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2 SAINT PAUL.! Additional City News on the Bth Page. SAYINGS AND DOINGS. Two births and three drains were recorded at the health office yesterday. Scarlet fever was reported yesterday at 604 Farquar street and 891 York street. Bank clearances yesterday were $506, --030,53; for the week, $4,018,576,51 : for the corresponding week last year, $3,552,407,18. At the Temple, corner of Tenth and Min nesota street, Passover services will be held to-morrow evening at 6 o'clock, and on Tuesday at 9*30 a. ni. A festival will be held Tuesday evening at the First Swedish Baptist church. The affair is under the auspices of the Young People's society in connection with the organization. H. S. Fairchild will lecture at the First Methodist church, Dayton and Summit ave nues, April -Jo, under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid society, his subject being "The Political Condition of Europe." Minnie Charleston, a colored inmate of a dive on Minnesota street, between Fifth and Sixth street, was arrested last night on com plaint of a sadly intoxicated white individ ual, who claimed that she had robbed him Of $80 while in the place. Eight captains of the fire department were detailed by Chief Jackson yesterday to thor oughly inspect buildimre in the wholesale district, in order that they may thoroughly understand the interior arrangements in case of fire. The following deaths were reported at the health oflice yesterday: Lulu De Zouche. eight years, 470 Fuller street: Baby • Kohhi, ten years. convulsions, 750 Rice street: Anna LeDore. eleven days, inanition, 128 i,_ Eaton avenue. rSjfsgsS 'i lie friends ot Dennis McGillicuddy^a boy of twenty years, who was last seen alive in Hayward. Wis., are much exercised over his disappearance, and have notified the author ities of this and other cities to be on the look out for him. . At stone carver at work on the Pioneer Press company's new building, lost his foot ing yesterday, and but for the prompt action, of a fellow-workman would have fallen to the street belois. As it was. he was scared out of bis wits aud quit work for the day. Shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon the fire department wan called out by an alarm of fire tinned in from the box at the capitol. The cause was a blaze in a cigar case in one of the corridors, which was ex tinguished with the loss of a few Havanas. A committee of clergymen met at the St. Paul National bank yesterday afternoon and perfected arrangements for the formal in stallation of Rev. A. H. Heath. D. D., as pas tor of the Plymouth church. The committee will later announce the date of the cere mony. Timothy Doherty. clerk in the Western "Union Telegraph office in ibis city, has gone to Washington in response to "a telegram from Secretary Windom. advising him that a good-sized persimmon is there and can be knocked off by him. (apt. Doherty is a vet eran of the late war. A human skull was found yesterday after noon by two boys who were playing in the rear of a drug store near Wabasha "and Tenth streets. Greatly excited, they reported the matter to the authorities, but investigation proved that it was part of an old skeleton recently thrown out by a surgeon of that vicinity. The movement inaugurated by the teach ers of the public schools to erect a monu ment to the memory cf the late Supt S. S. Taylor has resulted in the organization of an association to carry out this intention. Gen. Smith, of the Madison school, was chosen president: Prof. Farnsworth. of the Cleve land school, secretary and Prof. Baker, of the Jefferson school, treasurer. An old woman, named Streigle, accom panied by her son, a young man of about twenty, were in this city yesterday from Du luth on a search for Albert Streigle, a four teen-year-old boy. who had left home the day previous, and was supposed to have come to this city. Shortly after their arrival here, a telegram was received announcing the safe return of the wanderer. An imaginative individual complained to a police officer last night that a man at the corner of Seventh and Olive streets had ap plied offensive epithets to him, and chal lenged him to light. He pointed out the man alle!.ed to have committed the offense, who proved to be deaf and dumb. The com-, plainant was taken in for being drunk. . -.. ■'_ -."_. One of the men employed on the grading of the Seventh street cable line, came near passing in his stack -of whites yesterday morning. A fellow laborer who was work ing on the opposite side of the pile of dirt and rocks whicii line the sidewalk, being un aware of bis proximity, tossed a heavy stone over the pile, which missed his head by about a hairs breadth, and mashed his foot". The air was blue with profanity for~several minutes. The.council committee on streets will meet at the city hall to-morrow night, when the new telephone conduit ordinance will come up for consideration, ■■ he committee on garbage disposal will also report the results of their investigation in Eastern cities. The committee on police will meet to-morrow afternoon at 3:30, and the committee on lire dei artment and the special committee on street lighting will hold sessions at 7:30 in the evening. •-I'm a whale, and don't you forget it," •shrieked an undersized dudelet last night on Broadway. "My name's Jones, of Chicago, and I don't care one blanket}- blank lor all the blanked jay police in this one-horse burg." When last seen Mr. Jones was en route io the central police station in charge of a brawny policeman, who reiterated at in tervals as he yanked tbe. Chicago youth across the sidewalk, '-Ye dinna ken the lad dies, mon. ye dinna ken them."* Some twelve or fifteen toughs who had be come involved in a heated discussion in >"aglc"s place", on Seventh street, were ejected and thereupon inaugurated a "go as you please"" encounter, which was waged with terrific fierceness for some moments. Upon the arrival of the police the gang scattered, two men named Walsh and Gamalv being the only ones captured. The latter is be lieved to nave had no connection with the affair, and will probably be discharged. Sev eral of the scrappers were badly cut about the face. Intelligence was received in St. Paul yes terday of the death at Stockbridge, Cal.. Thursday of A. B. Savage, general agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance company. About three months ago he left St. Paul with bis family in hopes that a change of climate would benefit his health. He has long been a sufferer from consump tion, and while bis death was not unex pected, it was a severe shock to his many in timate friends. His son left for California yesterday morning, and will take the remains to the late home oi the deceased in Massa chusetts. CORRIDOR CHAT. Congressman E. H. Hall and Lieut. Gov.. Rice were sitting in the corridor ot the Merchants* in close conversation yesterday eveniug. Joel P. Heatwole also "was con spicuous by the spotlessness of his linen and the immaculate sheen of his glossy plug hat. The conversation turned on the kick by the young Republicans of Ramsev county at Senator C. K. Davis, and Joel P. said: "Any man who is in politics for what be can make out of it bad much better May at home— it will pay him much better. Any man v. ho works for cither party in hope of official recognition or with a view to bene fitting himself, had better join the opposite party—it will pay the other party much bet ter to lose him. • *** Senator C. K. Davis was visible for a short time on the street yesterday. He said he proposed lo stick to bis large" business until next December, and was glad to get away from Washington, as he has some important cases whicii require his personal attention. He expressed sanguine hones for the increase in the proposed appropriation for St. Paul's new postorfice building. * * Ex-Senator Dwight M. Sabin is in the city on business, and says he will not go tb Venezuela until next winter. The statement that he would go iii about two month - is absurd on the face of it. as the equator is a decidedly unpleasant neighbor in July while in December aud January it is not so bad. -^fc- Frost & Co., Tailors, 400 Robert street. They are now show ing the newest and best selected stock of Imported Woolens ever before exhib ited in this city, and propose to give the best cut, style and quality of materia] at the least prices. Their sys tem of selling every garment for cash at a small profit, but of a thoroughly re liable quality, is a ruling principle with them, while they maintain the very highest standard of tailoring. : m The Street Car Service ....... Will.be discontinued on .East Seventh street after Sunday, April 14th, on ac count of the construction of the cable line. The St. Paul City Railway Com pany. , m Ladies will appreciate the fine selec tion of Millinery Goods at the Parisian, and at prices that no other" store will offer, and an extra discount of one fourth oil all Hats during the entire Week. Read Die ad. on page 12. DOWLE IS IN DURANCE *Y_ -.-, . A West Virginia Murderer Captured in Dakota Stops in St. Paul. While Under Sentence of Death He Manages to Break Jail. Now He Persists in Saying That the Police Are Mistaken. Heavily Manacled He Is Now En Route to the Old , .Dominion. , J. Shortly after the prisoners in the county jail had eaten their dinner yes terday,- they were treated to the distin guished company of Richard Dowle, a notorious murderer, who for fourteen years has been a fugitive from justice, evading the sentence pronounced upon him by a court of competent jurisdic tion. The prisoner was handcuffed aud in charge of T. G. Dawson and M. J. Casey, agents appointed by the gover nor of Virginia, to run down and re capture Dowle, who escaped from a county jail in that state three days be fore he should have expiated upon the gallows one of the most atrocious crimes that has ever appalled thepeonle of West Virginia. The story is roman tic and reads like a novel. The crime, the trial and Imprisonment, the escape, and after fourteen years of stolen free dom, the capture nineteen hundred miles from the scene of his cruel, bloody deed, is interesting indeed, in that it shows the uncertainty of security while under the ban of the law and its vigil ant executives. On a dark, cold, hazy night in the month of December, 1875, in the little town of Weston, St. Louis county. West Virginia, John West, a wealthy stock trader— hated for his . tyranny and despised by his neighbors for his abuse of them and their stock, and his little son, left the ranch and went to the village church. Three men of desperate char acter, living within a short distance of West's house, had, ten days before this night, planned to rid the' neighborhood or West's disagreeable presence, and to that end had all arrangements made to strike the fatal blow on this night, as the elder West and his son should re turn from church. The name of the three men who projected the murderous plot are Ilushman, Eckus and Luns ford. Cowards at heart, they engaged the services of Richard Dowle, a dare devil, who would flinch at nothing when aroused by bad whisky. For ten days previous to the commission of the mur der these three demons kept Dowle as drunk as whisky and alcohol, would make him. Each day he ..became more violent and ' TIIII'STED FOR WEST'S BLOOD, and when the night set for the commis sion of the crime arrived, Dowle dem onstrated his ferocity by blowing his victim to pieces from-" an ambush by the side of the road leading to West's home. About 10 o'clock on the evening for which the heinous deed was set, Eckus, Lunsford and Ilushman, it is alleged, offered Dowle a purse of money if he would undertake the bloody job alone. Crazed by the burning liquor he had imbibed, though at the time perfectly sober, he then and there made the bar gain which culminated in: the murder of father and son. A few minutes after 10, Bushman and Dowle, armed with an old army musket, repaired to a grove a few hundred yards from the church and parted, meeting asrain at a road within a quarter of a mile from the church., Here, after secretine*. Dowle, Ilushman ran back to his colleagues and awaited the outcome. The little body ot worshippers left the church and dispersed in various directions, and the two Wests, unconscious, of their im pending fate, took their usual road home. When they reached a fork in the road, between which there grew a thicket of hazel, and in which Dowle lay for his prey, an opening in the over hanging foliage allowed a faint light to fall upon the faces of father and son. At this instant, when Heaven was thus shedding its dim light upon the heads of the unsuspecting couple, Dowle raised his head above the brush tops and fired at short range. The rusty old musket with its deadly charge of scrap-iron, nails and lead had done its work, and the two victims lay in the throes of death on the sandy road as Dowle tied to his haunt. The bodies were found the next morning, and the whole country for miles around was horrified at the atrociousness of the crime. Suspicion was at once directed to the gang which plotted it, and before many days had elapsed Dowle and his confederates were being tried in a St, Louis county court for SIURDEI* IX THE FIIIST DEGREE. Dowle was convicted, imprisoned in the. county jail and sentenced to be hanged. For want of evidence the other three were acquitted, and went scot free, it was on a Monday night, while the town of Weston was in a great state of excitement over an election, and just three days before the day set for the murderer's execution, 'that Dowle. by much cunning work,' man aged to saw a hole through the wall of his ceil, climb into the next one, over that, up through the chimney and out on the jail roof, where a rope had been thrown up, it is presumed, by his ac complices, and lowering himself down, escaped to the woods. Several years' search by indignant citizens and officers failed to discover tiie7_g*"_» WIIEIJEAROUTS OF WEST'S MIBDEKKn. Dowle was not seen or heard of until a few days ago. A reward of *fioo was offered by the state and cuts were posted in all parts of the country, and still Dowle remained at liberty. When he escaped jail he made his way to Cumberland Gap, thence up through the states until he reached the wilds of Northern Wisconsin. There he went under the assumed name of James Sheldon and began life in the lumber camps, working with one eye on his work ana the other on those he dared not trust. From Wisconsin he came to St. Paul last spring and was an inmate of St. Joseph's hospital for several weeks, suffering with a wounded leg. At harvest time he went to Grand Forks. Dak., and applied to Hood Brothers for work on their farm. The Hoods have working for them a young man named Sam l)avis,| who was living in Louis county at the time the murder was committed, being a boy then, about nine years old. As Dowle came across the field towards the Hoods' house Davis was working near the barn, and as the murderer came up and tapped Davis on the shoulder to inquire about the Hoods, Davis at once recog nized Dowle, the murderer of old West. It unnerved Davis to see the long-looked-for outlaw rise up abruptly before him, but managing to control bimself. he directed Dowle alias Sheldon to the house. This set Davis to thinking and meeting Dowle afterwards be was more firmly convinced than ever that the man repre senting himself as Sheldon was none other than the murderer. That night, the farm house being small, Mrs. liood told Davis that he might sleep; in the barn with the new hired man, Sheldon. (This gave Davis the honors) yet he dared not declare his suspicions so soon. Summoning all his courage he shared the hay pile with Sheldon that night, and listened to much which strength ened his ■ conviction as to his -man being Dowle. The next night he refused toy. sleep with Shel don, whom he saw trifle with a dangerous looking: revolver. Sheldon didn't stay on the farm, however, but was employed "at Hood's livery stable in THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: SUNDAY JMORNIXG, API.IL 14, ISB9*— 3IXTEEX PAGES. Grand Forks City. While there another West Virginian named Jones recog nized Dowle. and made haste to put the chief of police on his track. - A message was sent to the sheriff of Louis county, r where the murder was committed, and information and description sent y to Chief of Police Hennesy, of (hand Forks, proved that Sheldon was the es caped convict. He telegraphed back to learn whether the reward of $400 still held good, and, being informed that it did, he answered and told the West Virginia authorities " that Dowle was in Grand Forks, and for them to send after him. The governor of West Virginia im mediately appointed the two agents named, to capture Dowle, dead or alive, and bring him back to the state. While en route to Grand Forks, eastern news papers got the story and - the news reached Grand Forks before Dowle was arrested. The police fearing he would escape, arrested him and held him pris oner until the southern officer arrived. Both agents saw Dowle each day while he was imprisoned awaiting his execu tion in Louis county, and when they saw the man in Grand Forks, they were convinced that Sheldon was : Dowle. They arrived here and . left him with Sheriff. Beau -.-.. early this afternoon. At- 7:30 last night they proceeded on their journey to West Virginia. A Globe reporter, in terviewing the prisoner, listened to the following story: "They have made a mistake. lam XOT. THE MAN WANTED, but my name is Sheldon. I am a Ten nesseean, and have three sisters and two brothers living, who can identify me when I reach the South. Ido not know anything about the crime, except what 1 saw in the papers." This is probably untrue, for Dowle could neither read nor write, as is the case with this man. His conduct on the way from Grand Forks to St. Paul, and his actions and talk about the livery stable in that city are evidences of his guilt, and the officers feel confident that they have run down one of the most danger ous criminals of the country. FOUR JUDGES AT REST. Only Two Turned the Cranks of the Justice Mill Saturday—Mur ray Tells His Story. Only two judges sat in the district court yesterday. Judge Kerr heard sev eral motions at the special term and de cided them. Judge Kelly presided at the trial of John Kazala, one of the five Polanders charged with the murder of John Kahont. The jury was secured shortly after the noon hour, and the case was introduced between that time and adjournment of the court. The jury was dismissed to report Monday morn ing, when the trial will begin. . . MURRAY TEI.T.S ms STORY. ' In the Hoi man-Murray strife for the city attorneyship, Mr. Murray was al lowed to submit his side of the ease to Assistant Clerk Helm, of the supreme court, yesterday afternoon. The evi dence given developed nothing new from what has already been published. Certified copies of the proceedings of the common council of March 3 and 17, 1885; March I and 15, 1887, and March 5, 1789, were presented and offered in evi dence. A copy of the bond given by Mr. Murray in. 1887 was sub mitted. Clerk Prendergast testified to various matters connected with the duties of his office as custodian of the council records. He also stated that Mr. Murray's bond, supposed to have been given in 1885, could not be found. , The minutes showed that it was referred to a committee, but - what became of the subject after that.the min utes don't state. The rules in the official compilation, charter and ordinances of 1875, were offered, but to this, W. H. Sanborn, Mr. . Ilolmau's attorney, ob jected. The same compilation of • 1884, and especially rule 1, was then offered, but the same objection, on the usual ground, was made by Mr. Sanborn. At any rate, the Murray evidence is all in, and Clerk Jones will report the. same to the supreme court, which will set a time for the hearing and final determin ation of Holman's title or Murray's right to the corporation attorneyship. ': CREDITORS TIGHTEN THEXjCLUTCH. On Friday afternoon the creditors of P. Durack & Co., a co-partnership com posed of Patrick Durack and William F. Bickel, filed a petition in the district court for the appointment of a receiver to take charge of the available assets of the firm which they believed to be insolvent. It was set forth in the pe tition that the insolvent concern owed some $7,000 which it could not pay,*and that a receiver, appointed by the court, would be the only person who could make an equitable distribution of the insolvent's property to the creditors. Yesterday, Judge Kerr granted the petition and filed an order appointing J. 11. Morrison as the receiv er, and directed him, within ten days, to cause Patrick Durack and William F. Bickel to make and execute unto him, an inventory of all their property, real or personal, not exempt by law. The receiver's bond was set at $5,000, and the respondents to the petition declared insolvent and commanded to comply with the order of the court. The cred itors of William F. Bickel and Patrick Durack will now have an opportun ity to realize their proportionate share of the entire assets of both. HATRIMONIAL MISTAKES. Emma Louisa Olson sues her husband, (ail G. Olson, for an absolute divorce. She alleges that she is twenty-nine and he thirty-four years old. and that they were : married at Oscarshamn, Sweden, on the 15th of April, 1880. Thereafter they lived together as husband and wife until the year 1883, when Olson de serted his wife for no known cause and without the slightest provocation. They have had borne to them one child. whose name is Emma. Mrs. Olson asks the custody of the child, the right to use her maiden name of Emma Louisa John son, and a decree of divorce. In the case of Charlotte Hoover against A. P. Hoover, an action for di vorce, to be tried some time in the near future, the court has granted Mrs. Hoover alimony of $30 per month during the pendency of the action. -. r 7y-yy briefs.- - 7j.y- Ed Faribault,' convicted a few weeks ago of grand larceny in the second de gree, was sentenced yesterday by Judge Kelly to four months in the bouse. The case of Joseph Cafaritti, as ad ministrator of the estate of Antonio Felicetto, against the Northern Pacific Railroad company, an action for $5,000 damagesf or the death of Felicetto. has been removed from the district court , of Hennepin county to the United States circuit court. The case of Charles Jones against the Northern Pacific railway has been re moved to the United States circuit court from the Ramsey county district court. This is an action to recover 110,000 for personal injuries sustained while acting as brakeman on defend ant's road. BURDENS HARD TO BEAK. Dakotians, Scourged by Prairie J Fires, Arc in a Sorry Plight. Reports received yesterday from 11. A. j Campbell, the agent of the chamber of | commerce dispatched to aid the prairie j fire sufferers in Dakota, verify the 1 stories of devastation and want pub- j lished during the past two weeks. In a j letter received yesterday by Secretary j Tallmadge, Mr. Campbell tells the fol- ! lowing harrowing story: The tire started in Potter couniy, running I ' southeast throuirh Sully county, taking the town ofNeida, the county seat, and | which was only saved by the herculean ef- I forts of the townspeople. The wind was j blowing at the rate of about sixty miles per hour and the atmosphere was intensely dry. ' The ilanitb rolled up in places to the height j of twenty feet, and it was impossible for any thing to . stand before them. The lire ran - | down through Sully county, burning ft dis trict eighteen miles square, in which -over 100 families. suffered more or less. Thirty families lost tlieir homes, sixty-four • barns* ; j were burned, thirty-eight horses, thirty-nine* bead . of cattle and (550 sheep— in one bunch. Sixteen families lost everr- <■ thing but the clothes on their .back's. The county commissioners are do^PS* all they - can,- - and many : willing hands are helping them, but they need bedding, cloth ing, seed grain.- plows, forks, anything and I everything. Most of the people were poor. There was another' lire started south of Highmore, in Hyde county, and continued south and- east' down through Hyde county to. Mount Vernon township, burning on" some twenty-live families. Six of the vic tims have already died. (*bnsiderable stock was burned, and all. tbeir seed grain and feed. " As ; I drove over that country to-day, all that was to be seen of once happy homes was wrecked stoves, burned mac n'ery. and skeletons of cattle • and' hogs burned to a crisp and lying in all conceivable shapes. At one place a faithful do-? still kept watch over the wreck. Still . another .fire , started in south of Bee Heights and continued' east and south through Hand couuty, burning out about sixty - families, some twenty-five of whom lost their homes, while; others lost stock, machinery, barns, etc. Onej life was lost in this fire. The families in this county were in better condition financially, but will need help for both seed and grain, bedding and "clothing. Some remarkable ; cases of heroism were manifested. One girl, who had been left at home alone, saw tbe fire coming, and snatching a knife, rushed td the barn, cut the ropes and straps holding, the cattle and horses in tbe stable and turned" them loose on some plowed land. She thefi,': undertook to escape before the flames but was caught near the house, . and when* found was burned to a crisp. A mag seeing the fire coming took his wife and four children out on to some plowed land and returned to try and save the stock; j) His wife, getti ng afraid" that he would be loft '. iv the smoke' and dust, started I to" aid hirfl.- Her boy. about eight years old. followed?"' The husband and father, seeing them in dan ger, left his stock and went to save them, but before"he could reach them the lire had caught' them- and burned their clothes a'l off. "He stripped himself almost naked.wrapped them in his clothes, and carried the mother and child to an old well for shelter from the cold wind tnat followed close after the lire. He then left them while he went across the country for two miles without clothes in the : cold wind for. help. The mother and child both died. The poor man Is a sight to be hold. His face is burned to a crisp in many places ; one hand is very badly ' burned yet ■ he is around, and will get well. Another man carried his old mother, eighty years old, . out on to some plowed ground to "keep her away from the tire, and had to cover her up with earth with his own hands to keep her from being burned. The heat was so intense that in one case it burned a mother and her children, who were taking refuge in a cyclone cellar near the house, so badiy that the mother has died and one girl is very low. In some cases | the " county . has furnished seed . grain and is trying to erect $30 houses for _ all who were burned out, but there is much *j need for the count y t< meet.and all who can j should help lightei ihe burdens of those who ; must bear very much before they are com- ' fortable. Any donations of money, provisions or clothing to the sufferers will be re ceived by Secretary Tallmadge at bis office in the chamber of commerce building, and forwarded to addresses furnished by Mr. Campbell. MILK SHARES. The .Dairy Commissioner Collects Data Concerning Creameries and Cheese Factories. Some time ago the dairy commissioner sent out to the creameries and cheese factories of the state a circular letter expressing a desire on the part of the commissioner to co-operate with all the creameries and cheese factories of the state in their work. To accomplish these ends, and to further the dairy in terests of the state, certain data was necessary which would materially as sist the commissioner. Among the things desired were: First, the num ber of creameries in the state second, their location ; third, the ; name of the proprietor or manager; fourth, the time: of the year they commenced operations. Fifth, the length of time operated. The cheese factories were asked to make returns similar to those of the creameries. The figures given below may be of interest, as well as of. value to many who appreciate what the dairy is doing for the state, and to others who are heartily in favor of good butter and cheese: Number of creameries in the. state, 130; number of creameries re-, ported, 110; number of creameries that operate the entire year, 51; number of cheese factories In- the state, 83; num ber of cheese factories reported, 70;' number of cheese factories commencing, April 15, 24; namber of cheese factories commencing May 1, ; 14; number of; cheese factories . commencing May 15,30. ' - -, r.ii SKEPTIC PETRIE SCARED, fi A.'"- Disbeliever in Spiritualism Frightened : - by Alleged Spooks: Prof. Greer, a Chicago p schycblogist de- . livered a lecture on spiritualism last eveniug ' at the resioence of Elmer Petrie, on Marion avenue. Petrie is a skeptic, and it was with the view of convincing Mrs. Petrie of the fallacy of the doctrines she 'has espoused that he consented to allow the demonstration"" to occur at bis house. "The professor got a great wiggle on himself from the start, and after haranging " . the assem bly for some time on the rapid march of spiritualism as a science proceeded to give practical illustrations of his ability. Such small matters as raps on the table were explained with a scoffing smile by Petrie to his credulous spouse, who said she didn't see through his reasoning, but supposed it was all right. The professor smiled confidently and continued bis mon key work. Wheu* the professor ordered the room darkened, Petrie objected, but when accused of cowardice, and ■ meet ing with a doubtful glance from Mrs. P., be consented, and for the next half hour endured the laying of ice cold bands on his face, the flapping of ghostly, wings, and «in incoming feeling of horror. He was. about to announce his preference for a seance by gaslight, when the ghostly figure of his maternal auut. who died seventeen years ago loomed up iv, bis excited imaginanation, and with : a wild yell; the intrepia disbeliever in spiritualistic jokes ! shot through the door and gained the back yard, where he was tound some moments, later astride the dog kenuel moping his heated brow with a bath towel. Petrie says that he sees through the whole busiuees, and that he yelled simply because he was mad at his wife for her faith in the professor's jug glery. There will be no more seancer, how ever, in the Petrie manson. All These Want Office. E. B. Niver, of the federal board of examiners, assisted by Messrs^ Ma roney, Hardacre and O'Brien of the local board, conducted an examination under the civil se rvice rules yesterday, at Curtiss' business college, of candi dates tor positions in the departmental service. Twenty-six candidates were examined for positions in the railway mail service, sixteen for departmental service ln Washington, twelve for what is known as the clerk service, and four took the copyist examination. Two took special examinations in stenog raphy, and one special examination in bookkeeping will be given to-morrow. There were but two women among the applicants. ;y ";. ' ' ' ■**•» THE PRIDE OF ST. PAUL. Gustave i Heinemann's Establish ment Has Been Transformed as by the Hand of an Alchemist. _ Under the skillful hand of the work man the Lindeke block, occupied by Gustave Heinemann, has taken on the attire of a palace. The interior has} been fitted up and entirely remodeled., The partition separating the original . store room on the ground floor from the one adjoining has been taken out, and the two rooms incorpo rated into one. Mr. Heinemann now occupies the entire "three floors from front to rear, makine: one of the largest dry goods emporiums in the West. The Seventh street front is 1 of French plate glass; the stone pillars '■ are dark with bronze decorations, and I over the entrance is a large sign bear- i ing the name "Gustave Heinemann," in heavy raised bronze letters, which runs the entire length of the front. The Jackson street entrance is constructed in a similar manner, and both fronts are splendidly adapted in design lo show off the elaborate display of goods, which arc artistically arranged in each. '•;-_. ' All who.have watched the career of Mr. Heinemann will be pleased to no tice this new evidence of his progress and success. -He conducts business on. a broad-gauge plan, and as a result his strides toward the front have been very rapid. With his vastly increased facil ities doing business, with bis mag nificent store, which stands as a silent and beautiful testimonial to his indus try and energy, marking an epoch in his business career, we predict for him pro portionately greater success in the fut ure than has attended him in the past. *»-!- — — — ■-.-■::■ Every lady should visit the Parisian. 4'J East Third, during the week, who in tends to buy an Easter Bonnet or Hat, and "■ desires : choice goods; and artistic work at real value and a saving of from; 25 to 50 per cent. bTHESHQEMAN 3^ 01 -- 19 li" .["[.'. — — — ' -," _^7^jjjgg_— Jr* _vSfi *t -fi_^- Lovering's Custom French Coltskin Shoes for Men have no equal. They wear longer, keep softer, hold their shape better, take a better polish than any other Shoe made. Price, $8. Once a cus tomer, always a customer. We have these Shoes in all shapes. Gents' Low Shoes in all styles. Also in light colors, Seal, Drab, Brown and Wine. j. Our own make Ladies' Lovering's $3.00 and $4.00 Hand-Turned French Kid ( Fpen ch Kid Boots. Boots, price $4, with a good lpw heel and a thin, flexible The y have equal for the sole. » money, '&: Men's Kangaroo Shoes, $3.50 and $5.00. Very easy on the foot. Don't fail to see them. Shoes made to measure. I •• GOODS SENT GO. D. ON APPROVAL. _ - i Open Evenings. Opp. Postoffice.. FASHION AND FORCE. The Rev. T. De Witt Talmage said in an address: There is a great aeal of Senseless cant on the sub ; ject of Fashion, ana the man or woman who does not ~ regard it as unfit for good neighborhood. The only ~ question is what is right Fashion and what is wrong Fashion. I want to show you that Fashion has been one of the most potent of reformers. In the same discourse he further said that: As : 7 Christianity advances there will be better apparel. We have not the space to write all that Mr. Talmage said on this theme, but we can safely affirm that of all the evidences in a never-ceasing march of civilization, good dress shows the most striking. It is a duty a man owes to society to dress well and becomingly. The only difficulty heretofore has been the cost. When Nicoli the Tailor says, be well dressed, it does not imply an evtravagant out lay of money. On our banner is emblazoned "Best Quality," "Moderate Prices," and behind these is our strong hold and may be your salvation from the exor bitant prices that conscienceless high-priced tail ors have been charging you if you will. y **■■■ On our tables and shelves are the selected Woolen Novelties of the world in gorgeous profu sion, Suitings, Overcoatings and Trowserings. You may choose from more than a thousand styles. AAr* AA This week our specialty will V M \\m I1 1 Ibe a large selection of Cheviots, ill il l I**l Merges, Mohairs, Worsteds,Plain =W In V l %mf and Fancy Tweeds and Cassi imeres, which we will make to order tor $25 the complete Suit, well trimmed and perfectly made. This offering is not to be confused with the class of goods ordinarily advertised by cheap tailoring houses. ;^ • .^"Samples, Self-Measurement Rules and Fash ion Plates Mailed Free. TAILOR Southwest Corner Seventh and Robert Streets, Late of 21 East Third Street, St. Paul, Minn. ' ■ — — — —m —^ ■■■■■■ ■■■■»» THREE DAYS ONLY, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday -■: April 15th,. 16th, 17th, SPRING OVERCOATS! #15. 00. We have taken all our $18.00, $20.00, $22.00 and $25.00 Spring Overcoats and marked them for these three days at above price, $15.00/ This includes our entire line, with the excep tion of about twenty-five coats, imported goods, that cost us from $22.00 to $25.00. There are over 1,000 coats at this price. You buy fine imported Kerseys, Meltons and Venetians, fall silk-lined, that cost you $25.00 elsewhere*, these three days at $15.00. No gentleman in the Twin Cities can afford to miss this great sale. We are bound to do the clothing trade of St. Paul, and can't afford to travel along in the old-fash ioned rut and carry goods over from season to season. We bought too heavy in this line, and will take the loss now in stead of next year. Sale positively closes WEDNESDAY NIGHT, and it is your loss if you don't get here. _____________________ CONFIRMATION SUITS! You will find in our Boys' and Children's Department a full line of Confirmation Suits at all prices from $4.00 to $18.00, as well as. the handsomest line of Kilts, two or three piece Knee-Pants Boys' Suits, Boys' and Children's Overcoats ever shown ill St. Paul. A Handsome Souvenir given to every customer in this department. Our line of Men's Suits is complete, and prices extremely low. The imported Cheviots and Worsteds, from $18.00 to $25.00, are selling rapidly. See our Black and Blue Worsted and Cheviot Suits at $15.00; same cost you $20.00 elsewhere. Splendid values in Fine Suits from $18.00 to $30.00, . and also in Suits from $6.00 to $15.00. J. L HUDSITCLOTHIER, 1 RYAN BUILDING-, X S ■ "\y Cor. Seventh and Robert Sts., St. Paul. M^lgig 7 RAPID §1 S «£s^ TRANSIT Mfijg***^^ -^^^ We are hand and heart in v j^^^M|^fe^- sympathy with everything that 'g&r r v PHff lofe tends to improve and advance /^^Jiyji! n'.'^K; fe^iH the Clt y of st - Paul, and it is WmVL ]SHM with much pleasure, therefore, m B Yffl W* ** ia * we &ratulate our citi- N^V^^^ll^j^sii^^ izens on the New Cable Line S i^S_S*t\v ou Seventh street. In this age xwl^^l $X& of push and progress, RAPID %r™r^ TRANSIT is not only desirable •\\\ but very necessary. And this \ \ applies to street car lines no more than to any other branch of business. Rapid Transit is an old and striking characteristic of THE GOLDEN RULE The only difference is, we call it QUICK SALES, but prac tically it is the same. Both have their advantages. Quick Sales mean TO US a frequent turning of our capital, and TO YOU small profits. We now manage to turn our Capital four times each year, each turn netting us an average profit of 5 per cent. Thus we annually save thousands of dollars to our customers, and still come out ahead of competitors who charge three times more profits than we do, but only turn their capi tal once each year. ■ And this explains the -'Rapid Transit" advantages in our business. iy' . If you are going to buy a Baby Carriage, Velocipede, Tri cycle, Iron or Wood Wagon, Wheelbarrow, Garden Tools, Croquet Set, Lawn Chairs, Hammocks, in or out-door Games,; Wedding, Birthday or Complimentary Present, it is your duty to call and see us. We do not find it necessary to J name any special day for bargains; they are a part of our every-day busi ness. Hence, we have a uniformly good trade every day. No attempt has been made by us at any sensational features, such as selling goods cheap for one day or one week, or selling an article to-day for five dollars and to-morrow for ten. A busi ness that is properly placed before the public does not require it. Our goods are sold on their merits, and we are daily in creasing our business by serving the public carefully, faith fully and well. This is our secret at the G _m_ ICI6 11 X U l 6 ! Corner Seventh and \^ 010 cii r\lli8! Minnesota Streets. ESTCatalogue of Baby Carriages ou Application. BABY CARRIAGES on - : .Yrl_?£*XrYY , -<<. ■-'-: y^-V'.--"^-^;^,-,^ ... __ .—*•"■ ■*••■*••■-■ W^m INSTALLMENTi W^^^xyY r ; ':7y.^ y- :; '^!":^^;-;%g^^: :r^^=^^^ro|^g At SMITH & FAR-WELL'S Furniture ami Carpet House, 389 East 7th St HIGH ART JEWELRY ! AND EVERT NOVELTY KNOWN TO THE TRADE 7-; : , E. A. BROWN'S, yy lll East Third Street. St. Paul, Minn