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Announcement Extraordinary. 1 | Important and Peremptory svJ| Auction Sale of ■SBBi oriental rugs Collected bj Mr. Benoni Tekerian. Commencing Tuesday, December Eighth And continuing four days, at our Wareroomt 434-436 Wabasha Street. Rugs now on exhibition. Catalogues furnished on application. This sale will be under our MFW PlMfil ANF* direct patronag*, and each I^H-Itt Eil^lvJl_/\l^lLf Ku« soM will be accom- «-«■ mviiTi inn c stuty as to authenticity and • __ reliability of description. CARPET COMPANY. GIVE EACH ITS DUES REAPPORTIONMENT O» THE STATE BY THE INCOMING LEGIS LATIBE. WILL HELP THAT PORTION WHICH HAS BEEN POORLY REPRE SENTED EN M'MBEBg IN RECENT YEARS. I"WIJt CITIES MILL ALSO GAIN If the LegriNlutive Allotment In Mnde Strictly on the Bicsis of Pop. ulntion, A matter of a great deal of interest In Minnesota politics at present is the reapportionment of the legislative dis tricts to meet the revelations of the last state census. Representative Staples, of Dakota county, has declared him«elt already in favor of early ac tion. At the last session of the legis lature the bill was defeated by the southern part of the state. It may be eaid that, in a general wtty, the rnral counties south of the latitude of St. i " " i A s\, i _I_J <\ friz? 3: y^ -^- ; •' / — _ — . . Ks , y^Ss - ■"- © J \sißii yTsc or ry/ 3*S)\ > h « v I 7^v: ( A FAIR REAPPORTIOXMEXT. Paul and Minneapolis have 28 out of 54 Bt-nators, an absolute majority, while they have but 650,000 population out of a million and a half. They have also SO of 114 representatives. Hennepin and Ramsey counties have together ten senators and twenty-six representatives. On a reapportionment on the present size of both houses, they would be entitled to larger representa tion. The counties north of the Twin Cities, md Washington, in this case is counted as a Northern county, Lac Qui Parle, which is south of the Minnesota river, being counted as a southern county — the northern counties have but 16 sen ators and 38 representatives on a popu lation of 559,555. On the basis of 64 senators and 114 representatives, the same counties would be thus represented, south, 22 senators; the cities, 12, and the north, £0; the south, 46; representatives, the cities 26, and the north 42. The Globe has endeavored to ar range a fair representation, v/ithout .regard to party convenience, but the unovenness of the population of the counties has made it advisable to add three senatorial districts, making a senate of 57. If valuable for no other purpose, it slows the gains made by the southern portions of the state- since the appor tionment of ten years ago. It has been endeavored not to give the older por tions of the state more radical changes than are evidently fair on their face, •while it has been assumed in critical complications In the northern part, that half a loaf will be esteemed by the residents of those counties as better than no bread at all. No attempt has 1 en made in the following table to preserve the order of the present dis tricts, as many of them have under gone marked changes. The larger house of the legislature Is left at its present membership, 114. Houston county, which now consti tutes the first district, falls far short of the population required for a senato rial district, lacking 13,603 of the num ber for an allotment of fifty-four sena tors to lihe state. Fillmore county, the present second district, is admirably designed, being only 560 less in population than the allotment. Mower county, the present third, 5s short 7,613; Freeborn, the fourth, short 8,021; Farlbault, the fifth, short 9,020, ■while Martin and Watonwan together the present sixth, lack 5,016 of the Requisite number. The present wventh district is far in excess of the allotted population. Nobles, Murray and Rock counties exceeding it by 665. This leaves Pipe stone to be otherwise provided for, which the Globe has done by uniting in with Lincoln and Lyon counties, making a district within. 2,500 of the al lotted population. Jackson and Cotton wood counties as at present constitut ing the eighth district, lack 6,648 of the full quota, while Brown and Red wood, the present ninth, exceed the quota 2,423. Blue Earth, now the tenth, has 3,136 more than the required number for a senator. Waseca, Steele and Dodge counties now constitute the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth districts, although their population in the aggregate Is less than 46,000, or enough for one and a half senators. At the same time the surrounding counties are all so large that the addition of one of them would meet with serious opposition on ac count of the inevitable excess of popu lation. The Globe joins Steele and Dodge, which would mean a loss of a senator by one or the other of them. Olmsted county, the present four teenth district, is short 6,843, while Wi nona, the present fifteenth, is 7,975 over the required population. Yellow Medicine, which is at present combined with Lincoln and Lyon coun ties, the Globe has attached to Lac gui Parle, which makes a district 3,871 less than the basis of senatorial appor tionment. Nloollet and Sibley counties, each now with a senator and a representa tive, have between them only 1,676 more population than the senatorial ra tio, and the Globe has joined them in one senatorial district with two rep resentatives. Le Sueur county, the present nine teenth, Is 8,244 short in population, while Rice, the present twentieth, 1b 2,322 short. Goodhue, the present twen ty-first, has 3,109 over the allotment. Wabasha county, the twenty-second, is short 10,572, and Washington county now district twenty-three, is 1.742 short. Dakota county is short 7,814. It will thus be seen that only four of the districts formed in the southern part of the stae have any populaion in excess of the senatorial ratio, and only one of these comprises two counties the excess in that case being trivial. St. Paul, on the basis of population, is entitled to five senators, one more than at present, and ten representa tives, the same as now. Hennepin coun,ty, now six districts is entitled to -seven under the new ratio, and fourteen representatives one less than at present. Anoka and Isanti counties, which now constitute one district, are so far short of the ratio that Sherburne may be added without reaching the figure required. Carver and Scott, at present separate districts, when joined only exceed the ratio by 2,903 population. Wright county is short only 1,506 al though at present it is joined to part of Sherburne. Steams county has 10 - 766 more population than required, and yet it has been Joined with Benton In the past. I Benton, Morrison and Mille Lacs only exceed by 2,900 the ratio, and this is easily cut down, as the two wards of St. Cloud- which are in Benton coun ty have a population very close to 1,000, leaving the preponderance comparative ly slight. This may be made up in tne other house. Altkin, Crow Wing, Case, Hubbard, Itasca, and Kanabec counties combine to give a population of 29,332, just a trifle over the ratio. Norman, Becker and Beltrami coun ties lack 600 of the ratio. Marshall, Klttson and Roseau coun. Hes, under the census, lack 8.000 of the ratio, but sine* then additions have heen made to Pr*seau, and the terri tory, too, is rapidly settling. St. Louis, Cook and Lake counties have the population for three senators, although they have but one new. Of this population, 59,000 is in Duluth, so that the Third district would properly consist of the remainder of St. Louis county and tJie other two counties. Polk county is far over the ratio 10,050. Chlsago, Pine And Carlton counties with a Vd^Ly'vt-'29,m, would make a district Wl'Mt' Jfefcer Portion of tfee St. Croi^RJi^ Ci f ft >ver part of the St. Louis valley's. Todd and Wadena counties are elhort 6,719, but their latere#ta are much. akin. THE SAINT PAUtr GU>R«: SUNDAY, J>B^E*tBER 6, 1898. TO BEfIT OUT JOfIES RIVAL SPEAKBRJSHtP CANDIDATES AUK REPORTED TO HAVE COM BKVEXK ONE OF FOUR THEN WILL WIN. T»E IA-UKY ONE BEING DWTER MI.M'.I) BY WHAT HE BRING* TO THE O&MBIVE, FEIG AND HIS TORRiENS BILL.. Tlie Kandlyohl Statesman la Visor ou* In Hl« Attack on tn« Present Sjuloiu of Deeds. While the friends of J. D. Jones, of Todd county, claim that he has the speakership as nearly a cinch as It is possible to have a position of the kind, yet Mr. Jones' rivals profess to have the thing cinched so that the coveted /nHy i?j '/■ n'r I^^B^»^E*W^\\'\g^Mß / j^^^^EflHStw BENTON SEVERANCE. plum will go to any one rather than the Todd county man. Todd county, they argue, had the position four years ago, and the theory of the opposition is that the doctrine of equitable dis tribution should be more strictly ob served. It was whispered about the corridors of the hotels yesterday that a combine had been effected, the object of which was to defeat Jones. In it were sup posed to be four of the tentative candi dates for speaker, Underleak, Shell, Grondahl and Feig. Feig counts upon the support of the Seventh district. Shell upon the Second, Grondahl upon the Third and Underleak upon the First. These four districts constitute L. M. HOLLISTER. a majority of the votes in the legisla ture, and the members interested are frank in their avowals that the pros pect of the combine is for success. Four districts against three, and those three having a minority of the legislative representation, the only question left for solution is as to whether or not the law makers are going to be able to ef fect a competent combination of the successful four. It is claimed that the four who have been mentioned have accomplished the organization of a mutually protective and defensive combination, which is not only to defeat Jones, but is to play havoc with the aspirations of other candidates for the position. If these four should succeed in per fecting a combination of full force and effect, it would determine the fate of S. A. STOCKWELL. Jones, of Todd county, decisively Four against one would be ordinarily an effective combination, but Jones is still sanguine, with the assurattce of devoted support by many me.n.fOn ei ther side, and will continue in the con test to the finish. -d .-. • * • * i&e\ Henry Feig, one of the four, insists that his aspiraUocs a« to the speaker- ship are entirely subordinated to the passage In this state of what is known !n Australia as the Torrens system of land transfer. The Illinois, legislature adopted the same system to accom modate the people of Chicago, but the S. B. LOVEJOY. law was declared invalid on a tech nicality which Mr. Feig and other ad vocates of the law in this state think they will be able to obviate in the draft of a bill. The question in Illinois was purely technical, and it is thought that the elimination of a single clause, entirely apart from the general wording of the new law, will suffice to bring It within the requirements of the constitution of the state of Minnesota. Mr. Felg is enthusiastic in his advocacy of the new bill, and will make an enthusias tic campaign in its interest. St. Paul is peculiarly interested in that law, inasmuch as within a few weeks the title to a vast area of prop erty in the city limits has been ques tioned by an Ohio claimant, who bases his rights upon the original acqulsi tioa of the property by Capt. Dayton, In whose honor the past end of the city was name^d Dayton's bluff. With the adoption of the new system, the state would stand behind every trans fer. The present function' 1 of the title Jb'.vasß^ R. J. M'NEIt.. insurance companies would be abol- ! ished, and the s*ate would stand spons or for every deal. Real estate owners i would derive title from the state in stead of from any person, and the last I deed would be final. There would be no digging up of ancient irregularities with a view to unsettling the entire realty system of the country. One of the first bills introduced, in all proba bility, will be the bill for the Torrens I system of land transfers. ♦ * * John Boobar, who represented i Steams county in the last house, but who was not re-elcted this time, is a i candidate for one of the important clerkships of the house at this session. * * * H. E. Gibbon, of Ottawa, Le Sueur county, is a candidate .for sergeant-at arms of the senate. Senator Lloyd, who represents the sarhe district, is in sitent on Gibbon's election. He says he has never gotten so much as a page I out of the organization of the senate, I WILLIAM T. COE. and he thinks it is now time that the district was being recognized. * * * The latest candidate for postmistress of the house is Mrs. Mattie J. Clifford of St. Paul. • * • It was announced by a local paper that the Ramsey county delegation was to meet at the Windsor yesterday at 2 o'clock. The announcement was as unauthorized as it was unsuccessful in securing the presence of tbte local mem bers. * * * Probably no member qf the next house of representatives will be more conspicuous than W. T. Coe, of Min neapolis. Young as he is, '< the aggres siveness of Mr. Coe f has already left its impress on local politics in no'small degree, and, from president of the University Republican, club, strictly a marching and not a voting- organiza tion, the young man stepped into a rrominent position in Ten«h ward poli tics and thence into.,, the legislature Well informed generally, a graduate of the law department of tne state uni versity, and gifted by nature with no' small eloquence, Mr. Coe promises to cut no small figure in the work of the coming session of the legislature ♦ • • Another Minneapolis member who will be active in the ranks is S. A. Stockwell, of the district which com prises the outlying wards about Min nehaha Falls. Mr. Stockwell is in sympathy with the single tax, with woman suffrage.possibly, :in 1 generally with all the new movements which have sprung up within the last decade or so. He is allied with those forces which are strongest in the promotion of what is known as straight-laced leg islation, and. will, no doubi, be heard Jig*?!:?, 0 HBUV I DEPARTMENT ££"< %=v cr q Ut> Is the ° M| y Complete Toy Ds- Lik e Cut, '^:.J ■ ■ __ C * partment in Town. 69c« .__ I Mcfin | AKtrjP T« Departmt I | \ |LLL/~\l 11/ J Receive ff-MDI PTC _P F WmrUU | SEVENTH AND MINNESOTA STREETS. AtteiltiOll ! SILVERWARE.. Glassware and Crockery. HARDWARE. nrf* 1 *^* Quadrupla /_'V-^i7 *_V \ Finish Tea Set, iriß__f_| llffil <-'ut uiass Bowls, ..fctii, Tin CnnrZr • vcS*/' _^ \ sfirne as 59il£___? s . ame as i '•" in atj/M fcte^, * . ci i / ,*fciiiijjjw' TJ _ 'j- ea j> ut sugar, x& A IBfeSffsasssiT'- SB ■ ; ''»i« I fe" i 1 7 I (-ream and r -?g0*~ H R_f|fQ 4+ff*\ \ / only, « H«l»« fW ffr ft ft j^aKlS'SSiV 01 Glass . Water Isc Vi KP S°- 8 * V^'i'-Hi' V *\! M \ 1 *l X — ■ ■ '- ■ <-— ■ Heavy Tin, \~£yL \^-;-y UlusuU 2 barrels Imitation Cut Glass Cake |A« Bottom Boilers— J5 «* WWiW or Bread Plates, only JUC Our price 49® 25 Satm-Finished Butter Dishes. * I /A 1 barrel Imitation Cut Glass Coy- Ift^ — : : , triple plate, nlfelyem bossed, oaiy $1.48 ered Butter Bishe "' on 'y lOC Heavy Tin Water 53 sets sterling Knives and Forks *i ia r.^ 5 doz - odds and ends In Wine, Sherry, Pails. f only. persetoftfku vesaudfi forks Si. ID Cnam P a »<ne. Cordials and Water Tumblers, \iMtT,VIBT&, ' . — * Ulves aua " rurks <PlilW some worth as much as $4.75 per doz. SA-. 10-quart size . 8c fflßPfeSHw 23 doz. assorted Napkin Kinas heavlv T o close them out, ouly, each IUS ._, WEMESBR plated, nicely engraved, three ditterent pat- ~~" i--quart size. ... lUC BMSJ : terus to select from ; regular value, IA~ « nn . ,-, "ot^^ t ,, . . _ v 30c. Saieprice . I9C 10 ° Ewers \ i^-quart size 12c WHW : . - . 2 gross Steel Nut Picks. 1 Cracter, 6 fiF. Basin« /'f ==s^L / Galvani7pd imn &a6£3?3&ffl picks, put up in box, ouiv ftdC i3asms ' / ' // iron -.-, S V- same as cut, , •«/' Pails 10-quart size, "™^ ■»" only \ «T*>\ "*2c; 12-quart size, 13c; 14-quart 200 pieces very fine >^-A - A MP*-»V size, 14c. Bric-a-Brac must be x A v^T^*V VX JB itf^ V%^~^ — ip cljsed out iv the next ftJWTTTfJv^kA -^xi *-fl «-» \\ ~- ■? ■ - -^iW — — Ken a r g 8 uor C e°d St The W^WJi X,^^ GRANITE TEA KETTLES. lot consists of all the Ml, /nfll Jf\ —^"^^ „ . . finest maies. such as P^isl4\\\Jr*\ ~~~ 8-lllch 4-9 c Boyal Worcester, //f<---^_>-- :: n\l 100 doz. Cups and Saucers, White Granite Q.inrVi ba a Crown Derby, tf /> | (not seconds i, only, C- ; men D«9C gSSSf** 1 V&S^W perpair - 00 10-inch 690 your Christmas "" AVUIiL *> Monda°if mfw prices, Presentß before getting 4 ""^&» A - Moudaj, only imf our prices. -^^Hi y^¥3 dTft ■?» - S 4tflk^ V-> '•"-• -^^ -^ : WSr ®^ @5C> « W 19C A*D DOLLS - I AMPS 25c " t2O doz. Kid Body : 1-trl.iTl. JT kJ» — Bolls, Bisque JDn "sv Ratiniiat Granite Tea or hands, full joint- /*fP^\ pauquci -^^^ CofFee Pots— Our — ing^s, showing- JSMFj« cvt > com ' 2? \ H| f^B/ teeth; regular J1&& plete 7 s i h , **W &B S"S» value, 95c. Sale ifpF Kff Jl HC. It price, only iSt globe, only mp ■ ■■ .^H|-j^B bauds, shoes and' stockings, showing teeVrT \ <*r ~o ood si; ' e > flowing hair, W in. loug;reguiar price, flft. ... „ . ■'Upr" fig each only $1.3'.i. Sale price, only . oSC Solul Brasa J^&l ■ |«£S9ffi% Banquet T.amp -SB^Sl D/irirtiifl+ 1^ _-_. 6 doz. beautiful Kid Body Dolls, full *BM ?20? i^BBP 4>Sfsß jointed, woven wigs, curly hair, moving wTtnsUver-' IKB Lamp, -H-*^^ eyes, showing teeth, shoes and stockings, r.' , J " in #» stands IBV2 inches h ; gh; regular val- Qfl. linilh V., r,;H _f V Same as shown ue,<l.H,. sal, price, only 88S SiS-fSSVt. Mj central dVaU doz. Im- 4Sfg&s&*^ Full Hue of Doll Meads, .-hoes and Stock 'PT' lsl6^"!^ B§*± burner, only proved Perfec- Wo* rngs. Doll Arm's, Doll Toilet Set., combs. be - $9 |Q §___k _ tion Cake Tins in _____s_-TT Brushes and. Jewelry Sets, all ac our low ()11 - v " **' ' ** ~|_—*» $1.45. 10 different styles. /_S__P*"^iS_|_N priCGS. V^HHIB— -_9_B_ ___3______B__B____B_H_B_i__B_B_B___^_ V 1 * «; yfßr^ Yellow Mixing Bowls. WOODENWARE '"^^J^T i 4 -pint size, only 2 1 -.C /^^S X f^v _| *™^^^__& "_T _- 1-pint size, only .--Sc Vg ___B _f © I^-pint size, only 5q ij*.^ gf « 4-pint size, only 7 C _tyf'v| _______ S-pint size, only 9q >^\ m&fc&m __¥*■ ■ «— — e— w— a«— — — — — at— o 4-quart size, only J5 C gP B^ OASBLQBES 3 5-quart size, only IQo ~~~___~~~ ■■■n». .„ j _ , „ 7-quart size, only 29c na P le Chopping Bowls, extra qual- %g& o oded b ° ce \ E S d ar GaS 10-quart size, only 39c xt y- Our price, «jgg jSff value 35c, Sale 12-quart size, only 49 C 13-inch, each 5 C m& price, only See our big- assortment of Toy 15-inch, each. |0c Ww 4 E Books, Dolls and Games, 17-inch, each |5 C *W&w3f \ OOa from in the advocacy of a bill for the better protection of the youth of the state from the temptations of the liquor traffic, the wine rooms and similar in stitutions. • * ♦ Stephen B. Lovejoy, on the other hand, is a Hennepin county member who is a little distracted by the fleet ing chimeras of reform politics (so called"). Republican to the core, long tried in the councils of the party, sur veyor general for years, he constitutes, perhaps, :is "good a sample of the true blue Republican as could be found in the ranks of the legislature, which will begin its work shortly after the first of the year. • * • Less commotion will, perhaps, be caused by John Sederberg, of the Thir ty-fifth district, than by any other mem ber of the coming house. His influence, however, should not be reckoned by the amount of noise he makes. Mr. (sederberg has the advantage of a term in the house, is blessed with a calm, judicial mind, and is not easily swayed from a well-considered purpose by the counter currents of political passion. Mr. Sederberg was born in Sweden, but lms been located at Cambridge, as a farmer and lumberman, since 1866. • • • One of the oldest members of the coming legislature will be Benton Sev erance, of Nicollet county. Thirty JOHN SEDERBERG. years he has resided in that county, and his patriarchal beard i 3 known to every resident:;©* the county, it might be said. He knows the history of Min nesota and of Minnesota politlos like a book in which* He might have studied spelling, and he may be relied upon to care for the interests of his oonslit- uency as younger man might fail to do. ♦ • * Louis C. Foss, whose home is near El bow Lake, may be expected in this ses- i>oris o. foss. sion to add to the popularity which he achieved during the last. He has been frequently honored, by his fellow citi zens, but in no position of public trust has he manifested a deeper interest than in that of the legislative body, and he is looked to as the exemplifica tion of the business legislator. He is not easily moved by passion, being a stern, practical, man of affairs, and that the people of his district are pleas ed with his actions in the past is in dorsed by their election of him to the legislature for another term. • • • The Kasson Republican says that if W. R. Merriam should be appointed to the cabinet and Senator Davis to the supreme bench. Congressman Tawney would succeed Davis, and Sam R. Van Sant would take Tawney's place. * * • The Le Sueur News and the Anoka Union do not take kindly to the guber natorial candidacy of Albert Berg. It is now two years nearly before elec tion, and Mr. Berg has two papers de cidedly against him. STOPPED GRASIPTOS'S FIX. Wife Caused His Arrest ana He AVas Then Fined. W. E. Crampton faced Judge" Twohy yesterday oharged with drufikfenfless and carrying 1 concealed weapons. firamptaa touM to &v Paul Friday afternoon with a male friend and fin ally anchored at the Central Garden theater on East Seventh street The friend went back to Minneapolis where f,^, m . Pt ° n U ? ea and Inarmed her that Bill was having a high old time in ♦ of £ , < S - Cram Pton drove over to St. Paul with a fast horse and cut ter and with the assistance of Lieut I'othen and Sergt. Ross found her hus band at the Seventh street resort men tioned. She was particularly Interested in securing a couple of diamond rings which her husband, she said, had tak en from her before leaving Minneapo lis. Crampton was taken to the cen tral station at 2:30 yesterday morning and charged with being drunk. One of the rings was found in his' posses sion and the other had been put up with a bartender as security for a loan of $20. Sergt. Ross was induced to give the bartender a talk and at 4 o'clock yesterday morning recovered the ring and turned it over to the wo man. Crampton paid a fine of $10 in the police court and the revolver which was found in his pocket when arrested was confiscated. CATARRH VICTIMS. . An Extract From a Recent Lecture by Dr. Hartman, of the Surgical Hotel, Columbus, Ohio. Everybody has catarrh. If 'not every body, at least nearly everybody. Sonia have catarrh In the form of a discharge from the nose, or hawking from the throat. Some have it in the head, producing frontal headache, or crack ling in the ears, or partial deafness. With some it is confined to the throat, or bronchial tubes, producing hoarse ness or sore throat, cough, or pain in the chest. Some have it in the form of catarrhal consumption. Others have catarrhal dyspepsia, catarrh of the liver, catarrh of the kidneys, catarrh of the pelvic organs, producing a host of diseases generally known as fe male diseases. Many of these people do not suspect that they have catarrh. Their ailment has been called some thing else. The reason they have failed to find a cure Is that they do not suspect the real nature of their disease. If they knew they had ca tarrh, they would take Pe-ru-na, as Pe ru-na has come to be recognized ev erywhere as the standard mternal rem edy for catarrh. Thousands know it by happy experience. A still greater multitude will- find it out during the coming winter, as the efficacy of Pe ru-na is rapidly becoming known to the whole people. Mr. Frank E. Ingalls, Waco, Texa9 writes as follows: "Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin have cured me of one of the worst cases of ca tarrh any one ever had. I heard that Pe-ru-na would cure catarrh, and, on trying it, found immediate relief. My case was so severe that I was com pelled to discontinue my business, that of a conductor on a railroad; but 1 am now entirely well. I want to recommend your medicine as being a positive cure for catarrh; I feel It my duty to do so." The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing company, of Columbus, rCL will send to any address, free 'of charge, a sixty fouiup-ngs-itt-eiatife^Jfei&iMitWl^ty^nd ca tarrh al diseases, profusely illustrated, and written by Dr. Hartman, 5