the canal by the United
States,” said Mr. Lobner. “will come
an era of peace and good times that
the country has never hitherto enjoyed.
Political difficulties and devastating
rebellions and Central American wars
would be done away with to a great
extent by reason of the United States’
influence. ”
Contrary to the general belief, Mr.
Lobner asserts that Nicaragua is one
of the most healthful countries on the
globe. Fevers practically are un
known, and malaria is the only ail
ment that is at all prevalent.
DIVORCE CASE TRIAL.
Lewis Williams Denies that He Was
Naughty to His Wife.
The divorce suit of Miry Williams
vs. Lewis Williams is on trial before
Judge Cray Friday. The parties reside
in Judson, and cruel and inhuman
treatment is alleged by the "plaintiff
and denied by the defendant. Thos.
Hughes is attorney for the plaintiff
and Wm. F. Hughes repreients the de"
fendant. The witnesses for the plain
tiff, besides herself, were Mrs. Mar
garet Jones, Leonard Bulk, Margaret
Daikens and Chas. Johnso*. The de
fendant’s witnesses up to 3 p. m. were
Lewis Williams, Geo. Owen and Wm,
James.
The suit of John Magiey vs. Elias
Cook and many others was tried yes
terday, Thos. Hughes appearing for
the plaintiff and W. R Geddes for
Josie E. Sutherland. Tke action is
brought for the purpose of securing the
patition of fifty-three acret of land.
It has been found necessary to make
new citations in most of the forty-one
personal property tax cases.
WILL INCORPORATE.
A. J. Busch & Co., the wholesale
grocers, have decided to incorporate
and have sent the articles of incorpora
tion to be filed with the secretary of
state. The company will retain its
present name and its capital stock
will be placed at SIOO,OOO, mostly paid
up.
Thos. J. Connell, clerk of the Metro
pole, Fargo, N. D., arrived in the city
today to remain over Sunday. He was
Your Good.
Health
depends upon the food you eat.
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Pow
der adds to the healthfulness of
all risen flour-foods.
Not only this, it makes the food lighter,
sweeter, finer-flavored, more delicious*
It is worth while to exercise care in pur
chasing baking powder to see that you get
the kind that makes the food' more whole
some and at the same time more palatable.
PRICE BAKING POWDER CO.,
SIX MILLION DOLLARS.
Cost of Duluth, St. Cloud, Glencoe &
Mankato Line.
The prospectus of the Duluth & St.
Cloud, Glencoe & Mankato railway,
which is being promoted by Capt A.
H. Reed, E. A. Child, G. K. Gilbert
and H. Wadsworth of Glencoe, and W.
K. Vanderbilt of New York, has been
issued from the press. The principal
place of business of the company will
be at Glencoe, and the nature of its
business, as set forth in the prospectus,
will be to construct lines of road, to
commence at Duluth, or at a point on
some line of railway running to Lake
Superior; thence southwesterly to St.
Cloud; thence south, via. Glencoe to
Mankato; thence southeasterly via.
Albert Lea to or near the southern
boundary of the state, at or near Lyle,
in Mower county. Also a branch line
from St. Cloud, running north on the
west side of the Mississippi river via.
Red Lake and through the counties of
Beltrami and Rosseau to the north line
of the state and the British posses
sions, ar some point west of the Lake
of the Woods. The total length of the
line from Albert Lea to Duluth is 287
miles, and the approximate cost is
placed at $6,050,340.50, for which a
capital of $3,000,000 have been pro
vided, divided into 30,000 shares of
sloo'each. The limit of indebtedness
or liability is placed at $7,500,000.
Society....
Under pretense of stringing corn for
the Christmas tree, the officers and
teachers of the Congregational Sunday
school to the number of about twenty
gathered at the home of Rev. and
Mrs. T. M. Edmands Friday evening.
After awhile Thomas Hughes arose 1
and with a complimentary little talk
presented Mr. Edmands with a book
and Mrs. Edmands with some beauti
ful china dishes, on behalf of the
party. Mr. Edmands, although taken
completely by surprise, responded feel
ingly. The visitors had brought with
them a supply of rerfeshments. These
were produced at the right time, and
the evening was passed most pleas
antly.
Mr. Chas. E. Coldwell, of Garden
City, today took out a license to wed
Miss Clara E. Piper, daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. C. H. Piper, of this city.
Both are highly respected and have
numerous friends.
At the meeting of the committees
from the different fire companies last
evening it was decided to hold one
general fire department dance this win
ter, and not any for the separate com
panies. It was decided to have it Jan.
29th at the A. O. U. W. hall, and to
charge 50 cents for members of the de
patement and 75 cents for others. It is
expected that the Concordia orchestra
will furnish the music. Ed. Schu
macher, W. Youst and Gus Eichstad
were appointed a committee on hall,
and A. D. Beach, L. Lamm and
Henry Fricke a committee on music.
The joint committee will meet Thurs
day evening, Jan, 3d, when the annual
meeting of the Firemen’s Relief as
sociation will be held.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Warranty deeds filed:
Benedict Truwe to Frank W. White,
five acres in nwj(, nw%, sec. 22,
Shelby, for SIOO.
CHICAGO.
NAMES SELECTED.
From Which Judge Cray Can Choose
The aidermen today selected the fol
lowing list of names in response to
Judge Cray’s invitation, from which
to select members of the new charter
.commission:
First ward—Philip Hodapp, S. B.
M artin.
Second ward, —H. L. Schmitt, Ed.
Schumacher, J. C. Thro.
Third Ward —F. M. Currier, Geo.
M Phillips, H. Himmelman Jr.
Fourth ward —W. L. Comstock, W.
M. Farr, M. J. Severance.
Fifth ward —Prof. C. F. Koehler,
A. S. Salisbury, J. E. Reynolds.
Sixth ward—J. B. Ogle, P. H. Jor
dan.
The board of trade will make its
selection Monday morning.
The following is the former charter
commission, appointed June 18th,
1898:
A. R. Pfau, Lorin Cray, John C,.
Wise, L. P. Hunt, J.E . Porter, O. O.
Pitcher, L. A. Linder, Clark Keysor,
H. Himmelman Jr., Jno. C. Thro,
Nick Peterson, Oscar Bierbauer, J.
H. Ray, Fred Kron, J. G. Fowler.
EXPENDITURES REDUCED.
Waterworks Pay Roll Cut Down Thirty,
four Per Cent in Two Years.
The waterworks pay roll for 1900
has been sl,lOl, compared with $1,221
in 1899, and $1,668 an 1898. During
the past year $492 was expended for
material in the waterworks depart
ment, $865 in 1899, and $651 in 1898.
This is a total saving in this one de
partment of $726 the past year as
compared with the last year of the last
administration. The saving in the pay
roll is thirty-four per cent, which is
highly creditable to the Currier ad
ministration.
TO ENFORCE A CONTRACT.
Papers were served Thursday in an
action brought by Frank J. Finnegan
against Frederick Hilke, who has a
farm near Good Thunder. The suit is
brought to enforce the performance of
an alleged contract, whereby Hilke
was to trade his 158 acre farm for 320
acres in Chippewa county. Judge
Buck, of this city, and Mr. Cahaley,
of Minneapolis, are attorneys for the
plaintiff. The action involves pro
perty worth several thousand dollars.
NAMED IT “IDLEWOOD.”
The purchasers of H. P. Christen
sen’s Fair Point property at Madison
Lake held a meeting last evening and
after many ballots decided upon “Idle
wood” as the new name for the point.
The choice lay principally between
“Idlewild” and “Idlewood, ” and the
latter carried. The name selected is a
pretty and expressive one.- Several of
the new owners will erect cottages
there the coming season. A well has
already been put down.
Invitations have been received by
friends in this city to attend the fif
tieth anniversary of the wedding of
Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Jan. Istat Bp.
m. at their residence at Los Angeles,
Cal. This couple formerly resided at
Note. —There are many mixtures, made in
imitation of baking powder, which it is
prudent to avoid. They are lower in price
than pure powders, but they are made
from alum. Alum in food is poisonous.
Charter Commission.
STREET RAILWAY.
The Prospect for One is Getting
Brighter.
Deal on Foot for Transferring the Fran*
cbise from the Local Company to
Eastern Capitalists.
There has been a deal on foot for
some time that may lead to Mankato
securing an electric street railway Jand
a new commercial lighting plant
during the coming year. This is the
reason why the officers of the Man
kato Electric Street Railway, Light
and Power Co. last night asked and
secured a year’s extension of their
franchise. This company will not
co nstruct the plant or have anything
to do with it. It has about succeeded
in disposing of the franchise to eastern
capitalists, who will go ahead with
the project at once. An eastern banker
of wealth and standing is acting as
promoter, and according to the story
afloat today the capitalists will pay
SIO,OOO for the franchise, $7,000 of
which goes to the promoters, who as
sume all liabilities. The local company
will receive $3,000, which will come
some S7OO short of paying its expenses
up to date.
The city line is all that is expected
at present, but an expension through
St. Clair is expected later. Competi
tion in lighting is one of the more im
mediate results expected.
The promoter was in the city a few
weeks ago and looked over the ground.
If the deal goes through it will be
within fifteen days.
NO CONTEST.
Gov. Lind and Fusionists Will not Dis*
turb Gov. Yan Sant’s Right to Gov*
crnorship.
Minneapolis Times:
It was formally decided at a meeting
of the executive committee of the
Democratic party of Minnesota, last
night, that there will be no contest of
the vote for governor. This action
was taken after the most careful con
sideration of the entire subject, and
but a short time was consumed at last
night’s meeting at the Merchants in
arriving at the final decision “That,”
said Chairman Rosing, “is final; it
means just what it says : that there
will be no contest. ”
The contest would have entailed a
financial burden of something like
$25,000 or $35,000, and perhaps more.
At least six months’ time would be
required to settle such a controversy and
various other tedious obstacles would
have presented themselves.
TREE BOUNTIES.
State Auditor Dunn has issued war
rants for the payment of tree bounties
for the current year. The warrants go
to 2,625 persons located in 37 counties,
mostly in the southern portion of the
state. The total acreage is 7,728 11-
24-X.The amount paid per acre this
year is $2.40, the total amount reach
ing $18,572.20. Blue Earth county is
credited with 83% acres and receives
$2Ol therefore. Nicollet county re
ports 42 acres for which SIOO.BO is
paid. Faribault county 160% acres,
and the bounty thereon is $384.70.
Watonwan is credited with 88% acres,
nd the bounty amounts to $211.80.