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<> SAINT PAUL. ODDS AXD ENDS. The union station is being thoroughly overhauled, cleaned and painted. The White Bear Yacht club will have a free-for-all regatta this afternoon. ' The Ei:«li!-h Lutherans have bought the old First Presbyterian church building.- The Great Western rand, George Seibert director, will give a concert this evening in liice Park. The meeting of the committee on streets of the board of aldermen, c-iiiiod for last even ing, was postponed. The members of the board of public works ere busy these days, and will hold another meeting Monday afternoon. Rev. W. s. Vail wili preach before the Uni versalist society Sunday morning on "A Catholic View of the Crumbling Creeds." There will be a meeting for young men in the Y. Si. C.A. rooms, Lov.ry arcade,to-night, c as was formerly held by the asso ciation. A trilling lire in a saloon near Seven cor ners sent the fire engines dashing through the streets shortly-bcfore 0 last evening. The damage* was nominal. • The commencement exercises at the Mac alester college occur Wednesday, v hen live young men will graduate, making a total of twenty-two in three years. The Y. M. C. A. men's meeting will be held In tinMr new room*. Lowiy arcade, for the first time to-morrow at 4 o'clock. Secretary llorton will conduct the service. The t redes and labor assembly at last night's P'.eeiing approved the course of the tin, sheet iron and cornice makers" union in levying a boycott apoo Adam Decker. William Rodger? and Eddie McCallistec, for stealing hats in the Presbyterian church Tuesday evening, were yesterday sentenced to ninety days each in the workhouse. The body of Lewis Hanson, who died at the city hospital yesterday morning from a stroke Of paralysis, still remains at that in stitution. An inquest will be probably held 10-day. The V, ilbur Opera company is having an excellent run at Lhe Metropolitan this week, in the "(..rand Duchess." 1 They will give the List two performances of this opera to-day, matim.c and evening. Five vags, arrested Thursday evening by Capt Hanft, were ordered in the municipal court yesterday to get out of the city at once. This makes a total of sixteen vags arrested by the captain in twenty-four hours. C. J)uuglas, a laborer residing at 180 West ern avenue north, was seized with a tit yes terday at the corner of Garfield street and Pleasant avenue. lie was conveyed to his lionie in the central station patrol wagon. ( . W. Dennison, an electrician, who stole n bicycle belonging to secretary Allison, of the V. M. ( '. A., and who was arrested in Minneapolis, was yesterday brought to St Paul by Detective Horan and locked up at' police headquarters. Mrs. United States Senator Hansbrough Etill lies at the Ryan very ill. Her husband remains at her side, and everything is being done for her relief. She was reported no worse last night, however, and was resting quite easy. "There must be plenty of work for the dog catchers.'" said an official in the office of the city clerk yesterday, for up to date we have only taken in 12,600 for licenses, which repre sents permits for 1,400 animals. Last year the receipts footed up to £7,700. The young girl, Katie simbaek. arrested by order of Chief Clark on a charge of visiting a bouse of ill-fame, was yesterday sent from the municipal court to the House of the Good Suepnerd for ninety days. It is expected that her parents will come from Wisconsin End take charge of her. Gov. Merriam yesterday appointed C. T. Woodbury, Orin Inver and Frank Whitney, of Anouu county, as a committee to examine n bridge in that county being built over the Hum river, to examine contracts, etc., and make a report to the state auditor, as re quired by law. At the annual congregational meeting of the Dayton Avenue church the trustees elected were \Y. L. Wilson, E. L. Prayer ana 6. J. Grant. J. A. Gregg was elected to fill the unexpired term of A. E. Clark, resigned on account of removal. The pastor's salary was fixed at f:j,000 a year. Her. Wilbur F. Crafts, of New York, author of "The Sabbath for Man," will speak on 'Sunday Work and Sunday Amusements" at the Central Presbyterian church Monday evening, nnder the auspices of the Minne sota Sabbath association. The association will hold its annual election and business meeting at*4 p. m. ot the same place. The tirnessinakers" union, though only a mouth cid, is getting along swimmingly. About two-thirds of the harnessmakers in the city belong to the union. At last night's meeting they determined to affiliate with the trades akd labor assembly, and elected W. R. Mitchell as delegate. A meeting will be held In Minneapolis next week, for the purpose of organizing a union there. Articles of incorporation of the Swift Falls Mercantile company, of Camp Lake, Swift county, with a capital stock of 515.000, were fiied with the secretary of state yester day. The incorcorators are Andrew Jacob ean, Thomas Nelson. Andrew Simonson and Peter Thompson, Rolling Fork, Pope county; David Peterson, Rasmus Simonson and Charles Davidson, Swift county. County Attorney Thomas D. O"Bnen re turned yesterday morning from Litchlield, Meeker county, where he went at the request of Attorney General Clapp to conduct the prosecution of John Cook and Robert Wood dii the charge of killing John Bauer. The able county attorney has the satisfaction of knowing nis work was faithfully clone, as lioth aie:i were found guilty of manslaughter hi the second degree. Joini \V. M'illis and Secretary Hart have - returned from Rochester, where, Wednes day, they conducted an investigation. Since tbeNortiiop case there has been a Niagara of complaints of people who were in the asylum while perfectly sane. Even- inmate with a spark of intelligence left was sud denly converted into a martyr. The investi gation was without startling results. >ir. Wiliis; sr.id yesterday that no sane persons were found, but there were several whom it was decided to liberate upon trial, and if they were found to conduct themselves prop erly their freedom would be continued. A neat red-sealed package, which lay upon the table of Assistant City Attorney Phillips yesterday contained matters of most vital importance both to the city of St. Paul and the government The contents of the stout envelope were the warranty deeds and ab stracts of title of block s. Rice and Irvine's addition, where the new public building will be erected. All the papers having been duly signed and every possession of the law car ried out. the city attorney sent the package to Secretary Foster of the treasury at Wash ington, by which act Uncle Sam will be placed in possession of a valuable tract of land, and in return present St. Paul with a handsome public building. Boys' reliable Brokaw's fancy flannel Mouses 85c (worth f 1.50) at the boys' de partment of the Boston on Third street. PERSONAL. POINTERS. Dr. 11. j-.. Bnrdett has moved his family to 693 Igletaart ttrcet. Miss Marr Scott, organist of the East Pres byterian church, ia shortly to locale in Chi cago. "Faithful Louis," the sexton of the House of Hope church, is going on a two mouths' visit to Sweden to visit his aged mother. Prcf . I'.oyd.who has been studying the past year in Germany, is expected to resume his place ;it Macaleiier college in September. At the Windsor; W.'.W. Cooley. Water town; William Denny, livron llui;hcs,*J. B. Vander w.irker, Hankato; C. J. Reuses and wife Mankato. Frank Ford and party. Mr. Harvey and party and the members of the Andrews'ODera company occupied seats last evening at the Metropolitan. At the Clifton: R. G. Staples, Superior: J. J. Whittmore, Ortonville; .lames Guest, Hur ley: E. 1.. Smith, Little Falls; 11. C. Rose Milbank: 11. F. I'feifcr. .Mrs. B. F. Kelley Miss Neilie Boomhowcr, Slaytou. . " ' At the Kyan: Hermnn Hayes and wife and Frank Hayes. Superior: J. F. Clark and wife, Fargo: J. S. Williams, Taujiton, Mass. ; Jehu Hopper and wire, Boston; William liar per Washington. D. C; \V. J. Clarke and wife, Boston: W. E. Cless, Dcs Moines; James Spencer, J)u!ulh: A. O. Whitney, St. Cloud; T. U. Hawkes. Diiluta; Jehu Baundere, Chattanooga, Tanu. Boys 1 reliable Brokaw's fancy flannel blouses S3c (worth ?1.00) at the boys' de partment of the iiostou on Third street. WHERE IS BUTRICK? According" to Report of the Grand Jury, He Is in the Soup. All the Terrible Stories About Gambling" Hells Reduced to This: A Few Saloonkeepers Found to Have Allowed Casual Card Playing 1 . Authorities Will See That They Are Properly Round ed Up. The Ramsey county grand jury made two reports yesterday. The final report was made about 5:30 p. in., when they were discharged by Judge Egan, after thanking them for giving their time to the duties in the busy season. \V. G. Robertson, foreman, thanked the judge on behalf of the jurors for courtesies extended and for remaining after court hours to hear their report and thus per mit their discharge without returning to-day. The jury was composed or — \V. G. Robertson, Charles Passavant, George A. Nash, Jumes E. Olds. John C. Richardson John T. Putnam, A. J. Powers. Adam L., Moehler, Jesse A. Gregg. A. K. Pruden, C. A. Kiiteuhouse. George H. Ranney, Koswell V. Pratt, John Larkin. \V. J. V. Keuyou, Oscsr C Green and diaries A. Moore. The indictments made public are: Charles Grant, for assaulting Ernest Colby May la Andrew T. Roolen, grand larceny ia the second degree, for alleged stealing of a team and harness belonging to James MeClure and driving them to Faribault. They were taken from the base bail park ou the West side. Wiliitsm Brown, grand larceny in the se cond decree, for stealing two sets of harness from the barn of F. P. Strong. Lewis Lund, a real estate and loan agent in the Germnnia Life building, for converting to his own use a bill of exchange for js"'"> > be longing to Ida Stevens, who sent It as hex earnings from Sao Fraaciseo to Annie s. Void, to be put in a Minneapolis bank. Several other indictments were found, but their nature was not made public for reasons of discretion by the county attorney. It is presumed, how ever, that the First Baptist church ser mon is responsible for some of them, and, inferring from the tenor of the grand jury's general report, some sa loonkeepers may have to respond to some of them. In the general report.the grand jury says: "Considei-able notoriety has been given by the newspapers "to complaints that gambling has been permitted in the saloons of this city, and especially in the Waterman place on East Third street, between Kobert and Jackson streets. We have caused a large num ber of citizens, who it was said knew the circumstances, to be brought before us. The police force are apparently ignorant of violations of law in this con nection, and the grand jury requests that the chief of police reinstruct the patrolmen in their duties under the law. The policemen called before the grand jury are apparently not aware that card playing in saloons is prohibited by law, and so tar as our investigation developed none were in the habit 01 iro ins beyond the bar, when visiting sa loons, although in many such places, as we are informed, small rooms are par titioned off, evidently for the purpose of card playing and presumably for money or its equivalent. '•We are led to believe that gambling and card playing are generallyindulged in in various saloons, but we could ob tain no evidence as to other saloons at this time. The grand jury met with little assistance in their endeavors to bring offenders to trial, for the reason that citizens don't perform their duies in appearing and testifying before grand juries, and until such time as they shall perform their duty as citizens the ef forts of grand juries will be fraught with little, if any, success." The jury pays a compliment to License inspector Nugent, who, as a matter of fact, is always on hand to do his honest duty when the grand jury is in session, and is besides constantly faithful to his official requirements. The report says: "We have examined the manner of issuing liquor licenses and paying there for and the course pursued" is ap proved by the grand jury." . Boys' reliable Brokavv's fancy flannel blouses 85c (worth ILSQ) at the boys' de partment of the Boston on Third street. HEBRAIC CONFIRMATION. A Class of Six Admitted With Ap propiate Ceremonies. The Temple of Mount Zion at Tenth and Minnesota streets was the scene yesterday morning of a very pretty and impressive ceremony — the confirmation of a class of six. About :500 of the fash ionable Hebrews of St. Paul attended the ceremony. The temple was beau tifully dressed with flowers, the chan cel being lined with palms and fuchsias, the same appearing in the choir loft, while the reading desk was dressed with violets. Rabbi E. L. Hess conducted the rites, assisted by President Haas and Vice President Fantle,of the Mount 2 ion congregation. The services were liberally interspersed with vocal music, beautifully rendered by the quartette choir to an organ accompaniment by Prof. Wheaton. The Pentecost services — the harvest festival— have just been completed, and the confirmation rites, following with all the ceremonial of the Judaic church, were very impressive. At the proper moment the curtains encircling the crypt were drawn and the assistants brought out the ancient scrolls upou which, with a metallic pointer, resem bling a dagger, first Hugo Mock and then Sadie Steinberg, of the class, read the confession of faith. Rabbi Hess de livered an address to the candidates, drawiue: from an ancient Hebraic legend that wheu Israel received the law of God from Mount Sinai, he gave, as a pledge that the law would be keut, the children of the race. Upon this the rabbi pointed a pretty moral. The ciass then ranged itself in the chancel and answered the seventy-two questions of the catechism. Each member re cited an origiual prayer, and the cere mony ended with the bestowal of diplo mas. The class consists of — Hugo Mock, Gertrude Strauss. .Sadie Steinberg. Lilly Lowenst-eiu, Henrietta Hocashine. Lena Kaftky. The girls were clad in soft while, with their hair tied with ribbons, and all wore liowers. The congregation was richly dressed, and flowers were very abundant. Boys' reliable Brokaw's fancy flannel blouses Ssc (worth $1.50) at the boys' de partment of the Boston on Third street. THE COLONNADE MUSS. Teacbors Allowed to Depart Se renely on Their Vacation. A number of employes of W. H. llurd, lessee of the Colonnade apart ment house prior to June 1, have applied to the district court to appoint a receiver of the effects of Uurd. It is alleged in the petition thatßurd is insolvent; that he owes Harry Ball ?5S for services as cook, John Henderson $45 as engineer, Frank Lipke §55 ac engineer, Julius Cook £04.50 as cook, Barbara Burke $50 as pastry cook, and Shadle & Acker Coal company $40.j.07; that garnishee summons had been served at the in stance of the Shadle & Acker Coal com pany against over twenty tenants of the Colonnade. Judge Otis lias ordered all parties in interest to aupear in special term of the district court to-day and 'show cause, if any they have, why a re ceiver should not be appointed. The consternation among the teach THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, JS9I. ers, tenants of the Colonnade, an ac count of which was given exclusively in the Gi.ouk. has . subsided. Tile : teachers and other tenants whose rent was garnished now understand that the ■ garnishment by the Sliadle & Acker Coal company to satisfy the claim against llurd does not prevent them from paying the rent due since June 1 to Mr. Strong, the present lessee, and their effects will not be held in case they want to leave for a summer out ing. 475 Dozen 75c Balbrigfjan Shirts And Drawers, 50c, at '.-The Plymouth.' EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL. Doctors Are Confident That Small- Pox Will Not Spread. Yesterday the people began to take a practical view of the small-pox scare. There is a' dread in the very word that sickens the heart of the multitude. Not that it is a seriously fatal scourge, but ; because of Jits ultra-contagious charac ter, and also because a major portion of the people are really unacquainted with the nature, of the affliction. The state board of health took cog nizance of the matter and met in the office of Health Commissioner Hoyt yesterday afternoon. There were pres ent: ■ Dr. Hewitt, of Red Wing, chairman of the board: Dr. milliard. Dr. Aneker. the city phy sician : Dr. Keiley. health otlicer of Minne apolis; John D. w'Brien, Corporation Attor ney Lawler, Col. Welz, the proprietor of the Merchants', and Dr. Frey.the manager of the same. A lengthy consultation followed, as a result of which Col. Welz magnani- i • mously volunteered to close his house to the admission of guests until such time as the proper officers shall tell him to resume business. This course was ] eminently satisfactory to the board of j health and others present. It was j agreed on all sides, however, that it is not a necessary precaution, because the doctors all feel that they have the scourge already under perfect subjec tion.- Yet it was felt that the public would feel better if the house were closed, and Col. "Welz has closed it. "Every possible precaution has been taken," said Dr. Hoyt last evening, "and I. I am satisfied that all danger, is now pasted. - | Dr. Anchor has assumed the care of the pa- I tients at the quarantine, and he is sun* plied with a corps of competent and experi enced nurses, that are on duly day and night. | Everything lias been excellently system- | rnatized. Coi. Welz is entitled to a great deal of credit for the personal sacrifice he is ruaic iug. It means a great many thousands of dollars to him.' 1 Joe Cromer, a young man who has been temporarily* employed in the Mer chants' barroom, exhibited two or three little, blotches on his arm when lie bared it for a vaccine point, and he was nearly frightened into a genuine fit of sickness at the revelation. It was not small-pox however, and he was restored to equanimity when fully assured that he had nothing unusual. Dr. Hewitt and Dr. Hoyt spent nearly the whole day at the Merchants'. They found that the elevator boy, Fred Con- ! stance, had developed a case of var'io-. I loid, and was ordered taken to the quarantine, and was removed at 9 o'clock. Again this action was not con sidered necessary, but it was rather done to appease public alarm. These doctors vaccinated all the help in | the hotel and many of the guests. At the request of the proprietor of the Windsor Dr. Hoyt detailed Officers Hendrickson and Storr, and they vac cinated nearly 200 people in that "hotel. - They finally ran out of points and had to orde r a new supply. Some came last evening, and more will arrive this morning. Dr. Ancker explains that there is no occasion for alarm. 'The dnrky boy. Walter Dawkins." said he, "is suffering a case of confluent smnli pox. Petter, and in fact ail the other cases are very Huht. That of the yirl and the boys is so very light, indeed, that I should never suspect the cause had i not known that tnere was rfallj a case of sm.-iii-pox in the city. There is no reason to believe that there will be an epidemic. We have had Ihesa cases here before and we have always controlled them. It will be confined right where it is. No one shonld feel any alarm." "lam utterly astonished." said ihe veteran Dr. Murphy, "that the people should hare been so exercised. I have had lots of cases right here in St. Paul, and very little was ever said about it. My theory Is that some man with the small-pox 3topped at the Mer chants" eight or ten days ago, and there is where it started from. That man is probably in some other city sick— some city where they know enough to hold their mouths and not scare the populace. I wouldn't be sur prised if he was in Minneapolis, for I have known cases in their pest house that never even got into the newspapers.* 1 Atli'ice Front else .llayur. Mayor Smith sat in his office yester day and SDoke freely upon the presence of small-pox in the city. He said that no meeting of the council would be called to provide money for stamping out the so-called pest, though Dr. Hovt liad called upon him with that object in .view. There was no money available for such a purpose, but a contingent fund could be created. The mayor de plored the unfortunate presence ot small-pox in the city and the publicity given to it. fpr he continued: "I fear it will injure us materially. The Northwestern turnfest takes place soon, and ■ 15.000 poople are expected, and next month 1,000 editors and their families are to attend the editorial convention. Now it cannot but do harm to herald far and wide the fact that small-pox exists in St. Paul, and you know these things are exaggerated. I do not my self see any reason for making such a scare ; about the. matter, for there are but a few mild cases reported and every precaution is being taken to isolate them. There is no reason,ior any alarm whatever, and we should remem ber that the disease is always present in some cities, yet docs not cause any panic." The mayor proceeded to give his ex periences when in 1854 cholera was epi demic in St. Paul. "We only had about 1.500 people here then." said his honor, "and as many as ten casesa day were landed by the steamboats. I used to feel pretty frightened then, especially when I had, or thought I had, any sign of internal cramp, but I was a young man, and since then have grown a little wiser, and I fear older. My advice to every one is to scout the idea of any er>idemic and ' attend to their duties just as usual." The Merchants' hotel presented a des olate appearance last night. The doors were not closed, but there were few callers, and it is nearly deserted save by the attaches of the house. The keys to nearly all the guests' room were hang ing listlessly from the little pigeon holes, and the register had been re moved from the counter. The clerks were there on duty, however, as if noth ing extraordinary had occurred. Still one could not help feeling the effect of the melancholy spirit that prevailed. Dr. Hewitt and Dr. Hoyt called dur ing the later hours of the evening and niade a critical inspection of all the inmates, but discovered no trace of probable spread of the disease. They then drove out to the pest house to visit the patients there. When they return ed they reported them in good condi tion. The fact is, none need to be con fined to their beds save the boy Daw kins. In an interview with a Globe reporter Dr. Hewitt urged the import ance of vaccination. "It is an absolute protection against the contagion," he urged, "If one is properly vaccinated, he can sleep with an afflicted patient with perfect safety. I say, vaccinate ! vaccinate! vaccinate! The American peo ple are prone to neglect this important pre caution, and you would really be surprised if you knew the number or cent of people who have never been inoculated. There is no danger of an epidemic here. . Everything possible has been done to prevent the spread, and there is no occasion for alarm." Boys' reliable Brokaw's fancy flannel blouses 85c (worth $1.50) at the boys' de partment of the Boston on Third street. • Says It's Not So. E. C. De Viune, the publisher of the St. Paul Sunday Sun, who is now confined in the county jail here, has decided not to ask for a new trial, and will - serve his ninety days sentence. To the Editor of the Globe. By accident I saw a" copy of to-day's issue, and observed above paragraph in "Stillwater News." Permit me to say 1 have decided -• nothing. : In a strange city, without immediate.; resources, and in jail, I am helpless to decide anything. I therefore ask you and your readers to place no reliance upon any reference to me in print until such time as I shall be at liberty to defend myself in public and private. Respectfully, E.CDeVinxe, Sun water. J^iL-Jjww.jJujgai,, LIKELY TO TOPPLE, Chimney of the Power House on Hill Street Develops Serious Cracks, And the Oscillation of the Pile Is Sufficient to Scare Experts. Building Inspector Johnston Has Kis Eye Upon the Rickety Structure. The Postmaster of South St. Paul Is Relieved From Office. Tom Lowry's 200-foot chimney at the power house on Hill street will, in all probability, be torn down aud rebuilt, for it is in a most serious condition. About two weeks ago a small crack was discovered at the base of the structure, which has since spread upwards, and yesterday was thirty feet long, The mat ter was reported to Building Inspector Johnston and he consulted with Mr. Lowry, and as a result the chimney was yesterday carefully examined by a com mittee of expert engineers and archi tects, composed of George E. Loweth, engineer, who built the union depot- City Engineer Rundlett: Charles A. Reed, architect of the Metropolitan opera house; George J. Grant, architect of many city office buildings; Mathew Taylor, of the firm of Tayfor & Craig, and Building Inspector Johnston. The experts were shown around by Supt. Scott, of the city railway company, and first inspected the crack in the chimney. It was found to be half an inch wide at the base, and extended in a crooked direction upward for thirty feet. Careful measurements were made with delicate instruments, aud the re sult showed that the- chimney swayed at the top for a distance of one feet foot towards the river, and then in the op posite direction lor six inches. This was the highest oscillation meas ured, and showed that the chimney top swayed eighteen inches through the air, with a tendency to lean towards the river. As to the cause of tiie ominous crack in the structure and its swaying more than is usual, no definite opinion was arrived at. Bnildfng Inspector Johnston, in speaking of the matter to a Globe re porter yesterday, said: "Just what is the trouble we could not determine from the observations made. Home of the experts thiuk that the foundation is sinking, while others aie of the opinion that the contraction and expansion of the Fire Brick Inside has caused the crack. It the latter theory be correct the chimney can be strengthened with stout iron bands on the outside, and it will be perfectly safe. Though the committee of experts could not agree upon the cause of the trouble. they all were of opinion that there was no immediate danger. It is a matter that will br«ok of" no delay, and Mr. Lowry, who asked the experts to ex amine the chimney, has requested them to continue their observations. ••How nine!), in your opinion, should a chimney 200 feet high oscillate at the-* top?" "Well, certainly not more than six inches each way." •'Then the fact that it swayed twelve inches yesterday towards the river and six inches in the opposite direction would indicate that there is some seri ous trouble?" "Yes, that is my view of it." Continuing, Mr. Johnston said: "The experts will carefully take ob servations to find out what the real trouble is, and they will report to Mr. I Lowry anil to me. If they should de- i cide that the structure is m a danger- ! ous condition my duty will be to con demn it. and it will have to be taken down and rebuilt." "Do you think there is any danger of the chimney falling?" "At present, no; but if it is pro nounced in a dangerous condition by the experts, there is no knowing what mignt happen. Of course Mr. Lowry is very much concerned about the affair, and he would have it taken nown with out any intimation from me if it is pro nounced dangerous." The chimney is 200 feet high, and 24 feet wide at its base, with an opening of 14 feet. It is thought that the crack extends from the outside through the mass of brick into the inner side of the firebrick. More Straw Hats at "The Plym outh" Than hi all the other store 3 together. TEDFORD SUSPENDED. The Authorities and the South St. Paul Postmaster. The South St. Paul postoffice is now in charge of the bondsmen of Wallace Tedford, the postmaster who is short in his accounts. Postoffice^ Inspector Sim P. Child went to South St. Paul and collected sc.7B from William K. Todd, A. F. Waymouth and William Bircher, who were on Postmaster Tedford's bond in the sum of ?C.OOO, and turned the office over to the bondsmen, with A. P. Waymouth, one of the sureties, in charge. The office belongs to the fourth class, and it is the duty of the post master to make weekly reports to the department. 1 hese reports not having been made regularly for some time, or ders were seni to Inspector Child to in vestigate the matter. The department lias been notified of the shortage and no prosecution has yet been begun, as orders have not been made to that effect j by the department, and probably noth ing will be done in* that line until or ders are sent from Washington to do so. The withholding of funds is punishable by fine and imprisonment. Mr. Ted ford is a grocer, and it is probable lie has ample funds to meet the shortage. Black Silk and Sateen Outing Shirts at "The Plymouth." SWIMMING IN THE RIVER. Earnest Plea by a Young Man for a Public Bath. Three young men, arrested for bathing in the river Thursday, were discharged in the municipal court yesterday with a reprimand. The police reporter of the Globe had just "turned in" the above item when Charles 1). Ward, an attache of the Hotel Ryan, entered the editorial rooms and submitted the following letter for publication : I find I am reported in this morning's issue of your pacer as having been arrested for swimming in the river "at the foot of Sibley street. This account was not exactly correct, as the locality was Broadway. The spot on Sibley street is very open and public, whilst that on Broadway is quite the reverse; and any one at all acquainted with the two places will at once perceive the great differ ence this makes in the "moral" aspect of the c*se. I am highly gratified to observe, however, that you make the occasion of our arrest do duty as a reminder to the commnnity of the absolute necessity of a free swimming place for the poor who cannot afford time and money to go to the lakes, which are. there fore, of no practical utility to them. There are hundreds of boys, youths and young men in this city whoEe almost ouly oppor tunity to enjoy this harmless and useful recreation is that which the river affords, and when the city, for the sate of decency and decorum, deprive them of that privi lege, it is time to provide an efficient substi tute. Boys, young ones especially, cannot be brought to respect laws which they feel to be unjust and oppressive, and if they are driven from their favorite haunt at the foot of Broadway, they will wander to more out of the way but dangerous parts of the river in twos and threes, thus losing the safety of a known ground and numerical strength, aud rendering certain an increase of fatality. There is safety in numbers, as ■many an • incident of last summer went to "prove. ; More than one small "kid" would have lost his life bat for the strong arm of a , senior or the joint efforts of the many. Bath ing from boats is , undoubtedly full 'of risk, and nearly all the . cases of "drowning, of ' which I have known the circumstances dur ing the last two or. three years, have resulted from this cause; yet there is no doubt many "Rill resort to this practice rather than forego me pleasure of bathing. . ■ > ■ ■3 "1 am quite at home on this subject, having - -Seen an almost aaily bather in the river for , S ic last four summers, and I cannot express . the; extreme reluctance with which we prom-" feed r Judge Twohy not to gain bathe in. the prescribed limit. Up to the present time we nave" not been molested by the police, and it is with bitter re&ret we learn the intention of • .fhe eitv authorities to be rigid in the observ ance 'of "_ the : ordinance. : The usual run of people do not realize what a boon the river is ; !;o tire poor boys and street Arabs who swarm ■aur'streets during vacation. ■■- •■ . . ■/■} "In consideration of my long connection frith. scores of all classes who delight in a gv.ini in the river, and as . much In my own ■■interests as theirs, I intend to try to gel up a ' * Petition rto the powers that : be to do some jEhih& for us. I shall be glad of any help you Ciin -afford me.. The newsboys and 'shine-- Siii-ijps' alone will be a power in getting sig natures, and .many whose parents forbid the Hi to bathe in the river .would join in the (irusade for their own sates, as, with a recog nized safe bathing pool the parents' fears would cease to exist. ■ ' "Altogether we have agreed that, to ask us to give up our swimming and bathing is as cruel as it is unreasonable: boys having a natural God-given lousing for that sort of thing, and conclude' to press our claims upon the community, for poor boys must have a free swim somehow." ; • The letter speaks for itself. Senator Brenaii secured the , passage of a bill through the late legislature authorizing the city to issue bonds to erect a public swimming bath, and if anything is to be done in the matter the sooner action is taken the better. Here is a suggestion: The ladies have failed to close the-Sun day theater; let us see what they can do in regard to the provision of a swim ming bath for "the kids." \ A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. George Nelson's Wife, Supposed to 'Be Dead, Suddenly Reappears in liiie. ' <: George Nelson, agent for the Decatur Fruit Tree company, residing at 819 La fond street, had an experience yester day; that almost resulted in his death. A week ago Mrs. Ellen Nelson, his wife, went to Omaha on a visit to his relatives there. She expected to be ab sent about three weeks. On Wednes day morning a telegram was handed to Mr. Nelson when he sat at breakfast. It mid: George Nelson. St. Paul: Ellen died sud denly, at 5 o'clock, of heart disease. • " ■.--:. •*" ' ' -■ "H. A. Jasper. :■ Mr. Jasper is Mrs. Nelson's father, and, as his wife is a sufferer t£om heart disease, Mr. Nelson did not think of questioning the truth of the dispatch. The news affected him terribly. Mr. ; Nelson: senior, father of the supposedly lieresvid husband, wired instructions to ship the remains to St. Paul at ouce. Then the blinds were pulled down, a ' crape rosette was placed on the door, and the Nelson mansion was in mourn in ST. : . ■ . • :; : Thursday evening at 7;30 the Nelsons, 1 mother, lather and son, were tearfully discussing the virtues of the departed in the front parlor of the residence, when a familiar step and a familiar voice on the stoop outside froze the very marrow in their veins. The blinds were down, and no one dared pull them aside to look out. Then," as three pairs of eyes were riveted on ' the door, it opened, and Mrs. Nelson in life, with a new summer bonnet on her head and the , bloom of health on her face, appeared to them. Mr. Nelson jumped forward to demon strate the reality of the appearance, but was *;o overcome that he fell forward on ' his face, and was picked up insensible. He has since been in a nigh fever, and his condition yesterday morning was considered dangerous. -. • -Jij/BSfi . The only explanation that can ,be ot tered for the sending of the dispatch is liiatjit was done by some malicious per son who had a grudge against, the Nel son^ Mrs. Nelson started home at once on receiving the telegram asking that "lU'f. s - remains be forwarded." . She says .she didn't know /what ti> make of the : /affair: From her .* manner, however, it ■ is to bo inferred that she knows Who is I responsible for the outrage. At 10 ! o'clock last sight Mr. Nelson's condi tion was much improved. • BOUNTY FOR SUGAR. Only Two Manufacturers Regis tered in This State. Collector of Internal Revenue Marcus Johnson has authority to appoint two inspectors of the sugar manufactured in this state. He stated yesterday that there is no prospect of a need for their appointment, as there have been only two applications made for registration, and they are manufacturers of maple siriar. The sugar they may manufact ure will be inspected by one of the present force of deputy collectors, who may be detailed for the purpose when the time come?. Persons who manu facture 500 pounds or more of sugar will be entitled to a bounty of two cents a pound from the government. The application must be made at the col lectors office before July 1 of this year by those who contemplate manufactur ing next year. • BOILERMAKERS NEXT WEEK. Annual Session of an Important Body of Workingnicn. :.', The International Boilermakers union will convene in annual session at Labor headquarters in this city Tuesday. This meeting is a very important one, as there will be 75 or 100 delegates, repre senting the boilermakers' unions in the ■ cities of various parts of the. United States and . Canada, many of them having more than a local reputation as men of busi ness acumen and inventive genius. The delegates will be the guests of the Mm. . neapolis union on Thursday evening, when a reception will be held in a hall there. On Saturday night the visitors will be taken on a moonlight excursion on board the steamer Henrietta and barge. The business transacted during the week will be of general importance. A Good Business Suit, $12. Several new styles at "The Plymouth." , . -. Concert and Operetta. j At the Grand Opera House next i Thursday evening. June 11, there will. be a concert and operetta for the benefit of the Universalist church of this city that will be one of the memorial events | of the season. The Sapho quartette of } Minneapolis, and other soloists have i been secured foi the concert while the : J principle roles in the operetta . are con- i * signed to artists . of equal note, sup ported by a chorus of 100 voices selected j from the male chorus choirs of Christ's and St. Paul churches. Miss May Grif t fith, ! the ;' charming child soprano, and i Master Charlie Eberhard, the wonder ful bay soprano, . will both sing solo ( parts in the operetta. Fifteen Styles Boys' Straw Hats, ! ; 1 ;-Xv 25 Cents, iAt The Plymouth Clothing House. Wants to Be Recompensed. 4 William C. Lee has instituted an ac tion against The White Sewing Machine company and Charles H. Starr to re cover $5,075 damages for an alleged ma licious prosecution. It is claimed that the defendants caused the arrest of Lee May f25 last upon a charge of larceny, but that he was discharged by the : mu nicipal court.' The : humiliation : - of ar rest and the publication thereof in the newspapers, it is claimed, have greatly damaged plaintiff. SICK HE AD ACHE— carter's Little Liver Pills ■ SICK HE AD ACHE— carter's Ltitle Liver Pills SICK HEADACHE— Carter* sLit tie Liver Pills SICK HEADACHE— Little Liver Pil OFF THE TRACK. Little Is Heard Nowadays of the Alleged Dnluth Wheat Steal. Witness Charles Canning came into the chamber occupied by the wheat case in vestigators yesterday with a facial ex pression that betokened anxiety for a cessation of the fusilade of questioning and counter-questioning to which he has been subjected during the last day or two. Inspector - Clausen was' after him this time. : That gentleman wanted ' to know if there was not more damp wheat shipped in the fall than at any other season of the year. Canning at tempted to avoid the question, but finally said he knew nothing about it. "Did you s^rade all wheat raised in the same field alike?" was asked. "I never handled much of that wheat. ■ "Do .you mix the grades or keep them . separate, as in public elevators'/" ~- ' <- IJVW ' 1 "Tnat all depends." •■• - & n>iusv ' "On what?" i " -'.".": ?«■: !-•■ "On my judgment. Idoas I please in my own elevator." ■ . • ,y* ■ "I thought you did. Did you buy any damp wheat last fall?". . >;;fi • "1 don't recollect." ■ .-.:•■■.■-•-. a»». . "Why don't you?". .- . " . 'v" •,«-r.n': :• "I am not trying to run a farm, an elevator and a threshing machine, or to keep soy yearly accounts in my head. lam not ruu : niug a menagerie." ■ "No, and you can" run the inspection de partment." "And my desires don't run that way." Mr. Clausen took up the law enacted by the legislature while Canning was a member of that body. "Can you quote a single line of the iavv?" he asked. . The witness said he understood the law, but could not quote it offhand. The intent in framing it was to place the wheat of Minnesota on the markets of the world on the same grade as it was . received from the farmer. If shut up alone for twenty-four hours he could write a good deal about the law. Mr. Clausen next took up the question of the elevators in West Superior, and wanted to know whether the witness thought the storing of grain from Min nesota and Dakota in Wisconsin worked i an injury to the farmers of this state. Witness said that the time had been when it did, but now he did not know. He did not know whether it was right for Minnesota inspectors to inspect this grain. In fact, he knew nothing about it. Mr. Erwin took the witness in hand, but failed to induce him to remember anything. Mr.. Canning corrected his statement made the previous day that the farmers were compelled to sell their wheat early and admit that they could store it in any of the elevators of the country until ready to sell it. Canning admitted that the farmers sold their poorest wheat in the fall, which would naturally tend to make the proportion of low grades creator. And last, but not least, Can ning admitted that he had himself taken advantage ot the reinspection rule, which lie was condemning, and had thought it nothing wrong. At the afternoon session Deputy In spector Hammond, of Duluth, was placed on the stand. The witness knew nothing as to the raising of the grade by Cross, but he said the invariable rule of the department was to deal liberally with the shipper in grading. George Tileston, of St." Cloud, gave some interesting testimony on the way the line elevators regulated the price of wheat in the country. He under stood these representatives held meet ings occasionally and arranged matteis, but did not think there was a combina tion to regulate arbitrarily the price of grains. He understood that if at cer tain seasons some of these elevators closed that they stiare the profits of those running. " Mr. T.leston has been a* thorn in the sides of these elevator combinations. In buying wheat they allowed four cents a bushel margin for the expenses of handling. As he was not put. to this expense he always in structed his agents to pay four cents more than the quotations sent out by Mr. Irons. Sometimes they met his figures when buying in the same field. He handles about 1,000,000 bushels a year. Assr. Atty. Gen. Childs questioned the gentleman from St. Cloud as to whether he knew that Frank Irons, of Minneapolis, furnished price lists to all the lawyers of the Northwest. Mr. Ti lei ton had understood that he did. Cross-questioned by Mr. Severance, the witness did not know that Irons fur nished the lists to lawyers, he only as sumed that, he did so troin hearsay." Mr. Erwin took the witness later, and by a half an hours examination en deavored to show that the combination existed as claimed, and that Jones was the agent of the concern in fixing prices." His questioning was also di rected to the establishment of the fact that witness had agreed with the North western Elevator comuany upon tuese prices. The witness acknowledged that it would appear that the elevator com pany had been governed by the same list. Attorney Severance called the atten tion of the witness to the fact that he had referred to this time as a year and a half ago. Frank Irons was not in the* business at that time. Mr. Tilestou re membered that swell was the case, and sated that at the time of which he spoke he had received the lists from E. B. Barber, of Minneapolis. The wit ness was asked by Mr. Erwin whether he had ever been threatened by any ele vator company that in case he "paid more for wheat than four cents plus the furnished list price. He replied that he had not, but that he had. when paying more than the said price, re ceived letters expressing surprise from other companies. So far - 2,:>."j0 of the appropriation has been expended. The committee adjourned to this morning. Boys' reliable Brokaw's fancy flannel blouses 85c (worth 81.50) at the boys' de partment of the Boston on Third street. Willtam J. Murphy, of the undertaking firm of O'Halloran & Murphy, leaves this morning for the scenes of his labor in the far West in disinterring the remains of the soldiers buried in the cemeteries at Forts Pembina. Bennett, Totten, Camp Poplar River and Maginnis, "preparatory to their re moval and interment at the Custer Battle field National cemetery. There are 150 bodies to be exhumed and the work will oc cupy one month. Mr. Murphy's first ob jective point is Fort Totten, South Dakota. Boys' reliable Brokaw's fancy flannel blouses Ssc (worth $1.50) at the boys' de partment of the Boston on Third street. Have You Had the Grip If so, look out for the weakness and prostra tion so sure to follow. To restore yourstrength and overcome That Tired Feeling, take Hood's Sarsaparilla liebig Company's For IMPROVED and ECONOMIC COOKERY . Get genuine only with. AzL-g^Sm^ Jo+ , this ««"A*g<l«^slsnatnre of Justus yon Liebig in blue. Keeps for any length of time anywhere. MAKES THE BEST BEEP TEA. =Extract of Beef. Hesitate to say that our method of fitting Shoes is correct. Special care taken in fitting the Children. / **% " / 1 vl 300 pairs of Misses' M y.MVm and Children's Kid 'Jar */ ■ m V M s P ing Heel Shoes, C, Jr &'■'' My I D and E widths; sizes r° /? :*r I 8 10 10^ $1.25; 11 to 2, V W jf*\p I t^ l - 50 ' worth 50 cents \^^tf^^ , ■ 1 per pair more. BOYS' and YOUTHS Shoes in Button and 1 «s^Hf^% Lace; our own make. \\*L (1. ... Just what is wanted. Lv\ X \ Made to stand hard I] v * '% knocks and rough /;^OC^ : X wear. Sizes 11 to 2, l?>i^^^K $1.75, $2.25 and $2.50; fL-^"^^^ sizes 2 * to s*'5 *' $2, $2.50* x ->^^ and $3. LOW SHOES Of all kinds for Ladies, -3&^ Misses and Children, /^>^^-^ — "ilk for street and house jj[?/ "vj^^^^m wear. tgvm**?^ a X T~rm Vacation, Outing, >^~^. .1..1;,.a?i** \JMm J Tennis, Bicycle and Sporting Shoes of all kinds for everybody. ~, Russet Shoes and $%^&Bm^i_ Tennis Oxfords in small kovEßiNS's^J^^-^ sizes for the little folks. '<%^om*^***^ Special sale of Oxford Ties, in all sizes, 1 to 9 and A to EE, for $1.50, $1.75, $2 and $2.50. LOVE RING'S 53. 50 Calf Sewed Shoo* for . * 'iJAy' Men Sent ('. O. l». on Approval to i-iv.il dress. We pay cvprcM uhca money cansi with order. •We Run tlia ■iMPORTa;Mra:ANO*fiETin.ER Oar Patent Largest Custom ShopiOVEill&SlJ v & T *7. to the West \^m m^W*^Z& Always k '<'j> tlu In the West. §^'theshqemah^a v . 1 --^P Ft a ( i!a Dn' m All goods sent C. O. D., on approval, to any part of the United States. SPECIAL PRICES for This Day Only. TREFOUSSEPARiSKID CLOVES nhr SSh r&HIS Kill LI urS lILI UUJuL I mllJ I\!U ULUsLJ In order effectually to introduce these beautiful Gloves and make their remarkable excellence of quality and style more widely known, wo offer, for Saturday only, our 4-iiutto!i Suedes, all sizes and all shades. .A.T $1.29. The regular price is 51. 85. HANDKERCHIEFS I PARASOLS 25 dozen Japanese Silk Ilandker- Choice of all 0111 . Black LaC e-cov« chiefs, Ladies' size, scalloped and . PfflPß - ff i g on « } ,tiir<iiv embroidered, in white and fancy oied larasols on batuidaj, colors, Saturday <xlc\ r\r\ 23c EACH. mi , . t- ", ; They cannot be duplicated under J^f prices are »6.50 and 50 cents. | o<.oOuptoMU. FURNISHINGS ! "NOTIONS ! 72 dozen Scissors, sizes 3 to 6 in.. Men's Sateen Shirts, s'Sor"" 01 " 11016 aiul omb ' oili " 10 styles, allies, . , SALE PRICE 18c. «!alo PrirP QBr Ported Leather Parses, , et o- i«. -« SALE PRICE 25C - Values, $l.^o and Sl.oO. g Values, 40 and 50 cents. childrWsTlaze^md reefers Navy and Cardinal, formerly $5; Saturday, $3.39. Third and Minnesota Streets, St. Paul, Minn. UkJ YEa vjIIN ! The finest of all Gins, of most exquisite flavor and bouquet. Chemists and physicians pronounce it a PURE, RELIABLE article, and especially recommend it for medicinal purposes, where purity is de manded. Challenges comparison with any Grin made in the world as to quality, purity, age and flavor. Connoisseurs hold it is the PEER of all Gins. Sold in cases of 15 bottles, containing 5 gallons. -:J. A. BURICHTER & C 0., -: and Distributers for Northwest, 13 WEST THIRD STREET, - ST. PAUL, MINN.