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CITY NEWS Contribution to Orphans' Fair— ln the list of contributors to the orphans' fair should be included the Powers Mercantile company wioh a cash and merchandise sub scription of 150. Brown's Request Held Up — The license committee of the council held up Cap tain \V. \V. Brown's application for a liquor license this morning, as was expected. Mem bers of the committee desire to investigate. Work Discontinued— All work at the new nortin'ast pumping station was discon tinued t^jfcporarily yesterday on account of cold weainer. It was 15 degrees below zero there at 7 o'clock this morning, and seven degrees colder at 11 o'clock. Charles Fassler Missing — Charles Fassler. 60 years old, left the home of his daughter. Mrs. E. S. Barnes, at Hopkins, last Saturday morning, taking the oar for Minne apolis, and has not been seen since. The po lica were asked to- search for him to-day. Bar Meeting To-morrow — There will bo an adjourned meeting of the Henne pin County Bar Association iv room 1 of the courthouse, on Saturday, at 2 p. ni., to dis cuss the advisability of having an aunual me morial to deceased members. It is (hoped that every member of the bar will make an effort to be present. Bought by the Mew England —W. L. Harris, for the New England Furniture and Carpet company, has purchased the entire |10,00t> stock of Rolph «& Ball, 7^7 Nicollet av enue. The sale was made by J. T. Wyniiui. trustee for creditors of Rolph & Ball. The Btock includes a full line of fine furniture and R. O'Tool in Trouble—R. O'Tool, in the municipal court this morning, was charged with collecting bills for firms with which he had no connection. He was ex amined on a complaint sworn out by the Union Publishing company. It is said that O'Tool collected $32.u6 from the Farmers aud Mechanics' Bank. He was held to the grand Jury under $SUQ bail. Shoplifters Punished—The work of prosecuting holiday shoplifters was begun iv the municipal court this morning. Two wom en, who save their names as Ellen Smith and Julia Spencer, pleaded guilty when charged with taking dry goods from the store of .lohn \V. Thomas & Co. Ellen Smith was given a sentence of sixty days in the work- DOUB9 or $50 fine, while Julia Spencer was given the option of forty-five days in the workhouse or a ?4o fine. A Tea Party Anniversary—Comman der-in-Chief Ell Torrance will be tendered a reception by the Minnesota Sons of the Amer ican Revolution Monday, Dec. 16, at the Com mercial club rooms in St. Paul. The affair Will last from 8 to 12 o'clock and -will be the cue hundred and twenty-eighth anniversary of the •'Boston Tea Party." The Daughters of the American Revolution will be asked to be present and aa enjoyable evening is an ticipated. R. A. Election— The annual election of Cecilian Council, Royal Arcanum, Xo. 1367, held Wednesday last, resulted as follows: Regent, George W. Hexnperley; vice-regent, George H. Bailey; orator, C. S. Schilling; chaplain, F. S. Basford; collector, "Willard C. Weld; treasurer, W. H. Landis; guide, Ar thur Folsom; secretary, H. F. Coe verse; •warden, R. H. Meeker; sentry, G. C. Hutch lnson; trustee for three years, R. D. Jones; representative to grand council. W. A. Ry berg. A smoke eoeial was held after the election. Real Estate Men Meet— The Mlnne spolis Real Estate board, at a meeting yes terday, provided for a nominating committee us a preliminary to the annual election. It ■was reported that 14,000 out of the 20,000 new city maps ordered by the board had been disposed of. The money necessary for the test of the Torrens law, as agreed by the St. Paul Exchange and the Minneapolis board, has been raised. The method will be deter mined later. The treasurer reported the finances in good condition, with money on band. The Messimc in the Schools—Local democrats criticize the recommendation of iJr. C. M. Jordan, superintendent of the ei'hools, that high-school pupils read tlie president's message. They regard it as ail introduction of politics in the schools, and gome are inclined to call it a partizan meas ure. This will hardly do, as Dr. Jordan has always been a democrat. He says hia only idea was to have pupils acquaint themselves with topics of the day, and that he did not intend them to study the document in ita political aspect. AEt ROLOGICAL MRS. JOSEPHINE LYON, wife of W. H. Lyon or" the H. N. Leighton company, died Thursday at her home, 1512 Second avenue S, after a long illness. Mrs. Lyon has been a resident of Minneapolis for the past twen ty years, coming here from Machias, Maine, with her brother.*, H. N. and E. E. Leigbton. She was a member of Pilgrim Congregational church. The funeral was held to-day at 2 o'clock from her late residence. tsnc leaves one son. JOHX ANDERSON died yesterday at 7:30 at his home, 239 Nineteenth avenue S. He was Ii years of age and had been v. resi dent of Minneapolis thirteen years. He leaves a wife and one child. He was a prominent member of the Archor carap. Modern Wood men lodge. The funeral will take place from his former home. Interment at Lake wood. ANNA GRACE SITZIN, aged 6 years, 6 months and 3 days, the youngest daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. Sutzin of 218 Eighteenth •venue N, died at her home Dec. 5, after an illness of twelve hours. The funeral was held Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock. The service was :ead by Rev. Father McDevit and the interment was at St. Mary's ceme tery. MRS. CATHERINE STARRETT, aged 44 years, died early yesterday of heart | trouble, at her residence, 3443 Fifteenth aye- I nue S. The funeral will take place at 2 p. in. Sunday; interment at Layman's cemetery. MRS. CATHERINE GAYNOR, 1135 Lyudale avenue N, is dead. Sho is survived by a son and tnree daughters, Morgan Gaynor of Chicago, May Gaynor, Mrs. J. Sullivan and Mrs. B. Healey of Monroe, Wis. MRS. SARAH YOUNG, 705 Jewett place, died early yesterday at the city hospital of senility, at the age of 74 years. Bhe is survived by a son, Harry P. Young! MRS. A. O. FIELD, wl f e of the street commissioner of the sixth ward, died at I: U Q this afternoon. Funeral notice later. BOUGHT AN_ENTIRE BLOCK T. F. Curtis, the Purchaser, Will Erect Cottawes. • George Odium has sold to Theodore F. Curtis for the Farmers' Trust company of ! Manchester, England, the entire block on ! whioh once stood the pavilion known to travelers on the old McCrory motor line I as the Lake Calhoun station. The block Is directly across the lake from the Mlnl kahda Club landing, between Thirty-third end Thirty-fourth streets, the boulevard \ and the street railway line. It contains fifteen lots, each 40x120 feet. The con- Bideration was about $11,000. Mr. Curtis has done much for the neighboring part of the city by the erec tion of moderate priced cottages of dis tinctive architecture for the purchasers of lots. It is expected that he will dispose of the lots Just bought and erect cottages. It is a matter of regret to a great many that the city did not buy these lot 3 when they were offered for the establishment of a park. Emelia Knoblauch has transferred for $5,500, to the Omaha road, a lot in North Minneapolis which was desired for the ex tension of trackage. The price was awarded by a commission under condem nation proceedings and from which an ap peal was taken. Fannie M. and Linton Williams have sold to Harold P. Goodnow an undivided half Interest In lots 5 and 6, block 18, town of North Minneapolis. The consideration 1b $24,600. The property is at the north- ! west corner of Washington and Twentieth avenues N, and is occupied by stores and offices. TO HOUSE CADETS Contract for New Building* at An napolli Awarded. \ Washington, Dec. 14. —The navy depart ment has j awarded j the contract for the construction : of the buildings which are to serve as quarters, for the cadets at the naval academy to Noel & Thomas, of Bal tlaaf«<s at their bid ot $2,i4&,000, , VICIOUS COLD WAVE i It Knocks Mercury Down 33 De grees in Fourteen Hours. ! THERE ARE OTHERS WHO SHIVER The Northwest Suffers Generally— Trains Delayed—Fur Trade Boomed. 1 ' i Old Hiems dropped into town yester day. He came suddenly and unex ', pectedly. People would not believe that ; real winter was here until some passer by shouted out the familiar Russian ex- j ■ pression of "nose frozen." Thursday night ! at y o'clock, during a snowstorm, the temperature began to drop. It fell from j ' 21 degrees at that hour until 11 jester- , [ day the mercury touched VI degrees be- ■ , low zero. The government thermometer at the • federal building at 7 o'clock yesterday ; morning registered below zero lor the first time this winter. It was only 2 degrees i to the bad at that time, but by a rapid succession of rushes a 15 to 20-mile north- I I west wind pushed the mercury down to 12 below. The sun's rays then bt'gan a j defense that held for a time, at least. 1 The sudden fall of 33 degrees took ; j everyone unawares. Even the weather ' bureau was not looking for such a change. i Conditions yesterday warranted the issue : of a warning that colder weather was • coming, but 12 below was not expected. ■ If conditions do not change it is predicted ! i that to-night will be very cold, with per- j haps a register O f from 15 to 20 below. Cold Dcluys Trains. One of the first noticeable effects of the cold was on the bulletin boards at .the I railroad stations. Nearly every traiu j | was reported late whether from the east ! |or the west. Some of the overlands were j | very late. Show windows in stores were | I covered with frcst and the window dress- ; ; its took occasion to make changes in , displays behind the cover which Jack ! Frost had created. The summery sort or stuff which has been in evidence during the warm spell, gave way to heavy uuder | wear, gloves and furs. Although the iner i chants reported that the \v\ither had j ' been near enough seasonable to sell j : goods, the sudden change produced imme diate effects and a great raid was made ! on the stocks of caps and gloves. Other Localities Suffer. Cold weather was not confined to Mm- | I neapolis. Duluth showed a temperature ■ lof —6, Huron —14, Moorhead —26 and ! ■ Manitoba —30. The wave reached to ; ; Texas. At Omaha it was 10 above, Dodge j • City, Kan., 16 and Abilene 28 degrees. The cold center, extends up .through j Minnesota and the Dakotas, but is mov- j ing east very rapidly. It is very warm j i from the middle of the gulf coast up | through the country to Lakes Erie and > Huron. Section Director Outram points out some ! peculiarities ia connection with this' wave. At Minneapolis, on the edge of the cold region, it was 2 below at T o'clock. In Chicago, 400 miles away, it I j was 48 above. This is a range of 50 de- i i grees in a very short distance. The ter- j perature at Omaha was 10 above and 400 ' I miles distant, in St. Louis, the register was 54, a range of 44 degrees. December, 1901, bids fair to be the cold est month in years if the present gait is kept up. An examination of the- records by Mr. Outram shows that the average De cember in eleven years has not been very cold. Where below zero weather has : come, it was generally during the last few days of the month. The mean minimum temperature for December, last year, was 14 above. In 1890 the mercury did not go below zero. In 1893 thirteen days showed below zero weather. In 1897 eleven days were quite cold and 1898 had a record of eight days in which the minimum register j was below the zero point. Last year the | coldest figure in December was 12 degrees below. In eleven years the coldest De cember day was 20 degrees below, in 1898. The previous record was 19 degrees below j the day before and 16 degrees below in j State Capitol News THE DECISION IS DELAYED IN THE BOARD OF CONTROL. CASE It Is Rumored That the Court Stands Three to Two for Normal Board. Members of the board of control and of the state normal board are alike dis appointed and annoyed over the delay in the decision of the supreme court in their quo warranto case. Both sides expected it to,-day. The normal board will meet in Duluth, Dec. 18, and that date was chosen in order to bring the meeting after the court's decision. Until that is hinded down, the normal board must work in the dark. It has determined to open the Du luth school Jan. 1, and it will be neces sary at the meteing next Wednesday to decide a great many questions with re gard to building and equipment. Should the decision go against the normal board, this work would all be nullified. The court is believed to have reached a decision a week ago, and to stand three to two in favor of the normal board. Con siderable time is required in preparation of majority and dissenting opinions. The ruling of the court in this case will be argued for all future legislation and for the action of the two boards. ST. JAMES WANTS IT Offer* a Site for the Girls' Training ' School. W. B. Hammond, of St. James, called on the state board of control to-day to urge the claims of his city as a site for the new training school for girls. St. James will offer a plot of ground. Members of the board of control have decided to postpone I decision of the matter till after the holi days, to give all the interested towns a chance to make their propositions. l.nsKi-r's Inheritance Tax. Inheritance tax upon the estate of Otto Lugger, late entomologist for the state, was ; paid in to-day. His estate is valued at $11,982.34, and the tax was $66.43, being 1 per cent on all over $5,000. \ PICKETT'S SENTENCE It Will Be Fixed by the Court To morrow. Reuben C. Plckett will be sentenced to morrow morning. He may be allowed to remain at the jail until his motion for a new trial has been argued, but the chances are that he will be taken to Stillwater as soon as the sheriff is ready to take him over. Mrs. Eck Granted Divorce. Jennie Z. Eck has secured a divorce from Thomas Eck, the well-known promoter of bicycle events and himself a famous rider and trainer. Desertion was charged.' The suit was not opposed t>y Mr. Eck. Judge Pond also granted decrees of divorce in the follow ing cases: Ella M. Munson agadnst Johann Munson; Minnie A. Deyoe against Leonard A. , Deyoe; Anna Maria JacObsen against Fred Jacob«en; Jane Wiley against Hiram Wiley. Pardon for Brooki. County Attorney Boardman appeared at the governor's office this afternoon to recommend a pardon for Simon. Brooks, who Is serving a three months' sentence in the workhouse for the theft of some copper wire. Brooks' wife hao been waiting at the capitol two days for a pardon. They have seven children and are destitute. Brooks ha» served half his sent ence. . Green Stole the Horse. Albert Oreen was convicted of horse steal ing by the Jury ;which heard his case, much to the surprise <oX many, who heard the «vl ■ dene* .' ... '••:'", ■■..'" ' ;..,." :••■' ■•■ "■. KATZ IS IN DEMAND Minneapolis, St. Paul and Omaha All Want the Prisoner. HE IS CHARGED WITH FORGERY I lli-nnepin Authorities \ iKiiroiul> O|i- PO»e Hiit Removal to Omnlia on Requisition. Charles K. Katz, a resident of St. Paul, ' and under arrest in that city for forgery, ia also wanted in Minneapolis and Omaha. Detective James Johnson of the latter place, is in the twin cities to-day en deavoring to secure extradition for the | prisoner. Al J. Smith, assistant county ; attorney for Hennepin, however, has had | a warrant served on Katz in the Ramsey county jail, where he is confined, and i 3 ' lighting against his removal to Omaha. Katz is accused of large forgeries in the i three cities, and each wants to proceed : against the man first. The result is a j lively legal tilt for and against Nebras ka's requisition. It is probable that Mm- : neapolis will get the prisoner, in which event he will be proceeded against on two ; charges of forgery. Katz is an insurance man, and has made his home in St. Paul for about three years. In tho summer of 1900 he was employed as solicitor in St. Paul for the Union Mu tual Life Insurance company of Minne- j apolis. Last summer he served the Na- j tional Lifo> Insurance company of this j city in a similar capacity. He held the latter position for about two months. On ! | June 22, according to Mr. Murphy, man- ! ager of the company, he presented at the I office a check for $375 on an eastern bank. | This was paid. On the day following he went to the manager of the Union Mutual . company, for whom he had formerly j worked, and got another check for $400 ' cashed. On the third day he left for parts ' unknown. The two checks which were ; paid for him proved to be forged. It also j developed that premiums collected on : policies sold for the National company \ by the solicitor had not been turned in. ; An effort was made to locate Katz, but he i could not be found. According to the Omaha authorities I Katz went to that city and forged and ; cashed at least eighteen checks, for amounts which ag-gregate more than the total receipts of his work in Minneapolis. A few days ago Katz was arrestetl by the St. Paul police and a complaint from \ Omaha. Al Smith also knew that the man was wanted here and issued a war rant for his arrest for forgery in this city. This was served on him in his cell at the Ramsey jail. Mr. Smith says there is no reason for surrendering the prisoner to the Ne braska authorities until his cases in Min nesota are settled. If he should be turned over to the Omaha police and for any reason they should fail to make a case against him, then Minnesota would have to stand the expense of extraditing him. He is here, Mr. Smith says, and should remain here until there is a settlement of his shortcomings with his former em ployers, and then the Omoaha authorities can prosecute him for any crimes he may have committed there. THE MONEY COMES FAST FOR THE McKIXLEY MEMORIAL, S. H. Fnrrington, Postmaster at Waterville Sends Valuable Old Keepsake Coins. The McKinley memorial fund has be gun to pile up in a maner that more than fulfils the expectations of the committee in charge. Letters and contributions are beginning to come in from all over the state. Over 10,000 letters have been sent out to people in Minneapolis and 8,000 to those in St. Paul. Out of town letters will be gotten off to-day. Notices have been sent to every post master and editor in the state asking them to assist local agents in his work of col lecting names of possible subscribers. When these lists are received at head quarters a coin card and a statement as to the object of the .fund is sent out. Collections from the school children have not been received as yet, the matter hav ing been turned over to State Superin tendnt J. W. Olson. By a recent action of the organization at Washington is announced that con gress will be asked to furnish funds for the monument at Washington and the only one to be contribuated by the public will be that at Canton. Among letters received this morning one came from Postmaster S. H. Harring ton of Waterville. He sent in a fifty cent piece that was given him the day he was born. He also offered a twenty cent ! piece that he has, carried for a long time ; as a keepsake. Since the previously reported contribu tions Secretary Frank H. Forbes has re- I ceived the following: i E. S. Berg, Porup, 60 cents'; Minnesota (State Tidning, St. Paul, $7; C. H. Burwe!! | Minnetoiika, $5; George Crook Post, Stillwa j ter, $5; O. Roualealordt, Butternut, $1; W 1 Halestad.Buttemut, $1; Oliver Chirhart.Opule j25 cents; G. P. Hagen, Hayfleld, 26 cents' I Annie Van Lee, Ghent, 85 cents. These fire ! from Minneapolis: F. G. Winter, 25 cents- R. D. Webb, 50 cents; E. T. Hamlin, $1; T. V Cann, 50 cents; W. A. Ramsey, $1; Mrs. B. H. Hawkins, $125, Kate E. Hawkins, |J 25- Sarah S. Hawkins, $1.25; M. P. Hawkins' j $1.25; S. B. Morrib, Jr., 50 cents; W. H. Cur tis, 50 cents; Cyril Mitchell, 50 cents; R. H. j Best, 50 cents; H. P. Gallaher, 50 cents; E. c! | King, $5; Frank Crowln, $1.75; S. D. Cargil] $1; C. B. Halbert, $1; Mrs. C. S. Halbert, $1; Anna Godsell, $1; C. A. Broomquist, 50 cents; R. B. Roach, 50 cents; J. M. Cole, 60 cents; A. E. Zonne, J2; J. F. Conklin, $2; J. H. Ran dall, 50 cents; E. J. Forester, 50 cents; G. B. Loomis, 50 cents; H. S. Lawrence, 50 cents; John Olson, 50 cents; C. A. Lack, 50 cents; Mabel Oliver, 50 cents; Vincent Schuler, 50 cents; Emil Joe Hansen, 10 cents. WENT FOR Oil" RIDE OWATONNA TfUPS EXPLAINED Woman Who Conducted Children to State School Teatlfy in Jle gaarden Investigation. Much testimony was taken In the Me gaarden examination this morning, but nothing new was revealed. George D. Holt and several women testified as to the manner of taking children to the state public school at Owatonna. The women said they had been supplied with tickets, but with nothing else. In the majority of cases the witnesses said that they had taken the children to the Milwaukee Bta- I tion on the street cars at their own ex pense or had walked there. At Owatonna they had been met by a carriage from the school and returned in the same con veyance. No hack had been provided at either end of the journey. No charge was made for hotel bills nor was such charge necessary as the persons returned the same day. The evidence for the prosecution is nearly all in and the chances are that C. L. Smith will rest his case to-morrow if the commission decidee to meet. How much evidence Sheriff Megaarden will in troduce is not known. EMBEZZLEMENT "7 ———. - ' President and Treunrer of ax» Ala* bama Company Arrested. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 14.—0n war rants charging embezzlement George Mor gan', president and George Blinn, Jr., treasurer "of the Continental , Security Re demption company, for which concern a receiver was recently appointed, haa been arrested. Morgan is charged with embez zling checks and mnoey aggregating $58, --000 and Blinn with embezling $25,000. Both i have £iv«n lboada. THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. useful Christmas Presents! wsW ucn 8831 ESfl EBI \-ii~~.'• i]i • ,'i mSb Bffll' wffli l&y BjbCT B^B Hfiti HkM «^b mk9 ■»■ *,* ■- • e^s9 K^ta 'EBJI. .j luflP ■Qkv. km 9 Hrl dOH vE9 nut crackers and picks. SIL- table mats, crumb trays with We make a specialty of the very best grade of stoves made ver table, dessert, tea aNd scrapers, silver bread nd give a written guarantee with every stove sold. A poor COFFEE SPOONS, PRETTY PAT- PLATES, TRAYS ENAMELED IN stov e ie dMrov^n f SnWtsf >«;„«*•;• I "* j P [ terns. sizes from 12 to 24. ■> J?Z' ujtl >E JT^l ', nothing because it does «ot . give the heat it should for the fuel consumed. sugar SHELIjS butter knives, carving, SETS BRBAD and We guarantee to save you. money on any stove bought rmTA^ I; ADLES BERRY SPOONS ' BUTCHER KNIVES, STEELS, PAR- from US. . V l,u t> sets. ., ing KNIVES can openers. The following three special bargains are the biggest stove meat saws and cleavers for • - . bargains in the city: : FAMILY USE. •' :>. TABLE KNIVES AD FORKS, STEEL ____ J u '': Axr ''« A ' CORN POPPERS BIRDCAGES and silver-plated. [•! .'^.. • -.'? tS-iiies::^:T:] We oner an Acorn fl P SHEARS AND SCISSORS. WASH BOILERS IN TIN> WITH cop \^^^^^^k Ba. Se BlUTier fOF J| Mgj MANNING BAWNAN'S CELE- PER BOTTOMS AND COPPER I "^BP^fiSB 0 Ollly '■•"'• EdS3 *W BRATED COPPER NICKEL-PLATED STRIPS < TBKOBBI ITII WMSBBBK m L • * • £ n • , i , * ■■ coffee and tea pots, silver ■ ""■ •' • ■ fcl > iWJf Thls stove is a full nickel-plated, v!Ss^v^™ E ' SEAMLESS; with lisk's anti-rust wash boiler, iSSIH&hB^I double heating stove with hot-air flues, whiteMET™ spouts? AN guaranteed for five years. , ;^/ni;> >f; fff i Hli big fire pot, lar tea kettle attachment, „„„•-■ ■ ' copper boilers from 14 to 18 i«ilii|t^^iliMlL_«™_ a complete base burner. 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SHORT rifles, SHOT GUNS and /^Sfe'^^»l popuidr i i>ey are more economical in savacf rifi Fq IW^^^^^^^^^^^k aDcl more Practlcal and satisfactory roasting pans SAVARY MADE mr^o. ZJ!l*j!g™L! m rirrm V" \ in use. than any other stove on the market. OF HEAVY SEAMLESS CHARCOAL pnPTCPT KVTVP(J ■ inn ctyip'? \\T a V.-i*r-» W r,,ii 4. j o^ 1 __ steel; roast or fowl needs OCKET kmves a 100 styles vve nave a fully , guaranteed Steel AAP NO BASTING IN THESE PANS. RANGING IN-PRICE FROM 10 CENTS RailgC, six covers< high shd Weight 0H C egg POACHERS, CEREAL cook- v over 500 lbs which we offer for welgflS ERS, WAFFLE IRONS, BREAD RAIS- RAZORS, FINE QUALITY FROM UVCI °^ 1DS '' WmCn We Oiler lOr SF ■■ W Seat REAchopS FLOUR BOXES $1 T0 ?2 . 50 . This range is very neat and will compare with any 835 range on the isa&S HAZOR S TRAPS , SHAVING MUGS, -"^ c^^c^isSc?^d Ranges 'Quick Meal TOS. Tg BEST ON earth. MRS. £g^2~ .shaving StOV^Sen^ExTha^ PaymCntS at C3Sh Prices and Your Old- ATT A DA A A .HARDWARE, STOVES AHB BSGYGLES. IT TORE THE HEART The Separation of Mrs. Williams and Her Little Ones. WOMAN DANGEROUSLY INSANE Had to Be Torn From Her Children by Force—lntended to Take Their Lives. , It was necessary to break up the. Wil liams' family. The inexorable laws of so ciety and the state demanded it, but cer tain county officials will resign their envied positions rather than be obliged to participate in a similar breaking up pro cess again. Such a wrenching as the hearts of Captain Alexander, Frank Johnson, Walter Ryberg, Al J. Smith and others got last evening is dangerous; a human being can stand it only about once in a lifetime. In the ears of these men there is still ringing and will ring for many days the frenzied call of two little children for their mama and the agonized screams of a desperate woman struggling to pro tect her own, while before their eyes they see two terror-stricken baby faces, tear stained and drawn with fear, and a thin, pale face of a woman with disheveled hair, with eyes dilated with horror, as she called on heaven to strike her and the children dead. "When those two little children caught me by the legs and implored me to save their mother, hanging to me with a grasp I could not break, I simply broke down and cried. I couldn't help myself. It was a scene I shall never forget," said Walter Ryberg. "The scene made me desperate. I don't know what I owuld have done had I stayed," said Al. J. Smith. Mrs. Frances Williams, who has been living with her two children' at Thirty first street and Thirty-seventh avenue S, was committed yesterday afternoon to the hospital for the insane at St. Peter. i Barney, her 10-year-old son, and his I 8-year-old sister will be cared for at I Bethany home for a time. The separa j tion of mother and children was the most ' pathetic scene ever enacted at' the court i house. The woman, weak and emaciated from hardship and illness, struggled and fought with almost superhuman energy against the separation, and the little group was. literally torn apart by hands that wanted to be kind, but were of necessity rough, and harsh. "Save my mother! Don't let them kill her. Let us go! Oh, please let us go," implored the children, running from, one to another of those present. "Oh, God, strike us dead! Let us die together!", screamed the poor mother as she strained to free herself from the grasp of the minions of the law. It was useless to tell the children that they would be taken to a nice home, where there was warmth and light, food, clothing and children to play. Arguments fell un heeded. Mama was all they wanted, and to have returned to their cold, cheerless hovel, with all its filth and rags and its empty larder and fireless Btove, would have made them rejoice. Poverty and hardship usually blunt the emotions and sympathies, but in this case they intensified them. The woman is undoubtedly Insane. She has not been violent as yet, but the hard ships she has suffered since her husband 1 deserted her some years ago have broken her health and her mind. That she con templated the destruction of herself and children is certain, as she has intimated as much, an a bottle of carbolic acid was found in her clothes. It is hoped that the rest, nourishing food and treatment she will receive at St. Peter will restore her health, and if she recovers she will be given back her loved ones, and there is a group of men at the courthouse who will share their last penny to protect her from want again. Nelson Goes to Reformatory. Charles Nelson, convicted of criminal as sault, has been sentenced to the St. Cloud reformatory. An earnest plea for a light sen tence was made for the young man, attention being called to the lact that he served his country as a soldier in the Philippines, that he had never been arrested before, and w&a not strictly accountable for his actions when his crime was committed. GROUND FOR LIBEL SUIT IN THIS .Minnesota's governor, a moderate smok er of cigars who detests clgaret smoke and never had a "coffin-nail" between!^ his lips, has' to "stand ■ the brunt of this crude story, which the New York Times pub lished last Sunday: ! V Governor S. R Van Sant of Minnesota was riding from St.; Paul to his home, in Winona, with several acquaintances Just after he watu nominated j last year, and the party devoted the four hcurs' -Tide to a close discussion of politics. One of them- was "George R. Peck, solicitor of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, who is an old campaigner and a great stump orator. He gave Mr. Van Sant his ideas of the campaign, and learned in ic turn many details of the Minnesota situation. As he was leaving ( the j car at ' Winona Mr. • Van Sant said' he proposed to visit as many of tbe counties" in the western northern parts of tho state as possible and personally [ I present kls claim*. ' , SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1901. HILL-HIRRIMAN They May Have Another War Before the Merger Is Accomplished. Special to The Journal. New York, Dec. 14.—This afternoon it was said the merger might not be accom plished without another war among the Hill-Harriman interests. The resignation of Hill and Harriman from the Northern Pacific board will help the Northern Se curities in the fight Governor Van Sant is making on the combination, but it will not reconcile the differences between Harri man and Hill. Harriman, Kuhn, Loeb and Rockefeller's interests are said to be opposed to the proposed retirement of $75,000,000 preferred stock of the Northern Pacific before the legal status of the Northern Securities company is established. It is planned now to retire all the pre ferred steck of the Northern Pacific, Jan. 1. If that is done and later the trust is knocked out by the courts, Harriman, Kuhn, Loeb and Rockefeller will lose control of the Northern Pacific. They hold preferred stock now while the Morgan-Hill combination holds com mon stock. As common stock of $80,000 000 is not to be retired it is apparent that Morgan and Hill would own the road if preferred stock should be retired and then the merger declared illegal. PLENTYJ^F WATER "Battle of Wells" Really a "Battle of Pumps." The story of c "Battle of Wells" in yesterday's Journal has brougaht forth an answer. Oliver Gibbs, 1536 Nicollet avenue, formerly secretary of the state horticultural society, says the real trouble is in the pumps and not int he wells. The battle at any rate is to get water out of the ground, and the interested concerns are the state university and the Christian mill. Both have artesian wells, and the one seems to be worked at the expense of the other. Mr. Gibbs' explanation is, in substance, as follows: There is a column of water rising by pres sure on tho basin below to within a few feet of the surface. The upper end of this col umn has tho least pressure, the pressure gradually dcci easing as the column rises from two causes—the elevation and the fissures in the rocky strata which always Increase to ward the surface letting the water leak away. Now the intake pipes in these wells being lowered only a few feet into weak water heads, the pump that lifts the most water in a given period robs the other well through the fissured rock because the pressure is not sufficient to keep both wells going at once. Down below somewhere, and it may be only a few feet or it may be many, according to the thickness of the fissured rock strata, there is probably a line, below which the pumps, If their intakes were extended so low, would not be able to overcome the pres sure. This point or line may be found by gradually lowering the intakes in both wells and by working the pumps simultaneously. END IN SIGHT Doyle-Burns Case Almost Ready for Final Arguments. Council Bluffs, lowa, Dec. 14.—When the noon adjournment was reached in the Doyle-Burns mining suit to-day, the re buttal evidence of the plaintiff had been completed and the case will probably be ready for argument to-morrow or Mon day. There was little evidence of im portance offered and most of the time was taken up with arguing objections. Ten wekes have been consumed and about 200 witnesses examined. There Is a vast amount of horse hair annually used in the United States for making and repairing violin, violoncello and bass viol "bows. All of the hair comes from Germany and Russia, in which coun tries the tails of horses are generally al lowed to grow much longer than here. "Is it going to be close In this state?" asked onn o. the party. "It may.'" was the reply. "We were beaten two years ago, but I think I'll »queeze through..' . . "Are you going to make a personal canvass throughout the state?" "I expect to," answered the candidate. "Then I want to give you some advice," . said ; the first Wpeaker. "I notice you havo ; been smoking cigarets. Don't do it. 'I he people west of the Mississippi river went nrani for - a gubernatorial candidate w'io smokes thoso things. Get a pipe. It will make difference enough to change the result In v close election." . ' Governor j Van Sant said .he believed that wa" good advice, and took a pipe which one of tbe party offered him as a mascot, prom ising-,, to quit cigarets. The election . was c;oee, *- the , Governor * having ' barely 2,000 * piu rallty. The man who gave the advice doubt j«ga thlaiu fat* suggestion, U aesponsible tot it. Minneapolis Packing Co. 211 WASHINGTON AVENUE NORTH. Pork cutting is at full blast with us, and we must sell the fresh cuts at re duced prices, such as Leaf Lard, Spare Ribs, Pigs Feet, Pork Shoulders Pork Loins, Pork Sausage, and Pigs Heads. Pork Loins, lean 9c Turkeys, dry picked I©O Pork Shoulders 7c Spring Chickans !.! 10c Spare Ribs 7 C Fowls, fresh dressed ". .*.'.. 8c Pork Sausage 8c Short cut Rib Roast I©O Pigs Heads 4c Pot Roast 6c f 8c Pigs Feet 3 C Sirioin Steak \ 2'^c Leaf Lard |Oc Lard, our own rendering 10c TELEPHONE M. 1405. T. C. TELEPHONE 1368. THEY DEMUR Minnesota Congressmen May Not Support Philippine Tariff Bill. From The Journal Bureau, Room 4LS, JPott Buildlny, TPathington. Washington, Dec. 14.—There is some un certainty among the members of the Min nesota delegation as to how many of them will support the ways and means commit tee bill fixing the Philippine tariff. The fact that there was uncertainty came out quite accidentally during the lunch hour to-day. Tawney, Heatwole, Eddy, Stev ens and Fletcher were dining Tim Brynes in the House restaurant. Tawney, who is for the ways and means bill, must go to St. Louis next week to deliver an address at the breaking of ground for the exposi tion, and he is anxious before going to get a pair. He mentioned this fact at lunch, when both Heatwole and Stevens offered to pair with him. This offer was made in a semi-serious way, but subsequent discussion brought out the fact that Stevens, who opposes reciprocity with Cuba, does not under stand why the ways and means bill dis criminated against the Philippines and in favor of Cuba in the sugar and tobacco schedules. He says the bill will have to be explained very carefully to him before he will feel like supporting it. Heatwole says there must be some explanations be fore he can support it. Eddy and Tawney were the only two at dinner to-day who said openly'they were for .the bill. Fletch er says he has not read it and is not ready to give an opinion. —W. W. Jermane. DNCLE SAM MEDIATOR CHILE WANTS HIS GOOD OFFICES Belief That the Dispute With Ar gentina Will Not Justify a Rupture. Paris, Dec. 14.—A dispatch received here from Santiago de Chile under to-day's date says: "The alarm manifested in Ar gentina is declared in Chilean official cir cles to be unwarranted. In the opinion of the government the boundary dispute will never justify a rupture." A news agency here this afternoon re ceived a dispatch from its office at Bue nos Ayres confirming the announcement of the calling out of the Argentine army re serves and adding that at the request of the government the chamber of deputies had sanctioned a bill setting aside the conversion fund to be used for national defense. The dispatch says: "The report that the United States will offer its good offices is confirmed. At Chile's request the American minister has sounded the intentions of the Argentine government. Brazil has also offered mediation." In his "History of Philadelphia" (1884) Thompson Wescott says that the first wire suspension bridge in the United States, if not in the -world, was thrown across the Scnuylkill river, near the Palls of Schuylkill, in Philadelphia, in 1816. Its use was necessarily restricted to foot pas sengers, and only eight passengers were allowed to toe on the bridge at once. PIANO PLAYERS! If you own a piano what can you think of for a present that will giro your family so much pleasure as a self-play ing attachment? We are sell ing the best on the market at very low figures on your own terms. Butter Fine fresh Extra Creamery, guaranteed to give satisfaction, 3 and 5-lb. jars, per lb., A f" ««. only £DG Good Dairy Butter, In AA A 5-lb. jars, per lb £.If G Good Cooking Butter. ij»7_ perlb ....• .17C ICE CREAM Sunday special Neapolitan Brick. Only the finest cream and best flavorings and preserved fruits are used. $*...30o&?...50o WISCONSIN DAIRY 309 Hennepin Ay. Telephone 914 (both lines.) Suggestions for Christmas Gifts! QLOVES— You will find here every kind of stylish and warm Gloves from 500 to $6.50 a pair. MUFFLERS— Made from rich silks in beautiful color ings and patterns. They are stylish and warm, $1.50 to $8.00. Shirt Tailor and Men's Furnisher. 422 Nlcollet Aye. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY ALL. LADIES WHO HAVE TRIED OTHERS say Satin-Skin Powder is best, because invisi ble, adhesive, harmless. Only 260. A FINE NEW BAUfiCH~~A~LOMB MYCRO~ scope, costing $75, for $25. Holtiermann Chi cago Store Co., Cedar ay. SPUR TRACKFOR LOGS JL P. Applies for Permit to Build to Diamond Mill. The Northern Pacific railway company has applied to the city oouncll for per mission to extend a spur track from Twentieth avenue N down the river bank to the Diamond mill, and if the petition is granted, it is purposed to resume sew ing at the Diamond mill about Jan. 1. The plan is to bring logs in by rail and dump them into the mill pond, which will be kept from freezing by the use of ex haust steam from the mill's boilers. The present plans call for at least three months sawing. The matter will come up at to-night's meeting of the council. Ada Gets a Station. Pursuant to a suggestion from the r»llro»<1 commission the Great Northern has agreed to build <a new station at Ada, with separata waiting rooms lor men and women.