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is. MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE THEY ARE HOSTLERS The House Is Making a Record for Work. IT - is: ahead; OF the SENATE It the Senate Get* dossed the ;■ : Yonng Kfiulutluu Stay Be Affected. The senate may boast of its business . methods, but if any comparison is to be in stituted at this time between the two branches of the legislature the result cer tainly favors the lower branch., The house has not only Introduced practically . the dame number of bills as the last house but apparently has its work about as well in. hand. The senate has proposed > less legislation than in 1899, has apparently made less progress with the work before it, and is now in a situation where it Is no longer free to taunt the house with indo lence. Any assertions on . this ground, if made by the senate, will be resented by . the "commons." This session the house has been the birthplace of 490 bills. Two years ago on the forty-sixth day there were 498. The senate this present session is credited -with 348 bills. Its record in '99 was 482, or 136 bills more than have been filed with Secretary Laugum this year. The house has passed and sent to the senate prac tically one bill in five; the proportion in the senate is better than this, but it is to be remembered that the members of that body are ordinarily accounted more skilful parliamentarians, and that with their smaller number it is possible to dispatch business more expeditiously. There is an advantage of no small moment in the •single item of roll calls, there being twice as many names to check off in the house as in the senate. The house generel orders and calendar at noon to-day included twenty-six bills; the number on the corresponding senate orders was seventy-one. The Day's Work. Before the noon recess the house had 1 practically cleared its calendar of all save a handful of senate bills. The bills passed ©a the third reading did not Include a trio of local bills passed under suspension of the rules. The committee reports of the morning were few, the only bills of im portance taken up being the Rich bill, for tin increase in the salaries of the railroad and warehouse commissioners, and H. .F. 499 repealing that section of the constitu tion which provides for a state highway ' commission. The first was recommended to pass; the second to be indefinitely post poned. ,;:~7-.- ■ ■ Effect on Young Resolution. In commenting on the industry of the house It is. worth while to note the prob able effect on the Young resolution of a press of business in the senate. If the vpper body finds itself unable to clear away the work now before it, the sena tors will not be in a position to exert pressure on the house in favor of the ..Young resolution for an early adjourn ment. \ _ . , New Mouse Bills. H. F. 484, Ward (substitute for H. F. 24)— To amend section 4418 of General Statutes of 1894, relating to clerk hire of judges of pro bate. Judiciary. H. F. 485, Smith—To fix the salary of members of the legislature of the state of Minnesota. Appropiations. H. F. 486, Sikorski —To appropriate money to aid in building bridges and improving a road, known as the "Homer and Wlnona cut «ff." In Wlno&a county. Roads, bridges and navigable streams. H. F. 487, Hogan—To provide for the sep aration of cities and villages from the gov ernment of the towns in wntch they are situ ated. Municipal legislation. H. F. 488, Lee— To amend "An act to reduce the law Incorporating the city of Anoka, in the county of Anoka, state of Minnesota, and the several acts amendatory thereof, into one act. and to amend the same," approved March 18, 1899, as amended by chapter 118, Special Laws of Minnesota for the year 1891. Passed under suspension of the rules. H. F. 489, Hlckey (by request)—To amend section 5660 of chapter 73, title 1, of the Gen eral Statutes of 1894, relating to conversa tions between parties and deceased persons. H. F. 490, Allen (by request)—To provide for service of summons or process upon non-resi dent individuals, associations or co-partner ships engaging in business in this state. Bills Passed in the House. H. F. 65—To regulate the marriage of per ■ons having been divorced and the issuance of marriage licenses to such persons. H. F. 147—T0 provide for the sale of cer tain lands owned by the state, situated in Kandiyohi county. H. F. 126—T0 authorize railroad companies to extend or alter their lines of road and to build branches and to designate the route or line of any or all such extensions, branches and alterations. H. F. 246—T0 amend section 1883, 1884, 1885 and 1888 of the general statutes of 1894, and section 1887 of the general statutes of 1834, es amended by chapter 47 of the general laws of 1896. relating to the laying out of judicial highways and providing for the alteration and discontinuance of highways in certain cases. H. F. 361—T0 regulate proceedings for the Incorporation of certatn societies under title 2 of chapter 34 of the general statutes of 1878. H. F. 35.7—T0 amend section 1, chapter 122, general laws of Minnesota for 1887, being an act entitled "An act defining school holi days." H. F. 289—T0 prohibit police officers in this state from receiving fees in any action or proceeding brought in the name of the state of Minnesota. H. F. 392—T0 provide for greater certainty in the title to real estate where the same has been or shall hereafter be conveyed to a party whose name has been or shall b* followed by the term trustee, caahier, execu tor, administrator, guardian or similar de scriptive word or words. 8. P. 55—To amend section 1962 of the gen eral statutes of 1894, same being section 12 of chapter 15 of the general statutes of 1878, as amended, relating to powers of compen sation of county commissioners in certain cases. S. F. 62—To amend section 1216 of general ■tatutes of 1894, relating to village elections S. F. 82—To amend section 253, title 20 of chapter 66 of the general statutes of the state of Minnesota, as emended by chapter 80 of the general laws of the state of Minnesota for the year 1891, being section 5398 of stat utes of the state of Minnesota for 1894. TO TAKE UP OLD BONDS Dead wood Will Save 2 Per Cent In- terest on $22,500. Special to The Journal. Deadwood, S. D., March 11.—The city will issue new bonds to the amount of 122,500, to take up bonds issued in 1889 lor the city hall. The old bonds draw 7 per cent interest and the new ones will be placed for 5 per cent. At the last meeting of the city council a resolution was passed indorsing the quadro-centen nial, which is to be held in this city in- July. William MeMillian, one of the oldest prospectors in the Black Hills, will start for the 'Klondike to-morrow. He will prospect for gold quartz ledges in that country. His experience in the Black Hills has shown him that every placer mine comes from some rich quartz ledge higher up the mountain side. jsbJPKWICK. *&xk %'y&Xk Affigh6rade,Pum L mm 1- illftifflK 7^* refinement of whiskey \***<^J^E®f* S^f« Is M exc*flet*Qe for discriminating ■^tiiP: 5- If gig If a gentlemen. ' HOUSE WILL WIN Conference Committee on Reappro tionment Evenly Divided. SENATE EXPECTED TO RECEDE But Only After Other Senate Mem ber* of the Committee H»u Been Appointed. The conference committee on reappor tionment will meet to-morrow evening. From present indications the committee will fail to agree, as the house members will hold out for the original bill, and the senate members for the senate amend ment. The senate committee was appointed by Senator Stockton, president pro tern, who was presiding in the absence of Lieutenant Governor Smith. Senator Stockton is in favor of the amendment, and appointed a committee of like belief. Should the con ference committee fall to agree another will have to be appointed, and the lieu tenant governor will name the senate conferees. Governor Smith is from the seventh district, and would like to see Redwood county in the district. He would appoint a different committee, which would probably recommend that the senate recede. Schmahl's Activity. In this connection members are smiling over the celerity displayed by Chief Clerk Schmahl, of the bouse. Schmabl is from Redwood county, and wants it to stay in the second. When the house voted not to caucus Saturday, he rushed the message to the senate Just in time to get the com mittee appointed before adjournment. If he had been a few minutes later it would have gone over till to-day, and the com mittee would have been appointed by the lieutenant governor. In any event the temper of the senate has changed and it will eventually agree to withdraw the Somerville amendment. New Senate Bills. S. F. 349, Smith, J. H.—To license the catching of fish with pound nets and remov ing fish from certain lakes. Game and game laws. S. F. 360, Smith, J. H.—To amend section 106, chapter 11, statutes of 1878, as amended by chapter 263, laws of 1887, being section 1624, statutes of 1894, relating to the record of deeds in certain cases. Judiciary. S. F. 251, Horton—Authorizing district judges to fix the day of the term on which petit Jurors shall be convened. Judiciary. S. F. 352, Grindeland (by request)—To amend section 10, chapter 200, laws of 1889, the same being section 6238, statutes of 1894, relating to the procedure for the foreclosure of mechanics' Ileus. Judiciary. S. F. 353, McKusiek—To legalize certain corporations of villages under chapter 145, laws of 1885 and several acts amendatory thereof. Passed under suspension of the rules. S. F. 354, Baldwin—To amend section 5375, statutes of 1894, relating to the papers to b© taken by a jury to the juryroom on its retire ment for deliberation. Judiciary. < apltul .Notes. Sam Fullerton, executive agent of the game and fish commission, seized a shipment of 100 white grouse yesterday, at the union sta tion, St. Paul. They arrived as baggage. The legislature has been asked to appro priate $10,000 for the fish hatchery, the money to be used in building a natural pond on the ground for the culture of crappies and bass. O. W. Crawford of Rockford, Wright coun ty, is likely to receive the appointment as military storekeeper. Mr. Crawford is an old soldier and prominent In republican councils. SMALLPOX PATIENTS MOVED Hotel Ward at Aberdeen Cleared of the Disease. Special to The Journal. Aberdeen, 3. D., March 11.—The two smallpox patients have been removed from the Ward hotel to the city hospital. An experienced immune professional nurse from Minneapolis will ihave charge of the hospital with such assistance as she may need. There are no new cases.—The A. D. T. has material here for a complete call box s-jfetem, which will be put in this week. —A telegram from Los Angeles states that William Ross of Webster, well known here, is dead. His remains will be brought to Webster for burial. Messrs. Ayres and Edwards of Elma, lowa, who have been spending some time In the country west, have made a purchase which will be of importance to the coun try between Faulkton and Roscoe. It is understood they have bought the townsite of Loyalton and will plat eighty acres and proceed to boom the village. They will establish business enterprises in the town and make it a trade center for the sur rounding country. Professor Irwin D. Aldrich of Big Stone City, a member of the state board of re gents and special committeeman, who ia with M. F. Greeley of Gary in charge of the northern normal and industrial school in Aberdeen, said in regard to the Aber deen school. "The appropriation will not be available until July 1, but we plan to have the constructive work commence much earlier than that. We will have the plans made just as soon as possible and there will be no delay whatever beyond what is necessary for the formal proceed ings preliminary to the letting of the con tracts." The building will be complete in itself, but so constructed tHat it may later become the wing of a larger building, or one of a group or series of buildings. The artesian farm, known as the Booth- Hazard place, near Ipswich, has changed hands and will be further improved and made Into one of the most complete stock and grain ranches in Edmunds county. John Williams of Shelby has been bound over on a charge of having set fire to the barn of M. C. Taylor a short time ago. He Is confined in tke county Jail. SITE FOR ITS LIBRARY Sioux Falls Hat Five Bids and Will Wait for Others. Special to The Journal. Sioux Falls, S. D., March 11.—The city council, at a special meeting this even ing, will consider proposals for furnish ing the ground upon which to erect the Carnegie library. Thus far five bids have been received, at prices varying from $3,700 to $5,000. It is probable that the decision of the council will be delayed for some days yet, as there are other persons who wieh to make bids. Alder man O'Neill, one of the special committee to select a site, expresses the opinion that at least five more bids will be submitted within the next few days. A roughly dressed man giving the name of William Carson, who claims to have been a bartender at Willow Lakes, S. D., until recently, when the prohibitionists succeeded in having the saloons of that place closed, has applied to the authori ties of Sioux Falls for jail accommoda tions for a period of ten days. His appli cation was granted. On Friday he at tempted to steal a ride on a freig-ht train to Dell Rapids, and was set upon by the train hands. They cut a gash in the top of his head, injured his ankle and sprained one of his wrists, besides other wise bruising him. He wishes to remain in jail until he recovers from his wounds and can procure^jwqrk. THE MINNEAPOLIS JOUKNAL 1. DOWN ON MR. CARTER Talking the Harbor Bill to Death Makes Him Unpopular. BILL FIXED TO CATCH VOTES But If the lrrl«atlou Scheme Had Been Added It Would Have Opened a "Rat Hole." Special to The Journal. Washington, March 11.—Mr. Carter of Montana closed his term of service in the United States senate a most unpopular man. Before he had manifested an in tention to talk the river and harbor bill to death he had many friends, both among democrats and republicans, but a great change has come about. With the death of that bill died all of the good will of his former colleagues. If Mr. Carter's opposition to the river and harbor bill was actuated by revenge for the refusal of the house to make ap propriations for irrigation schemes in the arid and semiarid states, his action will not strike a responsive chord in many sections of the country. Once the irriga tion precedent has been established by appropriations the bars will be down, and it will not be long before this branch of promotion will each year call for mil lions of money. The annual pension roll is now $145,000,000, and this sum, large as it is, might be spent year after year in the arid states without making any im portant impression. Here would be a "rat hole" compared with which pensions, rivers and harbors, rural free delivery and all the other big appropriation schemes might in time sink Into insig nificance. The strongest argument at present against the irrigation proposition is that the country is not populous enough to demand it. There is still room for all. Hundreds of years may elapse before, as a government necessity, irrigation will force itself to the attention of the whole people. In the meantime, the arguments in favor of it are wholly local and sec tional, and appeal to nobody east of the Mississippi river, where more than half the total populatipn of the country will reside for many years. If Mr. Carter talked the river and harbor bill to death because it did not carry irrigation ap propriations, he has made himself doubly offensive to those senators living in states where river improvements are constant ly necessary. At the same time, however, the bill, as it was proposed to pass it this year, was entirely too large, and carried a large number of items of "pork" for dif ferent sections, intended merely to se cure senatorial votes. Perhaps not more than half of the total amount set out in the bill was really needed; the rest was thrown in judiciously for the purpose of greasing the way to final passage, f It Is rather notable, in the hundred years of inaugurations in Washington, that Madison, and possibly Jackson, ap pear to have been the only two-term presidents that had as favorable weather on their second inauguration day as on their first. Ex-Senator Pettigrew says the river end harbor bill perished in the senate becaus* the nominal leaders of the democrats were and are fools. He adds that he is glad of it. He says: I told them to make Allison put this bill ahead of the sundry civil or somel othecbill that had to pass. We could have held up the game and forced them to pass it or call an extra session. But no. They played right into the hands of Aldrieh and the rest of them. They were buncoed. They handed over their good money In hopes of getting a package of green goods. They voted for everything Hanna wanted, and then, at a word from the boss, the river and harbor bill was killed. It served them right. There is no democratic leadership in the senate. The party there is without a leader. The army appropriation bill as passed contained an item of 110,000,000 for sur veys and estimates for four national en campments, where the state militia might be assembled annually, and be put through maneuvers under the supervision and instruction of regular army officers. The idea is to locate the four camps in various sections of the country easily ac cessible. Cuba has developed an enormous and rapidly increasing cattle trade with the United States, and cattle breeding is be coming one of the standard industries in Florida and other southern states. From the ports of Florida alone between May and December of last year 50,000 head of cattle were shipped to Cuba. Advices to the department of the interior from the south are that cattlemen and ranchmen of the west can find splendid openings in a business way in the south, as the native STATE BOARDS OF CONTROL A Review of a Recent Discussion of the Subject by Former Secretary Hart. To the Editor of The Journal. My attention is directed to a communi cation from the pen of H. H. Hart, former secretary of the state board of corrections and charities, opposing the plan of a state board of control and published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press of the 9th inst., witi approving editorial comment. Mr. Hart is so sincere, and so agreeable in spirit and manner, that one may dis agree with him without questioning the usual good judgment which be displays in the discussion of matters with which he has had a laVger degree, of personal ex perience to qualify knowledge, than he has had opportunity to study by contact, the operations of a centralised executive board of management. Excess of praise for what is commendable in the Minne sota service is to be excused in one who has done so much to make it deserved, even though it be associated with a less commendable spirit of criticism of what others may be doing. Before beffnning a review of Mr. Hart's position, I wish to approve the good things which he has to say concerning the skill of the managing heads of so many of the Minnesota institutions, and to suggest that the talent which has contributed so much to the good of "the public service of the state, will accomplish better results under the co-operating ministry inspired by a single executive board, than under the distracting competition ..for public favor which is the natural fruit of a sys tem of numerous boards. The first objection which is suggested in opposition to a board of control is the fear that the wise policy of dividing the membership of the managing boards be tween the leading political parties, which was voluntarily begun by a wise governor many years ago, might be abandoned, and that Minnesota might thus be brought to a compulsory endurance of the disgrace ful conditions which are declared to exist in the states of Nebraska. South Dakota and Kansas, under the administration of state boards of control. Inasmuch as this commendable practice of giving a mi nority representation on the boards of management to the leading minority party is admitted to be a custom only under the present practice, it is difficult to dis cover any justifying reason for the fear that It might be abandoned, especially when the proposed new practice changes this custom of a minority representation, to a requirement of law, so that it can not be abandoned. :.Why should = there be ', a : fear that \ the adoption of the lowa law might result in an exposure ito< a [ political contention, for spoils, : when in truth it affords better protection than that : which exists under a custom which \is liable to be ■ changed southerners are not experts in the cattle business. V" . v--y w- ■ •-•---•-) Official reports from Mexico &peak in the most enthusiastic terms of the opportuni ties there for the Investment of capital in mining enterprises. There, are at present in that country 10,000 mines which are registered. Of these 2,184 came into ex istence last year, and 1,696 the year be fore. It is said that the profits from mining in Mexico are greatly In excess of those arising from any other pursuit. During the past year copper was mined to the value of $10,000,000, double the amount for the preceding year. In 1895 the population of Mexico was 12,500,000, and this year it is 13,500,000. The Increase is almost entirely in the northern states of the republic, where the richest mineral deposits are. Speaking of the enormous trade In bananas which has developed of late years between the United States and the coun tries of Central America, a recent report to the government calls attention to Costa Rica aa best illustrating the rapid forward strides. In 1880 the first shipment of bananas from that country was made, 800 bunches. Four years later there were 350 banana plantations with 600,000 plants, and the exports amounted to 425,000 bunches. In 1898 'the exports from that country were 2,331,036 bunches, and last year they were 3,500,000 bunches. Jamaica yearly sends 4,000,000 bunches to this country, while 10,000,000 bunches come from Cuba, Porto Rico and neigh boring islands. The total number of sheep in the United States in 1900, as ascertained by the department of agriculture, was 41, --883,066, an increase of about 1,700,000 over the previous year. On Jan. 1, 1895, there were over . 50.000,000 sheep in the United States, the number declining until 1898, when there were 37,657,000. The total value of flocks oa Jan. 1, 1885, was $108,000,000, in round numbers. The value of the flocks on Jan. 1, 1900, was $122, --666,000. According to the table of average value, each sheep was worth $2.93 in 1900, which was the highest valuation recorded in twenty years. The official estimates of the wool clip by the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, was 288,636,621 pounds, an increase of more than 15,000,000 pounds over the clip of 1899. The average weight of fleeces was 6.46 lbs. The record of the wool trade of 1900 was the worst since 1896. This is due to a number of causes, some of which were the increases in foreign flocks, the war in South Africa, and the trouble in China. —W. W. Jermane. Washington Small Talk. The controller of the currency has approved the application of J. S. Kamrar, G. W. Hill, Li. A. McMurray, rH. J. Wulfsberg, H. C. Smith J. C. Riddle for authority to or ganize the First National bank of Jewell Junction, lowa, with a capital of $25,000. He has also approved the application of R. W. Sayre/; Albert E. i Cook, J. A. Cranston, G. M. Taggart, Henry Frevert and others for authority to organize the Farmers' National bank of Odebolt, lowa, with a capital of $50, --000. v,. -.•■ ■■■VC;?: The controller of the currency has ap proved the First National,:bank of Minne apolis as a reserve agent for the First Na tional bank of ■ Winnebago . City, Minn. - An additional rural free delivery route has been ordered established at j Westbend, Washington county, Wis., with M. N. Emery as carrier. ;." '- ' ■•■ ■'■-•' -1 •..The civil service commission - announces that an examination will be held April". 23 in any city where postal free delivery t> as been established, to fill the position of phy sician (male) at. .the Cheyenne,, River Indian school, S. D., at a"salary of $1,000 a year. J An examination'will also be held April 23 and 24 in any free delivery city ■"■where there; are applicants to fill the position of assistant in spector of hulls and boilers at'Dubuque, lowa,! at a salary of $1,500 a i year. ~ Persons' de siring to compete, for these-- appointments should ; address ; the civil service commission in 'this city. for information. 'and application blanks. •-; •"■ I ''/'-- ■ ■ ■ . -'"'.",..^./' ''. .■. ' - The "controller of the currency has approved the National Park bank of New York as a re serve agent for the lowa State National bank of Sioux City, lowa. ■■>• Two rural free delivery routes have • been ] ordered established at Riverside, Washington county, lowa, '.April 1, with -William Sims and O. Stotts as carriers. An additional route has been -ordered established on the same date at Bloomer. -, Chjpnewa county,•■ Wis., I -with Frank Hasklna m carrier. -,-■,--?. ' t Engebright: Entkaos of Minneapolis has been appointed: tailor <in the -M ■ Pleasant, Math., Indian school, «at $600 a year. ■■. ; DECISION FOR THE COMPANY Homeiitake. Makes Good' It* 'Claim • ; tor Certain Mining Ground. *T". - j Special to The Journal. -•." •' « • "■'' ' • . Lead, S. D.. March 11.—Judge Lev! tic- \ Gee of the Seventh judicial circuit, has rendered -his decision in the Hoinestake company's suit against A. D. Wilson of Dead wood. Wilson . claimed a ■ portion of the ground upon which the Savage tunnel, belonging to the company, Is located. The property is valuable and several new and untried points of law arose. ..The : case was watched with a great deal of interest by Black Hills 1 people. The ■ decision is in favor of the company. - : . -.. r -, r To-day is the first anniversary, of the great fire, which destroyed the better por i tion of the business part of this city. under the provocations inspired by possi ble changes in party control? The best insurance which has ever been written in the laws of any state against the evils of party partizan and personal spoils seeking, is incorporated in the lowa law; and Minnesota is offered the same insur ance in the pending bill. But better still, the lowa law writes an insurance against the evil of official interference in the mat ter of appointments to subordinate posi tions in institution service, which does not exist even under the sanction of a time honored custom in Minnesota. It is a re quirement of the best examples of the board of control system that the managing heads of the public institutions covered by it shall be free in the exercise of a full discretion in the matter of employing their force of helpers. Hon. L. G. Kinne chairman of the lowa board, in an ad mirable review of the law before the last National Conference of Charities and Cor rection, said: The board i» subject to investigation by the joint committee of the legislature. It is made a crime for any member of the board to accept gifts from any one dealing with the institutions under its charge. If a member, or an officer of an institution exercises po litical influence on another, or contributes money for political purposes, he must be removed from office. The design of the law is to uphold the chief executive officer of each institution responsible to the board. It is made a crime for any mem ber of the board to sagKe«t the ap pointment of any perten nnder said chief executive officer. The chief executive officer of each insti tution appoints and removes all subordinates. The board appoints and removes all chief executive officers. Thus we have in effect civil service, for every subordinate and em ploye of the Institution knows that he holds his place at the will of the chief executive officer of such institution. Attention to duty, ability and efficiency in service are the only tests. No appointments are influenced by any political considerations whatever. "I« act such a system, or a near ap proach to it, far better in its safeguard against the evils of political taeddling than the existing practice in Minnesota? It has been the crowning honor of th republican party that it bas bad the cour age of ka convictions, and in the presenc of an opportunity afforded at this tim and when the good citizenship of: all par ties is ready to hold up the ensign of a improving civilization, Minnesota ough not to be afraid. Mr. Hart refers to the exeeilent work accomplished under the direction of the state board of corrections and charities, in NECKWEAR. MINNEAPOLIS:. , -. • ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS: gT PAUL ■ ' ■■'" ." i ■';, " .— '. —J 315 to 325 Nicollet Avenue. .: Seventh and Robert Street*, Tremendous, Amazing sacrifices mow an v . To cause immediate clearance of all Winter Stocks. The concenteration of THE WELLS' and OUR OWN superb stock is creating unusual talk among dealers as well as consumers. The Palace Gigantic Clothing Dept. Offers Choice of 2,600 high-grade, perfectly fashioned ■ , -__ ' : ;; Suits, in plain and fancy Worsteds, Cheviots, Cas- -.'/J-'/^.iJgjjHßß^^;-'" i_^^ :_. simeres, Vicunas, Thibets and Serges, in single and '' \~S-4BsttßF^ : ~~!*^&k' ;^j^^^ - j^P^jl double-breasted sack style, worth and sold during ' ■dBi~WAS;/-~'' '■ i^k. :^YBBL fig ':''' the season for $20, $18, "sl6, $14 and $12 ... ..v. _ H '' '^IS^ 1 ' TbW^- Choice of 1,200 Overcoats, newly shaped and W^SmS^S^^'^w^jmj ''^'■Kr^^Smfk-i^^^Sm -' properly finished, including Kerseys, in blue, black ■^gB t ' ""*l''B^'-ll ■ ra M and brown, worth $15 and $18; Montagnacs, full JM I.' gk - -■ satin lined, worth $20; Great Coats in Vicunas and '■■■'. " |p§ « -"^ggs^ Irish Frieze, in black, olive, brown and Oxford fB-:.C.:,.- -'"-^BbßbbwH -'-^ ■'"-■" '" gray, worth $15; ulsters in Friezes, 1 Chinchillas, K. ;' yM SB " r Beavers and Kerseys, worth to $18., .'.-. .■.■.-..". ♦'•.•'•': wti' * / M^'War J(£ffltt6BM'': Wr The assortment is undeniably the greatest Cloth- imMfr >^^^^H ing values ever offered. Choice' without reserve, " the deportation of the alien insane, but this is no argument against the plan for a board of control, because this work is performed by a special agent who would be an assistant in one office as well as another. Illinois is also cited as an ex ample where the public institutions are prostituted-to the changes of partizan politics. What does this prove? Illinois has the system of numerous boards to manage her institutions,'and a board of state commis sioners of public charities, exercising the functions of advice and supervision en joyed by similar boards of purely advisory power, and is thus alligned with the exist ing system in Minnesota. One state es capes the evils of interference by party, and possibly partizan politics, while the other suffers from them. The Illinois advisory and supervisory board, lamenting their inability to do more than talk, while the local boards permit the. evils com plained of, now ask their legislature to abolish their office, and also the local boards, and to adopt the board of control plan. Mr. Hart testifies to the important fact that Wisconsin, which has the oldest ex perience under the board of control plan, now enjoys good service under the sys tem. In both Wisconsin and lowa there is a substantial unanimity of public senti ment to support the improvement experi enced. Kansas is referred to as being un der a board of control, but such reference without explanation, is misleading. Kan sas has a board of trustees of state chari table institutions, but its members have not been required to give other than the lowest practical minimum of time to their duties, they have no office, no clerks and no secretary, except as one member, elected by the board to that office, per formed his duties as he met with the board as a member of it. Notwithstanding this fact, Kansas has recently improved her plans for this board, and is moving stead ily forward to the attainment of the best ideals of a board of control. California is al*o referred to as a non-progressive state, where political greed troubles char ity. Surely if this be true, the cause must exist In her local board system, be cause California has no central board with either executive or advisory powers, and a bill passed by the legislature of that state at Its last session to create a state board of charities and correction was vetoed by the governor. It is not im probable that California will create a state board of control with full executive power to manage the institutions alligned in work, and rid herself of the annoying com binations which have harassed her legis latures and committed the state to many extravagant plans. But let it not be supposed that while Minnesota has done well with her public service, and has escaped many embar rassments which have distressed other states, that this immunity is the result of her system of management and super vision, or, indeed, that because of it she has escaped all just ground of criticism concerning her policies and practices. There .exists enough of error even in Min nesota, to challenge a criticism which may not be satisfied with a simple as sertion that her institutions compare fa vorably with the best in other states. Effort is being made to secure legislative approval to the further development of policies which cannot be defended, which do not' have the approval of the advisory board of cerrections and charities, but lir — Btow^-^x '/w imhy /CHI 1 CIGAR COMPARED WITH I I OTHER. 5 CENT BRANDS I 3 W ™ Co- MANUFA6TURERS MONDAY EVENING, MAECH 11, 1901. WALTER L BADGER REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND RENTALS. GENERAL INSURANCE. 217-18 New York Life Building. Telephones 2053 Main. H. N. STONE, ilanager Insurance Dept. LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK— Principal office: 45 WUHanr street, New York City. (Organized in 1897.> Henry W. Eaton, President. Gt?o. W. Hoyt, Secretary. Attor ney to accept service in Minnesota: Insurance Commissioner. Cash capital, $200,000. INCOME IN 1900. Premiums other than perpetuals $63,413.02 Rents and interest 9,225.47 Total income $72,638.49 i DISBURSEMENTS IN 1900. Amount paid for losses $30,991.35 Commissions, brokerage, salaries and allowances to agents 13.1fiQ.29 Salaries of officers and employes 1,997.50 Taxes and fees .• 5,687.91 All other disbursements 3,145.34 Total disbursements $54,982.39 Excess of income over disburse ments 17.65 C.lO ASSETS DEC. 31, 1900, Bonds and stocks owned $2r,2,3."0.00 Cash in office and in bank 50.804.84 Premiums in course of 'collection 42,822.35 Total admitted assets $351,977.19 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unadjusted.. $11,705.00 Reinsurance reserve 56,3'?8.14 All other liabilities 9,000.<;0 Capital stock paid, up 200,000.00 Total liabilities, Including capital $277,033.14 which may not be properly mentioned in this discussion. Mr. Hart has covered the evils of po litical meddling, partisan selfishness and economies of cuwent expense manage ment. A singular omission in his presen tation of the subject is that -which covers the necessity not only for the discovery of right policies in dealing with the prob lems presented, but also the equitable ap portionment of available public funds to the purposes of the greatest need, under a system where many local boards spurred on by community interest and pride, and their own natural desire to serve their own the best, distract judicial fairness and hinder wise legislation. A single executive board would weigh each interest, and the studies of men who gave a full consecration of time, talent and energy to promote the interests of all with impartial discrimination, could not fail to bring better support from the public to the development of efficiency, as well as economy in the public service. Officials who are engaged in the special duties of building up their respective fields of work ought not.to be compelled to give anxious thought to the ways in which their appeals for support may be most successfully presented to the legis lative ear. Every request for support of extraor dinary plans should first pass the pains- Net surplus 74 944 03 RISKS AND PREMIUMS, 1900 BUSINESS *ire risks written during the D ye" $14,702,(507.00 Premiums received thereon 17fi.218.22 Net amount in force at end of the year 8,668,015 00 BUSINESS IN MINNESOTA IN 19u0 Fire risks written $582,821.00 Hre premiums received 8 3GS 11 Fire losses paid loj 448.01 Mre losses incurred 10,503 01 STATE OF MINNESOTA. Department of Insurance. St. Paul, Minn., March 5, 1901. Wherea3, the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company, a corporation or ganized under the laws'of New York, has fully complied with the provisions of th>. laws of this state, relative to the admission and authorization of insurance companies of its class. Now, therefore, I, the undersigned. In surance Commissioner, do bereby empower and authorize the said above named company to transact its appropriate business of fire insurance in the State of Minnesota, ac cording to the laws thereof, until the 31st day of January, A. D. 19t)2, unless said authority be revoked or otherwise legally terminated prior thereto. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at 3t Paul this sth day of March, A. D 1901 ELMER H. DEARTH, Insurance Commissioner. taking scrutiny of a competent board of control, and all the facts connected with the request, and the findings thereon, be laid before the appropriate legislative committees. In such a manner and in such wise only, will the public tmslness be brought under the same rules which obtain in the most careful methods of private corporations. Mention has been made of the valuable supervision ex tended over the county charities and cor rections, such as jails, poorhouses, lock ups, out-door relief, and this should by no means be neglected or abandoned. A3 time passes there is developing a kinder public interest in the welfare of the un fortunate of all classes, and a growing conviction that the charity which pre vents human distress is kinder than that which relieves it. —C. E. Faulkner. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the ■ \v/*J+-fT ■ Signature of /<%&*&&£