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B* I 'mm^^mm^^^m&mmmm^m^memmmm ^r^ TflJUQf^*y,|J^Pfl7iSt^'^^^i*Tf ^ - ^ ^ ^ f f ^ j ^ ^ ^ g g y V " * * 9 ^ ^^ra'^iiSB^-"^T ^ ^ . ^ " ^ p f - * t4 ~ " w* THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY EVENING", MAECBt 26, 1902/w C I TY N E W S BRIEF BUT FIERCE Miles' F a m i l y H e a r d FromJoseph Miles body will be cared foi by relatives who are well to do Coroner Williams was so notified by telegraph to day Miles Is the mau who died yesterday o alcoholism in a lower town hotel Music a t tlie 1 . W . C. A.The Y W C A of the umveisity has arranged a sec ond ' twilight concert will be given to-day at 4 p m in the university chapel Mrs W N Porteous and Miss Gertiude Hale will sing and Cragg Walston will give violin numbers T h e T. a n d C. t a u t e r a Club The Town and Country Camera Class will meet this evening at the Y M C A building The subject of the lecture and topic for dis cussion will be, The Ketouching of .ega tMes ' The lesults ttf the flashlight experi ments made at the last meeting will also be exhibited Ole W a s S m a s h i n g T h i n g s Ole Peterson, aged about 40, was taken to the county jail jesterday, apparently insane He had locked himself in his room at 727 Vvasn ington avenue S, after throwing all his uoth out into the hall, and was busily engaged breaking up the furniture when a police om car arrived and removed him to the Jail T w e l f t h W a r d W o r k e r s The Twelfth Ward Republican club organized for the coming campaign last night at one of the most enthusiastic republican meetings ever held In the ward Officers were elected as follows Piesident, A C SmUh \ice preai dent, B J Llbbey, secretaries, Alex Lar son, Burt Reber treasurei, Ernest LinJ quist, executive committee, Frank Drew, E 0 Parker, H E. Larson. S a y W o r k e r s A i e Indigrntuat The executive committee of the Anticompulsory Vaccination League has addressed to each or the membeis of the city council a letter stat ing that the working people are highly lndig nant at the treatment received at the harms of the health department in enforcing the vaccination rule It is further stated, that the league intends to make the personal rights Of American citizens a piominent featuie at the next election I V e w B r e a k f a s t F o o d Co. A com pany is being oiganized for the manufacture in Minneapolis Of a new breakfast food of Which the base will be rice The food will be made by a new process discovered b Pio fessoi Andrews, of Columbia university, who. it is claimed has hit upon a method of pop ping rice, just as popcorn can be made to pop when subjected to heat Among the incorpor atois of the new company are W C U-agar proprietor of the Northwestern Miller, L b Gillette of the Gillette Heizog companny A F Pillsbuij of the Pillsbuiy Y,a,S D D U i m" pany and H P Watson a well known mem ber of the Chamber of Commerce HECROLOGICAL ISI4.H D 4 U D GIIiLMAN, aged 74 died Sunday night at his home on the Way 2ata toad Funeral to day at 1 p m , from the house Inteiment at Lakewood Mr Gillman has resided in Minnesota for over thirty yeais and was for several years a pilot on the Mississippi He is a member of the G A R He built a part of the Soo road He leaves a wife and four children The children are Mrs Walter Libby, Henne pin countv Mis Wiliam Pinkston Seattle Mrs Harvey Ricker, Minneapolis Mrs Ida Foster Minneapolis Mr Gillman died sud denly of a complication of diseases He was widely known and respected by all wrho knew him MRS. WILLI VH G\RL,AftD died Mon day ai 6 m at hei home 1615 Fourth street NEi30dBpe aged 60 yeais borr Blaze in the Rooms of the Hoi comb Dancing Academy. JOURNAL BUILDING THREATENED Mr. H o l e o m b , t h e P i o n e e r F u e l Co. a n d I . I.nramee & Co. t h e H e a t lest L o s e r s . Fire starting In the cloak room of the Holeomb dancing academy oil the thiid flooi of the Pioneer Fuel building, 13 and 45 Fourth street S, shoitly aftei 10 o clock yesteiday, damaged the build ing to the extent of about $500 and threatened the Journal building, adjoin ing The fire was disco\ered by Mrs Hol eomb who was sitting in hei parlor when the flames bioke thiough the tiansoni from the cloak room She hastened down stairs and a citizen turned lo an alarm When I he Are department arrived the fire had gained considerable headway, but after a hard fight of fifteen minutes the file was under control The cloak room was completely gutted, and the fire had eaten its wav through to the roof The furnishings in the dancing hall were bad ly damaged Mi Holeomb estimates his loss at about $350, covered by insurance The Pioneei Fuel company s office equip ment -was damaged to the extent of $200 by water, and was insuied The stock A BLOW TO THE S. A.CASE, Announcement of Resignation of Commandant Herbert Booth. HEAD OF AUSTRALIAN STATION AdAlces of t h e L o s s R e c e i v e d a t N o r t h w e s t e r n H e a d q u a r t e r s i n M i n n e a p o l i s . Lieutenant Colonel J E Margetts has leceived a letter from Booth-Tucker, commander of the Ameilcan forces of the Salvation Army, in which the resigna tion of Commaudei Heibert Booth of the Australian station is announced 111 health is gi\en as the leason for this step on the part of the son of the commaudei-in-chief in England It seems that six or eight months ago Herbert Booth asked to be relieved of the Austra lian command and offeied to take charge for a time of a 20,000-acre government grant given to the army for colonization purposes Now for some reason said to be a moie prolonged and serious bieak down than expected, the commandant has withdrawn from the army The warmest assurances of friendship and of hearty support of the Salvation Army are given It is reported that Mr Booth has accepted a government position where his brilliant abilities will find use At the same time he will b relieved of the strain insepar able from an army command Commander of L Laramee & Co harness manufactur- j Booth-Tucker says, in closing his letter I am bound to confess, howevei, that to us it would have seemed preferable by far for the commandant to have asked the general for some quiet and retired position within the ranks, where, without the strain of public work, he could still have more or less act lvely tanen part in the war And yet those of us who have been compelled at times to lay aside our active duties will be the first to recognize how difficult it is to rest amid the atmospheie of waifare and world need which ever envelopes the Salvationist To the general, the chief, the consul, the field commissioner and Mis Booth Hellberg the news has caused the deepest regret and they have united in urging the commandant to leconsider or at least postpone his decision till he has had further time for praier and for talking the future over with the general It is probable, howevei, that some opening has pie&ented itself which the commandant did not feel at 1-terty to decline We shall doubtless have further particulars a little later ers was also damaged $500 by water This was co\ered by insurance The building is owned by Laramee & Hill, and Is fully insured The Roosevelt club members, who have been rehearsing in the Holeomb hall foi their play, "The Vikings ' will hold the next two or thiee rehearsals in the Apollo club 100ms m the Lyceum LDMBEOATES" CUT A Reduction of Five Cents tt Chi cago Is Announced. THE M. & ST. L. LEADS THE WAY Traffic Meu S p e c u l a t i n g o n t h e R e - s u l t of Publishing- Such C h a n g e s . Twin city traffic men are excited over the publication by the Minneapolis & St Louis of a new lumbei tanff on snipmenU from Minneapolis to Chicago The old late of thirteen cents per hundred has been reducpd to eight cents per hundrtd Ly the new tariff Other Chicago lines will probably follow suit For somp time the lumber rate to Chicago has been u o v ,,, Mr7 Garland" was ' secretly cut by various roads O****- Scotland and came to Minneapolis ly this secret rate would be met by an thirty six years ago She is survived by her husband two sons and two daughters Ale\ andei Gailand of this city William Garland Of Milwaukee Mrs William Morris of Min neapolis anl Miss Sarah Garland a teacher in the Holmes school of this city Funeral to day at 2 p m fiom the family resi dence Interment at Lakewood H I G H S H \ \ died yesterday at the Soldiers Home The funeral was held from the home at 10 a m to-day Mr Hay was 3b ve rs of age and served in th Spanish war with th Third United States engineers His mother resides at 971 Dayton avenue bt Paul PHILIP C L \ R l v died at the city hos pital yesterday of consumption, aged 53 He was a laborer and was taken to the bos pital from his lodging house 201 Henneoln avenue Dec 31 He has no relatives in this city HENRY DUNBARWord has been re ceived of the death of Henry Dunbar, brother of Wan en and Fred Dunbar which took place March 10 in Oklahoma TIMOTHY G A R V E * died Monday at his home. 420 Sixth avenue S Funeral notice later COMMENT ON THE TONTINE McGEE'S ACTION IS A P P R O V E D O n e I n v e s t o r o n t h e Pacific Coast C a r r i e d 1 3 0 T o n t i n e C o n t r a c t s . The action of Judge McGee in arresting the meteoric career of the Tontine Sav ings association provokes the Chicago Evening Post to observe that the less prospect the credulous investor has of realizing on his venture the more eager he is to grasp and swallow the bait of the plausible promoter The paper gives a full review of the case and closes with the following sententious comment Will the failure of this schemethat is its failure to pay the inconsequential investor keep those who have bitten from biting again when another alluring bait is let down near them by a clevei angler' Probably not, at least not in the majority of cases Such warnings as this have been almost yearly occurrences since the South Sea bubble burst, but they do not appear to have reduced ma terially the number of persons eagerly await ing a chance to make $5 or $10 out of $1 While the Tontine Savings association had its home in this city It was not par ticularly well known here or in this state It had a great run in other states, especially on the Pacific coast, and one in vestor in Tacoma is reported to have car ried 135 contracts INDORSED BYMR. LOWRY P l a of L n i o n M i s s i o n t o B u y St. J a m e s H o t e l . Thomas Lowry Indorses the proposed purchase of the St James hotel property by the trustees of the Union City Mission Among the first to gieet Mr Lowry on his return from California were President T B Hughes, and Superintendent C. M Stocking of the mission The amount of Mr Lowry's subscription was not made public, but Mr Stocking remarked that If five subscriptions like Mr Lowry's were received it would be easy sailing for the committee Mr Lowry said to T h e J o u r n a l that th lcatio was good for the pur pose He is familiar with the Mills hotels In New York, having examined them fre quently He would like to see money enough raised to pay for the property and lor the contemplated changes 'It is a good thing," said Mr Lowry," and they are doing a good work down there I should like to see as soon as possible a fine building on the sits which it is pro posed to purchase ' SWEET WOULDN'T SIGN B i d d e r s o n C o u n t y W o r k W i l l N o w T r y M a n d a m u s . A demand was made yesterday on Cnairman Sweet of the board of county commissioners for his signature on con tracts for bridge work awarded Mon day by the board Mr. Sweet refused to sign because the bids had not been ad vertised for in the newspapers as pro vided by a recent af passed by the legis lature C S Jelley, on behalf of the suc cessful bidders, will apply for a writ of mandamus as soon as he can draw up the necessary papers The plan is for the county to demur to the complaint and this will throw the controversy into the courts without loss of time The ques tion at issue is whether the new law ap plies in this case or whether the old law providing for the posting of notices in three places In the township in which the bridge is located shall govern Bids were lequeswd and the notices posted before the new law was passed. other secret rate The M & St L has given the other lines a surprise by inaug urating a new program and publishing the reduced rate Just what will be the effect of this ac tion will be much speculated upon by the traffic men Some predict that demorali zation is sure to follow, if every change in the rate is published While admitting that the law requires this, they also blame the law for depriving them of means of maintaining the rate through agreements The present aggressive campaign of the department of justice and interstate commerce commission in test ing the efficiency of the antitrust law and the interstate commerce law has made any effective agreement as to rates im possible With the lines acting independently, they fear that the published tariffs will be reduced to a point where the business is unprofitable Others argue that the in terstate commerce commission s activity has created new conditions, that it means secret rates must be uncovered and that the traffic men might as well face the music now as any time and await the re adjustment of conditions to the new or der -of things It develops that the action of the Min neapolis & St Louis was prompted by the natural desire of the road to guard the interests of this market as against other sources of lumber supply While the tariff rate to Chicago has been 13 cents, points north of Minneapolis, in cluding Duluth, have enjoyed a through rate to Chicago, which has given them some advantage This was spasmodically met by various lines in cut rates As a traffic proposition, it was to the interest of the Minneapolis & St Louis to give Minneapolis a fair basis to work on Hence the redaction This places the lumber rate where there is little temptation for any of the lines to reduce it IS A SAD ONEAHOT Christine Johnson Picked Up on the Street Heavily Armed. REFUSES TO TALK WITH FAMILY P r o b a t e Court W i l l I n q u i r e a s H e r S a n i t y F a t h e r a F a r m e r . to Poor Christine Johnson will probably be sent to the madhouse Judge Haivey iias held her case in abeyance for some time in the hope that her father would take her home to the farm where iebt and care might raise hei from the unfor tunate condition into which she has fallen thiough reckless living and personal ne glect The father is Gabriel Johnson, a farmer of Morrison county He will take tho girl home if the judge so orders, but expresses himself as fearful of the con sequences When Christine was taken into the presence of hei father and brother she refused to shake hands or talk with them She positively refused to assent to any plan to send her home The girl is apparently unbalanced When found by Lieutenant Ginsberg at 3 o clock in the morning wandering about the streets near the Swedish tabernacle she was aimed with a revolver and a hatchet, and carried a package of powder, believed to be a high explosive Her room is filthj m the extreme and is full of rags and refuse, showing that she is wholly incapable of caring for herself properly Judge Harvev has decided to inquire as to the woman s sanity and if she is adjudged insane by the commission she will be sent to the St Peter hospital FOOTPAMAfElDSY Others in Kindred Callings Are Also Most Industrious. LAWN COMMITTEE NO. 2 APPOINTED B \ COMMERCIAL CLUB P u b l i c Affairs C o m m i t t e e A l s o T a k e s l p O m a h a ' s " V a c a t i o n " R e q u e s t . The public affairs committee of the Com mercial club yesterday appointed a sub committee to take up the Omaha road's request for the vacation of certain streets in the neighborhood of Plymouth avenue N and the n \ e r This matter attracted considerable attention about a year ago, and at that time the Commercial club opposed the vacation unless the road would agree to make certain compensat ing concessions, which were refused The streets desired are stubs, running to the river only A second sub-committee, with John T Baxter as chairman was instructed to confer with C M Loring to see if some concerted plan of action could not be reached which would result in a better condition of lawns, boulevards and yards generally throughout the residence dis tricts of the city. CLUBS AND CHARITIES McALL MISSION AUXILIARY MINNESOTA GRAND LODGE ROYAL ARCANUM IN SESSION E l e c t i o n T a k e s P l a c e T h i s A f t e r - n o o n D i n n e r S e r v e d b y R o y a l A r c h . The Gi and Lodge of the Royal Arcanum for Minnesota convened yesterday in Rawlins post hall, Masonic Temple Rep resentatives were present from e\ery lodge m the state, and unusual interest was shown in the business before the ses sion The morning session was occupied with the resorts of officers and commit tees The principal matter on tae after noon's program was the election of offi cers As these officers have alieadj been nominated, no contests were looked for The officers to be elected were the grand regent, vice regent, collector, treasurer, secretary, guide, warden and sentry A pleasant feature of the noon hour was the serving of dinner in the lodge rooms of Hennepin Council, Masonic Temple by th ladies of the Rpyal Arch, an auxiliary organization to the- Royal Ananum CONTRACTS RECOMMENDED B y C o u n c i l S e w e r CommitteeCall ' f o r Season's S u p p l i e s . The council sewer committee recom mended yesterday that the contracts for the season's supply of sewer brick sewer pipe, special castings and native cement be awarded as follows Sewer brick, 200 000 to the Wisconsin Red Pressed Brick company, at $8 35 per thou sand Sewer pipe, to the Red Wing Sewer Pipe company Special castings, to the Northwestern Foun dry company of Minneapolis, at (2 40 per hundred weight Native cement to the J C Landers com pan of Minneapolis, at 80 cents barrel The committee recommended that sew ers be constructed in Aldrich avenue from Western to Fifth avenue N, Humboldt av onue, from Franklin to Summit avenue, Elliot avenue, from Lake to Thirty-third, and Girard avenue, from Franklin to Lin coln avenue BODY WAS KING'S F o r m e r M i n n e a p o l i s R e c t o r F o u n d D r o w n e d a t t h e Soo. Sault Ste Marie, Mich, March 26 The body found floating in the river here Mon day was to-day identified as that of J V. M King, a former Episcopalian minister who had been teaching in this vicinity. He formerly held pastorates in Minne apolis and Sherbrooke and Cobden, On tario, but is said to have been deposed from the ministry because of his dissi pation It Is thought he became despond ent and committed suicide King's parents are well-to-do people and jive in New Foundland He was edu cated for the ministry at Canterbury and 4 ordained at Kingston, Ont To S u p p o r t W o r k for E v a n g e l i z a t i o n of F r a n c e . The Minneapolis auxiliary of the American McAll association was organized a little more than a year ago and has irade excellent pro gress in securing memberships and in raising funds as was shown in the reports given at an executive meeting held last week The present membership of seventy is double that of last year Much interest has been created, especially among the ministers, all of whom are in sympathy with the movement In order to enlarge the membership and to in crease the interest it was decided to appoint a representative in each church The McAll mission is an organization for evangelical woik in France It does no proselyting but works among people who are wholly beyond the pale of any church The society has eighty stations in France, lgh teen of which are in Paris The work is managed much along the lines of American city mission work and the agencies for reach ing the people are Sunday schools, Christian Endeavor societies girls' clubs, young men s associations, dispensaries, nelps for the blind, the poor, the submerged and the outcast A gospel boat has been in commission for sev eral years and another is about to begin its services The work is supported chiefly by auxili aries in Canada, England and Scotland aj well as m the United States The American association is a popular benevolence in the east, where the greater number of travelers spread a wider knowledge of the deplorable need for such an lnfluerce The question Is asked, Why does not the French church do this work' ' At the time the McAll mission was commenced, they sim ply could not have done it In one sense, they did not know how, so long had they been repressed and limited Again, so sus picious were the people at that time of anything connected with the state, they could not have commenced such work The French Evangelical church is doing a grand work, and shows its hearty synipathj with this mission by generous financial aid, by assist ance of clergymen in the mission halls and by the presence of prominent inymen upon the board The converts at the halls are recommended to the nearest church and are cordially welcomed he officers of the Minneapolis association are Mrs A L Crocker, president, Mrs F W Starr, secretary The annual meeting of the association will be held in Morristown, N NJ , in May. AN ATTEMPT AT SAFE-CRACKING SPRINGS HOME * . Disabled Soldiers May Find a South Dakota Haven. JUDGE TORRANCE TO VIEW SITES Bill Carrying a n A p p r o p r i a t i o n H a s A l r e a d y P a s s e d One H o u s e of C o n g r e s s . Judge Ell Torrance, commander in chief of the G A R leaves to-night for Hot *Spi ing S D . where he goes to look over prospective sites for the northeri bianch of the national home for disabled sol diers The senate has already passed % bill appropriating $150 000 for the erection of the branch and the matter is now in the committee, in the house of lepresen tatives The land on woich the home is to be situated it. to be donated bv the citizens of Hot Spring0, and the state Is to set apart one of tt.e -springs as govern ment property The bianch is badly Leeded and there seems lo be little doubt that it will be erected The only branch home now located be tween the Mississippi ard the Rocky mountains is near Leavenworfh Kan , and is badly crowded In that t^rrltorj, it is estimated that fully 200,000 veterans of the civil war are located According to official estimates the inmates of na tional soldiers homes will increase during the next twenty jears at the rate of about 1000 yearly, and preparations must bo made for their accomodation The branch at Hot Springs is designed particularly to care for veterans who ma be suffering from rheumatism, sciatica, nervous pros tiation or similar maladies The state soldiers home is already located there, and the location is said to be suitable in every way the district being wholly free from malaria and the climate being healthful m Just Arrived J | Three carloads of the finest Stanhopes, Golf Wagons, Ran' ^ abouts, Two Seats, Waldorf Surreys and Pneumatics. g* DRAFT WAS NOT GASHED CABLEGRAM CLEARS THINGS UP T h e A c c u s a t i o n A g a i n s t R e v . M. F a l L G j e r t s e n Is D i s p o s e d Of F i n a l l y . When the charge made in Mr Gioen vold s letter to A C Thuraas had become public property Mr Gjertsen was urged by his friends to ascertain at once just how matters stood The following in quiry was cabled to Bergen vesterday Who drew money for altar piece' Wheie is money now' Gjertsen " This morning the following reply was received 'Monev Bergen's private bank Await letter Groenvold Froensdal ' Mr Froensdal is a member of the com mittee which secured the funds His as surance that the money is still in the bank was gratifying to Mr Gjertsen Thev can t accuse me of being an em bezzler and a forger in the face of this dispatch," he said this afternoon "I haven t slept for two nights through w or ry over this matter and I am greatly re lieved over the message " An explanation is due from Mr Groen vold According to his letter to A C Thuraas he attempted to draw on the draft, but understood It had been pro tested the money having been drawn last October According to the cable dispatch from Bergin the money is still there and the bank awaits a letter from Groenvold LUNCHEON F O R MRS. B U R D E T T E Club W o m e n of T h r e e Cjtfies V i e i n E n t e r t a i n i n g . The fifth district federation meeting on Sat urday, at which Mrs Robert J Buidette will be the guest of honor, will be preceded by a luncheon for Mrs Burdette, given by the presidents of the city federated clubs and the Officers of the state federation living m the vicinity Owing to the time being Holy Week, many who would otherwise enjoy join ing the social functions connected with Mrs Burdette s visit will be unable to do so The place of the luncheon has not yet been deter mined The district meeting and reception will be held at Westminster church at 2 30. To-day Mrs Burdette is' being entertained by the clubwomen of Stillwater, and on Thursday the St Paul clubwomen will give a large reception in the Commercial Club par lors for her The hostess clubs for this recep tion are the Woman's Civic League, the Schubert Club, the New Century Club and the Thursday Club All of the clubwomen of St. Paul have been invited Both Mr and Mr3 Burdette will speak, and music will* be furnished by Miss Hope's orchestra and Mr. Musgrave ~ DIED OF BRAIN FEVER St. P a u l T r a v e l i n g M a n P a s s e s Array a t St. Cloud. Special to The Journal St Cloud, Minn , March -26 Humboldt Schroeder, traveling salesman for a wholesale saddlery concern of Duluth, died in the hospital here to-day of brain fever. He had been sick about ten days His wife and four children live in St, Paul. It W a s Made a t A u g s b u r g S e m i n a r } Courthouse J a n i t o r V a n - q u i s h e s T h u g s . To the great jov of Re\ M Falk Gjert sen and his friends the recent accusation against him in connection with the ca^h- Yesterday six cases involving bur- ing of a iSorwegian draft is completely glars, thugs, sneak thieves and cracks- I disproved bj the receipt of a cablegram men were reported at police headc/uarters. announcing that the money said to have Two were of hold-ups committed within I been diawn bj Mr Gjertsen is still in two blocks of police headquarters, one was ' tne bank on which the draft was dra^n an attempt to crack a safe at Augsburg Some grevious mis+aK* has undoubiedlj seminary, and three were ordinary bur- | been made Possibly Mr Groen\old, the glaries artist may hav a wholly misunderstood Last night about 11 30 Charles McCor-j some letter which he reefned from the mick \ A S attacked by highwaymen on bank At any rate it is quito clear that First avenue N, near First street He had Mr Gjertsen did not collect any of ihe met two strangers who claimed to have | money raised by his friends in Bergen ior arrived recentlv from the woods Under the Trinity church altar tiainting pretense of taking McCormick, who was a stranger, to a good lodging-house, they decoyed him to a lonely spot back of the Foster house, First street and First ave nue N There the larger of the men set upon him, clinching the victim about the neck and bearing him to the sidewalk It was the office of *he second thug to rifle the man s pockets, but he did not have the opportunity McCormick is a strong man, and beat off his assailants, and as he cried lustily for the police, they fled Miles W a s a V i c t i m . It was learned to-day that an attempt was made Sunday night to rob Joseph Miles, who died of alcoholism yesterday morning He had fallen in the street and was dragged into ,an alley m the same neighborhood by two men~who were going through the dying man's pockets vbxn they were frightened away Miles mcusy was hidden in his shoe and was not d to covered A P a w n Shop R o b b e d . Burglars made a rich haul at the pawn shop of William Weisman, 224 Washington avenue S, Sunday night They pried open a rate at the rear of the stora and ef fected an entrance through the bi&ement Then plunder consisted of several hun dred dollars worth of watches, nag3 and wearing apparel He was insure! Mr Weisman's residence was burglarUed i t - cently A n A t t e m p t a t Safe C r a c k i n g . The office of the principal of Augsburg seminary, 722 Twenty-second avenue S, was entered by burglars last nigji* They Iroke open a window in the basement and by the aid of skeleton or duplicate kevs entered the office With a sledge hammer they broke off the hinges and comtination dial of the safe but could not open Ihe doors The safe contained but a small sum All of the drawers in the tables and desks were rifled, but nothing of value was found It is believed that this is the same gang that attempted to blow x safe in an office in the milling district re cently A new house at the corner of Clinton and Thirty-second street, which is oeing built by W Y Dennis, was broken into last night and paints worth about $1(0 taken Thieves also entered the oihee of the Lakewood Cemetery association at tne cemetery last night So far aa can be learned nothing but a bunch of Yale keys was taken T h e s e T h u g s V a n q u i s h e d . Early yesterday morning as Swan Nel son, one of the courthouse janitors, Charles Coxey and Frank Johnson, were halted on their way home by footpads at the corner o Lyndale a\enue and Twenty sixth street One, who had the lower part of his face masked by a handkerchief, commanded the trio to hold up their hands, and the other grappled with Nel son The latter is a very muscular fel low and soon had his assailant down on the ground His two companions wer scuffling with the other footpad on the sidewalk and believing they were in dan ger, he went to help them The man on the ground disappeared in the darkness His ' pal' finding great odds against him, wrenched himself free and took to his heels No pursuit was attempted All on display at our Repository. Be sure to call and see them before tying. # SIGMA XI ELECTION De- H o n o r a r y " F r a t " of Scientific p a r t m e n t s of t h e "L." The results of the Sigma1 Xi election, held last night, were read in chapel at the university yesterday by President Northrop Sigma Xi is the honorary fraternity of the scientific and engineer ing departments of the university ~~It corresponds to the Phi Beta Kappa of the academic department Eighteen members of the senior class were honored W R Acomb, D A Allee, R L Beaulieu, C. J Brand, P C Burrill, Ruth F Cole, H H Dalaker, E L French, Catharine Hilles heim, Clara Hillesheim, M. N Lando, Gene Lilley, C S Morris, W Nilson, Bert Russell, Edith M. Thomas, E. L. Tuohy. The defeat of the Shakopeans by the Castalians last night leaves only the Cas talians and the Law Literary society in the field in the Inter-society debating con test, which has been conducted at the uni versity during the last few months The Castalians won the debate last night by their superiority in rebuttal The ques tion was, ''Resolved, That immigration Should Be Restricted," the victors uphold ing the affirmative side The Shakopean team was composed of Messrs. Dills, Gia lason and Chase, the Castalian represen tatives were Messrs. Smythe, Wilde and Williams D i v o r c e Cases B e g u n . / The approach of a new term of court Is heralded by the filing of the usual large number of divorce proceedings Theodore Slette wants a separation from Alma C Slette, because she has entered a house of ill-fame in thle city John F Loftus charges Mary Loftus with desertion. Notes of Issue have been filed in the following suits George Ramsey against Ella M. D Ramsey, Avon M. Frost against "Minnie B, Frost. SAJ.VAT10N WORK Colonel M a r g e t t s a n d H is S e c r e t a r y H a t e B e e n T o u r i n g . Lieutenant Colonel J E Margetts of this pro\ince of the Salvation Army, and Staff Captain Frank Waite, general sec retary, left this afternoon for Duluth, where a council of officers of the section will be held The itinerary after leaving Duluth includes Superior, Bemidji, Brainerd, Big Lake and home April 3 The colonel and secretary returned this morning from an extended trip which availed much The first stop was at Man torvllle, where a special revival brigade is at Work Twenty-seven "seekers" were reported At Tracy the officer lectured in the Methodist church An officers' council was next at Watertown S D Here two very successful meetings were held in two different churches Last night the tour closed with a meteing at Montevideo "MONEY TALKS" M i s s i s s i p p i a n Objects t o t h e Oleo marc-arln Bill. Washington, March 26 The senate resumed consideration of the oleomargarin bill Mi Money (dem , Miss ), a minority member of the committee on agriculture, spoke in oppon sition In response to an inauiry by Mr Quailes (Wis), Mr Money said that while the bill was unconstitutional, it might never be declared so by the courts., because the courts might not go behind the text of the law to inquire into legislative intent "In other woids, ' suggested Mr Spooner (Wis ), the bill is unconstitutional in the" senate, but will not be unconstitutional be fore the supreme court of the United States ' SIX DEAD K i l l e d b y a C a v e - I n a t t h e C l e v e - l a n d Gas W o r k s . Cleveland, March 26 Eight men were bur ied beneath a huce pile of sand at the works of the Cleveland Gas Light company this afternoon Six dead bodies have been recov ered The men were excavating for a new,, gas tank CONSCIENTIOUS PHYSICIAN Tit-Bits The Doctor1 think you understand fully novf the directions for these medi cines, and this is for vour dyspepsia PatientWhy, I haven't dyspepsia, doctor The DoctorOh, but you will have it when you've taken those other remedies! THE EGG AND THE LAWYER. Cleveland. Plain Dealer "I have one great advantage over you," said the egg to the lawyer "I don't suppose you know when you are beat," said the follower of Coke "Pooh!" said the egg "And I know when I'm addled, too " And there the subject dropped. HOW HE KNEW. , Chicago News Mrs StubbBut, John, how do you know that welsh rarebit is going to disa gree with you* Mr Stubb (sadly)II have Inside in formation. HER ECONOMY. Detroit Free (Press. WifeI've done nothing but practice economy ever since We were married! HusbandAnd I've had to pay f/* it. IMPORTANT. Philadelphia Press. "Do you think that a woman should dic tate to her husband9" "Of cdurse," answered the tactful woman "But she should have the skill i to conceal the fact that site is doing go.' Hedderly & McCracken i | 248 and 250 First Jive. N., Minneapolis. THE TH0RNDIKE DIAMONDS P r e s e n t e d b y E g y p t ' s K h e d i v e to G e n e r a l S h e r m a n . Frank S Arnett in Ainslee s Magazine The most interesting diamonds in Bos ton belong to Mrs Thorndike daughter of the late General W T Sherman and long a favorite in diplomatic society at Washington The general was greatly admired by the khedive of Egypt W hen Mrs Thorndike s sister, Minnie Sheiman, was married to Lieutenant T W Fitch, his majesty, desirous of expressing his friendship for the old wairior, selected from his treasury diamonds valued at $200,000, had them set as a necklace and sent the gorgeous ornament to the bride But an unfeeling United States customs department fell upon the wedding gift and held it for a ransom of $20 000, the amount of the legal 10 per cent duty Here was a pretty how-d'you-do, for neither the bridegroom nor the general could scrape together the sum demanded The bride wept, the newspapers gossiped and the husband grew pale with mortification But there was naturally a sympathetic feeling on the part of every American woman at the thought of a poverty-stricken bride unable to gaze upon $200 000 In diamonds that actually belonged to her A public subscription was started, then the na tional government became interested, and finally congress stepped in and goaded to chivalrous rescue by his wives and daughters, remitted the duty by special enactment Can you not imagine the rejoicings of the Fitches and Shermans when the splen did gemswereat last placed on the beauti ful neck for which they were intended, and the pride with which their owner al lowed them to be placed for safe keeping in the United States treasury* But you cei cainly cannot imagine her horror when a great, ugly brute of a tax collector from some Pennsylvania county in which she lived sauntered" in and demanded an an nual tax morp than equaling the lieuten ant s salary for an entire year' That set tled it there was nothing to do but send the white elephant back to the khedive Conceive the mental condition of an Ameilcan woman^bliged to give up one fifth of a million dollars in diamonds' But if you will believe me she couldn t get rid of them even in this way Back they came by return mail or something of that sort, with a letter from his Egyptian majesty suggesting that the necklace be taken apart and the diamonds divided among General Sherman a daughters, del icately insinuating that thus the burden of taxation would not be so heavilj felt And that is how Mrs Thorndike happens to own one-fourth of them aw a j from its river anchorage in the spring of the jear and toward the lattel part of July it had reached the latitude of W ilmington Del No large animal life had been seen on it though there must ha\e been mjnad& of the small creeping things which abound in the tropics Bj the end of August it had passed Cape Ccd and was veering toward the Grand banks It followed the steamer lane routes quite accurately, and several vessels repoited it One month later it was in midocean, northwest of the Azores, and its voyage evidently was beginning to tell on it It was much smaller and less compact It wag not seen again, and probably it met destruction in the October gales But t had traveled at least 1000 miles, and if, as was thought, it came from the Orino co it must have covered twice that dis tance It is quite possible that floating islands larger than this one, under more favorable circumstances, might, during past ages, have made the complete jour ney from America to Europe or Africa and so brought about a distribution of animal species Of course, it is not abso lutelj certain that this island went to pieces in October It might, though this is not probable have floated down into the region of calms and seaweed, where it would be longer preserved FLOATING ISLANDS One I s l a n d , Coeriug TSwo Acres, S e e n i n t h e Gulf S t r e a m . Theodore Waters in Ainslee s Of all passengers carried by ocean cur rents floating islands are the most inter esting Many of them have been found voyaging on the Atlantic These islands were originally parts of low-lying river banks, which broke away under the stress of storm or flood and floated out to sea The Orinoco, the Amazon, the La Platta and other tropical rivers often send forth such pieces of their shores Some of the bits of Jand are of large size and carry animals, insects and vegetation, eyen at times including trees, the roots of which served to hold the land intact, while their (branches and leaves serve as sails for the wind Generally the waves break up these islands shortly after they put to sea, but sometimes', under favorable con ditions, they travel long distances The longest voyage of a floating island, according to government records, took place in 1893 This island was first seen off Florida, and apparently it had an area of two acres It bore no trees, but it was thickly covered with bushes, and in one place it was thirty fleet high above the sea level. It was in the Gulf stream, traveling slowly *nd with occasional un dulations to show where the ground swell was working beneath it. Probably it got ENGLAND'S FRIENDLINESS D e c l a r e d I n t e r e s t in 4 m e r i c a D u r i n g S p a n i s h - A m e r i c a n W a r . Review of Reviews The English government from the vpr\ outset was probably more friendly to ouis than were those of the continent When wai actually broke out, it will be remem bered that the first blow was struck in the far east Dewey s v ictory at Manila affected the international situation vei\ greatly The continental nations weie jealous of the United States and sympa thetic toward Spain England, on the other hand went so far m friendliness to the United States as perhaps to be some what careless about the obligations of neutrality England was much worried over the question of the ' open door' in China, Germany, Russia and France weie aggressive in their Chinese policies, and England felt her own interests and plans to be in some jeopardy American in terests in China like those of England were regarded as commercial rather than territorial Germany was hoping to buy the Philippines from Spain in case ^he United States should not retain the group and England was bringing to bear evr\ posible influence to keep Germanv out and to persuade the United States that it was the duty of our government to retain the archipelago In all sorts of ways we were made to feel the friendliness of England and in many ways were given evidence of the lack of sympathy of the continental peoples and governments Unquestionably in war time it is very convenient to have the sub rosa friednly offices of an ostens ibly neutral power When the facts Tire analyzed the European lack of sympathy did us little harm and the English friend liness rendered us no very decisive eer vicealthough doubtless some of Spain s neighbors covered up violations of neu trality in the supply of war materials and it is said that the English shut theit eyes at Hongkong while Dewey helped himself to ammunition WELL' WELL'' Catholic Standard "See here'" cried the victim. ' I thought you said that country was well watered'' - W e l l ' " replied the real estate man. "Well, tihere s n6 water there at all except artesian" Then, my dear sir, if it's watered at all it must be well-watered, mustn't It9 ' TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY WANTEDTWO MODERN ROOMS FDR light housekeeping by man and wife, central location preferred 8481, Journal ERUPTIONS, TAN FRECKLES, SKIN AF Dictions yield a satin skin to Satin-Skin cream and Satin-Skin Powder 25c. Voegli Change of Firm Name THE old established Shoe Business, conducted for ovr 30 years under the name -of HAWES & WILLIAMS* has been succeeded to by HAWES A S ElBERT, who will continue the business at 3 0 6 Central Avenue. Mr. Seibert, who becomes a partner in the new firm, was associated with the old firm for 23 years. In addition to supplying the retail trade the firm will con- tinue in the manufacture of Shoes, Mocasins, Leg*ins, etc. All former patrons and friends are inve4 to oall and every attention will be given to their wants as forttrerly. The new firm assumes all finanoial obligations and will re- ceive all accounts due the old firm. HAWES & SHBERT,~JS