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85*'' I Ma iy % * r 12 X THE MINNEAPOLIS JOTJBNAE. .LDODGLAS *3.i? SHOE ai'gs W. L. Douglam makmm and amttm ntoramon'a $3. BO ahomm than any othor two manufacturera In thm world. WHY 7 BECAUSE W.L.Douglas $3.50 shoes placed side by side with $5 and $6 shoes of other makes are found to be just as good. They, will outwear two pairs of ordinary $3.50shoes. BECAUSE His reputation for the best $3.50 shoes in style, fit and wear is world wide. Notice increase of tale* in table belowi lSSt^MSjJoePalrj. lg99==r898jl8^Pairj. 1900 = 1,259,754 Pairs. 1 9 0 1 = 1 , 5 6 6 , 7 2 0 Pairs. RAGES ONTHE ICE PAT? A LIVELY MATINEE TO-MORROW U l n n e a p o l i i a n d St. P a u l Horae* "Will C o m p e t e o n L a k e of t h e Idle*. Business More Than Doubled in Four Years. Sold by 63 Douglas Stores in American Cities, and the nest shoe dealers everywhere. CAUTION! The genuine have W. L. Sous las' name and price stamped on bottom. Made of the best Imported and A merican leathers, Including Patent Corona Kid, Corona Colt, and Na tional Kangaroo. Fast Color Eyelets and Always Black Hooks Used Exclusively. Boys all woarW.L.Douglaa'$2.00 Strong Mado Shoo*j Youth'a,$1.75. Shoes br mail, 25 cents extra. Catalog free. TV. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. MINNEAPOLIS STORE: 405 NICOLLET AVE. HAD COMPLEXION. ' Th e skin is th e seat of an almost end* Bess variety of diseases. T h ey are k n o w n vby various names, but are all du e to th e came cause, acid and other poisons in t h e blood that irritate and interfere with, the proper action of th e skin. To have a smooth, soft skin, free from all eruptions, th e blood must be kept pure and healthy. T h e many preparations of arsenic and potash and the large number of face powders and lotions generally used i n this class of diseases cover u p for a short time, but cannot remove per manently th e ugly blotches and t h e red, disfiguring pimples. Eternal vigiBamso es the price of a beautiful oomjpffexion w h e n such remedies are relied on. Mr. H. T. Shobe. 2704 Lucas Avenue, St. Louis, Mo., says: "My daughter was afflicted for years with a disfiguring eruption on her face, which resisted all treatment. She was taken to two celebrated health springs, but received no bene fit. Many medicines were prescribed, but with out result, until we decided to try S. S. S., an3 by the time the first bottle was finished the eruption began to disappear. A dozen bottles cured her completely and left her skin perfectly smooth. She is now seventeen years old, and not a sign of the embarrassing disease has ever returned." S. S. S. is a positive, unfailing cure for t h e worst forms of skin troubles. It is t h e greatest of all blood purifiers, an d the o n ly on e guaranteed purely vegetable. Bad blood makes bad complexions. purifies a n d invigo- rates t h e o l d a n d makes new, rich blood t h a t nourishes t h e body and keeps th e ekin active an d healthy and i n proper condition t o p e r f o r m its part towards carrying off th e impurities from t h e body. If y o u h a ve Eczema, Tetter, Acne, Salt R h e u m , Psoriasis, or your skin i s rough and pimply, send for our book o n Blood a n d Skin Diseases and write our physi cians about your case. N o charge what* ever for this service. SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY. ATLANTA. GA. The entries for to-rriorrow's Lake of the Isles Driving Club meeWare as follows: FREE-FOR-ALL PACE. Redstrath, Fred McKay. Removine, R. D. Eaton. . . . Prince Stevens, W. B. MacLean. Mambrino Mack, W. C. Hobart. Elsie Ohso, William Allendorf. Dr. H., P. J. Alexander, St. Paul. Olesa, William Ham, St. Paul. FREE-FOR-ALL TROT. Bedford Girl, William Ham, St. Paul. Lady Constantina, George C. Loomis, Min neapolis Rosebud, Nick Rouner. Hambert, S. S. Johnston. Robin Downs, Harry Downs. Blackfleld, H. P. Watson. The races will be called at 2 o'clock sharp. The contests will be of extraor dinary high order, as the crack horses from St. Paul aad Minneapolis will come together for the first time this year to try conclusions for the supremacy in the free-for^tll division. Olesa. i3 a famous ice mare, while Dr. H. has won most all his ice contests this season and has a phe nomenal burst of speed for a quarter, and has gone to the half in 1:04. - Bedford Girl recently defeated Robin Downs, a Minneapolis celebrity, who has shown up well in most all his races. Among the Minneapolis favorites is Elsie Ohso, who has not been defeated this season. Prince Stevens, the old time favorite,- so far this winter has not been started, but Mr. Mac Lean assures the fact that the is fit to make the race of his life. Redstrath is also looked on with some favor, having a dirt record of 2:13 to his credit and his consistent, bulldog race qualities are always in evidence. In the trot Hambert is touted to win hands down, having shown phenomenal flights of speed in the recent race which he won handily. Lady Constantina has not shown up in extraordinary good form so far, but more is expected of her than has heretofore been shown. Blackfleld is close to the hearts of many of the "regu lars" and is picked to give-them a horse race after the second heat, as his re nowned staying qualities have made him famous as an ice horse. Outdoor sports m the captivating climate o f California are uninterrupted by winter weather. Golf, tennis, polo, coaching, bicycling, deep-sea fishing, shooting, kodaking, sailing, mountain climbing, surf-bathingthese and other diversions m a y b e enjoyed any day in the year. Follow YourFads in California Santa Fe N o ice,no snow,, n o chitUag blasts. O n e m a y pick oranges, bathe m t h e sea, visit oststch *farms, picnic a m o n g giant redwoods, or sit in t h e s h a d e o f tropical palms. T h e California L i m i t e d b e s t train forbest travelers-dally, Chicago a n d Kansas City t o San Francisco, L o s A n g e l e s and S a n Diego. Illustrated b o o k s " T o California an d Back " and " G r a n d Canyon o f A r i z o n a " 1 0 cents. C. C. CARPENTER, Passenger Agent the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Ry., 603 Guaranty Loan building. Minneapolis. Ibis signature is on every box of the geaain* Laxative Biromo-Quinine Tablet. the remedy that c o r e * a c o l d I n o n e d a y . BARBERS' SUPPLIES ANDCUTLBRY. :.: Shear*. R n t n aad Cttppf arooaa. R. H. HEQENEH, S*I mOOLLKT AVIUM* ILLINOIS A T MINNEAPOLIS T h e Cliuinpais'n F o o t b a l l T e a n i W i l l P l a y H e r e Nov . 8. The University of Illinois football team will play Minnesota at Minneapolis Nov. 8. Illinois will meet Chicago at Chicago., Oct. 25 and Iowa, at Champaign, Thanks giving day. Arrangements are being com pleted for the rest of Illinois' schedule, but nothing official has been announced as yet. The Illini -will play baseball with Northwestern at Champaign, April 23 Michigan, at Champaign, April 12, May 12 and at Attn Arbor, May 22. " B O B" 1CNEEBS D E A D M a n W h o P u n c h e d t h e N o s e of a G e r m a n P r i n c e . Rov-e^t T. Hall, 'better known a s "Bob" Kneebs, a horseman of international rep utation, is dead at Sioux City, Iowa. Kneebs is the man who cleaned up the German race tracks with a string of American horses in 1?94, was accused of "ringing" by Prince Schmidt, and punched his hignessi' nose. The prince had Hall arrested for "ringing," thus involving the United States in an international inci dent. In spite of the Intercession of turfmen from all over the world, Kneebs was convcited and imprisoned. He was released after four years of litigation, during -which he spent eighteen months in jail, but his property to the amount of $30,000 and his horses were confiscated. Investigation in the meantime showed that "Nellie" Kneebs Avas not a ringer as charged, and that Bethel, supposed to have been rung in in Nellie's stead, was back in Nebraska on the Wakefield ranch. MEMPHIS CYCLIST WON Got F i r s t P l a c e i n M o t o r S p e e d B i - c y c l e R a c e . Bennle "Monroe, of Memphis, -won the motor/speed bicycle race at Philadelphia, yesterday, with Howard Freeman, of Portland, Oregon Otto Maya, Erie, Penn., and A. Rutz, New Haven, Conn. Freeman got second place, and Maya third. The race was run in two heats of five miles each and two finals of ten miles each. PLAY HOCKEY TO-NIGHT M i n n e a p o l i s a n d P o r t a g e L a k e Clubs W i l l Ge t T o s e t h e r . The 'Minneapolis Hockey club and the Portage Lake Hockey club, of Houghton, Mich., will meet in the first hockey game of the season in Minneapolis at the Fourth avenue rinik, Fourth avenue S and Eleventh street, this evening. The hock ey enthusiasts of both cities have planned to see the game in force, and excitement over its outcome will run high. The Portage Lake team is one of the strong est (hockey teams in the country, and should have a decided advantage over the hastily organized Minneapolis team. The local players cannot he excelled for in dividual play and will probahly make up in that regard what they lack in team work. Gordon Patterson, of the Vir ginia Hockey club, St. Paul, will referee. .The Minneapolis line-up: - Goal, Cooper Haffield point, George iMcBride cover point, J. W. Mcintosh rover, P . B. Chapman center forward, C. M. Fair child right forward, G / K . Labatt left forward, Ambrose Raymond, spare men, J. M. Best and James Loudon. B A S K E T BALL A T FARGO U T e a m M e e t s T h r e e A g g r e g a t i o n s i n N o r t h D a k o t a . The university basket ball team left yesterday for Fargo, where games will be played to-night with the- North Dakota agricultural college, to-morrow afternoon with the Fargo high school, andi to-mor row evening with Fargo college. The "U" men were confident of taking each game. They are In the pink of con dition, but may have more than they can handle in taking on three teams in suc cession. , The ten men, including the team and substitutes,"are Captain DeeTing, Ireland, Kiefer, Holden, Tuck. Pierce, Varco, Leech, Monte n, and Manager 'Murfin. The team will return Monday and go Into hard training for the game Feb. 1 'with Fond du Lac. B O W L E R S M A K E UP W a r r i n g F a c t i o n s a t Buffalo D e c i d e t o B u r y H a t c h e t . The east and west delegates to the American Bowling congress tourney at Buffalo buried the hatchet yesterday, and elected a new set of officers'. Mayor Charles A. Bookwalter, of Inidianapolis, Ind., is president. The convention and tournament of 1903 go to Indianapolis. Other officers are: First vice president, W. B. Thompson, Chicago -second vice president, M W i P r y e r New York sec retary, Samuel Karpf, -Dayton, Ohio treasurer, G. M. Stearns, Des Molnesy Iowa. H I C K E Y IS C H E E R F U L H e S a y s t h e A m e r i c a n A s s o c i a t i o n Is P r o s p e r i n g . JSretoTorJe.8wn Special Bervto* , . St! Joseph, Mo., Jan. "Mr^Nefer" bet- ter," 'said- PresidentHiekey of'the Amer ican asociation in answer to a question as to how things looked for the new league. W e have signed 110 men and are adding new players t o the list every day. The me n will go where they can get the ' most money. Each club is signing a num- ber of extra players with the purpose of 11 turning them over to t.he eighth club. The ] club will be Omaha, of course." | | President Hlckey has already engaged headquarters in Chicago, and will re move to the windy city within a month. W I L L P L A Y N. D A K . F A R M E R S "U" B a s k e t B a l l T e a m t o Meet F a s t F a r g o T e a m . Special to The Journal. Fargo, N. D., Jan. 24.This evening the University of 'Minnesota basketball -team. will play at the North Dakota'Agrlcultu ral college aggregation. To-morrow after noon the visitors play the high school and to-morrow night Fargo college. The local teams have not trained so long as they had wished and will probably be easy for the visitors. T h e P e n a l t y of F a k i n g . , Special to The Journal. San Francisco, Jan. 24.It is likely that the Yosemite Club will abandon the Sharkey Jeffries fight in consequence of the former's fake with Maher, iu Philadelphia. Harry Corbett last night said that Kennedy had been notified, that the match was an impossi ble one. "I never did favor the tight," said Corbett, "arid after the Philadelphia fake I determined to have nothing to do with Shar- key." , ' INTO SAN FRANCISCO Report Says the Northern Pacific Is Looking That Way. NEGOTIATING FOR THE CAL.-N. W Officials of t h e N o r t h e r n Pacific D i s - c l a i m Al l K n o w l e d g e o f S u c h a D e a l . Special to The Journal. New York, Jan. 2^.It is reported, that the Northern Pacific is negotiating for for the California Northwestern railroad, lessee of the San Francisco and Northern Pacific line , to obtain .entrance Into San Francisco. Surveyors are in the field to extend the line from its present terminus, Willetts, Mendocino county, to Portland. Northern Pacific officials In New York disclaim any knowledge of such a deal. - A f thm Plymouth Corner 1 Men's Clothing, ? 2^~ Boys' Clothing, 4 - . 3 Hats and Caps, 4 Haberdashery, 5 Shoes, & i T * V # ? A t 6th and fficoUet 7 Cloaks and Wraps, 8 Furnishings, t 9 Millinery, 10 Custom Tailoring, 11 Shirt Tailoring, 12 Trunks and Bags. AnivuaJ Reduction Sale in Men's Clothing. Beautiful fabrics, tasty styles and perfect tailoring and prices that are far below the market value, make this sale'of men's clothing the greatest in our experience. The astounding values afforded are beginning to be realized during the closing days. ine Suits Overcoats half price This is the kind of Clothing sale that advertises itself. Satisfied customers are sending their friends in by the score, but there are Suits and Overcoats enough for all. ': Ohe great advantage is that there are great reductions throughout our entire stock. If a customer feels able to pay more than $10 for a suit or overcoat, he can purchase at $15 one of our beautiful garments regularly sold at $22 or $25. However, at $10 we offer our perfectly made $15 and .$18 garments. We do not offer every garment and suit in our entire stock at half price but there are fully 1,000 Suits and Overcoats at this greatly reduced price. Men's Overcoats and S\iits, $15. In this range we.have placed all our finest, novelties, as well as many of our staple overcoats. In suits will be found the INTO GREGORY COUNTY, N. D . F . E . fc M. V. P l a n n i n g t o E n t e r N e w T e r r i t o r y . Special to The Journal. Chamberlain, S. D., Jan. 24.George F. Bidwell, general manager of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad, has just rdade a tour through Gregory county, and at citizens' mfetings held at several points gave the positive assurance that his company would at once begin the work of cxtenAins a line into that county, and that the work of construction would be completed by Sept. 15 of the present year. Propositions made by him, and which were accepted by the citizens of Fairfax and Bonesteel, insure depots at those points on the lime of extension. The pre liminary survey of the line is now being made. The South Dakota delegation in con gress is also confident that the treaty made last summer by Major McLaughlin with the Rosebud Indians for the cession of that portion of their reservation lying in Gregory county will be ratified at the present session of congress, ahd that the lands, aggregating twenty townships, will be thrown upon the market during the coming summer. * T H E M I L W A U K E E D I V I D E ND L i t t l e P r o b a b i l i t y T h a t It W i l l B e A d v a n c e d . Special to The Journal. New York, Jan. 24.There has beeni talk that the Milwaukee directors might ad vance the dividend rate in March. There does not seem to bo the slightest founda tion for this as the board is known to hold the view that 6 per cent is a very good rate of dividend and that whatever re mains after paying it can better be em ployed in improvemenits than In increased rate of payment. The Milwaukee usually has a speculative advance a month or six weeks before the dividend meeting in the spring and fall. Doubtless the talk grows out of the comparative strength of the stock in the last few days, which is (believed to be the result of buying by western houses. most beautiful effects in fine domestic fabrics, also many of the fashionable importation. Thoroughly well tailored, trimmed and lined with the best materials. These garments should ap- peal to well dressed men. We guarantee the fit. JJJ'fl C? Regular prices up to $25. Reduction sale. . . . . . * ^ J s U $5 Fine Worsted Trousers, $3.50. This offering includes complete lines of our regular $5 trous- ers, composed chiefly of dark neat stripe. The tailoring in these garments is perfect the style and fit we guarantee. patterns for stylish dressers are here. Reduction sale price . . . . . . . U U i G41A WWW A ^AA $3.5All 0 Men's Overcoats and Suits* $10. The overcoats offered at this price come in all shades of both rough and smooth fabrics, though chiefly in dark oxford, - black and grays. All are serge lined , with satin sleeve lining. Besides very many broken lines of $20 and $22 suits, we have taken complete lines of beautiful unfinished worsted from our matchless $15 and $18 lines. All are lined with the finest serge and hand tailored throughout. We guarantee fit. ^ C f / V Reduction sale. ^ J l \ / $5 Rough Scotch & Cassimere Trousers For ultra fashionable dressers these rough Scotch ejects seem to be the most popular, so that this great reduction should be much appreciated. All our fashionable browns and grays are included in this lot, and some cut quite loose S J 5 L 5 0 about the hips. Reduction sale price ** J * Great reductions CtAJX^a O i l &LX^% $2-50 TWO-PIECE SUITSAll-wool suits made of good service- able cheviots and cassimeres, dark or medium shades,, all sizes, T- to 16 years pants made double seats and kftees $4.00 values ' THREE-PIECE SUITSwith knee pants a big lot of broken sizes not many of a size, but all sizes 10 to 16 years, good patterns, some were $5, others $4. , . . . . - . . ^ ^ T Special price . . ^ J OVERCOATSStylish yoke coats in sizes 7 to 13 years all new fabrics also a lot of Russian overcoats, S i ^ L 2yi to 7 years, $5 values . * * * J YOUTH'S OVERCOATS14 to 19 years, all the new fabrics and styles, many patterns to select from ^ \ C\ values to $\5, special, * . *** J L V J SAILOR SUITSBroken lines, one and two of a kind about 50 suits in all marked at exactly . . H & J f P r i c e YOUTH'S SUITSWith long pants all wool garments, nicely made, many patterns to select from in sizes 14 to tt C 19 yrs., or 28 to 35 chest measure, worthto $8, special, ** J KNEE PANTSAll wool, made double seats and knees, special . . . . . . . . . . 50c $10 MEN'S ULSTERS, $5This lot includes .over 100 ulsters of fine Irish Frieze and Rough Chinchilla, both in black, brown and dark blue. Some have fancy serg lining, while Others are-plain lined regular j - $10 and $12 garment. vP BairgaLiiv Basement. YOUNG MEN'S PANTSDark coloisr in stripes or plain blacks, regular $1.50 values, special, ^ - rfc only . W . U U ODD COATS, $1.50The coats are odds and ends left from our regular $15 black clay frock suits, serge lined and hand-tailored through- p~ c r \ out. Price J p l . J v l SUITSVestee or two piece Suits, a big assortment, sizes from 3 to 15 years, $2.50 and $2.00 ^ - R f t values ! p l O v BOYS' C H I N C H I L L A R.EEF- ERS, storm colla rs, sizes 3 ^ ^ c r v to 16 regular $2.50 coats t p l . J U $2.50 A N D $2 M E N 'S PANTS, $1 We have placed about 300 more of our fine cheviot and cassimere pants on our popular $ 1 table all ^ _ styles, all sizes 9 A YOUNG M E N ' S SUITSAll wool goods, dark or medium shades, sizes 14 to 19 years, $6.00 - tz{\ values i p J . O v BOYS' K N E E PANTS, in chev iot and cassimere. Choice ^ - only JlDC $14 MEN'S SUITS, $7.50This lot includes a.l the $12 and $14 suits from our regular clothin? stocc not odes and ends, but complete lines of the fashionable dark greens, browns and blues both the fine and un finished pure worsted. f "7 C A Most all are serge linea* . ! p 7 i j U BOYS' BLOUSESFlannel, sizes 6 to 14 years, dark colors, rej- , _ ular 50c values, a t . . . . . . J C At the Vlymotith Corner, Stjeth and JVicollet. ANOTHER. ALASKAN ROAD E a s t e r n a n d F o r e i g n M o n e y I s R e a d y for- t h e E n t e r p r i s e . Seattle, Wash., Jan. 24.The Alaska, Copper River & Yukon Railway company has been incorporated under the laws of Washington to build a railroad from Prince William's sound, in Alaska, through the Copper and Tanana river country to a point on the Yukon river near Eagle. . . The company designs, in addition, to operate a steamship line from Seattle t o Prince William sound to build and main tain a smelter and refinery in Alaska .and to carry on general mining transactions. The capitalization is $25,000,000, the en tire amount of which, it is claimed, has been subscribed by eastern and foreign capital. The estimated cost of the railway is placed at $10,000,000. The incorporators are E. D. Bannister, Alfred D. lies and T. L. Parker. C a n c e l l e d It s Tariffs. - The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road yesterday canceled its tariffs filed with the state-railroad comanission last week, increas ing the minimum on carload lots from 24 000 to 30,000 pounds, and announced that until further notice the old minimum would, obtain N e w $ 4 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 R o a d . 'Mexico City, Jan. 24.D. Rogers of New \ ork states that a new railway line, to cost $40,000,000, will be built from a port on the Gulf of Mexico north of Tampico, crossing the country to the Pacific coast, and then building up through the states of Sonora and Sinaloa, opening un rich mining regions. This line will have its terminus on the border at Eagle Pass. M. & St. I*'s E x p e c t a t i o n s . The Minneapolis & St. Louis road expects to have its new schedule to Chicago in op eration by May 1. By this the time between the twin cities and Chicago will be shortened an hour. It was hoped that trains would he running on such a schedule before this, but delays in track improvements occasioned by the early cold weather, and the consequent suspension of work have made it advisable to delay attempts to operate on the new schedule until spring. - _ H o m e s e e k e r n * R a t e s . ^ - - The Milwaukee has served notice that after March 1 it will resume the h'omeseekers' ex cursions with the low rates which were de clared off at the reauest of t i e Northern joads some time ago. The points affected are Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and the rates will continue through March, April and May. It Is expected that other eastern lines will (follow the Milwaukee's lead. R a i l r o a d N o t e s . Construction crews will begin work as. soon Slae spring opens on further improvements to Northern Pacific terminals in Duluth. The dock property owned by the company is to be extended in several places and a large amount of resair work will be done. It was stated on good authority yesterday that negotiations are pending for the sale of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois to toe Louis ville. & Nashville road. It is believed that the Pere Marquette road will - soon acquire the Lake Erie & Detroit River railroad, better known as the Walker road., H. B. Chamberlain has been appointed freight traffic manager of the Erie railroad and its operated and controlled lines. It was made known yesterday that the Chi cago & North-Western road had decided to Wild a branch from Newton, 111., to Janes vllle. Wis., by way.,of Rockford, adistanc of something: over 100 miles. The new-branch will, touch.-Sterling, Rockford, .Winnebago and Janeaville. The Transcontinental Passenger Association completed its labors In New Orleans yester day and will hold its next meeting at San Diego, Cal., in April. The interchangeable mileage ticket was left in the hands of * (committee. , , +%J MOBIL E WAKE S U P Alabama Entrepot Becoming a Great Mart and Manufacturing Center. By Charles Hallock. When the original prospectors of the Gulf coast struck this lotus-laden sec tion with its aromatic magnolias and sleepy live oaks draped with pendent moBs, which scarcely swayed in the sea breeze, they sniffed the golden at mosphere, closed their eyes and wrote it "Alabama"- here we rest! And they have been resting for 200 years come this 22d day of January! at which date they are to. have a bicentennial celebration, with, music, prayer, praise and thanks giving, for the comforts of living, and the substantial benefit's received and enjoyed in the long interim. Blessings in a mod erate degree nave come to: her people in a continuous stream all-these years, and while the wide-spreading" oaks which beautify Mobile, the state's chief entrepot, have been silently growing until they span the avenues and parks, of the city, Wealth has been' gradually accumulating with steady increment, and associated" with contentment have made her citizens enviable among cosmopolitans. Pursuing the evn : tenor of their way segregated in & measure by a shallow narbor from the commercial world, and overlooked by speculators, they have been demonstrating a problem in human sociology which the gay world of fashion, the jeuness dolce of'the present'day, would not recognize and could not enjoy if they would. "Too deuced slow, don't you know?" But how has suddenly come a great awakening. This sleepy old gulf port, which has "rested" for two centuries, is under the imlpetus of a tremendous head way, which is attracting) the attention.of the whole, business world. It is a live topic. N o less than sixteen newspaper correspondents and magazine writers have applied for data within the week since the Ne w Year opened. Photographs for illustrations are in strenuous demand: Data are useful to establish and confirm impressions hut observers with half an eye can see that Mobile has gotten a move on !her which is more or less aston ishing. It is worthy to be called a bulge. Sewerage, waterworks, asphalt pavements (long needed) warehouses, wharves, fac tories, breweries, sawmills, (twenty-five of them) public buildings, Ibig hotels, rail road extensions,, all kinds &fvnew indus tries, attract attention the city corpora tion alone spending $4,000,000 last year in public improvements, and $6,000,000 are appropriate" for the current year. The shipping business resulting from deepen ing tthe ship channel was ^ 0 0 (per cent from 1895 'to 1899. ..iDurihgc'the one year following it increased O^per cent over the previous year, reachinir.a total of nearly $i4 0&0,000. In 190r the' Increase in the number of steamers Entering'aicrd clearing Was lil72-as to 282.4ti 1895, and^of sailing .vessels to 626 over 560. The Cuban trade lasVyear was of Itself over a mil lion dollars larger than the combined ex port and Import business- of'1894. One firm shipped 60,000 head of cattle. (These are .chamber of commerceystatlstics.)... Mobile is s o near to Cehtral America that she has irinfe- steam lines* t o Cuban* Mex ican and Central American ports. Her imports of fruit, chiefly bananas and oo coajwits, feached a' total *bf 8,625,111 Punches and 4,324,772 nuts in 1901. So in timate are her commercial relations with tinanish-American ports tnat the Southern. railway has a time table with dates and rates printed in Spanish. Mobile ships water to Key West by the schooner load. Her. limpid spring water drawn fom adja cent hills is so pure that druggists use it without distillation. It is the purest city water intheworld, piped through one hun dred miles of mains, with a pressure which will top the highest building save one, the Biarville Hotel, which is an eight-story sky scraper. Mobile has erected 2,000 new buildings in twelve months. She has not had a business fail ure to exceed $3,000 in twenty-five years. She is a large timber and lumber center, employing 5,000 men in the shipment and manufacture and her oak, poplar and' pine timber squares larger than anything this sideof.Puget sound.. When her War ior river water way is completed, she will ibe the only port in the United States through which coal mined within three iriiies of the sea coast can foe floated to tide water. . Texas oil producers look to Mobile foramarket, and large storage res ervoirs are being constructed for the oil which is to be brought here in barges. The recent discovery of oil, cement, clay ahd salt deposits will measurably Increase the number of manufactories of which there are three hundred "already in opera tion, employing thousands of men who are domiciled,'all of them, in most charming cottages. A system of steamboat naviga tion embracing. 2,000 miles of water way* is- a valuable auxiliary to development of trade, and increase of values. And with all her prosperity, Mobile is a Sabbath keeper. Her streets are orderly because her workingmen are busy, Satan finds mischief only for idlers. Perhaps more signlflcanit than any other enterprise1 is the location of a $4,000,000 shipbuilding plant at Alabama Point near the city. It touches elbows with the expanding comimerce and it is believed will prove a s potential as Bremen Haven has 'been to Bremen. {Nothing Is more significant of progress and permanent betterment than the crea tion of expensive clubhouses by the 200 business me n of iMoblle and the Order of Elks. The Masons are also building a six-story Masonic temple. Many preten tious residences costing $12,000 and up wards have already been erected, and the city suburbs have been greatly extended. In all -tb.i8 progress the Chamber of Com merce, led by its unflagging secretary, E. B. 'England, has been foremost. Years ago Commander Maury said: "The Gulf of Mexico will some day b e the focus of the world's trade," and that day is at hand. It is allowed that western men, chiefly from Chicago, started this boom six years ago , western men are invited to follow in the footsteps of their sagacious-predeces sors Mobile wants a cordage factory, a .candy factory, cracker bakery,-fruit can nery, furniture factory, glass .factory, saw mill, machine shops, etc., and she has plays for all kinds of pottery, bricks and wares, and coal for coal products. '-""'-' NO NAVAL DEMONSTRATION.'" ' ' . Paris, Jan. .24.The story that the French bruiser Charlemagne ehad been ordered to Tangters to make a demonstration against Morocco on account of the murder of two French offlcera,.waa officially denied to-day. NOT ALL PLAIN SAILING MR. GAR-ST HAS DEOIDED V I E W S 9 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 f o r St. L o n i s Could B e Used t o A d v a n t a g e f o r I o w a I n - s t i t u t i o n s . Special to The Journal. Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 24.The move ment for an appropriation of a quarter of a million for the St. Louis exposition is in serious danger of striking a snag. Senator Warren Garst of Carroll, the head of the senate appropriations committee, has taken a stand against the appropria tion. He is one of the most influential members of the legislature and in view of this and owing to his position as the head of the appropriations committee, he is likely to defeat the proposed expendi ture. He says the money may better go to the educational institutions of Iowa. The appropriation bills introduced to - day carry large sums. For the state uni versity, an appropriation of $160,500 for support and $93,000 for other purposes, in addition to a one-fifth mill building tax, is asked. The Iowa State College at Ames asks for $441,000 and the state normal school at Cedar Falls for $196,000. For the conversion of the institution for the blind at Knoxville into a state normal school, the sum of $50,000 Is sought. These large requests for appropriation are al ready becoming a serious obstacle to the appropriation for the St. Louis ex position, even if Senator Garst had not taken an opposing attitude. COMPANY O ELECTS A CAPTAIN. Special to The Journal. Princeton, Minn., Jan. 24.Company G of the state militia has elected Claire A. Caley ad*captain, vice A. A. Caswell, resigned. A. C. Howard now becomes first lieutenant. There Is some talk of building an armory the coming year.At its meeting last night the common council voted to make the saloon license $675 for the current year. / V Established 1882. 1 Correct dress for everybody from head to foot Fresh. Shoe Bargairvs for the January Sale in the Basement._ 3 0 0pairs women s shoes$ L50. 600pairs mens shoes$2.45. 10 0pairs youths shoes-98c. 150 pairs Misses' shoes75c. " B f t r g e J u s thLt Btro n o t t o b e e q u a l e d i n M i n n e a p o l i s / ' ^ A shoe sale where the prices are actually LESS THAN COST. This is our method of securing a still greater volume of business during the last of the January sale. It is a method that is bound to succeed. No other shoe store would think of giving. Vuch bargains. ~ No money.saving shoe buyer can afford faoverlook these bargains. Hanan's Men's Enamel Shoes Reduced to $3.75. Men's Shoes. - . $1.50 WORTH U P TO $6These are all patent leathers, lace, sizes 6 to 8, A and B widths, a bargain for one . e\r\ who wears that size J p l . O U $1.25 WORTH U P TO $ 2 M e n ' s box calf, lace Shoes, heavy soles, new round toes, sizes 6 to A . 8 j p i . Z i O $1.95 WORTH U B T O $2.50Mm' bsx calf, Goodyear welt, lace Shoes, new goods, new styles, any l Q C size ^ l l . ^ O $2.45 WORTH U P TO $5 Men's enamel and patent leather, new, stylish Shoes, heavy and light soles, ^ ^ - _ any size, they are bargains.... ^Zt.^O Boys' Shoes, 98c W O R T H U P TO $1.50 Little men's, spring heel, lace Shoes, r\o good kangaroo calf stock " O C Women's Shoes, $1.50, WORTH U P TO $3. Women's, Dongola kid, lace shoes, good, ^ - g styles, patent or kid tips,sizes to 5 2 M J U $1.95, WORTH U P TO $3. Women's, fine kid, lace Shoes, Goodyear M Q m. welt, good styles, good values . 5 p l " D $3.25, WORTH U P TO $5. Hanan's, Women's enamel and patent leather Shoes, lace and button, good _ _ _ sizes . 9 9 * ^ 5 D $3.75, WORTH U P TO $5. Women's enamel, lace Shoes, double deck extension soles, the very latest and C X * 7 K nobbiest lasts 9 3 * / O Children's Shoes. 75c, WORTH U P TO $1.50. Broken lots in children's, high priced Show, lace and button, some good - - - - values / P C L The Tlymoxith Clothing* House, Sixth and fiicotlet* 1 M fe '* u s -HM- ) -