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2 SAINT PAUL. Additional City News on the Bth Page. THE SILKEN SASHED DUDE. • "Oh heavens," cried lie In hi* agony, as he waved his arms aloft— "I* there no place to lay my hend,| That is tender, smooth and soft?" "Not a single place," The copper said— The young mnn fell with v crash, And they laid him away without a tear; This young man with the silken sahh. II OTKL HOMILIES. A couple of men were seated in the lobby of the Ryan yesterday afternoon, talking away as though their lives de pended upon the number of words uttered a minute. To judge from the conversation, one of them owned a farm near Northfield which he was very nnxious to sell to the other. If eloquence has any effect on the human mind -he hr.s. in all probability, disposed of his acres by this time. It was poetry to lis ten to him expatiafe on the beauties of the place. A shorthand report 01 Ins eu logy would re;W something in this style: "1 tell you what it is. That place of mine is one of the finest in the world, and if you ever laid your eyes on it you would be sure to buy. It is located in the finest kind of a country, has the finest water for miles around, the finest timber in the country, is but two miles from Northfield, the finest town in the state— where the finest schools in the universe are situated. There is a fanner who lives a short way from my house ■who is one of the finest fellows you ever met; he takes care of my horses in the finest kind of a way, and drives them down town in the finest style imaginable. In fact, my plane and everythine pertaining to it is all of the finest, and if you will only comedown to look at it, you will consider that I am doing you a favor in selling you ttus finest of all finest farms in the Western hemisphere, t + t "I wonder if those dudes know how the wearlne of those sashes originated," remarked a gentleman from the East, as he stood in the Windsor yesterday afternoon looking at a couple of young sports going past with their waists adorned with huge parti-colored silk sashes. "The English," continued he, "began wearing wide sashes or bands, wound tightly around the stomach, in India to prevent cholera. It seems that a compression of the stomach by means of a cloth sash prevented attacks of that : terrible disease, Indian cholera. Per- i haps the young fellows who have just passed have been eating- green fruit or drinking egg phosphates and are afraid of jretting the winter sholera; who can tell?" LAID AT TODD'S DOOR. Ex-Deputy Insurance Commissioner Todd has a ereat deal to answer for. His letter' in the Globe yesterday and that in tli« Redwood Falls Gazette have not acted as a boomerang on the gubenatprial occupant only, but they have also made lift miserable to Insur ance Commissioner Bailey. The latter gentleman is a great lover of peace. He follows the divine command: if thy enemy strike thee on the cheek turn to him the other side. Mr. Bailey says he is getting old; that he has been in many political battles; that he wants peace. It was therefore fitting that when yes terday Mr. Bailey was asked if he had anything to say about Mr. Todd, he exclaimed: ">fo, not n word ; not a word. Let me alone. Oil I let me alone." » He accompanied this declaration by wrapping himself up in a newspaper and commenced singing: "There is a happy laud, Far. far away." Gov. Merriam was not in his office .yesterday afternoon, but the Globe is authorized to say that the report that his excellency had made a hurried de parture for the north pole, owing to the growing political temperature of Minne sota, is untrue. Gov. Merriam, Mr. Boodle et al. are still at the old stand, despite Mr. Todd and the thousand and ■one yelping. • "WAY FOR THE WARRIORS! . . The state militia and a regiment of national troops will take part in the military evolutions at the state fair, and the great army of civilians are to be startled. If the/did not know it before they will know it then— that the militia boys are equal iv martial drill to the regular men. Great preparations are being made for the event by the state militia officers. Adjt. Gen. Mullen will take up his residence at his farm and work off all superfluous rtesh in time for the display. Col. Bobleter is work ing up some new tactics, lie lies awake at night conjuring his brains for some thing new. Inspector General Schoeffel was so diunfounded with the superb tactk-3 of the Second reeiment that, so the story goes, lie returned to his own evening newspaper, scourged his head ■with a brick and purchased the latest edition of "Every Man His Own Tac tician."' Visitors to the state fair will do well to look out for Col. Bobleter and the Second regiment, tactics and In spector General Schoeffel. w »* Adjt. Gen. Mullen does not solely con fine himself to military matters. He owns a 500-acre farm at Stewart, on the Hastings & Dakota road, and occasion ally takes a run down with his wife and children. Gen. Mullen has visited seventy-live out of the seventy-nine counties in Minnesota, and speaking of that now all-absorbing topic, the croDS, says that where in the past farmers have only secured one bushel they will year obtain two bushels. This is the yield generally throughout Central and Southern Minnesota. The northern portion of the state has suffered from the prolonged drought and the crop is not so productive. PUBLIC AFFAIRS. Public Examiner Kenyon was at Tasa, Goodhue county, yesterday, at tending the funeral of the late Theo dore Norelius, who was drowned Mon day in Chisago lake. A. R. Brink, of Red Winer, has been appointed superintendent of construc tion of the new reform school. The contract for theexcavations and founda tions for the new buildings has been awarded to Kelso Bros., of Minneapolis, at $30,078. State Secretary Mattson says yester day's rain storm would have a disastrous •effect upon the harvest operations in Northern Minnesota. Attorney General Clapp says, under the food adulteration law. no firm can manufacture baking powder mixed with alum for sale in other states or territories, except that while in this siate it is properly labe led: "This baking powder contains alum." State Treasurer Bobleter says the revenue from the taxation of railroad receipts shows a decrease of $100,000 upon that ot last year. The revenue of 1888 was $713,973.43, and this year it is 1610,000. ■>«*- Chair Car to Belleville, Kan. Commencing Monday, Aug. sth, the Minneapolis Sz St. Louis Railway, "Al bert Lea Route," will run Reclining Chair Cars through to Belleville, Kan., via Kansas City, without change, leav ing St. Paul at 9:55 a. m. daily except ♦Sunday. Salt Lake City. Tourists should not fail to purchase tickets at St. Paul or Minneapolis via Omaha and the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad to Denver, and West from that point via the Union Pacific or Denver & Rio Grande Railways. The trains of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minne apolis & Omaha Railway connect at Council Blulfs with the Burlington trains. , ♦ A Quick and Delightful Trip To the cool resorts of Northern Michi gan by the SooLine. 7*A/ieo ' 10 advertise in Sunday's Globe m nose 6ay it p ai . s tiie est. A KNOTTYJESTION. Penalties Provided for Fath ers Who Fail to Support Families. But It Is a Question Whether and How It Shall Be En- , forced. Commissioner Ives After the Men Who Mix Whisky and Water. The New Ordinance Not En tirely Acceptable to Tom Lowry. During the past few months numer ous poor and neglected wives have ap plied to County Attorney Egan to have their husbands punished under the new law which makes it a misdemeanor for a married man to willfully refuse to provide, shelter, food or clothing for his tamily. The crime, if it may be called a crime, is punishable by one year's im prisonment or a fine. When the county attorney tells these complaining women that the only thing he can do is to have their worthless husbands fined or sent to prison, they usually weaken and say: "Well, I don't want you to do that. It will only make thinsrs worse." . But the county's legal guardian can do nothing else. This new law is considered entirely impracticable by the legal profession. All able lawyer, in conversation with a Globe .reporter yesterday, said: "The question as to whether or not that law can be practically enforced is an important one. If a man willfully refuses to work and support his wife and children what is the best thing to do to him? If you send him to prison his wife can get no support from him. In that case the burden of supporting not only the wife and children, but the worthless husband, falls upon the'pub lic. Is a man who simply sits down and does nothing guilty of crime? His offense is only an act of omission, and can such an act be considered a crime? Herein Ramsey county women who have no silk dresses and women who are actually in want of the necessities of life are rushing to the county attorney for redress under this new law. hat shall be done? Shall the law be sustained? Is it unconstitutional? All good peoDle pray that it may be en forced, but how can it be done?" MORE WHISKY, LESS WATER. Commissioner Ives Will Give the Liquor Men a Call. Wholesale and retail adulterators of food and liquors must keep their weather eye open. Dairy Commissioner and Food Inspector Ives is- abroad. He assumed his war paint yesterday morn ing and skirmished around among the wholesale dealers of the Twin City. The object of the visit was simply to ac quaint these merchants that the food adulteration law was to be strictly en forced. To Mr. Ives' agreeable surprise the wholesale dealers received him with open arms. and. in all the visits he made not one dissenting word was offered against the operation of this new law. Every one was willing to comply with its provisions; not only that the whole sale men wisely see that the working of such law will work to their own advan tage. It is from the small retail dealer that Mr. Ives expects a kick. He is cer tain to raise a howl when compelled to do a square honest business; but ,vhen Mr. Ives plants his foot down upon the bar of the saloonkeeper, declaring that whisky must no longer be watered to 1 per cent of "the cratur," with 99 per cent of the Mississippi, there is certain to be Hades itself. COL. BARK SAYS NAY. The Ordinance Not Acceptable- West Side Facilities. Col. Barr was asked by a reporter yesterday whether or not the street rail- : way company would accept the condi tions embodied in the ordinance pre sented to the council by the committee on streets on the evening before. Col. Barr was closeted with Mr. Lowry in Minneapolis in the morning, and the street car magnate visited St. Paul in the afternoon, so probably Col. Barr had his instructions direct. His reply to the reporter was: "We snail not accept, at least the way the ordinance now reads. The street railway company does not propose to accept any conditions which will jeopardize its present franchise." Col. Barr also had an interview with Aid. Minea. of the Sixth ward, relating to transit for that ward. Col. Barr stated that the railway company would ask a bonus of 125,000 per mile for whatever distance of track was built beyond the city limits on South Robert street. The West side people are inclined to think the company's demands are exorbitant, especially when an electric motor will not be built on Mohawk avenue until the population has been increased. Un til such a time, it is understood that a horse car line will be built, provided, however, that a block of land be do nated to the company for. terminal fa cilities. ■■ >-- : A GAY FORGER. Charged With Raising Money and Spending It on the Gir!s. There were thirty prisoners berore the police judire yesterday morning. E. L. Hefter was arraigned by Sergeant Zirkelback on a charge of forgery. Several days ago he purchased a gaso line stove at a hardware store on West Third street, owned by John Foos, ordering it sent to 12 Phalen street and presenting in payment a check on the First National bank for $42.85, purport ing to have been issued by the St. Paul & Pacific Coal and Iron company. After deducting $25.40 from tne check, the price of the purchase, Mr. Foos paid the purchaser 51G.90 in change and he de patted. The deliveryman found no such number as 12 Phalen street, and it was then ascertained that the check was a forgery. Sergeant Zickelbaeh found Hefter in an Eagle street house of prostitution, where it is said lie has squandered over $500 on one of the in mates during the past two weeks. The culprit sailed up before Judge Burr in a fine broadcloth suit and pleaded not guilty. The police desired to investi gate the fellow's record and had the case continued until Saturday, with bail fixed at $2,500. " BOUNCED BY BURR. Variegated Hues of the Offences in the Police Court. A brawl in the saloon at the corner of Collins and Bedford streets turned out nine badly disfigured citizens, whose wrongs had been vindicated. The names given are Joseph Murphy, Frank Hatler, Peter Olson, Martin Hanson, Charles Johnson. Fred Linborn. It. Owens, A. Wilson and Frank McLain. Each man was carefully labeled disorderly con duct and thrown into the mill, when Judge Burr gave the machine a few turns and shook $10 from each of them. David Morgan's bull pup and Bridget ! McNamara's boy cannot get along in the same ward, hence Bridget com plains that David's dog is vicious. David had the case continued until ' Saturday, putting up $10 as a guarantee that the dour will conduct himself in a gentlemanly manner iD the meantime. James Wilson, a crook who had his arm shot off several months ago in try ing to escape from the workhouse, was touched up for sixty days as a vagrant. i The court suspended sentence for two weeks, sending the prisoner to the 1 hospital to have his arm attended to. THE SAINT PAUL DALLY GLOBE: THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1889. Ed. Ilauser, accused of drunkenness, disorderly conduct, resisting an officer, and a few other minor offenses, was fined 's2s. George Ueinlin and Lars Larson, charged by their wives with failure to support, were discharged. A BONUS WANTED. The Bohn Company After It-Va ried Pieces of Litijjation. In the district court yesterday the Bohn Manufacturing company com menced an action against J. H. & E. E. Davidson for $500, and another against Theodore Ilanun for ?200. It is claimed that the Davidsons and Mr. Hamm sub scribed £500 and 8200 respectively, to the fund which was raised as a bonus for the Bohn company for removing their shops from Wlnona to St. l'&ul in 1880. It will be remembered that, about $35, --000 was raised by subscription, and it is said that the Davidsons and Mr. Hamm are the only subscribers who have failed to liquidate. F'^- Peter Olson, a minor, intends to bring a damage suit against Kundle & King, and he has applied to the court to have Swan Olson appointed as his guardian ad litem. While young Olson waij in the employ of Kundle & King his arm was broken by a falling ele rator which belonged to the firm. Erchinger Bros, biingan attachment suit against Ilolmberg & Greak to se cure the payment of $479.02 for goods. HE WAS SLUGGED, But Did Not Desire Ten Days for tbe Trouble. At the corner of Sixth and Minnesota streets, last evening, about 9 o'clock, somewhere in the neighborhood of a quart of bright red gore lay scattered over the sidewalk. A minute before three men stood there. Suddenly one. of them led out with his right arm. Biff! The blow fell on the nose of the smallest of the three and he went down with a crash, while the other two walked rapidly toward Seventh street and were lost in the crowd. The little man was not knocked out, but slowly picked himself up and stood by the street lamp, while the blood poured from his nasal ornament and impeded his utterance. "Ay ben a Swedish man," he said, "and hay tal may to give hem a dollar. Ay haf no dollar, and hay net me on may face." ''And lie was a big brute, too," inter posed a bystander who had witnessed the ailair. The "Swedish man" was a little befuddled with beer and blow, but it appeared he had been slugged be cause he refused to give up a cold dol lar. "It's a case for the police," said the bystander. % . . "Ay not tal the police," said the Swedish man. "Ay not want to get ten days," and at this evidence of famil iarity with the ways ot justice, the by stander laughed. The Swedish man walked off, holding his nose. ELEMENTS ON A. TEAR. A Fierce Rain and Electric Storm — Building Burned by Light ning. A murky, wet and gloomy day was yesterday. From "early morn . ? till dewy eve" the sky was overcast with leaden clouds, and at times the latter opened, drenching the streets, pedes trians and the fields beyond the city. There was not tlie least bit of poetry connected with the matter, but consid erable damage withal. About 11 o'clock the wind began to blow a perfect hurricane, the rain to come down in sheets and the festive lightning to zig-zag about in a very alarming man ner. Telephone wires and electric light wires all suffered more or less, and a number of them were burned out. The super-attraction was too great for them to withstand,and the consequence was a 1 perfect chaos of electricity. Several outhouses and barns were destroyed by playful bolts, and the residence of Paul Cole, at 503 Lafond street, was struck and set on lire. The upper part of the building was entirely destroyed, but the firemen, succeeded in saving the lower story. The total loss on the build ing and contents is about $l,oou, with no insurance. CONWAY CALLS IT CRUELTY That He Must Be Yanked Up and Sent to Prison. Frank Conway is the name of an in mate of Still water penitentiary. He was placed there yesterday by Sheriff A. C. Krissin, of VVaseca, who subse quently called at the state aduitor's office for "expenses," and was caught lurk about the capitol corridors by the übiquitous reporter. He said Con way was disgusted with the ways of this world. Twelve years ago he was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for larcency. He secured bail upon an appeal to the supreme court, but when the trial court was upheld Conway de parted. He recently dropped into the meshes of the law, and is now booked to serve out his term of five years. CHIPS FROM THE CAPITOL. The state board of regents will meet Tuesday, the 20th inst., at the executive department. The state normal board will meet Tuesday, the 13th inst., at the depart ment of public instruction. W. C. Weld, of Murray, and Hon. D. F. Morgan, of Albert Lea, were callers yesterday at the state auditor's office. Werner Boesch and George Donahue, retired merchant millers of T ew Ulm, > yesterday called at the state treasury. J. W. Willis and Secretary Hart, of the state board of corrections and char ities, yesterday visited the St. Cloud re formatory. Railroad Commissioner Gibbs is in Fergus Falls at the s'ck bed of his wife. The railroad commission has bad to postpone the completion of appoint ments iv the grain inspection depart ment, but upon the statement of Chief Grain Inspector Clausen, it is very un likely many changes will be made in the staff. The policy of the department is not to remove old and experienced inspectors for new and raw men. Julius Berndt,of New Ulm, yesterday visited State Treasurer Bobleter. Mr. Berndt is the architect of the Sons of Hermann monument to be erected at New Ulm, the cost of which is placed at $25,000. Hermann was the great Ger man warrior who liberated the Germans from Rome. Mr. Berndt was soiicitine subscriptions for the monument, and reported that there had been a ready response in the city. Dairy Commissioner Ives recently made a prolonged sojourn in Ottawa, and had several interesting interviews with Chief Chemist McFarlane, of the dominion agricultural department. Mr. Ives says in the operation of its dairy laws the state of Minnesota is a long way ahead of Canada, but that the do minion takes the lead in its laws pro hibiting the sale of adulterated food. The dairy laws of this state are being closely followed by the Canadian par liament, and Mr. Ives has been re quested to furnish details respecting the prosecution of the work of his depart ment. Pilfered From a Paint Shop. Charles W. Leonard's paint shop, in the second story of the block at 366 Jackson street, was entered early yes terday morning by a burglar, who re moved a pane of glass and opened the door. About $50 worth of brushes and other articles were stolen. Detective Daly arrested the bunrlar on East Seventh street yesterday afternoon and recovered the property. William Cul len was the name given by the thief. -•- — '■■ ' Chair Car to Belleville, Kan. Commencing Monday, Aug. sth, the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway. "Al bert Lea Route," will run Reclining Chair Cars through to Belleville, Kan., via Kansas City, without change, leav ing St. Paul at t>:ss a. m. daily except Sunday. _ - ■ A Quick Trip C 3 To Mackinac Island can be made very cheaply by the Soo Line. BOUT WITHA BRIDGE, The Government Is After the Railroad Structure at Grand Forks, And Also the Sanitation Com pany, Both for Obstruct ing" Navigation. Two Knotty Problems Come Before the State Railroad Commissioners. Can a Company Vacate a Line and Still Retain Its Old Charter. George N". Baxter, district attorney for the United States, commenced two very important suits in the circuit court yesterday. One suit i 3 of the utmost importance to the grain shippers on the Red river uf the north in general and the Northern Pacific railroad company in particular. The other case is inter esting to all those interested in upper Mississippi river navigation. The Duluth & Manitoba and the Northern Pacific railroad companies are the defendants in the first suit. The complaint states that the railroad bridge erected across the Red river at Grand Forks by the Duluth & Manitoba com pany does not meet the require ments of the act of Congress authorizing its construction. Congress authorized the erection of the bridge upon condi tion that it be a pivot drawbridge and that the bottom chord of thedraw should be three feet or more above the plane of the flood of 188:3. When the bridge was constructed the bottom chord of the draw was made only one-tenth of a foot above the specified plane. As the draw-fender at its up-stream. end is on a level with the bottom chord of thedraw, it would be an impossibility to operate the draw iv case the water should rise to the plane of the flood of ISS2. Inability to operate the draw would impede river navigation between Fargo and Winnipeg. The United States government petitions the court to order the bridge removed at once, and to issue an injunction restraining its reconstruction except on plans to comply with the conditions set forth in tho congressional act authorizing its erection. The bridge and the tracks upon it are at present leased by the Northern Pacific company. The court is also petitioned to issue an injunction restraining tiie Northern Pacific com pany from operatinc a railroad across the bridge until it is rebuilt according to plans approved by the government. The second suit is against the St. Paul Sanitation company. The charge is that the defendant corporation is dump ing garbage into the low-water channel Of the Mississippi at several points about two miles below the city of St. . Paul. It is asserted that unless this practice is soon stopped, navigation for at least fifty miles south of St. Paul will be obstructed. The United States asks for a permanent injunction re straining the sanitation company from dumping its garbage into the Missis sippi. RAILROAD PROBLEMS. Two Weighty Questions Before the State Commissioners. Can a railroad company, when it ceases to operate a line, continue to hold its franchise ? This iinportautquestion is now before the state railroad commissioners, and is raised by E. S. Tempi eton, of Penn sylvania, in a complaint against the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba rail road company. The facts of the case are simple: Some time prior to 188S the Red River railroad company was incorporated to build a road from Breckenridge to Barnesville. The Manitoba afterwards acquired the road. In 188Sthe Manitoba company built a road from Brecken ridge to Moorhead, and thereupon aban doned the Breckenridge and Barnes ville line, claiming that it was no longer necessary— that it did not pay to oper ate. Mr. Templeton desires the rail road commissioners to issue an order requiring the restoration of traffic on the Breckenridge and Barnesville rail way. Evidence in the case was yesterday taken before Commissioners (iibbs and Becker. William Templeton and F. Peterson, city attorney of Barnesville, supported the application before the commission, and the Manitoba inter ests were represented by Col. W. P. (Hough, second vice president, and M. I). Grover. An adjournment was taken until Friday, when the question will be argued before the commissioners. A DISCMMINATIOX (JUKSTIOX. John Krauer, of Madison Lake, Is quite indignant with the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway company, and yes terday aired his grievance before the railroad and warehouse commissioners. The St. Louis road allowed a business rival of Mr. Kraner's to put in a side track, two and a half miles from Madison Lake, for the handling of wood. Mr. Kraner applied to the com pany to be-allowed the use of the tiack, which was granted by Mr. Truesdale, but two weeks afterwards revoked. When Mr. Truosdale granted permis sion he had forgotten that the track had been laid at the sole expense of Kia ner's rival. Mr. Kramer complains that he suffered considerable loss by tl;e action of the road authorities, hay ing, between the granting of permission to use the side and its revocation, made a contract for 500 cords of wood to be delivered at this point, and which he iiad been unable to set aside. The com missioners will consider the question of allowing damages, or whether permis sion must be give, upon payment, for the use of the side track. THE CHIMING BELLS. The Interpretation a Citizen Puts on the Quarter-Hour 3lelodies. A stranger, whose attention was first called to our new court house by the chiming of the bells, mistook tne struct ure for a cathedral and was much sur prised when I told him it was a court house. "A court house !" he exclaimed ; "why, will not the wrangling of the bar mako discord with the jangling of the bells— 'sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh?' " "Well, far have I traveled. And mickle have I seen, But court house with chime of bells Saw 1 never ne.'ii." I explained to him that the style of the building was the "renaissance," which meant beins born again. He said that accounted for everything. That was why the building seemed to be growing up out of the ground, and that probably during its renascent oiTortsl instead of bringing forth a single court house bell it bad produced a chim ing litter of five. "But,"' said he, "how are the people to understand by the chimes what quarter of the hour is in dicated?" Here 1 had tc confess my ignorance, but I stopped a "knowledgeable"' fellow who was passing and he elucidated as follows: "You see the five commission ers who acted as wet nurses to the court house, became god-fathers to fiose bells, and christened them with their own re spective names, thus: Day, for the big bell, and so on for the other lesser four. And now the doctor is about starting a •belles-lettres' institute to instruct the people in the horology of chimes. He has constructed a gamut or scale, so that the names of the commissioners take the places of the old do, re, nil. etc. I doif t know how he disposes of the semi-tones and flats, but the doctor's namesake strikes the hours and makes the loudest noise. W«*H, then, if you will imagine these bells to be the commissioners them- i selves, " nestled up there in the court, house tower, producing sweet and har monious sounds by hitting themselves on the beily in succession, once for the first, twice for the second, thrice for the third and four times for tha fourth quarter hour, you will have a pretty fair idea of tho modus operandi of these chimes. - A good many express annoyance at tins incessant diner-dons bell, or, as they gsty, ding, dons, "day;'.' but they should have some sympathy for the feelings and tastes of others, and remember how pleasing the sound of these bells must be those whose honored names they bear, and if any one of these bell wethers happened to be receiving a salary of 10 cents for every quarter hour— and fall into rhyme with Mr. Wegg: " ." ; ■ How "silvery" sweet must be the chime - That tells each quarter with a dime? J • Bellauophox. y St. Paul, Aug. 7, 1559. New Royal Adelphia Conclave. A conclave of the Royal Adelphia was last night instituted in St. Paul by Al fred Terry, of Detroit, supreme secre tary. About forty charter members were enrolled, and the conclave adopted the name of St. Paul. Meetings will be held on the first and third Fridays of each month. The following officers were elected and installed: Com mander, George Liesander; vice com mander, W..W. Dunn; assistant com mander, J. G. Wardell ; past com mander, A. G. Briggs; secretary, W.S. Lowe; collector, C. E. Nelson; treas urer. T. C. Bell; guide, Louis Nash; warden. L. Adams; guard, J. J. O'Brien; sentry, O. W. Loft; trustees, H. Geivais, Dr. Dunwoodie and C E. Pierce. «K^Vy^ NUGGETS OF NE VVS. Bank clearances yesterday were 5674,48-1. One birth, five deaths and one marriage were reported at the health office yesterday. . The monthly business meeting of the Cen tral W. C. T. U. will meet at 3 p. ni. to-day, at 70 East Seventh street. .-.•■. Scarlet fever prevails at the corner of Dear born street and. Hall avenue. Diphtheria whs reported yesterday from 819 and 653 Park avenue. . .-. : Mrs. Harriet Flvnn, the poor woman who has been forsaken by her husb.and- and her father, was sent to the city hospital . yester day. She is suffering with typhoid fever. John B. Vaillancourt has been arrested for forging an order on the St. Paul Directory company. He was arrested at Dulutb, where he was employed as a solicitor for the Tribune. '.'. Albert Craig was released by Judge Wilkin yesterday on a writ of habeas corpus. . Craig is' the man who escaped from the sheriff at Kielsville, Wis., where he was in jail for maiming horses. ' The South St. Paul council's special com mittee on buildings last night met in the council chrmber with the board of educa tion and instructed H. K. P. Hamilton, archi tect, to prepare, plans for two school houses and the city hall. • \ ■■; ■■■ :.- • A passenger train of the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City line was delayed by a washout yesterday. The trouble was overcome as promptly as possible, but the train was six hours late in arriving at St. Paul.' :* / •••■;'■■ The board of education and council com mittee on buildings, 1 of South St. Paul, met joint session at the city hail last evening and examined plans, etc., for scboolhouses. - Tne meeting adjourned, subject to call of the chairman. ... \ •/,.'/- : : ■'••• - Mrs. Adam Stauble, the young woman .who was so 'frightfully, burned by a gasoline ex plosion Tuesday night, at the corner of Vic toria and Juno streets, died yesterday morn ing of her injuries. Her little child, it ap pears, was not seriously burned. Charles Bosse, a carpenter Hvintr at the corner of Livingstone avenue and Jackson street, West St. Paul, fell from a building at fquth Park yesterday afternoon, sustaining a ractured rib and serious internal injuries. He was brought to the city and taken to St. Like' s hospital. ~: ••' ■ Ll About 2 . o'clock; yesterday morning the story-anda-half frame dwelling at the corner 6f Fillmore and Daniels streets. West St. Pftul." owned Biid occupied by- Baziel Plesse, was destroyed by fire:;. But little of the fur eilure was savecl. : The loss is estimated at about 52,<)00, with no insurance. -. A'young man named Charles .- Brown, re cently released from the workhouse, where he served eight months for burglarizing a Sixth street residence, was taken to the cen tral police, station: last night in a drunken 6ippt>r, his clothing covered with blood from v tad' wound on his face. Brown is some thing of a pugilist, and earlier in the even iur iudulged in a fistic encounter .at the corner of Sixth -and -Minnesota, streets. Ttje siiDpositiou is that he received the cut in the tight. ... .. :.. ,. V.\Y '.The funeral services over the remains of Mrs. J. 11. Kennedy, of St. Paul Park, was held at the residence of Charles Ovenshire, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Ken nedy was v magnificent woman, very evenly tempered, and was highly respected by all, though comparatively a new resident of that place. She was ' the wife of J. H. Kennedy, manager 01 the Minnesota Carriage company. Her illness was brief, and at first puzzled the doctors, but they finally pronounced the cause of her death peritonitis. The remains were sent to Oneida, N. V., accompanied by husband and brother. ST. PAUL PERSONALS. , R. Latt, of Hastings, is a Clarendon guest. D. F. Morgan, or Albert Lea, is .at the Ryan. S|>S! Mrs. Thomas Gahagan. of Helena, Mont., is in ihe ciiy. J. M. Knight, of Spokane Falls, is stopping at the Merchants'. E. L. Warren, of White Earth, is stopping at the Clarendon. C. F. Kales, of Cedar Falls, 10., was at the Windsor yesterday. J. H. Teller, of Yauktown, S. D., was at the Ryan yesterday. 1 * Mrs. A. Smith, of Devils Lake, N. D., was in the city yesterday, . • .• ■■ ' . - . Miss Wheeler, of .Duluth, arrived at the Windsor last evening. , . ... J-n*-^ «-Fred Harey, of Duluth, was ■ registered at the Merchants' yesterday. . .; . . • ■ C. Hamilton, of Winona, was registered at the Merchants' yesterday. Charles Stickney, of Milwaukee, arrived at the Windsor last evening. Senator Marcus Johnson, of Atwatcr, Is stopping at the Merchants'. •£ . r • . Mr. and Mrs. Finn and Miss Finn, of St. Thomas, N- .D., are Merchants' guesXs. .. , : . . John L. Schon. of the United States army, togeiher witn his wife, is nt the liyan. . i). C. McGregor and J. W. -Williams, repre tc'i.t.'d Wiunepeg, at the Ryan, yesterday. P. Kacey, a business man of Craceville, took dinner at the Merchants', yesterday.' , John G. Ingalls. J. J. Musser. D. S.-Miisser and Miss Lillie V. Scott, of ADerdeen, 3. D., were guests at the Merchants' yeisterd«.y. Ex-Gov. Hubbard, of Bed Wing, is nt the Merchants'.- He has just returned from a trip to Vermont, and reports a pleasant lime. The following party of St. Louis excur sionists arrived at the Windsor last evening: Miss iN. E. MeChesney, Mrs. A. M. MeChes nev. Mrs. J. 11. Hurst, Mrs. F. C. Bray, Mr. and Mrs. E. Kitering, H. H. Cook and JI. W. McChesney. . . ; ;•■. .. ••■ ., ST. PAUL REAL ESTATE. Nineteen deed?, with aggregate consid erations of S4ti,3S3, were recorded yester day as follows: Hamlir.e University to F W Hoyt, Its 8, •IK- 10, 11, 18, blk 7, Hamline $5,500 F W Hovt to H II Hoyt, Its 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, b!k7, Hamline 6,500 A. Davidson to II Scheffer, Its 13. 14, Sk 22, Summit Park 12,500 CAliWeide to X Peterson. It 11, blk - 10, Arlington Hills ' 1,300 J J Ward to J Natelsky. V It 10, blk 1, Whitney's subd Brewster 2,-tuO Cullen to W L Houlton, Its 15, 16. ' Plksl, Lawton Bros.' add 3.000 T Tyrer.to L Jonuson, It 20, blk 4, For- Kekdale — 1,00" Gladstone La:id company to J J Schiltz, It 19, blk 2, Dawson's Earl St.. 715 EM Facerberg to E A Anderson, pt Its 6 and 7. bIK S, Warren & Winslow'B.. 725 W F Thompson to J M Thompson, pt It 4, blk 7, Merriam's roarr 500 C Burman to J E Knauft, It 10, bit 5. - Bice's First add.. 1,800 F E Meacham to A Nystrom, It 29, blk •J/Douglas .. 1,000 J Auoley to II Thomson, lto, blk 3, J R Weide's -...-...1,000 J Gilowsky to F 15 Stewart, pt Its _'l, 2, 3 and 4,"blk 18, Lienau's reart . .... 1,400 P B Stewart to P Martin, pi Its 21, 2, 3 a:id4.b!k 18,;jJenau'srearr. 1,400 Four unpublished . — 5,600 .'• Total nineteen pieces $i 6,385 BI'ILDINO I-ERMITS. The following building permits were issued vesterdnv: Theodore II Monk. 2 story frame dwell- j ing. Mi. Airy, near Linden. ........$5,000 St. Paul Ice Cutnpmiy, Ha-story frame barn. Fillmore, uear Edwards ,000 Samuel White, two permits, 2-s<tory frame dwellings. Capital, near Simp son ...'. 4,900 Seinßros., brick addition to store, Wa- • bitsba. near Fourth....:-. .."... .'V.. 1,000 Three uiinor permits 1,100 Eight permits, total 813,000 ■-•••'■ : • . ' — m ' -— - I'olnts on the Coast ; Of Maine are reached with eiily one ciiauge by the Soo Line. A St. Paul Clothing House Exclusively Owned and Con troiled by St Paul Men. : - Established, 1870. '■• 'It SHOE c^pEtyi '•Time may come ■ : And time may go, But I'll go on forever." 7 So says the Gas Meter to the man who has locked up his house and been away all the summer. Unlike the Gas Meter, our 37th Annual Red Figure Sale cannot go on forever, for it's only to clear out our remaining Summer stock that we have these Red Figure Sales, and we are happy to say that our Summer stock is now pretty well closed out. If there's anything here in Summer Goods that you want, we'll guarantee you'll find the price Low enough. Our Boys' Blue Sailor Suits for $2.50 are a spe cially good bargain, and mothers are not slow to take advantage of a bargain of this kind. It's a very pretty and cheap suit for $2.50. We've several handsome styles of Fall Hats ready for you when you want them. Our Light- Weight Over coats come in very handy these chilly evenings, and many a disagreeable cold has been averted by wear ing one of these Light- Weight Overcoats of ours. If you haven't one you'd better get one and save a cold. , We are having a specially attractive sale of Neckwear. Fashionable Silk Scarfs for 25c each or $2.75 a dozen. They are all handsome light-colored patterns, and very desirable- at the price. Our East window is full of this 25c Neckwear. You'll not often find such a bar gain in Neckwear as this is. Brokaw Bros., of New York, make without doubt the Finest Clothing that's made in the world. We are exclusive agents for Brokaw Bros.' Fine Custom Ready-Made Clothing. The class of Clothing which we carry is intended to supersede Custom work, and thereby differs entirely from the to-be-found-every where Clothing. In fact, the only competition which we have is the best class of custom tailors. Our store opens at 7 every week-day morning, and closes at 6:30 every evening, except Saturday evenings, when we keep open till 10. BOSTON ONE-PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE, THIRD STREET, Cori ZSbe f r, ST. PAUL N. B. — out-of-Town Orders solicited. Goods sent on ap proval to any part of the West Price List and Easy Rules lor Self-Measurement mailed free upon application. Joseph McKey & Co. INJEAN. 11 East Third Street, THREE DAYS' CLOSING SALE - OF RIBBONS! HANDKERCHIEFS! JtJIXID . • EMBROIDERIES — ■'$» - ■ ~~ ~~~~~~ ~~ ~~ ~~~~ ~~~ ~~ -<. jV^-- In order to make room for Fall Goods, which are al ready on the road, we offer, for three days only, the follow ing: unapproachable bargains: 375 pieces Lute String* Ribbon, with cord edge, in all colors; former price, 25c a piece. Sale Price Only 15 Cents Piece. 220 pieces No. 4 Fancy Striped Satin Ribbon,with picot edge; former price, 40c a piece. Sale Price Only Cents Piece, 433 pieces best quality Satin Ribbon, in all colors. Price sc, 10c, I2>c, 15c, 19c. worth Nos. IT ~57 ~y, 97 12- Double< Special line of extra quality 12-inch Sash Ribbons at $1.19, worth $1.75. ' EMBROIDERIES! IV! BRO O E F? 1 Efe ' Come and lay in a supply for the next year at the fol lowing prizes, viz: 2c, 4c, 7c, 9c, 12Vc, 15c and 19c, usually sold at 50 per cent more. HANDKERCHIEFS 630 dozen Ladies', Gents' and Children's Linen Handker chies sacrificed at 4c, 9c, 12ic, 15c and 19c, exactly hall their value. I^^ 200 Ladies' Fancy and Black Tarasols, former price from §1.25 to 82.25; Closing Price only 98c. 300 Ladies' Fancy and Black Parasols of Extra Quality, worth 54 to 55; Closing Price only 52.15. KID GLOVES! FEARFUL SACRIFICE! 1,400 pairs Ladies' 4rßutton Colored Kid Gloves, worth 51.00 pel pair; Sale Price only 50c. J3^*Please remember we continue to close out all oar White Goods al prices that cannot be duplicated elsewhere. HARRISON,BEARE & CO. // East Third Street, St. Paul, Minn. NEW HOUSES FOR SALE! Just in course of construction. All modern 4 conveniences. Hardwood finish on first floor; natural pine on second. Bath, Laundry, etc. Every thing complete. These houses are located on Selby avenue, one block from cable cars. Will sell cheap and on easy terms. BACON &COLEM : 313 JACKSON STREET. ESTABLISHED (853. R.C. MUNGER DECKER Oil linO HAINES BRIGGS riAnlUO EVERETT STERLING ORGANS NEW ENGLAND prices Low. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, Terms Wholesale and Retail. ST. PAUL. MINN HIGH ART JEWELRY ! AND EVERY NOVELTY KNOWN TO THE TRADE AT E. A. BROWN'S, 111 East Third Street St. Paul, Minn. We are now having: our yearly "Summer Sale," and offeriug some great bargains in SEAL' PLUSH AND MINK Garments*. You can select one now and make small payment down, and balance in INSTALLMENTS ! This is -well worth your attention, as yon will gain in quality and save much in price by buying now of RANSOM & HORTON, 99 and 101 E. Third St NEW= Lumbermen & Builders' EXCHANGE, Corner Seventh and Cedar Streets, ST. PAUL, MINN. HEADQUARTERS FOR LUMBERMEN! BUILDERS! Manufacturers antf Dealers in Builders' Supplies Architects, Etc., Etc. Elegant offices to rent on reason* able terms, ready for occupancy, Apply to F. WILLIUS, At Building:, Boom 214.