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TUESDAY ' EVENING, AUGlfST 5, 1902. THE MINNEAPOLIS JOUENAL. , * J " THE CITY * TST TOWN TALK A FEAST OR FAMINE HE'SNOTABITSORRYTHE Our special $6 95 guitar outfit is a. beauty ORose & iSaviers, 41-43 Sixth street S Any $1, $1 50 or $2 Belt 60c, at The Plym outh Clothing House, Sixth and Nicollet WantedFirst class estimator for saBh and door factory Scott Graff dumber company, Duluth, Minn Subscribe for all magazines, papers, etc, and get your binding done at Century News Store, 6 Third street S, near Hennepin av Way not go to a good place for your lunch con, 50c, table d note style, private dining rooms iLally s, 312 First avenue S second floor N Charles L Hoffman, accompanied by his wife, has left for an extended shopping trip east Mr Hoffman will spend at least three weeks in the eastern markets A second luncheon to bring in touch lead ing retailers oi the city was held last eve ning at the "West hotel The gathering was Informal Another meeting will be held in a week or two. Isotioe to Public Huters' Creek mining stock certificate book series from 400 to 451 are in hands of unauthorized person (stolen from writing room of hotel) Certificates of that series will not be honored M 1* Brain, secretary C "V I Stocking, superintendent of the Union Mission, will go to the Swedish hospital to night for an operation by Dr J E Moore Ho will be laid up for the month meanwhile services will be conducted entirely by the Salvation Army Mrs Vutton of Wisconsin, who is visiting frlenda in the city, was stricken with paralj sis while walking on Fourth avenue b, near Eleventh street at 7 c clock last night She was taken to the city hospital where she is In a critical condition She is 84 years of oge J i M Skinner, P 5 E S , of the I O G T of England, gave a lecture Saturday eve ntng in the Fifth Presb terian church, befoie the I 0 G T lodges of this city Mr Skin aer left Sunday for Wlndom, Minn , to work in the southern part of the state for a month, but will return to the cities at the (time of the st-Ue fair Emancipation day was celebrated yesterday by the negroes of the twin cities with a steamer ride and picnic at Mills Farm about foui miles from Hastings Two boat loads went down, the attendance exceeding 800 Frank L. McGhee and Colonel C T Trow bridge delivered the principal addresses A field day program and music entertained the crowd Mrs Senllum Gates, who lives at 2426 Crys tal Lake avenue found two boys picking ap ples from her trees \esterday and proceeded at once to capture them She carefully crept through the hedge surrounding the orchard and befoie the bo. s could run took them into custody and locked them in her hencoop Shu then called an officer from the \orth station, and the boys were locked up on a ch-rge of petit larcenv As the lads were 1adl frightened, she concluded not to appear against ihein and the -were released this tnornlns THE WEATHER Harvest Hands Appear to Be Dis tributed Most Unevenly. C. H. & ST. P. TOWNS HAVE ENOUGH F r i e n d l y T r a i n m e n A r e S u p p o s e d t o H a v e S o m e t h i n g t o D o W i t h T h i s C o n d i t i o n . Megaarden in a Position to Gloat Over Ames. HILLS OF THE GODS MAY BE SLOW B u t t h e F o r m e r Sheriff Seea R e t r i - b u t i o n i n t h e W a y T h e y Have' G r o n n d, T h e P r e d i c t i o n s . Wisconsin Minnesota and IowaGenerally |fair {to-right an \Wednesday cooler to night, northwest winds Upper Michigan Partly clouiy to night with probably show ers In east portion Wednesday generally fair cooler northwest winds North anc South DakotaGenerally fiir to night and Wednes day, northerly win is Montana-Generally fair to-night and Wednesday variable winds LIGHTNING AIDS THE LAW I n C o m p e l l i n g a S t e a r n s County B u t c h e r t o Clean I p. The state board of health had been hav ing much trouble with a Stearns county butcher who persisted in keeping a slaughter house in a filthy condition re fusing to clean the plate up or to permit it to be cleaned by orders of the board After every persuasion had been made the board determined to begin proceed ings against him and an order was issued Just at this point word was received at the headquarters of the board that the Blaughter house had been struck by Jightning and completely destroyed AN EXCELLENT CONCERT P l a e d B e f o r e a n A p p r e c i a t i v e Audi e n c e b y J o u r n a l N e w s b o y s ' B u n d . The Journal Newsbo Band and the crowd at Loring park made a happy com bination last night The concert was ex cellent and the crowd was a large and appreviative one Enco res were given af ter nearly every number on the regular program The Journal youngsters have not been before the rmblic for the last five or six days The rest seemed to have done them good for they played with un usual dash and SDint With a more even distribution of har vest hands the work of gathering north western crops would be In better shape In various communities or districts the present situation represents either a feast or a famine Some have men to spare Others are unable to get any, and in many communities women are helping in the fields. Probably more harvest hands than usual have been brought into the northwest since this harvest began There are not yet enough, but if those already here could be utilized better, the situation gen erally would improve Many of the later arrivals persist in going on north into North Dakota, where harvest has begun in but a portion of the state Many are ticketed for the northern counties In that state, where harvest will not be general for three weeks Where men are now needed is in southern and central Minnesota, South Dakota and the southern counties af North Dakota Large numbers of harvest hands have arrived in South Dakota in the past ten days In the southern and west ern sections they appear to have followed the lines of the Milwaukee and shunned the North-Western's territory The theory is that the Milwaukee trainmen have been given the tip to keep their eyes closed when the harvest hands are taking free rides on the freight trains. A t any rate Milwaukee towns in southern and western South (Dakota have had plenty of harvest help while towns along the North-West ern have been short Farmers on some of the North-Western lines were last week going through the trains offering men $2 a day and return railroad fare, but re ceived no responses While this was going on word was received that 200 men had arrived along a branch line of the Milwau kee not far away Help is scarce along the Hastings & Da kota line of the Milwaukee thiB week The farmers are doing their best to take care of the grain but are handicapped Wheat stands dead ripe, waiting for the har vester If the North Dakota and northern Min nesota crop had ripened with the grain .further south there would have been a fierce shout for harvest help at this time But the crop in these sections is late, and if the main ibody of' n,en on their way to that region can be distributed where they are really needed now, much will be done to relieve the farmer of worry and lessen the element of chance in harvesting the crop So far the weather has been favorable and the farmer would gladly hustle his crops to cover if he had the help The Northern Pacific is adopting a sen sible method in its harvest hands bulle tin which tells where men are needed on its line and the wa-ges paid If other roads would make a careful study of conditions along their lines and attempt a more systematic distribution of hands the re sults would repay them well There is, as usual, a loafing element among the men now arriving from the east and south But farmers "believe that this element is smaller this year than ever before If frost does not interfere with the crop prospect in (North Dakota and Northern Minnesota the harvest will be long and there will be good money in it for the industrious and well meaning harvest hand GASC0.0BJECTS * % To $400,000 Addition to Its Per sonal Property Assessment. IT THINKS IT ADDED ENOUGH/ Made Its V o l u n t a r y R e t u r n $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 H i g h e r T h a n for 10O1. Over WARM AND SHOWERY "Well, I've got to have another glass of soda. Pretty tough to have a thirst like mine, but I'm glad of one thing Dillin sells those Gob lets of Goodness." That's what Johnson said. Mllin Drug Co Where the Cars Stop 1 First Av. s. and Washington. W e a t h e r B u r e a u ' s R e p o r t o n M l n n e s o t a "Weather f o r a W e e k . The summary of the weather bureau's climate and crop service bulletin for Min nesota for the past week follows The weather durirg the week was wa*m, though there were no urusually high tem perature reported, except 100 degrees at Campbell on the 29th The weather was showery there being only two days in the week without rain somewhere in the state the rains on the 1st were general The rains came as thunderstorms, with locally hea\y showers which were accompanied by hail in several places, and high winds which laid corn and uncut grains fiat to the ground in many places but these affected areas were relathely small In southeastern counties some fields are still so soft that binders are used with difficulty The harvesting of early barley and oato has reached the northern boundary, and spring wheat autting has advanced northward to the middle Of the state Wheat still green ifl said to be filling well, but in some south central portions it seems to have ripened too rapidly In south ern portions barley harvest is about finished, and oat and spring wheat cutting are well advanced Barley and rye are being stacked, and a little threshing of these gains has been done from the shock Some flax on low lands is not very good but the crop generally is a good one its cutting has begun in the southwest Corn continues to do well The early potato crop is about ripe The cutting of wild grass has been interfered with by the high water in the meadows Timothy seed will soon be ready to save Former Sheriff Philip T Megaarden, who holds the Ames administration pri marily responsible for his removal from office by the governor, and who says the Ames machine fought him because he in terfered with the "graft," is naturally not particularly dolorous when he thiffks of the Ames brothers' finish In commenting upon the matter Mr Me gaarden says that he was informed the "graft" from slot machines alone amounted to $60,000 or $70,000 a year, and that when he began to make arrests the administration decided to go after him in order to protect its "interests " Furthermore Mr Megaarden calls atten tion to the fact that all of the "big mitt" swindles referred to in recent municipal cases were perpetrated after his removal from office, and says that he and his deputies frequently arrested "big mit ters" whom the police either could not or would not apprehend These facts, he believes, led the Ames combine to plot his downfall, and, al though they were successful in securing his removal, Mr. Megaarden considers that an Injustice was done him In dis cussing the matter with T h e^J o u r n a 1, he said I naturally feel that I have 'been unjustly treated, for the reason that in my conduct of the sheriff's office I followed the established customs that had "been in vogue for twenty years in refereuce to certain charges These charges had been made and allowed to other sheriffs and did not exceed what I might have charged by law if I had charged it in a differ ent form "My prosecution was urged and aided b the city administration because I had served warrants and executed writs that the city officials had refused to serve and execute. It was necessary that I should be gotten out of the way as sheriff before they could carry out and fulfil their plan of boodle, as shown by the recent developments in municipal affairs I bad stopped their operations and slot machines and other fcamblteg devices, from which they derived considerable revenue, and the question before them was how to dis pose of me, and to this end they directed all their energy All the evidence that was before the grand Jury that indicted ne was the evidence of an assistant county attorney and the evidence of a city detective, who had no personal knowl edge of the sheriff s office or how it was run, and my prosecution and removal from office was brought about by a combination between certain county officials and the city adminis tration In making charges in the sheriff s office, as the law stood then in references to certain charges, it was very difficult to determine w*hat were and what were not legal charges The supreme court, in passing on the ques tion, has reversed itself within the last year or two, "but there was no time during the time I held lofflce that I was not prepared to pay back to the county every dollar the county claimed it wrongfully allowed ane, and did pay it back whether the county claimed it right or wrong Since mj prosecution and removal from office the county has paid back to me $1,200, money which It wrongfully withheld, and now stands ready to pay mae back over $1,000 more, which it admits is due me, on condition that i release the county from all liability This I have refused to do. (for I still claim the county owes me between $3,000 and $4 000 If the county wanted to change its methods that it has practiced and continued for over twenty years, it would have been no more than fair to me that I should have been given an opportunity to conform to the change without being removed from office and 'ndicted and prosecuted as a criminal, but In my Judgment the great question was to get rid of me, right or wrong ROYAL POKE BEADY For 0fow Prince of Siam Who f s I / to Visit Northwest. ' Your Credit Is Good at the New England. GfjV. AND STAFF TO RECEIVE HIM V i s i t t o T w i n Cities W i l l P l a c e i n October N o v e m b e r . T a k e or W. H l i v i n g s , secretary of the Min neapolis Gas Light company, appeared be fore the city board of equalization to-day to protest againt the $400,000 addition to the company's statement of its personal property, arbitrarily made by the city assessor In the company's Tetum the personal property, "including stocks and bonds or franchise," was $498,140. To this the city assessor added $400,000, mak ing a total of $898,140 Against this the company protests In support of its protest Mr. Levings made a statement in substance as follows In 1901 miscellaneous items, including horses, vehicles, office furniture, coal, coke, tar, oil, lime, street mains, tools, meters and cash on hand, were estimated at $178,- 083 The value of the company's real estate for the same year was placed at $162,418 This made the total of personal and real property $330,501 The capital stock being $600,000, the difference represented the franchise or $269,- 499, which with the miscellaneous items above made a total tof $447,582 to be taxed as per- steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Governor Van Sant may as well buy two frames for royal photographs The gub ernatorial staff should again begin re hearsals of its famous reception drill. For Minnesota will soon be honored by a viBlt from the crown prince of Slam. This announcement hap been made offi cially at Washington, by Akaharay Var radhara, the Siamese minister The suite of his royal highnesshow glib the phrase flies since the historic meeting at 'Chicagowill include the first aide to the prince, Colonel Phya Rajoval lob, whose name is familiar among those of military experts in the orient, the sec ond aide, Captain Tuang Saraseddhi, the prive secretary, Mom R Convatra With the crown prince is also traveling his brother, H. R H Prince Chakrabongse. who is accompanied by a single aide In the course of his ipilgrlmage from the Land of the White Elephant to the St Paul 3apitol his ropal highness will reach New York Sept 30 or Oct 1 on the credit AS YOU Line it. During the month of August wef are Agoing to let our customers make their "own terms of payment All we care to know Is that the person is honest and has reasonably steady employ ment and prospects Take us at our word Our store is overflowing with the very best things in hbusetumtshings everything dependable, no trash, and i all contracted for in anticipation of an S advancing market I If you live out of town it's all the same Send us a list of your needs and your requirements as to terms You will get complete data back by first mail flJRMUBE & CARPET CO.... The One-Price Complete Housefurnishers. Fifth St., Sixth tit. and First Av. 3. POSTAGE STAMP PARTIES SOCIAL FUNCTION IN CUBA S o me of ithe I n n o v a t i o n s i n P o s t a l S y s t e m T h e r e a n d H o w T h e y W e r e R e c e i v e d RYAN MAY BLOCK PLAN sonal property The assessor thought this was not sufficient and added an even $400,- 000 The board of equalisation did not allow this to stand but fixed the personal assess ment at an even $500,000, thereby adding $52,418 to the amount the Oas Light company had returned as taxable This year the company voluntarily in creased its property values as follows Mis cellaneous, $181,919, and real estate, $201,860, making a total of $383,779, which deducted from the capital stock increased to $700,000, left $316,221 for the franchise This added to the personal items (miscellaneous! made a total of taxable personal property of $498,- 104, or a voluntary increase of over $50,000 To the company 6 return, as stated above, however, the city assessor added $400,000, which the company sought to have set aside Following this statement of values, it was contended by the as company that the assessment of 1901 would increase the taxes very disproportionately to the gen erally conceded fair proposition of a gross income tax The gross income of the gas company for the year 1901 was $551,602, and the total taxes paid were real eBtate, $4,607 03, personal property, $16,35019, total, $20,957 22, equal to 3 8 per cent on gross income. The valuation as placed by the assessor for the year 1902, if allowed to stand, would amount to paying taxes on a valua tion both real and personal of $1,100,- 000, and at a 30-mill rate of tax levy would require the gas company to pay $33,000 in taxes Estimating the gross Income of 1902 at an increase of 10 per cent over the year 1901, it would amount to $606,762, and if tho assessment of the assessor should be allowed to stand, this would amount to 5 44 per cent on gross Income If the return as made by the gas com pany is permitted to stand unchanged, it will mean, on the basis of a 30-millB tax levy, a payment by them of $21,000 taxes, equal to 3 46 per cent on gross income. The company holds that that is a fair tax in view of the, fact that 4 per cent as a gross earnings tax is regarded as high But Mr. Levings went further. He said In 1882 the Gas Light company paid total taxes amounting to $1,330, in 1901, $20,957, an increase of 147 per cent in taxes In 1882 they received $2 50 per 1000 cubic feet for gas, in 1901, $1 20, a reduction of 52 per cent. Dur ing this entire period the capital stock has not been increasedj per the rate of divi dends The record of the Gas Light company for paying taxes has been one of steady progress, the total tax in 1898 being $10,900, and in 1901, $20 957, an increase of nearly 100 per cent in four years A stay of three days in New York will precede a visit to West Point Newport will be visited Oct 4, Boston Oct 5 and 6, and Washington Oct 7 That day and the following the prince will make his official calls upon the president and will take part in any program that may be ar ranged. Six days will be passed in Philadelphia, in the course of which time the crown prince will call personally upon William Potter The trip to the northwest will begin Oct 16, and the journey will afford glances at Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Pitts burg, Indianapolis, St Louis and Chicago. When the prince will arrive in Minneapo lis is not yet determined Returning1 Siamward, the special and royal train will stop at the Yellowstone Park, the Butte capper mines, Salt Lake, Glenwood Springs, Colorado Springs, Pike's Peak, the Cripple Creek gold mines, Santa Fe, the Indian pueblos of New Mexico, the grand canyon of the Colorado, Los Angeles, the Pasadena wineries, Santa Barbaraif it has sur vived the earthquakesDel Monte, San Jose, the Lick observatory, San Francisco and the Yosemite In the governor's ante-chamber yester day it was declared that the crown prince, following a national custom, might sit upon a table "Yes," added a member of the staff, ' and swing his feet " "And of course he'l smoke a cigarette " "And probably he 11 sing, too " "Yes, yes, cer talnlj\ his royal highness will s i n g " "Now, let tme, See, what is the favorite Siamese melodyawfully prettyremem ber It wellwords very fetching, also. Something about 'A Pretty Girl, A Sum mer Day,' or something like that" "No, no, gentlemen, you're quite wrong. His royal highness will do nothing of the sort," interrupted the governor, with an air of experience "The current customs of Siam are wholly different Prince 'Wang,' you forget, is no longer regent." AM^EMENTS Metropolitan "-JUg"' - Tonight Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. PERCY HASWELL GO. In Gillette's Clever Comedy, "BECAUSE SHE LOVED HIM SO." Nights, 25c and 50c. Matinees, all seats-SSe. Week Aug io,"Moths" and' 'Romeo and Julllet" T H O S B B E R U T I F U L Auburn Tints, so noticeable among fash lonable women, are produced only by f H i Imperial Hair Regenerator TgftiB the cleanest and most lasting Hair Col* ?JB?8& orlng It ia easily applied, absolutely ^ ^ i harmless and ONE APPLICATION 'LASTS MONTHS Sample of hair col ored free Send lor Pamphlet Imperial Chemical Mfg Co , 135 W 23d at, N T Sold by Dillin Drug Co , successors to J. R. Bofflin. 101 Washington av S, R H Hegenar, $07 Nicollet av. Feely & Crocker. 615 Nicollet. A FIGHT STOPPED \ P o l i c e P r e v e n t a Mill B e t w e e n Lo c a l B o x e n . A large crowd of men and boys assem bled in a vacant building near Fifth ave nue N and Washington, last night to wit ness a prize fight between local boxers Some one 'tipped off" the affair at police headquarters, and just as the fighters were stripping for the affray, Detective Otto Wirtensohn, accompanied by several uniformed policemen, appeared on the scene and scattered the crowd. Another attempt was made to hold the fight at Sixth avenue S near Sixth street, but the officers learned of this change and again dispersed the crowd. * We Spend Money Time and Material to learn from the best artists throughout the world. For, without keeping in close touch with the masters of portraiture we never could have built up the liberal patronage we now enjoy. May we show you tho product of our skill, please, and put Borne of the latter into your next portrait? Studio: 427429 Nicollet, Minneapolis, Minn. T o S e c u r e I s s u e of $ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 W a t e r B o n d s . It is reported that one alderman Friday evening may block the attempt of the city Council to secure the issue of $250#00 bonds for the improvement of the water supply of Minneapolis by purposely ab senting himself from the council cham ber The law requires a unanimous vote of the council, so that an individual member can place himself in a position to defeat the whole plan Alderman Ryan is said to have no personal antagonism to the bond issue If he stays away his object will be to avoid the Omaha terminal ordinance, which Is also down on the boards for Friday night It was said to-day that Ryan was not the only member of the council who would kee away If the Omaha matter came up In the interests of the bond issue it was reported that a full attend ance of aldermen could be secured if the railroad ordinance would be passed until another meeting As the legislature provided that the" water bonds should be issued within six months from the passage of the enabling act, Friday evening will be the last op portunity for the aldermen to vote On the question This is one reason why Alder man Jones is hurrying home. The ordinance has been pending for months, awaiting a full attendance of the council. The action of several aldermen in re peatedly dodging the issue by staying away when the ordinance was likely to be brought up has been viewed with sus picion. FORGOT HER NAME Y o u n g Marrying: Man Gets T w i s t e d a t L i c e n s e W i n d o w . As marriage license clerk, Gus Switzer has many amusing experiences, but one he had yesterday, was quite the richest for some time. Frank Williams took out a license last Saturday so Mr Switzer was rather surprised when Williams came around again vesterday to get another license Williams explained that he had forgotten his fiancee's name. It was not Emma Motley as he bad given it Satur day, but Fashion Holly was the girl he in tended to marry The clerk took a good look at Williams, but said nothing. JOIN WITH THE ROADS A CHANCE FO R BUSINESS MEN F . I. W h i t n e y Says T h e y Can H e l p T h e m s e l v e s b y E n c o u r a g i n g I m m i g r a t i o n W o r k . A HAML1NE PARK SCRAP O p p o s i n g F a c t i o n s M a k e t h e A i r B l u e i n St. P a u l . A proposal to locate a park on a vacant block opposite Luther seminary, at Ham line, gave a gingery turn to the proceed ings of the St. Paul park board yesterday afternoon. The petition, signed by seven ty-five residents of ftamline, was pre sented by Alderman Dobner Professor Bachelor, of Hamline unlversitv, pre sented an opposition petition with sixty five names. The objection is that the location is not central Judge Blackwell resented the appear ance of the Hamline petition and accused the petitioners of a desire to control e%erytbing in the neighborhood Thej had, he said, opposed the street railway, the water service, sewers and now they were opposing* a park simply because it happened to be located nearer another school Professor Bachelor disclaimed antagonism to Luther seminary Tho park eommissionters deferred action until the November meeting. "Postage stamp parties were all the rage In Havana soon after the beginning of the American occupation," said M C Fosness this morning at St Paul. Mr Fosness has recently been named in spector of the postal division that in cludes Minflesota and the Dakptas "Such a thing as buying postage stamps at the postofflce was unheard of The Cubans always had to go to the custom house and buy their stamps over a desk with all the formality of paying for official docu ments And when we cut a hole through the wall of the Havana postofflce and sold stamps quicker than a peddler could dis pose of cocoanuts. the Havana folks were charmed The idlers from the clubB and streets would visit the postofflce in crowds to enjoy the American novelty. "On the other hand, the Cubans were away ahead of us on rural delivery, which was hardly known in this country four years ago But down there it was an insult to the dignity of a citizen able to read for anyone to imagine he should come after his own letters. They must be carried to the learned man politely, no matter where he lived. And as the country is thinly settled and few let ters, comparatively, are written, the cost of this delivery was something enormous ' But this expense was partly recov ered by a high postal chargethree cents for the stamps and extra for the car rier " Mr Fosness was appointed two years ago director general of posts in Cuba, succeding the much discussed Mr. Rath bone, removed for fraudulent practices "Our government completely reorgan ized the Cuban postal system," continued Mr Fosness, "and established it on the American plan We reduced the postage for domestic and foreign letters and made the rate between Cuba and the United States two cents instead of five "There had never been such a thing aa postal money orders during the Spanish administration, but now there are more than a hundred money order offices in the island The people were very glad to patronize them I heard that some of them, the country -folks even, borrowed money so that they might send it away and secure one of the new-fangled or ders " Mr Fosness does not believe that the Cubans are yet prepared for admission to American citizenship "Just now," says he, "the sentiment as to annexation is much divided Many of the prosper ous property owners are anxious to come into our union But the old revolution ary element wich fought so long for in dependence, is wholly in favor of self government This element, of course, is in full control at present After a while, I think, The various parties may unite in favor of securing the stability of Amer ican government " A Bealttog, Heart!, Appetlzlif Meil Served at T h e rtrilP''n*5^rtuncnRoonis, I US Virill 308-310. 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Hopkins, ex-com missioner of pension, James Tanner and John McElroy, of the District of Colum bia, and Louis Wagner, of Pennsylvania. F I. Whitney, general passenger agent of the Great Northern road, who returned from an extensive western trip yesterday, suggests that the commercial bodies of the twin cities should adopt measures de signed to increase emigration to the great northwest He says there are thousands of acres of fertile farming land lying idle, and expresses a belief that much desirable immigration could be secured if the mat ter was approached in the right way. The railroads, Mr. Wlhitney says, are doing their part, and mould receive some help from citizens generally, all of whom will be benefited by an increase in population He thinks it would be easy to bring east ern farmers here if they could be per suaded of the great opportunities await ing them Says Mr. Whitney The point lies here. We all know that the west is splendidly (productive, that immense crops will be raised this year, and that op portunities for farmers from St Paul west are vastly better than the best in the worked out eastern states The railroads for years have- spent immense amounts in advertising these facts, and of course have brought tre mendous settlement But the railroads have not reached a large number that would come If they could be firmly convinced that the west is what we say These half-decided men could undoubtedly t e won over by proper steps from commercial organizations I believe the time has come when such bodies should advertise in conjunction with us. In the daily papers of the eaBt and through other good mediums, the opportunities in western states Such facts presented as om clal action of a commercial body would have immense weight, and would supplv Just the factor in advertising that the west needs Of course the railways profit by settlement, but every commercial interest profits as much and more I think it is time to urge that hav ing definite values to present to takers, com mercial Interests look at the matter as a busi ness transaction and advertise The oppor tunity -could be improved with beneficial and lasting results THOUGHT TO BE A MYTH R e p o r t of F o r m a t i o n of a C h a i n of , B a n k s . The formation of the United States Bankers' Corporation as announced from Boston is believed to be a myth as far as its effect on Minneapolis is con cerned The report was that a corpora tion had been formed in Boston to es tablish branches in Minneapolis, St Paul, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, New Or leans and Cleveland, to be operated on a new plan securing depositors credit at some department store had been formed with a capital of $6,700,000. The capital is said to be too small. WANT THE LAW CHANGED A meeting of the Elevator Operators' union of St Paul was held last night and a com mittee was appointed to confer with a sim ilar committee from the Minneapolis union, with a view to suggesting amendments to the present law regulating the operating of ele vators In the twin cities BUILDING FOR SALE State Auditor s Office, St, Paul, Minn , Aug 1, 1902Bids will be received at this office for the purchase and removal of that brick- - veneered, three-story, factory building situ ated upon lots Nos 10, 11 and 12 of block No 9, in D W Ingersoll's addition to the city of St Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota, said addition being known B3 the former site of the State Reform School Sealed bids must be filed with Robert C Dunn, auditor of state, at the capitol in the city' of St. Paul, before 2 o'clock p m , on Monday, Aug 11, 1902, when. Bald bids will be opened All bids must be for all cash Payment and must be accompanied by the cash or a cer tified check for the full amount of the bid The successful bidder will be required to remove the said building and all the ma terial contained therein within sixty days from the date of the acceptance of his bid, and to remove all rubbish and waste material, leaving the eite of Bftld building in a clean condition to the satisfaction of the said R G Dunn, within the elxty days before specified. The right to reject any and all bids i hereby reserved R C DUNN, State Auditor, and Ex Officio Commissioner of State Land Office. i SWEARING FEALTY TO UNCLE SAM Three hundred American citizens were made yesterday by Judge Brooks and Judge Pond, assisted by deputies from Clerk Dickey's office Still this is nothing in comparison with the record of oyer 700 made two years ago About 800 have taken out their second papers since April 1. Four years ago some 3,000 were naturalized in the same period, but that was prior to the first election un der the new law which disfranchised all who had not taken out their second papers Moreover, a systematic canvass of the city to round up the unnaturalized was then made by several committees M E E T T H E GREAT WESTERPi' GAS EXPLOSION . x C a u s e s S e v e r e I n j u r i e s t o O. C. d e Groodt of E x c e l s i o r . O C de Groodt, an old settler of Ex celsior, was severely burned about the face by a gas explosion in the Congrega tional church at Excelsior yesterday He was doing repair work in the churoh at the time. ' S h o o t i n g t h e R a p i d s Under the guidance of the Indians is but one of the many interesting features at Sault Ste Marie Round trip rate is $13.50 via the Boo, line at whose office, 119 S Third street, particulars may be procured P a c k i n g H o u s e R a t e s P r o m K a n s a s City Ar e R e d u c e d . Freight officials' of the western roads, at a meeting held in Chicago yesterday, announced a reduction in rates on packing house products from fcansas City to Chi cago and eastern points, to go into effect Aug 8 This rate will be 20 cents per 100 pounds to Chicago, and 18% cents as the proportionate rate to Chicago on ship ments destined, for pointa farther east. These tariffs are already in operation on the Chicago Great Western and the other roads are merely meeting the cut Simi lar reductions in the cost of freighting live stock will be announced shortly. G e o r g i a n B a y , S O , 0 0 0 I s l a n d T o u r s . They include meals and berths on the steamer for from 12 to 14 days The rates will surprise you, and after you have' once made tho tour of the Great Lakes vou will arrange (for one every year Call at the Northern Pacific city ticket office for berth reservations and get full particu lars of the tripf H a l f F a r e t o D u b u q u e a n d R e t u r n . For the Total Abstinence convention, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul rail way will sell excursion tickets to Dubu que and return at one fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale Aug 3d to 7th, good to return until 12th, with privilege of extension until 31st G e o r g i a n B a y , 3 0 , 0 0 0 I s l a n d T o u r s . They include meals and berths on the steamer for from 12 to 14 days The rates vill surprise you, and after you have once jnade the tour of the Great Lakes you will arrange for one every year Call at the Northern Pacific city ticket office for berth reservations and get full particu lars of the trip M a c k i n a c I s l a n d The fashionable summer resort of the north, is a roost enjoyable place to spend a vacation im this hot, sultry weather The Boo line ticket office, 119 S Third street, offers an exceptionally low rate of $13 50 round trip Use Journal Want Ads if you desire to increase your business. Are great result producers If you wish to dispose ot your business, horses, cows, dogs, furniture, etc , desire to hire male or female help, rent your rooms, sell your" bicycle, rent or sell your homer buy or sell a farm. Insert a small ad in The Journal columns and get prompt returns Others have succeeded, why not you' $15 Pianos. We have 30 square pianos which must be disposed of quick, You can buy one of them from % 15 to $35 in good condition at from $2 to $3 per month. Give your children a chanceyou may have the making of a world-famed artist in your family and not know i t S e e t h e B i g Crop. Aug 10 to 16, the Soo line will make a round trip to all points on its line in the Dakotas. $10 Long limit for harvest hands Office, 119 S Third street. * A Good O p p o r t u n i t y . Presents itself but once in a life time. Tours may be on the Journal want page to-day. 1 K n i g h t s of C o l u m b u s S j At Put-in-Bay, Aug 18-17 Soo line makes round trip rate at $16.50 including lake trip. Can't sleep? Try JOHMN HOFF'S , EXTRACT Used by brain-work ers throughout the world. *. INSIST upoifJOHAWN HOFF'S and yon will not be imposed upon. Ho substi tute is "just as good." EISNER & MBNDELSON CO. of New York, Sole Agents 4 ~*~*- i ^Jyja^v? ,