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2 SAINT PAUL. CITY DRIFT. The expenses of the slate university for " October amounted t053.4TJ..V1. Today the board of public works will award ' a contract for grading Blair street. P. Q. Swasy. with Whitney's music house, is now a man of family. It's a boy."' The building inspector Issued iwo minor permits yesterday amounting only to 5200. John Gallager has sued James Callahan and others upon a promissory notd for 55 >. M.O.Hall, member of" the state prison board, was a caller at the capitoi yesterday. Jule Lawrence, of the state dairy commis sion, yesterday issued a complete statement of the prizes won at the last suite fair. Yesterday afternoon the frame house of a Mr. Murphy^ oil Grove street, near Temper nnce, was damaged by fire to the extent of £.100. -v if if' 'ifi' ■• Hotel Brunswick— J. Buemming, Milwau , kee, Wis. : Charles Itapp, Denver. Col.; W. F. Hager, Little ltock, Ark.; M. Mulhu.Mout gomery, Ala. The Nations! Bank of North Dakota has garnislied funds of S. W. Hookland in the hands of Ames, "Brooks & Co. to satisfy a claim of 8876.38. ■"- fifi-fi-sfy Bank Examiner Kenyon has reported fees amounting to $30 to the state auditor, for ex amining the books of the West Seventh Street, Bt. Paul and Savings Building associations. A delegation from the St. Paul Curling will go to Minneapolis tomorrow night to aid in awakening interest in the game in tho Mill City, and to arrange for matches at early dates.- • The grand jury met pursuant to adjourn ment yesterday, and proceeded to the inves tigation of tbe few jail cases that have accu mulated. At noon' an adjournment was taken until this mprntiig. The representatives of the different oil companies held another conference with the attorney general yesterday regarding the set tlement of inspection lees prior to Oct. 1. No agreement was reached, however. There will be a sale of fancy cakes and pies at Andrew Schoch's grocery store, corner of Broadway and Seventh- streets, Wednesday, Nov. 23, under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society of the East .eresbyterianlChurch. At the Metropolitan— Mrs. .John D. Sawyer, Utica, N.Y. Mrs. C. G. Kolff and sou, Dcs Moines; T. E. Price, Miss E. Cummlngs, Miss Watson, C. M. Fernald, Chicago; Decker children. Mrs. Hecker, Elgin, 111.; James D. Hill, Dubuque. fffiif, Scarlet fever was reported to the health officer yesterday from 36". Case street; diph theria was reported from 3115 East Sixth and 766 Wabasha streets, and membraneous croup was reported from the corner of Arcade aud Fauquier streets. □No one of the many farce-comedy skits that have been seen in this city has more laughter than "McPee of Dublin." as presented by John T. Kelly and, his most capable com pany, add its second presentation at the Kraiid last night drew another excellent house. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew will present "A Scrap of Paper", for one performance only at the Metropolitan opera house Thursday matinee this week. Seats and boxes are Felling rapidly for this engagement, and a large house 'for this notable event Is al ready assured. \ - Theodore Bolifnann's German company will present two performances at the Metro- politan opera house this week, Thanksgiving ana Saturday evenings. Thanksgiving even ing they will present "The Two Vagabonds," and Saturday evening they will be seen in "All the Comforts ot Home." Seats -can be secured for either performance at the box office. The next great event at the Metropolitan onera house, for an engagement of four nights, beginning next Sunday evening, will be the appearance of tne favorite actor. A. S. Lipmnii. in his' latest comedy success "By Proxy.'' This comedy was written by Charles Klein, author of "A Paltry Million."' Seats and boxes for this event can be secured at the box office next Thursday morning. The following books from Pennsylvania were received nt the state library yesterday: Volumes 143,144. 145 aba 140 State Keports, Senate- Journal 1891, Senate Journal extra session of ISSI, five volumes Official Docu ments of 1593, Legislative Manual of 1892,' Geological Surveys of the Southern and Northern Anthracite Regions, Kepprt of the Secretary of Internal .Affairs for 1891, Fire »nd Marine Manual Reports for lr'9l, Life In-' surance Reports for! 891. Report of the Com missioner of Public Charities for 1891, Agri cultural Report for 1891, Auditor General's Report for 1891. State Treasurer's Report for 1891, Report of Banks and Savings Institu tions for 1891 and Report of State Librarian trom 1687 to 1891. To Old Mexico and Return. On Nov. 20 and to 20 inclusive, the Chicago Great Western Railway will sell ticket^ to Mexico City, Mexico, and return, good until Dec. 31, for one fare for the round trip. City ticket office, 195 East Third street. OP THE WEATHER. Sergeant Lyons on Weather Con- it ions and Forecast. The barometer ranges from .10 to .70 ol an inch above normal (30 inches) throughout the entire Northwest, and the crest of a limited but rigid cold wa»e iis now uniformly spread over Manitoba and the extreme northern por tion of Minnesota, with temperature 8 deg below zero. . During the last twen ty-four hours there has been a fall of from 2 to 10 deg in temperature over Manitoba and Minnesota, and a rise of from 2 to It) • deg over Montana and north thereof, also over the greater por tion of both Dakotas, with light to fresh east to southeast winds and increasing cloudiness, but no snow or rain. The cold wave. will progress southeastward toward the Ohio valley and over the lake- region Tuesday. Its extreme rigidity will be experienced here duriug early morning." There will be a decided rise in temperature during the after noon, with some cloudiness, and very light flurries of snow probably towards night, but no snow storm. Laying for the Turk. As Thursday is Inanksgiving day, the assembly will postpose its regular meeting until Friday evening, in order that the astute members may enjoy the delectable turkey.in the fullest. Dangerous Sidewalks. The assemblymen agree that the wooden sidewalks in St. Paul are in a wretchedly dilapidated condition, and it is likely that action will soon be taken to rebuild and to repair the worst por tions. m|o LOVERS of the 1 beautiful in house fur- T|o LOVERS of 1 beautiful in house fur nishing we are show ing" a grand collection JL of Carpetings, Rugs, "Draperies, Paper Hangings, Brass Bedsteads and Parlor Furniture that will appeal to the artistic sense and yet be" within the means of eco nomical buyers, as the '. prices are ; very .low. . C. O. Rice & Company, I Sixth St. , Op. Ryan Hotel. THE LAWYERS' LEVY. Beginning- of the Suit to Col lect Counsel Fees in. a * Noted Case. I ■9 ■ Zf 'lUfr'' Interested Gathering 06 Legal Lights to Enjoy a Hot ' Contest. l.\ iifi.fi: Donnelly's Clever Counsel in / the Role of Pleader, for '""; the Lawyers. f \ ffifiififi : " "''■''' ""v'T'; •.--' - • yiAv- Mrs. Thomas Jauntily Gives .. Her Testimony in the : $1,000 Siiil&se.VHSrV' : ""' "' : - Z' rv -'^ "■-. '■■'f'^-fif^J^.f-f.*' *'• -""'• 55 The Pioneer Press people did consid erable chuckling over the dollar verdict in the Donnelly libel suit, but began to whistle over the bill presented -by their, attorneys for services in the case, and refused to pay in full the demands made by Flandrau, Squires & Cutcheon' for the work done in defense of that noted case. The law firm .named asked for $4,360.65, In addition to what, had been ! paid them, and upon the Pioneer Press refusing to pay it on the- plea '-that' 100 much was demanded, suit for the, balance named was begun, : and is now on trial before Judge Egan and jury. Judge Flandrau and Mr. Squires appeared in the court room yesterday with Cyrils Wellington as their attorney, to place their claims beforothe court and jury. Mr. Wellington is well equipped for the trial, as he was v the attorney for the Donnelly side of the case on the trial for libel. Joseph Wheelock appeared with T.T.Fauntleroy as attorney for the paper and the legal battle began and afford: ing great entertainment for the attor neys filled the; court room. The proceedings were very interesting to the crowd of attorneys yesterday, judging fiom the continual smiling of many of them. Mr. Fauntleroy is a keen and in cisive lawyer and he has been, well coached for the trial. Mr. Wellington wears a smile most of- the time and occa sionally it is of the cynical character that has a depth of meaning. Mr. Wheelock sat in a chair behind his at torney and smiled and blushed by turns —frequently digging his fists into his eyes or plucking nervously at his long white side whiskers, " He frequently coached his attorney.. Once. he. went to a side table where were piled a number of bound tiles of his paper, and opening to the publications which were the basis of the libel suit, lie reread portions of the publication with a face that changed color as often as a l ., school girl's. j The contest of the attorneys in _ the present case is a battle of giants, and disputed points are coutested with a warmth of argument. Part of the fees sued for are for serv- . ices other than those rendered in the libel suit. There are Some minor charges for other matters, including pome for services in connection with a suit involving the libel law that went to the supreme court. Part of the charges are for expenses incurred: by Air. Cutcheon in looking up testimony in the Donnelly suit in New York, Boston and Washington. Mr. Squires went East to take the evidence of C. P. Huntington, the railway magnate, who was reputed to have paid a bribe to Mr. Donnelly. The principal point emphasized as a de fense to the suit for fees is the claim made by the Pioneer Press that it was learned, a few days before the Donnelly trial, that Donnelly had given the Bill King letter to the Washington corre spondent of the Pioneer Press for pub lication in 1881, and that .-.the.' original publication was therefore a privileged one.,. The claim is made that this wouid have been an absolute defense. A long argument took place on this point, and as to the right of the defense to show by Judge Flandrau, , When on the witness stand, that this would have been a de fense. The court decided that. this is a matter of law: and the witness was not - expected to decide a point of law. Judge Flandrau was put on the stand to testify as to the services rendered, and was subjected to an extended cross examination by Mr. Fauntleroy. Judge Flandrau was in his usual affable mood while being cross-examined, and the parries between him and Mr. Fauntle roy were amusing at times. The state ment had been made that the work of preparing the case had been largely done by Mr. Squires. Mr. Fauntleroy wanted to know if Mr. Squires had not managed the case, To this Judge Flan drau replied that he had acted as the general and Mr. Squires had only been a colonel in the case. In reply to a series of questions as to whether the preparation of the evidence and its pre sentation before the jury was not the most important part of the case, Judge Flandrau asked leave to render an ad-' verse opinion, and to express a belief that the discretion in the management of a case is the most important from the standpoint of an attorney. He admitted that the ad damnum clause in a com plaint is often larger than the expected' recovery, but being Dressed. for an in stance where it is not, cited a case where the jury returned a verdict against the Pioneer Press f0r525,000, the full amount sued for. He stated that this verdict had: been subseqaently set aside by . the su preme court. The cross-examination of Judge Flandrau was very interesting throughout. After its conclusion George C. Squires was put on the stand to tes tify as to the work done and to the fees charged. He stated that ; his firm did not do the usual legal work for the Pio neer Press, but that Judge Cornish had tried the libel suits for that paper up to about the time he went on the bench. Mr. Squires was on the witness stand at, the hour court adjourned^ The follow ing-named jurors are impanneled in the case: Henry Kimke, Nick Kruetz, John Gabriel, John Friedman, Herman E. Knoblach, James S. Lawless, John S. ■ Lawrence, Patrick Doherty, Fred D. Hager, Martin Lasson, Edward G. Krah mer and John Kreutz. : ': DID ELLA STEAL IT? Mrs. Thomas Testifies ' in the $1,000 Bill Case. The celebrated .?1,000 .bill dream case J is drawing to a close in the criminal court. County Attorney O'Brien has argued the case to the jury for the state, and Mr. McCafferty will areue the case on behalf of Mrs. Thomas this morning. The feature of yesterday's proceed ings in the case was the testimony of the defendant. Mrs. Thomas stated that she is a sister of the complaining wit ness, Mrs. Phillips. Her maiden name was Smith. She was married at the age of fifteen to man named Alone, and subsequently married Thomas, from whom she was divorced. She denied emphatically that she had purloined the §l,ooo bill from her sister, or had any connection with its larceny. After hef sister had lost the bill 7 , it had been a ' standing joke at her house as to what any of the boarders or other inmates of the house would do or ; buy in case the bill should turn; up. She expressed the belief that Ella Colby had stolen the bill, and related the cir cumstances under which she was led to that belief. Ella Colby was a sewing: girl in her house. She had been in the - habit of wearing the clothes of -the wit-* ness. On one occasion she stated that her aunt was ill and wanted "to ;go ro' Minneapolis to see her. Sim wore part; ''■fizifif Children Ory for Pitcher's Castor-la, ■>-** ME PAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: TUESDAT MORNTXG, NOTEMBER 22: 1892. .- rr ■:'.<:. ..--•-- ■ -- "'- XI of the witness's clothing, and took with ' her $11 that had been left on the tabic" for her as a loaii. A couple of weeKs after Mrs. Thomas went to Minneapolis to inquire after Ella Colby and her clothing, as well as the. 'sll. After . waiting at the home of Ella Colby's aunt for her return until about 10 o'clock at night, she saw the girl pass ing the window in company, with a man. .She followed and saw the couple get into a street car. She boarded the car and asked Ella to come across the car to talk. with her. - She then asked Miss Colby when she was coming back to work and to return the Sll. Miss Colby told her that she was working for Mrs. Desmond iv Minneapolis, and did not expect to return, but would refund the £11 - when she could. Mrs. v Thomas: then noticed that Miss - Colby had diamonds in her ears, and exclaimed in a joking way that she must have found the $1,000 bill. The Colby girl became excited, she said.' and finally admitted stealing the bill. She said she had given the bill to Patsy Butler, the young man with her in the car. Mrs. Thomas then asked Butler about the bill. and he finally admitted having re ceived it from Ella Colby. He said that he. had spent most of it on the raf*\ Mrs. Thomas denied that she had pro posed to Ella Colby to dress in men's clothes and go to Duluth to have ,the : bill exchanged for smaller currency." She also stated that her sister-in-law visited a woman who claims to be a clairvoyant and on tended to tell fort unes. This woman had told Mrs. Phillips that she was on the point of _■■ losing a large sum of money. Mrs. Phillips remarked at the time, in the presence of others, that such a thing could not happen, as she kept her money sewed up in her clothes. Zfi fzfy Mr. Thomas seemed self-possessed on the witness stand and was firm and prompt in her answers. The. court room was crowded during the day. A large number of those present were women, three of whom are sisters ot Mrs. Thomas. -.---- ifZ-'itfifi: :-. ■'--. — WON BY A JUDGE. % Another of the Everlasting Bush nell Cases Decided in Favor . of W. D. Cornish. Suit of George C. Armstrong Dis missed District. Court Decisions. Judge Brill has decided another of the Btishnell cases. In this case Judge William D. Cornish is the plaintiff, and it is held that he is entitled to one-third of the real estate in question. Defend-' ant Koeningsbery is entitled to one tenth thereof and the St. Paul Trust company^ as assignee of the Busbnells, the remaining seventeen-thirtieths. Par tition of the land is ordered. Judge Otis has set aside a former judgment in the case of Olive Lancoune against Peter Dtifre . Judge Kelly has filed a decree in the case of John Anderson against John Peterson and others, to the effect that the plaintiff is the owner of real estate in question, subject to the mortgage of Henry T. Lee as trustee for Annie K. Elliott, and to the assignment of rents to Lee. None of the defendants have any interest in the real estate by lien or, otherwise. Judge Kelly has decided the case of the .Netherlands-American Land Com pany against Joseph Allen and others, as follows: There is due the plaintiff on its bond, .$4,849.40. \V. B. Evans, as trustee of the Seven Corners bank, has; a valid lien for $957.50. Judgment is' ordered in favor of Miller for &216.75, . George Anderson has a fourth lien for §00,81, Charles K. Parker has a mort gage lien for 6258.85. The. land men tioned in the complaint is ordered sold to satisfy the claims. f-f -. Judge Kelly has tiled a decision in the case of George C. Armstroug against Jane C. Armstrong and- others, It is held that George C. Armstrong is not . entitled to prevail in his suit,, and it is ' therefore dismissed. The plaintiff and ' other children of George W. Armstrong, deceased, do not take a vested remain der under the .will of the deceased, but take a contingent remainder which be comes vested at the end of the trust period named in the will. Should one or more of the children die before the determination of the first estate, his or their share goes to the survivors, so that the persons eventually taking the estate are not yet ascertained, and cannot be until the trust period expires. Two more of the Bushnell cases were tried before Judge Otis yesterday. In the case of The St. Paul Trust Com pany, as assignee of the Bushnells, against Louis D. Petre and others, find ings were ordered. The case of the same plaintiff agaiust 11. P. Brown and . others was heard and takeu under con sideration. Z-fS-ZZrlf :: Z-Z':i~fZ r ffZ;ifffiZf:.Z'f The case of Edmund G. Butts against i the City of St. Paul was taken up before Jtiuge Otis last evening and is still on trial. The condemnation of property for street purposes is involved. Judge Cornish and a jury are engaged in trying the case of The St. Paul Trust Company, as receiver, against Noyes Brothers & Cutler. The object of the suit is to recover 8900 collected on a bill from an insolvent within ninety days of the appointment of the receiver. A CLEVER CHARACTER Is That of Sully in "The Million aire." Dan Sully, the "Irish-American act or," as the playbills style him, drew a fair-sized audience to the Metropolitan last night, when he opened a three-night engagement. Mr. Sully and his com pany presented "The Millionaire," said to be the product of clever Leander Richardson, of the New York Dramatic News. The piece lacks a great many good qualities that one would ex pect to find in the work of Mr. Richardson, and in that respect it is a disappointment. But to those who are not familiar with the brilliant news paper work of the author the play is ac ceptable. While the story is full of in congruities, it by no means lacks inter est. . There are many exciting— and somewhat overdrawn — scenes in the play, and upon these does its virtue as a public entertainer chiefly rest. Mr. Sully, as James O'Brien, the good-nat ured Irish-American , contractor, adds another to his long list of admirable characterizations. His company is fairly good, but contains no remarkable talent. Tonight "The Millionaire" will be re peated, and tomorrow night Mr. Sully's old favorite, "The Coiner Grocery," will be revived. BROOKE'S NEW LEAD. Stock Company Organized for Pushing His Work. Prof. Brooke has given notice that those who purchased season tickets for his concerts in this city will have their money refunded by applying to Dyer Brothers' music store. A plan has been set on foot to organize a stock compauy with Prof. Brooke at the head of an or chestra and concert compauy that will • begin a tour in about eight weeks. The new route will 4 be two weeks in extent instead of one week as formerly, will extend as far south as Dubuque, 10., and will include a number of towns in addition to'the old route. Arrangements for posters and lithographs . are under way. The work of organizing a strong orchestra and "concert company is al most completed. Prof. Brooke has re ceived a number of letters expressing regret of .the ..failure of the old com pany to complete its tour*: 'lie has Kid offers of strong backing from six. towns, ' and has secured"pledges from a number of. men of . means, so that the coming venture is : assured, and will not fall through for want of either means or pat ronage, v A number J of ; towns have also ..offered guarantees that will make the series of concerts financially successful I A CiSS-TOWN UNE. ''• • • The>Asseni]3]y Committee on Streets Wrestles With z, the Problem. ? !. : Ah ; Ordinance Providing for " a Street Car Line Across '"" f '^"the Hill n -^' bi'-.i t ■ - ,••---.-.- ■ • ~^i - nt.fi itf Meets r With v So Much Opposi*' ;n tion That It Is Put onl.Vigi -f the Shelf. /i i %*°% , Zi. :.'.?. '■}-. " '' -trZill Wise Heads or the Chamber* hi of Commerce Not in Atrorn; ;: tendance. | , p Jo^ ■ — — -- _ > \ fif- ;:-:.;_. - . :•"...-■■:': ;• The assembly committee on streets wrestled with street railway extension ' problems last evening. After passing^ .upon a number of minor "matters, the committee took up the ordinance pro;, viding for a proposed lateral line in the bt. Anthony hill district. The ; ordi nance, it should .he related, lias : . been amended so that .the city railway coin- 1 pany. in the event of the passant? of the measure, will be directed to construct a line as follows: fififi. ' - ..... fZ-.r. 'fifi" Beginning at the intersection of West, Seventh and; St. Clair streets,- runniiii:'. thence west on St, Clair and St. Allans*' streets to.lplehart street, and. thence: ou : Iglehart to Eisk, to Fuller and tlivnce to Grotto. -'■-, •.,-•...-. : ._ ■■■.. ;■ \ '■ ..; . When Mr. Johnson had read this pro vision. Mr. Van Sly sought a little in formation concerning the animus of the improvement. ■ ( v l *'■'?' -i-r. "Is this another coercion ordinance?" he queried drily. HI do not favor ex traordinary measures just because Tom Lowrv hasn't done exactly right." ' . ; - "I do"' not think it is," replied Mr.' Johnson. ''I've - made pretty diligent inquiry, and 1 have come to the conclu sion that it will be a very desirable line." /' 'ffi-:-'-' '"' "-; ■ fi'f : Then Mr. Johnson explained at some length that the street, railway company, "does not issue transfer tickets from the Selby avenue line to electric lines, and, moreover, people on the hill have to go a lone way around and nay two fares if they wish to go to the district that will be reached by the line in que&tion. '; " Mr.-Van Slyke thought it rather a* queer route, inasmuch as :it goes up lglehait street 'to. ; Eisk street, and thence to Fuller, and thence back again a to Grotto. It is going a long ; way to reach the point, and he suggested Ihat it would be much better to run straight out' Grotto. ■;:;:■•. . ; -/- . \ : Mr.lljightner ; explained that no sew ers have been laid iii Grotto street, and Mr. Johnson ■ reiterated his claim that the measure should be passed to relieve the people from paying double fares: - "If you were- the street railway mo gul," queried Mr. Van Slyke, "and the council^ was . about to take such summary .j action, would you .not think .it . right that j you ' be consulted in the matter? 1 have in terests in -the city. All 1 own is here,*' and I feel as patriotic as any one, and I ' have, no particular sympathy for Tom ? : Lowrv; but • 1 - must con less that, he has done a great deal to ,help build up the ' city, "and 1 don't believe in the council's 1 course in , trying to coerce him into do- '-'• iug certain things. " T. ''feel that the pol*; ' icy of the council will ultimately greatly ! injure the city." ''>/. ' '•' "''....: \ ,3 ii.lfi •Are you in accord with Tom Low ry's course?" quizzed- Mr. Doran. j ""No, sir: I'm not," was.the unhesitat -ing reply.' <•'"'"" 'fifii. •'"'.' I ■.. "Lie took up a club, and we took up a club in self-protection," ..expostulated Mr. Doran, vvith emphasis. j fc &*»'■" % ■"But we have already passed that ordinance," persisted Mr. Van Slyke. [ "ififfl have tried to have Mr. Lowry meet, | with time and again," exclaimed Mr. Johnson, "but 1 have failed.' 1 don't believe in going too far. and in jumping upon Lowry," lit? qualified. "But as- to l this 'ordinance, I want to say that 1 have.: given the matter a good "deal of atten tion; and I've heard some good argu ments in favor of it. I'm certain that the gentleman who introduced it be lieves it a necessity." "."•"* , -wfi air. Lightner 'agreed with Mr. Van '■ Slvke in the position that the best in terests of the city should tirst be con served; . But he differed with regard to Mr, L'owry's course. He felt that Low-? ryis taking advantage of the technical provisions in the charter grant that the company cannot be compelled •to con struct ft line .of street railway where sewers are not built, and for this reason he uses the Como avenue extension as a club. The assemblyman stated that he lives in, the territory interested and there is no cross line on the hill, lf he want ed to go to Minneapolis he has to walk nearly a mile to University' avenue. - True, the ordinance provides a circu itous course, but Mr, Lowrv cannot be' compelled to build on . a straight line, but the streets are not sewered; If he is willing to go out straight on a par ticular street, well and good., Z *'■'■ Mr. Van Slyke favored a lateral line, but. he insisted that Mr. Lowry should be 'consulted in the premises, and Mr. Johnson suggested that the ordinance can be amended; with the proviso that the street railway, company may -be given the right to build the line out straight. -.fi ...... "■ .. . • ''fif -■ Mr. Van Slyke . explained that Mr. Lowry is now in New' York, with .the purpose of. raising money for fi street railway improvements, and he should be consulted, and therefore he moved that the ordinance be laid over until the next meeting Mr. Lightner did not feel ready to vote until he was better satisfied that the proposed line is demanded by the citizens of the Seventh ward. - The cable does not cross the electric lines, and Tim lieardon thought Mr. Lowry should be forced to give trans fers, so that passengers may walk from the cable line to the electric cars and secure ' a , continuous ride -on the transfer. ■"-••' - ~- ff"'- -.'.■.,-. Mr. Vao Slyke's motion was carried. The committee had up] the herding ordinance, and decided to recommend its passage. '- ; Ativ* I The old matter of the opening of Da kota - avenue j was presented by Mr/ Lightner, who recited the history ofiiiq < method of making awards for lands L taken for the purpose, and Mr. Prescott, j one of the owners of the property taken . and condemned for the i street opening, was present; and he also explained the case. He said that the board of public works not only undertook to take bis land and pay nothing for it, but they attempted an assessment of $2,700 for the street grading. He brought anan- j unction and won the suit in court. Subsequently, and , while the case was in court he. sold several strips of . the land in interest, and aftewardslie offered to settle for $3,225 for the prop erty he owned. .-There was a question?: whether or not .the, board of ; public works knew that Mr. Prescott was not i the owner of the entire tract ! of land. Later, : however, - it appears that the board-- became;- a ware of. the sale of the laud. The matter was laid over until next week. -:-- ; .'.';;V ■•:■": •':•".'- ; -.-•>; :---,:. ; A -resolution was Introduced by Mr. Doran directing the removal of the • "Floating Bethel," in ' order that the forty-eight feet space now occupied by it maybe used.-.for public'travel to the ice. The resolution was adopted. .>:k ;;;. Indian Mound Park. . ' I .The board of public works -yesterday-; [Outlined a^^ district 'for v assessments ; in", the matter of Indian Mound park. ; The 1 | . * . CSS ™"" - im^. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. boundary of the district to be assessed is Hoffman avenue and Seventh street, and Bock and 'Burns.. streets, and in cluding all of Suburban Hills- addition. ! A CARNBfiIE VICTIM. \ :■ In a Hunt for Work He Is Strand- : ■fi-<\fi. : i . fir " ed in iSt.;Paiil. \ rfi.Z Last evening a tramp applied at the central police station for a night's lodg /(lie, aiid was granted his request. Hie is a young man of twenty-two, and ' not ■ : a criminal in appearance. 7: He sail that* he -was in the employ- of Carnegie at • Homestead thirteen years, went out at the time of tbe strike. He stayed in Homestead up to seven weeks ago. Then he started West to- "find employ ment, He worked : for a farmer in Wis consin eight days, and as the farmer •had ■- nothing j more • for him to do 'he tramped on. and turned up in St. Paul. He says that he has -a mother in Pitts burg, who is taken care.of by a brother,' i who has employment' in another manu facturing establishment. ' The name" of . the young man is James Shields.' "He is barely able to read, and -says he has had hardly any schooling. 3 • ; ROBBED AND ARRESTED. A Garroted Citizen Run in and "' Imprisoned With His As- ' } - sailants. .".....:■. '- ' Assault Cases Continued in the ; City Court — General . -..,.:. Routine. ', Of course, it is a rather queer proceed ing to place under arrest [and lock up up an unfortunate- who 'has been held up by i garroters and footpads, just be cause he had been robbed;- but this is the policy of the "reform" administra tion. 'Sunday night John Erickson be .came the helpless victim of the police man's prowess. He was knocked down by a brace of highwaymen on Dayton's bluff late Sunday night and robbed, lie called lustily for help, and. Patrolman Williams • happened to be in the near vicinity. He placed not only the .two thugs under -arrest, but poor Erickson was also thrust into -a cell and held in common .with the felons. The two robbers gave the names of John MeDonough and Wiiliani Buttertield- in the municipal court yesterday, and although Erickson had suffered incarceration just as they had been treated to, he was merely on the stand as a witness against the pair. The case was continued until today for an examination, audit is rumored that Erickson has a good case for .false im prisonment. ; . : John. Kerrigan and Barney Curran. the two charged with a brutal assault upon State Auditor Bierinan. hail their case continued yesterday until Dec. 7. Mr, Biermanis still laid up with the in juries he sustained, .j : ■::■■■.: fi 'h\ B. Premaii; and jF. C.Lutz were fined, sls each in the municipal court yesterday for assaulting John Iloltz eiiner, a Seventh . street saloonkeeper," Saturday evening. .-^ : -.'.., v., -;":■ Matt Baker wiil be arraigned.; today on a charge of stealing &0 from Pat Hessler. . .._.:- .. . -.-_. ': , -,- . - ! SHY ON S\GKS. "Wise Heads of the- Chamber of Commerce Pail to Attend Very ■ Numerously.. ...:;.^ fiti-ia Wrfi fif'. '■ The chamber of commerce met with out a quorum present yesterday, but: ' this important fact" was not discovered until, it. came to the taking of a vote on the anti-option bill, after a great deal of time bad been wasted in the discussion. The sentiment of the few members pres ent seemed to be about equally divided as to the utility of the measure at pres -1 ent pending in congress. . *.i r 1.•;- , s "..';; A communication regarding the Nica raguan caual convention, to.be held at New Orleans Nov. 30, and also one look -1 ing to action 'in 'support of ' the move ment for better roads, were referred to the transportation committee. ':'": < New committees,, were appointed as follows, in i accordance , with f, a recent amendment to the by-laws: _ Hanking, Anderso'n,~Mohfprt,,Aue'rbactii:Lindeke. Newspapers and publications, Tighe, Pyle, Brown. McKibbin. .Twin Cities, Abbott, Luclden, Peet,. Quinby, Wheeler. The following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That this chamber expresses its appreciation of the persistent and iiiielliKent efforts of the St. Paul Choral association to promote the .musical' interests of the city; that it believes the : successful maintenance of such an organization important, not only :to the advancement of music as an art, but as an elevating, educating and refining influ ence upon nil classes ot the community. Iv furtherance of this belief we commend this association to the hearty good will of our fellow- citizens, aud bespeak for it at their ■ hands not only words of encouragement, but the financial . support which it both needs and deserves. .. ■■- . ■■■■.■'.. . .-■ - ..;•..- : The County Legislature.' "The meeting of the board of county commissioners was rather, lengthy yes . terday, but no matters of special im portance were considered. The county auditor was instructed to notify persons presenting bills for publishing notices that a copy of the notice must accom pany the bill. Notice is to be given property owners on the Edgerton street extension to remove fences and other obstructions preparatory to the work of grading that thoroughfare next' spring, -It was decided to accept the road from East Seventh "street to North St. Paul as a county road. The report of the ab stract clerk for October shows receipts, $424.50; disbursements, $255. The re port of the same office for September shows receipts, $297.15; disbursements, $240. A number of routine bills were ordered paid.; . Zffxfilfi.ZfiZfffZZif^Z-.f-:- Wnen Baby was sick. We gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, - '- She cried lor Castoria. v. hen she became Miss, .;"-'.;-- She clung to Castoria. When she had Children, . -. ;'•;,._ 7. She gave them Castoria IW-fil W-fi- ■■; '■;. iiX-ii-iX. ■ -' ; ■ • PIANOS! Billings Upright. : - -■" fi 7ti octaves. Rosewood case. > i ' " Used a few years. t Price :...^...: $175 Steinway Upright. zfi-fl \ . Rosewood ease. Has been .', . " , thoroughly renewed. ..-•. : * Price ... ; .V. . . .$250 Marshall & Wendell \ I IrafltrVti- \ ; " ■'■ Rosewood case,: 7% o c *J|/riglll.» '■"■■ ';'■'■ --'taves. Good condition. 'fifii Price. 'i . .•K.i..-: $210 *!* These are ' sample bargains. Handsome "stool and scarf included. ;-';' c .' : '-v "V_ • ;: .mm FORD mtjsjo 00.. • v.."r^T-. ■7T_!.C' if// iTr?ft7u"*;._? 92 and 94 E. 3d St. FIELDJMER & CO, '-' ... UNDERWEAR, f That special lot of Men's Underwear which we are selling- at . - - ' Half-Price is going at the rate of about 50 dozen a day. ... If this gait is kept up 'it. will all be gone in four days. . Men's Natural Gray Wool Shirts (with, ribbed skirts), as good as any we ever sold at $1. Men's Natural Gray Wool Drawers, as good as any we ever sold at $1. - These will be sold for ;; 50 Cents each exactly Price. On the center tables is a mixed lot of liadies' Under wear, of which some sizes are missing. There are plain or ribbed kinds in natural gray, red, ecru and white. • You may have the choice of any garment on these tables for 75 Cents. The lowest former prices were $1, $1.25 and $1.35.;. . Ladies' Sleeveless Cham ois Jackets, $2.75. A line of Ladies' Black Union Suits, made of best Australian wool, mostly large sizes, is to be closed, out at $4.50; former prices were $5. 50 and $5.75. Ladies' Black All-Silk Hose, high spliced heels, double soles, $1.00 a pair. If you see these anywhere but here, the price will be $1.50. CLOAKS. ~~ : Newest styles. Best qualities. Large assortments. . Painstaking salespeople. ' Lowest prices. '-fiit-'fiifiii ■ What more could we say I for our Cloak department?. Good plain Cloth Jackets,, with black fur roll, head or- . naments, high;: rolling collar ; and lap seams, 32 inches long, $5.00; worth $7. l-1.-fiii Extra heavy - inch ■ Reefer Jackets, tan and i black, lap seams, tailor-fin- ! ish, $8.50; would be cheap at $10. Heavy Diagonal Scotch Cheviot Capes, 40 inches long, braided back and front, $12. Extra heavy Reefer Jack ets, 36 inches long, lined throughout with heavy satin, best Astrakhan Fur Roll, $18.00. Late Novelties in All- Wool Scotch Tweed Ulsters with Watteau Pleats, Plaid silk-lined hoods and puffed sleeves. Colors: Navy, brown, gray and red mixt ures. Prices moderate. Eton and other styles of Two-piece Suits — Silk-lined Jackets and Bell Skirts bound or braided with mili tary braids; lap pockets in skirts; brown and gray mixt ures; black, navy and green. A perfect fit is guar anteed and alterations made without charge. WOOL DRESS GOODS. A lot of Imported Novelty Dress Patterns at \\] $10.00 each; marked down from $15.00, $17.00 and $18.00. QUILTS AND BLANKETS. Only two - items— both good ones. Another case of pure wool California Blankets at $7.50, worth $10. Size,; : : 72x80. ; - .;'; .100 full size Comfortables of our own manufacture. They're filled with purest cotton. Price, $1.75 each;- The bare materials are worth this price; there's practically _ no charge for making. Mail Orders receive the benefit of all special . prices. Field, Mahler & Go Wabasha, Fourth and Fif Sts. HUDSON'S H finer COM SMOKING JACKETS ! A splendid assort of new goods from the best makers?. $5 to $15, in our Boys' Clothing Department (Take elevator.) By selecting now you get the choicest patterns. We will keep any garment till the Holidays for you. MEN'S OVERCOATS AND ULSTERS ! A grand display ! More than any other three stores in the city show ! Plain Coats, Extra Long Coats, Ulsters, Fur-Trimmed Coats. The finest garments known to the trade, $15 to $38. '^Special values in Overcoats and' Ulsters, $5, $10, $12 and $15. : St. Paul made Fur Coats for gripmeh, conductors, haekmen and teamsters, $10 to $55. MEN'S FINEST SUITS ! ♦ AT 6o CENTS ON THE DOLLAR. ■:V.\ The great $33,000 wholesale stock of Naumburg, Kraus, Lauer & Co. Read the prices. Better still, see the grand bargains. Men's Finest $18, $20 and $22 Suits go at $15. Men's Finest $15, $16 and $18 Suits go at $12. Men's Finest $12, $14 and $15 Suits go at $9.50. Men's Finest $9, $10 and $12 Suits go at $7.50. '.fififif fifi.. Winter Caps of every description. Fur, Plush, Scotch; Jersey and Cloth. ■":•;-. Great values in Winter Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves and Mittens. wst Ksß-HB W VB IB ta \£3 CLOTHIER, Seventh and Robert Streets, St, Paul, Minn, THIS week: ! IUU LJ iiiil UII U 111 Oil i Full cut brilliant stones, handsomely engraved solid gold mountings, $7.50 and $9.00. Good value at $15. Leading One-Price Jeweler— Diamond Imporier, open. Evenings. Seventh and Jackson. TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING. We have made arrangements to give our patrons the finest spread of Meats and Poultry to ; select from for this week's purchases ever placed in a market in this city. A slender purse at our very low prices buys a large quantity of Meat. We only keep one quality— THE BEST. Come and see us. ST. PAUL PROVISION CO, WABASHA ST., BETWEEN SIXTH AND SEVENTH. : 9F7^Baatam\ ST. Paul" ; bg^a| j Foundry Company, *£1| ■ A i^imSf^^r ■ *&% I Founders, Machinists, Illaclcsmiths and **£! ■■ l//4l%Vs£fi£slt^ R£ Pattern Makers. Send for cuts of col m *i M/lmzi&idS&Si fe** unu,s - Workson St. P., M. ft M. It. X., m -/S/i^M^^W^^r^^r near Como avenue. Olhce:.'!:.: and 211 " ■/** .^HHI WfTX. * 'ON* I Manhattan Building, Si. I'a .il. U. M. I _^^Plll%^'Sr ON Il\ ! POWER, ««» r > «& Treasurer. 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