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City News THE WEATHER MinnesotaThreatening and colder tonight, with rain in east portion, turn ing to snow Tuesday, fair, brisk north west winds. WisconsinEain, turning to snow to night, followed by fair Tuesday cold er high southerly shifting to north winds. Upper MichiganRain tonight, turn ing to snow and colder Tuesday winds becoming high northwest. IowaThreatening and colder to night, with rain in east portion, turn ing to snow Tuesday, fair, with colder in east portion. North and South DakotaGenerally fair tonight and Tuesday colder to night, warmer Tuesday afternoon. MontanaGenerally fair tonight and Tuesday, except probably ram in west portion Tuesday warmer Tuesday. Weather Oom-'itions. A large low-pressure area extends from southern Minnesota to Oklahoma, attended bv cloudy and unsettled weather over much of the United States and the Canadian northwest. Rain has fallen during the past twenty-four hours in the upper lake region, the upper and middle Mississippi valley, eastern and central South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyo ming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, northern New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and California, and lain was still falling this morning in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, eastern Missouii, South Dakota, Arizona and southern California. The ram* in Wisconsin, northern Miehigon and southern Cali fornia were heav%, 1.40 inches being re ported at Green Bay, 1.52 at La Crosse, 1.30 at Escanaba, and 1.0S at Los An geles. This morning's temperatures ,,are above 30 degrees,, except in northern Minnesota, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and they are above 60 degrees the middle and west gulf states. The preci pitation will continue in this vicinity today, probably turning to snow tonight with the falling tempeiature due to a small "high" over northern Saskatche wan Tuesday will be fair. T. S. Outram, Section Director. Weather Now and Then. Today, maximum 35, minimum 33 de grees a vear ago, maximum 67, mini mum 37 degrees AROUND THE TOWN Longyear Contract Let.The con tract for the new E. ,J. Longyear cot tage on the upper lake was let to Pike & Cook for $L0.000. The Keith com pany drew the plans. ir^*Cousins in Town.Brigadier W. jsjns of the Salvation Armv returned fey from Winona, where he has been Inducting a series of meetings since lis return from the officers' congress at Chicago last Monday. Upson Improves.Aithur Upson, in structor in English at the university, is improvise at St. Barnpbas hospital and his physicians sav he A\ ill soon be able to lea\ e. IIr will probably take a vacation on acocunt of his nervous condition. Engineers Ueturn.Citv Engine Andrew Rmker returned today from Philadelphia, where he Avent to attend the funeral of his mother. Assistant City Engineer E E. Dntton is also back from a shoit trip to Sprirg field, Mo. Garfield Club Meeting.An impor tant meeting of the Garfield Republi can club will be hold tomorrow even ing in Morgan post hall, Nicollet ave nue and Third street. Several "livo" topics TV ill be up for discussion anda large attendance of members is de sired. Record of the Postoffice.The Feb ruarv cancellation report of the Minne apolis postoffice shows that the aver age number of pieces handled each day, Sundays and holidays excluded, was 215,320. Of this 140,372 pieces went thru the cancelling machine, 59,442 pieces were precancelled and 15,526 pipces were paid in money. Baker Goes to Iowa-Sheriff Kelli her of Pocahontas, Towa, arrived in the city today to take Charles Baker to the Towa town where he will be tried on a charge of grand larceny. Baker is alleged to have stolen several sets of harness and a typewriter from business men and farmeis of Fonda, Iowa. agreed to accompany the sheriff with out fighting extradition. Smoke Men to Mee*..lohn Fair grieve, smoke inspector of Detroit, has asked Smoke Inspector .1. W. Allen to join in the movement for holding a na tional conference of smoke inspectors. Mr. Allen is in favor of the plan fo^ the work of these officials is still so new that there is a great deal to beSft{*T*pf"f)7\ learned in conference. It is likely that the convention will be held at Detroit. School Site Meetings.Three meet ings will be held in the eighth ward to /night to discuss the question of the most advantageous site for the location of the fifth hiph scnool. These meet ings will be held at the Lyndale Con gregational church, Lake street and lldrich avenue at the engine-house. Forty-second street and Lvndale, and at 2932 Second avenue S "Royal Road to Truth."Accord ing to Miss Alice Bolting, representa tive of the Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical society, the royal road to truth and happiness is in every person *,and must be sought in oneself. This ^follows the teaching of theosophv that the soul is ever present in every body ^and waiting for recognition. Miss .Bolting addressed the local branch of Hhe society last night. FIND FUGITIVE IN JAIL ^Search for Edward Pollard Ends at the t- Workhouse. Word was received by the Humane so |ciety today that Edward Pollard, wanted by the police for the, alleged maitreat i ment of horses in a Hopkins livery barn Friday, is at present an inmate of the city workhouse. It is said that he was I arrested in Minneapolis Friday night on a charge of drunkenness and sent up 'under an assumed name. PIA ^P'fu^JM^ Monday Evening?* ASKS CHAPERONES FOR ALL BAD BOYS PROBATION OFFICER WOULD IM PROVE JUVENILE-COURT PLAN. Mr. Chamberlain Appeals to Ministers to Secure 250 Voluntary ^Workers Who Will Take Personal Interest in Each Juvenile PrisonerAssistance Pledged by Pastors. Two hundred and fifty chaperones, to plav the big brother to lads who have come within the jurisdiction of the luvenile court, could be used to advan tage in dealing with the juvenile de linquents ot Minneapolis, according to H. B. Chamberlain, legal adviser o the probation office. At a meeting ot the Ministers' alliance today, Mr. Chambei lain appealed to the pastors to recom mend this work to the young people,, and particularly the young men, ot their churches. The task of these A 1 ha _. 1,ls tastes into wholesome channels. Pastors Pledge Aid. This suggestion wras chaperones would be to become mti- is not making all the hav he can while mately acquainted with the boys as- the sun is shining. They never over- signed to them and lead the lads into a proper course of conduct by example Mr. Chamberlain pointed out that the theii rea difficulty with the ."juvenile court as1 hl either a or a teacher. Hirs?.wor*??_i^_dcguardian woul be en tirely thao of winning the friendship un hll well received by evidenced the keen interest of his au ditors. At the suggestion of Mr. Chambeilam no resolutions were passed and no for mal action was taken, but each minis ter present was requested to lay the matter before his own church. Preced ing Mr. Chamberlain's talk, O. W. Stew art, the prohibition organizer, was in DEFIES BULLETS TO FIEE FROM SNELL1NG the assembled ministers, who signified their willingness to recommend this work to their young men. Some of them suggested that the work might be con ducted thru the Christian Endeavor so cieties. In addition to making a plea for vol unteer workers, Mr. Chamberlain ex plained the woiking of the court and urged the necessity of having one judge permanently assigned to the work in stead of allowing the regular district court -judges to attend to it in rotation. +i,e +i,0+ ,n2J% e He also described the proposed deten- cream-of the P'P tion home at considerable length and1 outlined the campaign which will be Vermont. Detachments were immediately dis- Mark E. Christensen, a general pris- with folders printed by railroads extoll- oner at Fort Snelling, escaped Sunday ing California resorts. Some iudicious morning while working with two other i advertising of a similar sort telling of prisoners near the river bank. Minneapolis, Minnetonka, and the other "Goodby, boys I'm going hei Minnesota resorts would bring business, shouted to the guards, who immediately! if distributed thru the south, and would began firing at him, but without effect.! start thousands of visitors to Minne- Christensen disappeaied in the direc-, sota, where there is something real." tion of Minnehaha park. The escaped! prisoner was serving a two-year sen-'-,-,- ^T-^-r TTT*TT teuce for desertion from the Twenty- A I Ml I SFiIlRF\ A TOR seventh infantry at Fort Ethan Allen, Gilbert Gutterson of Lake Crystal, who has intentions hostile to Congress man of the st terviewed lil patched in tho direction of Mtonehaha CIRCUS MANAGER WILL park and Minneapolis, but the fugitive has not been captured. GUTTERSON DECIDES TO OPPOSE McCLEARY Mrcieary called at the otnee stcretaVv 'statef lodav and in- fiDfl 4 Lomen the ass^staSt tention to run. He declaied that when! ?8 he did file for the nomination he would resign as rural-route inspector, which is a civil service position. Announcement of his candidacy for the second district nomination is ex pected this week. ORDERS STATION Milwaukee Must Provide Proper Ac commodations at Isinours. The railroad commission today or dered the Milwaukee road to build and establish a suitable station at Isinours, the junction of the Reno-Preston lino with the Southern Minnesota, within sixty days. The order is a result of complaints made by the United Com mercial Travelers. Tt is recommended that the building be placed closer to the junction than the present structure, which is condemned. VIEW IS UNCHANGED President Cyrus Northrop Writes Football Views for Eastern Magazine. In the current issue of Illustrated Out door Ne^vs of New York, President Cyrus Northrop of the Unhersity of Minnesota reiterates his well-known opinion upon football reform The gopher president holds that football is too good a game to lose and believe.! that most of the abuser in the play can be eliminated by compe tent officials. Now is your opportunity to purchase a good piano for a very modest sum. We are closing out a number of new pianos at half price. $10 down and $6, $7, $8 a month pays the bill. Representatives for the Knabe-Angelus Piano. FOSTER & WALDO 3 6 5th St. So. Corner Nicollet Ave. #$s MAKE RAILROADS BOOST THE CITY E. G. POTTER RETURNS FROM WEST WITH VALUABLE IDEAS. Points to Manner in Which Roads Load Tourists with Boosts for California and Urges that Minneapolis Demand Similar AssistanceFinds Southern California Rents a Holdup. E. G. Potter, baseball magnate, at least for this season, and one of the businest and best Minneapolis boosters in the business', leturned from an ex tensive California and western trip to day, and in spite of the brand of weath er found on tap, announces that "Mi n neapolis is there" and "good enough for anybody." "Business certainly is booming on the coast," said the senator, "and there is not a business man there wTho look bdts there any more than we do here. The prices they are getting for estatearalong now organized is that it is next to im- So are the lents. possible to keep in personal touch with I "in talking with real estate and the boys who come before it. A staff business men I asked them what basis of voluntary workers who would as-1 they had for the enorjnous values they surae personal responsibility for the boys assigned to them would do away with this weakness. I would be no part ot the scheme to have the voluns teer worker act ase a the Californial coast somethingsouthern, awful place on their real estate and other propeity, and if they used a compari son of values with other cities. They frankly admitted that they no compari son or basis other than the rents that the property can be made to produce. Anybody who has been there knows what rent conditions are in southern California. It's like hiring a cab in New York cityit's cheaper to buy. In February or March it* is almost im possible to secure good accommodations at any price unless reservations have been made. Booms Everywhere. "Conditions are all the same. Everv place I visited, and I made them all from Coronado "Beach to San Francisco, all the Montes, Dels, and Santas is enjoying a boom. There is one thing tho that many lose sight of, even those who are there, and that is flint the southern California coast is enjoying all the conducted by the new iuvenile court part otfh the Uniteads financial committee. There was nothing formal "y^ th countr*? ove Ffk such as about this talk, and the frequent ques-l vears agoA, would give them a serious set- tions which interrupted the speaker troduced. His remarks were confined the summer they get the southerners to a greeting to the alliance. He made no reference to the question of prohi bition. tim 80m n, bu. did no.,t file hi affidavin ^%^T iiiii mi' iii' iii MM/1 as a candidate. To friends about the' capitol, however, he admitted his in-, llvln tal The hav e^ J? 0 ff i re wStates erisi had tentAr soo twelv times ge hard the flood of outside money and tourists is cut off, and values will surely tumble, and tumble along way. "That country has a beautiful cli mate when ouis is generally the worst, but for all that I'm for Minneapolis. Their tourist business now lasts the en tire year. In the winter they g^t the people from the noith and east and in who want to escape the dry h^t of the south and enjoy the ocean. "Eight here in Minneapolis, and all about us we have as great an oppor tunitv for creating an asset of equal value. As far as natural conditions are concerned we are in it with them all. The railroads should be brought into line to do the advertising for us that they do for California. As 3 soon as one leaves Minneapolis he is flooded OLrVjUnii O A JUD HEFT HER AS A PROSPECTIVE LADY "FAT Addie Boyd, the young woman who has been a patient at the city hospital because she is too fat to perform any kind of work, is no longer tho a de pendent on charity. A good salary andh a chance to see the world havea beefn offered by a westeren so wb-eF Slflf ld S ^f who say he is unabl\ea to a Associates Charitie and th tr yin she ea bee Bome 1 a in 1 to whic (le artm en n a J~ While they have been plan woman has been at the hospi- th taking tieatment to lessen her wei St Now she can make i good living with out so much as turning her hand, pro viding she is fat enough, and the man ager is soon to come to Minnpapohs to see if she can pass the examination. FINE COUPE BURNS IN DRIVER'S ABSENCE Without betraying a semblance of frar or concern, a flea-bitten team of horses, hitched to a hack, btood im mobile while the carriage was de stroyed -by fire at Fourth street and Seventh avenue S, about 31 p.m. Sun dav. Passersby saw the flames and turned in an alarm, but before the department responded the absent driver had re turned and taken his "fiery chariot away. Tt is said that the hack, valued at from $800 to $1,200, was practically ruined. The owner is unknown. SWITCHMAN I S KILLED Charles Peterson Falls in Front of En gine, .Receiving Fatal Hurt. Charles Peterson, a switchman for the Northern Pacific road, was killed while at work in the yards in North east Minneapolis yesterday. He was crossing the tracks, and in attempting to gcet THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. WANT SLATER IN FEDERAL SERVICE STATE COMMISSIONER REFUSES FLATTERING OFFER. Was Asked to Take Hold of New In spection Bureau at New York, but Declined in Order to Stay by De partment Here Will Recommend Another Minnesotan. The United States department of ag riculture has been trying to steal E. K. Slater, state dairy and food commis sioner, from the Minnesota service, but Mr. Slater stated today that he had declined the position offered, and would "stick to the ship." The department under Secretary Wil son is about to install an inspection and grading bureau at New York for butter received there. The idea is to grade butter if desired by the trade, and to conduct an educational bureau, noting the faults in butter received, and no tifying the shipper how to "correct i them. Mr. Slater was wanted as the I head of this new service, and the po sition was tendered by E. W. Webstfr, chief of the dairy division. No sal- Since turning down the offer he has been asked by Mr. Webster to recom- FLORENCE WALTON AGAIN GETS DOG LIGENSE NO. 1 Dog licenses were placed on sale to- wained by policemen for not having SEATS FOR MOTDKMEN Rest for Weary Car Drivers Beginning JText Wednesday. Motormen of the Twin City Rapid Transit company's svstem of street cars are to have seats after Wednesday and thereafter will not be compelled to stand up all the time while on duty. Some years ago Ufie motormen had stools and were allowed to sit down during the hours when business was lightest. The custom is to be resumed and when drivers have long runs with few stops they will be allowed to sit. NECROLOGIC SANFORD W. DEVORE, a well known resident of this city for tho past twelve years, died yesterday at Kansas City. The funeral will'be held there tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Devore was a native- of Ohio, and was a veteran of the civil war. Previous' to coming to Minneapolis he lived" at Kansas City, where his children still reside. He was about 65 years old. CARL F. MORTENSEN of Albert Lea, Minn., died Sunday morning at the Swedish hospital of typhoid pneu monia. Mr. Mortensen was 32 years old, and was born in Copenhagen, Den mark. Funeral from Amor's under taking establishment Tuesday after noon. Interment at Layman's cem eterv. bo-I? i" i W out of-tlie way of' art approaching engine, slipped on the g'are of ij and fell. The engine ran into him, mangling his body. He was taken to Asbury hospital, where he died a few minutes later. Peterson was a widower about 50 years old. His wife died two months ago and he was boarding at 927 Wash ington avenue N He had one so,n'i LEADING WOMAN LEAVES 6 i -D A PATRICK O'LAUGHLIN, who died Charles Peterson, who will make the Sunday morning, will be buried from funeTal arrangements. the home of his sister, Mrs. J. J. Mur phv, 2941 Tenth avenue S, Wednesday, at 2 p.m. 'The Miss Margaret Illington Leaves Lion and the Mouse." Margaret Illington, who played the part of the mouse in "The Lion and the Mou"e" last week at the Metro politan theater, left Sunday morning for Jfew York city. Miss Illington, who is known in privat* life as Mrs. Daniel Frohman, is related to the Car penter family or Minneapolis and was entertained "while here by Mrs. S. M. Yale, 2702 Portland avenue* ad a MRS. JOHNrtayA. BERKEY, who was Min esot a nutted to the union and was christened Minnesota De Graff, died at her home on Dayton avenue, St. Paul, yesterday morning. Mrs. Berkey was born in Dayion, Ohio, but came to St. Paul when she was 12 years old. MRS. ANNA BROWN, wife of Bar nabas Brown, died this morning at the family residence. 1923 Washington avenue S, aged 43 years. Funeral Wednesday at 8:30 a.m., from the res idence and at 9 a.im, from St. Charles church. Interment at St. Mary's com etery. H. A. FIELD, a resident of Minne apolis for twenty-three years, died at his residence, 1519 Elliot avenue, aged 75 years. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. from Our Savior's Lutheran church, Seventh stieet and Fourteenth avenue S. Interment at Lakewood. MARGARET LOUISE NORTON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Nor ton, 63 Lyndale avenue -N, died Sunday afternoon, a^ed 11 months and 20 days. The body will be taken to Manchester, Iowa, for burial. MRS. MARY STODIECK died Sun dav at her home, 1S24 Quinev street NE, aged 62 years. Funeral Tuesdav morning 8 a.m. frori residence ami at 8-30 from St. Clement's .'hiirch. In terment at Hillside cemeterv. WILLIAM DUNN, aged 74 years, died at his residence, 630 Main, street NE, Sunday morning. Tho funeral will take place from the Church of St. An thony of Padua Tuesday at 9 a.m. In terment at St. Anthony cemetery. It is requested by interested resi dents that all persons interested in the location of the eighth ward high school meet at 2932 Second avenue S at 8 this evening. CARD OF THANKS PLEDGE COMES IN^fi FROM UNIQUE CLUB GRAND ARMY FUND BOOSTED FROM UNEXPECTED QUARTER. "First Generation" Members Discuss Civil War and Then Send $20 to Help Entertain Old SoldiersMany Checks Sent by Private Men Who Wish to Help. A new and pleasing feature of, the Grand Armv encampment fund coilec- ^l-^:^ aie coming in every nay people who weie not on the genera business lists drawn up by the'committee .While ffffiSiSffjSelSd'i^flifiKJ day by City Clerk L. A. Lydiard somewhat, "shy" the amount, so the bicycle tags may be secured next balance was raised by passing the hat Wednesday and the office will be pre- amonj^the menil era. pared to issue automobile licenses. This, is a matter of some importance to own- Labor Unions Help Cause. ,ers of new machines as they have been displayed their license numbers., i The officers have not been inclined to accept the excuse that licenses were not obtainable, but such is the fact, are not available. Miss Florence Walton already has secured the promise of No I, Emil Ferrant No. 2, while Aldermen A. Vaughan, Peter McCoy and G. A. Westphal have secured numbers 7, 9 and I I, respectively. The dog-catcher will start out on Mav 1 and will pursue different tactics this year. It was discovered that many own ers kept their dogs tied up in the early part of the summeT until the dog catchers had been retired, and the re sult was a large number of unlicensed dogs. This vear the officer will be on duty until September. respond, there are many who from patriotic motives are contributing vol untarily according to their means. In a short the committee will make a announcementa asking all those who weree noatr reached and ttime wh th lfcd in& in mend some competent butter man for I Theo First Generation club of Northeast For this reason the executive commit- the place. "We have plenty of them 'Minneapolis sent in a pledge of $20 for i tee is not yet prepared to announce in Minnesota," said Mr. Slater today, the fund. plans for the use of the fund, except in "and I hope some one from this state This organization is unique and has will be selected. Mr. Webster has sent never been heard from before. I is i word that he will be here to see mo composed wholly of voting men whose Wednesday.'' i parents are foreigners but who are The offer is highly appreciated as a themselves native born. They discuss compliment to Minnesota butter mak- American historv and politics and ques- ers and the Minnesota dairy inspection tions of good citizenship that thev may service. become better and more intelligent Americans. The nationalities predomi nating in the ''lub are Polish, Russian, Bohemian, Slavonic and Scandinavian. The approaching Grand Arnfy encamp ment and the part played bv the Grand *i Army in the historv of the 'country! entiie fortune on a so-called spmtuai- werc discussed at a recent meeting. The ist. $20 was voted from the treasury. It "Some time ago," said Herrmann to- was found that the treasury was day, this physician had lost his daugh ter, an only child. Someone told him Th rese tV fun but, she says, since Dec. 1 she has had March 26, J906. subscribe to do so. Imn public ar ma meantime, of these voluntary Pmanayt nv 3 fro REAL ESTATE FUND TO BE SPENT HERE MINNEAPOLIS PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEIR EYES OPENED. Value cf Home Realty, Beauty of C*ty, Glories of Climate and Every Other Good Feature Will Be Shown in Glow ing Colors to Unappreciative Resi dents. With $5,000 already subscribed and more coming, the executive committee a, 1. ^S fun co tie a Kedge Send Clu ary named,e except to say that th The patriotiswholl of the calle does not salarwaswould made an inducemente confine itself to thos who are I tions to the advertising fund. I was Mr. Slater believes that a Minnesota i Americans by birth and descent. There decided upon only three days before, man will be selected for the place. a am a a Trades and Labor assembly, rep nti ng the labor organizations of the i ia tna notified Secretary W. G. Nye tnes organizations will raise a a ailc Absence has made Emma Lissey's heart grow fonder, and altho she may ^^t I did was simply magic and be forgotten by her former sweetheart, she has sent from her home in Ham burg, Germany, to find out his Minne apolis address, andwhy he has ceased to write. The letter, written in Germsii, was sent to the German consul in St. Paul, and was turned over to Sheriff W. Dreger, German correspondent for Hennepin county. The young woman Evidently is dis ti aught about hej "verlobter" and hasi no hesitancy in avowing her love an\i concern. She says that she has read of a big fire in a Minneapolis hotel and fears that her lover may have per ished in the flames. She says that the man si*seeks came to Minneapolis last September and is working for a large local milling com pany. He promised to marry her be fore he left her in her home across the I waters to seek a fortune in America, no word fiom him. Her letters have continued to be sent and have not been returned, altho there has been no reply. thing to her and her happiness. POLICE QUOTA PULL By April 1 260 Men Will Bo On Duty in City. O April 1 thearpolicewforce will hav its quota of men for the first time since Mayor D. P. Jones took charge. I^hicn fortv-six ne appointmentse i b5v force will then number 260 men, of Mayor Jones. Of the fi om now 1ofore 1 sleign latteer Sitto? a(lvp ti8in( rea general wav. fo the assist 0fferaedreciprocatiolaborr by nevertheless. i the entertainment conventions. There are five dog licenses which theofCommercial A cal W i club in (t]oe eac a pu unione and blic meetinnga boost the caus will be held April 18. The committee still urges greater promptness on the part of those w^ho have been called upon. Pledges only /ire asked now, but it is important that they should be turned in without delay. FROM FAR-OFF GERMANY SHE SEEKS LOYER HERE es ftnv mfian a thf been no drawing of national lines and when President W. Y. Chute called today an unsolicited* pledge from the meeting to order only a few present unexpected source was received. were aware of the purpose of the call, HERMANN'S MAGIC SAYED DOGTOR FROM SWINDLER Hermann III, this week at the Or pheum, claims to have saved a Detroit, Mich.,, physician from squanderin his that if he went to a certain Detroit spiritualist he could converse with the soul of his beloved child. The man vis ited the spiritualist and was so im pressed with the manifestations and writings, presumably by the spirit of his child, that he visited the place al most daily and up to the time of my arrival in the city had spent $10,000. was neglecting his business and was on the road to ruin. "Friends explained his case to me and asked if I would be willing to visit the spiritualist with the physician, and later, if I could, expose it all as magic. I do not believe in trying to expose mediums, but because of the pathetic feature of this case I consented. I dis guised myself and attended a. seance. There were strange knockings, presum ably from the spirit of the dead daugh ter, mysterious slate writings, and, fin ally, a ray of light illuminated a dark corner and there was a mystic picture of the departed. "The physician returned to the hotel with me. There was able to dupli cate all he had seen. He knew that 0 nam nigh sma ne a eight are I UPHOLDS COMMISSION Judge Crosby Holds the Elective Law Is Constitutional. Judge Crosby of Hastings decided the Otisville sidetrack case at Stillwater Saturday, and incidentally disposed of the claim thst the railroad and ware house commission is an unconsti tional body. The point was raised by attorneys for the Soo road. They claimed that as the constitution does not provide for election of tb commissioners, but gives the appointing power in general to the governor, the act of 1899, mak ing the commission elective, is uncon stitutional. Judge Crosby overrules the point -without comment. He upholds the order of the commission prohibiting the road from removing the sidetrack at Otisville. We desire to express our sincere ap-1 offlc6 until April 5. Pratt's express preciation to our many friends for the company is the present contractor,^ kimlness and heartfelt sympathy shown to us in our recent bereavement. Best 60 years ago. Best today. oot- -David M. Anderson and Family. Schulze Glove rubbers. ip~ BETTER MAIL SERVICE Three Trips a Day to Be Made Between Stations and F. trins to three a day. Proposals for the service on the new schedule be received at the post- i nothing spiritualistic about it. I am not a believer in spiritualism myself. There may be something to it I am not saying there is not. Bu have yet to see or hear of the seance peiformance where the stranga things* accredited there to spirits cannot be duplicated by myself ^by sleight of band.'' ELECTRICITY CHEAP HERE Chicago's Fioht for L^v/er Rste Opens Interesting Comparisons. hlcag i th mds ]lgn controvers a cheape to _,* j? 1$M tate a 1ertis said es- To Minneapoli peoplreal Mirme tat apolis i this end the fund will be used in judi cious newspaper advertising and in other approved methods for putting real estate in a right light befortodaye th was started, has not'abated people. The enthusiasm manifested at the spe cial meeting Saturday night, when tho fund was started, has not abated todaj by any means, and thie topic of conyer sation is the outburstt of local pride. that was shown at that time. The meeting Saturday night was al most as spontaneous as the subscrip- nni miivtr elect hopelaof securin rate.y Ththle counci committee lighting adopted a scale on Saturday proposed to tho Chicago council to that cuts the maximum rate for consumers from 20 cents to 14 cents kilowatt hour. Tn Minneapolis council has still a ehe.aper She implores the German consul to help comparison shows that Minneapolis now her in her search, as it means every- IJS enjoying a cheaper light rate on the present schedul^than Chicago will have under its new schedule if it passes The present Minneapolis late is 13% cents net as against the 14-cent rate proposed for Chicago The same is true of the piwer rates, the, Minneapolis rate being slig'itly less ner kilowatt hour than the proposed Chicago rate. light resolution before it. and a OLD GLORY NEGLECTED Deferenc E uelerenc feet 1 0 inches thirteen ar 5 feet 11 & nine are 6 feet six are 6 feet 1 inch: old soldiers and other patriotic citi- six are 6 feet 2 inches and four are 6 feet 3 inches. 1 ou It is announced from headquarters has been torn into shreds and now pre- that discipline will bo much stricter se on than it has been here- The contract for hauling the mail between Station D, Nicollet avenue and North English, Iowa county, Sunday, Thirty-first street, and Station F, Lyn- destroyed the business portion of the dale avenue and Fifty-fourth street, is town. The loss is '$25,000 insurance to be relet. The service at present con- about half. The origin of the fire is sists of two trips daily, but in order not known. It started in a building oc- to improve the delivery service from noueh I Not Paid Citv -Not raid City al na zon ar gllCjj a All the new men are under 40 years, the courthouse tower, but they stoutly twenty-one being 30 years. Twenty-six declare that the treatment it receives weigh between 1 and 200 pounds and is almost an insult. Instead of being the remainder weigh between 200 and hauled down at sunset, the flag is left 220 pounds. gl^d to see the flag fly from dominant position as the top of all night in wind and rain until it nts a ragged appearance. They suggest that the flag should be hoisted every morning a.nd when the wind is high a storm flag, which is much smaller in size than the regulation standard, should replace the regular flag. This is the correct army rule and should be observed here, say the critics. FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE Ill Health Causes Michigan Man to Shoot Himself. Special to The Journrl. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., March 26. Because he was despondent over loss of health, Samuel Pcterman, a farmer of Bruce township, placed a rifle to his' mouth and blew out his brains. The bullet passed thru his head and thru the ceiling, finally lodging in a pilrow under the head of a son who was asleep without aroxisrojT him. Peterman was 60 years of age and leaves a wife and five children. 14 BUILDINGS BURNED Fire Destroys Business Section of North English, Iowa. Special to The Journal. Iowa City, Iowa, March 26.Fire at (cupied Station the postoffice authorities buildings and stores were destroyed, have decided to increase the wagon NEW INCORPORATION. W L. Perkins & Co., St. Paul, whole Sale liquors, capital stock $130,000. by the postoffice. Fourteen ^*Kodol Digests what ^you jeat. Ke lieves indigestion, Dyspepsia^ sour stom- best. 4 acli, belching. JK *KXX&&<&>XS&<&< f*-^ Thls low pricj stands? dot what has proven to be tho most remarkable diamond \alue offered In late years in Minneapolis. At" this price we are selling V*- Oarat Beautiful White Lnamonds of a quality that cannot be duplicated today at wholesale.' We' have invited comparison comparisons have been made most thoroughly. The decision is invariably the same"For the same quality our prices are lowest." Our low prices today are due to large Cash Operations" of the past. See us before buy ing Diamonds.'' J.Et.fludfon&Jon JEWUL0R3, 519 Nicollet Avenue. *+**0f *^^^-**w**w'u^*S Just a word to the wiseand a few prices attached. That's all for Tuesday. W. K. lorison & Go's Stock," OEIGINALLT $125,000. CUTLERY BEIT. Nickel Plated Alarm Clocks, warranted regular price $1.00. Tuesday it 69e PAPER HflMBERS' OUTFITS I Paper Hangers' Scraping Knives regular price 35c. Tuesday Paper Hangers' Rollers AA. regular price 30c. Tuesday fcU* Paper Hangers' 14-Inch Shears Japanned handles reg- UA* ular price $1.25. Tuesday .9"rw Same size Shears, nickel plated handles regular price $1.75. Tuesday 23c Sl.32 -I KITCHENWARE Two Bargain Tables of Neces sities Tuesday. 1,000 Potato Mashers,~i Dover Egg Beaters. Chopping Knives, Can Openers, a ble Graters, Tin Measures, 'Scrub Brushes, etc I regular prices up to 20c each, all in one lot your choice EACH 5c .1,000 Water Filters, EACH "fowel Rollers, Gas Stoves, Rat Traps, Window Cleaners, Knife Sharpeners, Ice Chisels, etc., worth i straight to 33c each 10 your pick of the lot. Hardware Salvage Co. 247-249 Nicollet Ave. Nil melius potest is Latin for "Nothing could possibly be better." Gordon is a shorter way of expressing the same thing. Gordon Hats WAITING! That's what the Journal "Want Ad" operator is doingwaiting for you to phone your ad. It's no trou ble it's a pleasure to accommodate you. Telephone as often as you wish. Bates are the same as if you came to the Journal office. ONE CENT EACH WORD. ty\ Compare The Sunday journal with ^'a ny other northwestern Sunday w, & newspaper. You will be a Sunday Journal subscriber If von want the ik ing icn- ve the of i *E iillttiittttL