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1O STODEST Op WAGJJER FRAI HEITZMAX". WHO HAS SPBXT FIVE YEARS STUDYING IS (iERMAM, IS HOME FOR A FEW P/IONTHS. TALKS TECHNICALLY HIT ENTER TAININGLY ABOUT THE GREAT MASTER, SHE LOVES A\D SINGS HIS MVSIC. St. Paul May Soon Poast of He-nj? the Home of n Singer of World Renown. "With all the Interest manifested in musical affairs and with al! the energy expended upon concert projects, how many of the St. Paul people are aware that there has been in their midst for more than a month a woman whose marvelous voice has .proved equal to the tremendous demands for power.cul ture and sustained endurance of Wag ner's "Brunhilile?" Quietly resting at the Buckingham, where she will remain until March, be fore returning to Europe to take the part of Brunhilde in the Royal opera, house of Cassel is Frau Amanda Re gir.a Heitzman. When she was called upon the other day, however, ehe took no umbrage at the prosaic American form of ad dress. "Mrs. Heitzman," but smil ed with evident pleasure when the title was changed to '•Frau." Mrs. Heitz man is a large woman, but carries her self with ease and pleasing confidence; has a cordial manner, and her large, dark eyes glow with a warm light as she talks of her art. Being of German nationality and having spent the last five years in Germany, Mrs. Heitzman finds ready and apt expression for her earnest thoughts in the German lan guage, even to a greater extent than in the English, though she has a happy mode of expression in either language. A representative of the Globe spent a pleasant social hour with Mrs. Heitz man one afternoon this week. "Frau Heitzman, you have spent many months in study abroad, have you not?" was asked of the Wagne rian singer, of whom great things are predicted. "Yes, live years I spent in Europe. I came back in September and I go over again in March." "And all that time you have been working on Wagner's music?" "No, at first I studied just method with Fraulein Anderson, the Norwe gian teacher; then I studied with Roth- frfl^^ Corner Seventh sad Ifiianesota Streets. We have just received from the RCCKFORD HOSIERY COMPANY, of KENO: KA, WISCONSIN, their entire balance of Fall and Heavy Winter Hosiery at 55 cents on the dollar. Some of these goods have slight imperfec tion-, but not enough to be a detriment to wear or looks. We guarantee them to outwear any Eastern made goods j n the market. We are offering- these goods at about One-Half their usual prices. The lot consists of Ladies', Misses', Children's and Men's fine Cashmere, Fleece-Lined and Worsted Stockings. We have placed part of the stock on Front Bargain Table and marked them at such extremely low prices that we do not think they will last the balance of this week, although we have now about 900 dozen pairs. Our reputation throughout the United States of beinsr able to use unlimited quantities o f goods owing- to the immense out let in our Wholesale Department and the unlimited means at our disposal for any quantity of g-oods— no matter how large for spot cash purchases, if below market price, has ag-ain given us the opportunity of placing" before the consumers of the Northwest Bargains such as have never been offered in this sec tion before. By trading with us you trade with a firm of unecjualed facili ties for naming lowest prices on earth. AStiONG THE LOT AREs Ladies' Very Heavy All- Wool Stockings, full fashioned, made of No. 1 yarn. Rockford Hosiery Co.'s Wholesale price, 53. 25 per dozen; retail 4 7tf* price, 35c. Our price, per pair ■ ■** Men's Fine Cashmere or Merino Socks, Rockford Hosiery Co.'s whole- 4 R a sale price, ?2.50 per dozen; retail price, 25c. Our price un 9%* UMBEEWIE^R BAR6AINS. Ladies' heavy natural Merino Men's Heavy Merino Under- Underwear, about 33 per cent wear, winter weight, each 17c wool, each 36c Ladies' Fine Camel's Hair Under- Men's Heavy Natural Wool Un wear, all wool, with a slight derwear, about three-fourths mixture of cotton to make them wool, each 33c non-shrmkable, each 48c Girls' and Boys' Very Heavy Men's Heavy Double Thread Pure Natural Wool Underwear, guar- Wool Medicated Scarlet Under aateed half-wool, largest sizes, wear, each 46c each 23c Infants' Very Fine Cashmere Men's Extra Fine Hygienic All- Vests, silk crocheted front and Wool Plush Fleeced Underwear, neck, silk taped, pearl buttons, lamb's wool fleeced and wool each 20c faced, each 62JaC JACKETS, GAPES AND DRESS SKIRTS. Ladies' Heavy Beaver Double Capes, upper cape and collar nicely fffc E braided, each %*%*+* Ladies' Heavy Wool Beaver Jackets, with high storm collar. 0* *B 0£& each Ladies 1 Heavy Boucle Jackets, with high storm collar, S£ Qjg each &&*%* 9 Fi.ic J'.rilii.-intine Dress Skirts, lined with good Taffeta, full fi_£& width, eacli N* 1 ■*#■** H. STEIffl & GO., Cor. 7th and Minnesota Sts. muehl, and of late I have been singing in the XiVelurssr Ring operas." "Did not Wagner change and adapt the Nibclung legends as fearlessly as he did the Flying Dutchman myth?" The query touched the spring of Frau Heitzman's enthusiasm. "He beautified them!' she exclaimed v.ith an impulsive gesture. "Instead of having Siegfried wiUingly desert Brun hi.de lor Gutrune, he sa\es his cnai aettr by giving him to drink of the cup of forgetfulness. Oh." she said. v.aiK incr briskly across the room. "I nave this morning received a letter from Herr Fritz Schwabe, of Berlin who writes me a critique on the perform ance of the Nibelung Ring, given in Berlin as it was in Bayreuth You know I sang with him in the Ring last winter." Then she began to read the critique, such as one seldom reads in the best of musical papers. As Frau H.iUman read Herr Schwabe's com ments on the performance ot uas Knongold" her eager, earnest tones lent an added charm to the simple but sparkling sentences of her German cor respondent. Now and again some quaint criticism evoked from her a hearty laugh, and no woman could havj read a letter full of gossip with more evident enjoyment than Frau Heitz ir.an read that masterly critique. In fact, it made one. if not already in love with Wagnerian music, want to love it One could almost see in the clear current of the letter, illumined now and then by the timely comments of the reader, the beautiful Rhine daughters, who guarded the glowing treasure ar.d the magic ring, from which the famous operas take their name Frau Heitzman seemed to unar.' the enthusiasm of Herr Schwabe over the ideal interpretation given to the greed and meanness of the Nibelung Alberich, who stole the treasure from the careless nymphs. With the same simplicity and vivifying touch he draws the picture of Wot;in, pointing out both the power and the weakness of the artist who took the p rt. Wh n the criticism on "Das Rheingold was finished another part of the letter was part of the 'Ring' did you appear, Frau Heitzman?" was asked during the pause. "In this." she answered pontmg to the critique on the "Wa T kyrie." "In this Herr Fritz F chw.be and I san? to aether rou know. Ard the Frau SQcher he speaks of in this lcfer was my dramatic- teacher." Over one sen tence Frau Heitzman read so rapidly that a repetition was requested and thi« proved to be the meaning of the sentence. In speaking of the way in which the artist took the of the Walkyrie, "To— ho— to— ho! ' Herr Schwabe said. "I should have appre ciated it had I not heard it otherwise fiom you (Frau Heitsman)." tti the same lively manner the Frau read the criticism -on the four operas of the Pving the comments on the "Si-igf'ied" and' on the "Dusk of the Gods," b.ing as detailed, vigorous and interesting as those on the "Rheingold" and the "Walkyrie." In passi g ore might rote the fact that if such fearless, direct and untechnical criticisms might pre vail in this country, ih ■ lack of appre ciation for, and in many cases the will ful ignorance of Wagnerian music would not long exist. It was this THE SAINT PAUL G1.03 "5, SUNJVY, OCTOBER 24, 1897. thought that prompted the next ques tion. "Frau Heitzman, why is Wagner's music not widely appreciated?" "Because his harmony is a deeper and wider harmony than that taught in the musical institutions of today. People will ret understand Wagner so long as the professors keep on teaching their present principles. Wagner belitved that the truest music must give expression to" all the emo tions, grief and joy, pain and pleas ure, love and hate, terror and reck lessness; he will not bring in a waltz to express passionate grief, hatred or the frenzy of terror.- These are dis cords in the human heart and the only faithful tonal expression is what ap pears to be a discord in music. See." she exclaimed, as she brushed the papers from the table preparatory to her graphic description, "When Wag ner wrote his music he took a big white sheet of paper and wrote on it - - p FRAU AMANDA REUIXA HEITZMAN. his words like this (indicating the words on the table with her finger). "He • , w* o breathed a'l this love into my heart." "Now." she said, straighten ing up and looking at the imaginary words, "If his heart was really full of love, the weight of the thoug.it rested on the word 'love,' and noi on 'all,' or 'this." or 'into,' so that the strong tst and mfs: pa sionate tone must fall on that ivord 'love' and he would as sign tone strengths to each word by marks of different lengths in this way." And here again she wrote with htr finger on the table, marking the j words so that in imagination they ap peared tl.us: "He who breathed all thij; love into my heart" "then he made "liis music for this diagram. Just so he did all his work." "Then to understand and enjoy A\ agner's music one must first know the- theme?" "Surely! It should be so with all music." "Is this music more widely appre ciated in Germany than it is here?" "Yes, because good music is cheaper end the masses crowd the concert halls, because they want to learn." "Then you don't agree with the few musicians who say that the best music is to be found in this country?" "Yes, I do." was the quick reply. "We have better work here in the or chestral line, but what 1 say is that tht masses are more easily carried away with cheap music than they are in Germany; another thing is that we haven't the scenic effect that the Ger mans have. But we will have that in time." "Speaking of popular music, when you Were over there and wore asked to sing a distinctively American work, what did you select that you could King with pride?" "Way Down Upon the Suwannee River," came fiom her with a plow, musical cadence that quivered with pleasure. "Then you believe with Dvorak ana Rupert Hughes that there is the pos sibility of a noble school of music in the negro melodies?" "Surely, our plainness must be our rfory. These melodies are true music, for the thought of the words, is al always repeated in the tones. Why, if I had sung that "Sweet Violets" over there, they would have just made fun of me!" "And you say you are going back again?" "Yes, I go back in March to sing in the Royal opera house of Cassel." "Will" you sing in this country at all before going abroad again?" "A little; I shall sing once or twice in St. Paul. I think." The strong pleasing personality of Fiau Heitzman is well in accord with the prediction of musical critics on both sides of the water, that she will win a world-wide fame as a matchless lirunhilde. The following Americans are study ing with Mme. Marie Roze, of Paris, the well-known vocal teacher and operatic prima donna: Mrs. Eva Sturgis-Curran. of Pittsburg; Miss Georgia Tew-Mason, of Jamestown, O • Miss Kendrickson. of Boston; Misa> i cro== Newhoupe. of Chicago, and Mrs. ; Katherine Wade. Chicago. Mrs. Cur ] ran will make her debut in Paris next i season. Miss Georgiella Lay, the concert '■ pianist, who is home from Vienna, I will leave Nov. 1 for a winter's tour ! with the violinist. Maximilian Dick, ! and his concert party. Mrs A. Sophia Markee will reside ' in Chicago after Nov. 24. She will be I in Boston for a subscription concert at the Tuilleries, after which she will sing before the Arion club, in Provi ! dence, with David Bippham and Evan Williams. "The Polyhymnia," a singing society ! for women! has been organized under I the auspices of the Stevan school, with j Theodore Kohn asjiirector. The first of the second series of Con over musicales will be given in Con over hall Saturday evening, Oct. 30. The programme will be most interest ing Emil Straka. Hilda Hirschman and S T. Osborne are to appear on this occasion. Arrangements are also being made for other prominent artists, to be announced later. This concert is given in the form of a reception to the musical public of St. Paul by the Conover Music company, and tickets of admission, including reserved seats, can be obtained by applying at the box office of the hall Monday, the 2oth. No tickets being sold. Owing to the large number cf people unable to se cure seats at the former series, the management will issue tickets to the number of 600 only, the seating capac ity of the hall. No cards will be sent out, and the only way to secure your ticket is to apply at the box office. Sunday afternoon orchestral concerts are an assured certainty. Prof. Sell ing's Grand Opera House orchestra, enlarged to sixteen so'.o performers, having been engaged to give a series of popular concerts in Conover hall, commencing Nov. €,s at 3:30. The best vocal and instrumental talent to be obtained in the city will help to make these afternoons intensely popular. Music that the people understand and enjoy will be given a prominent place on the programmes. A complimentary recital will be given in PcErk Congregational church tomor row evening, by Miss Klla Richards, assisted by Miss Katherine Gordon, Miss Richards is the r first beneficiary of the Schubert club educational fund. By means of a loan ;from this fund, Miss Richards was enabled to go to Europe, where, under the direction of Liischetzky, her marked musical talent received the attention due* to its qual ity. While th? concert tomorrow even irs- ip complimentary and is given to the Schubert club. its guests and friends, tickets h.iv-3 b ■ r. is"d to lh? capacity of tl.e crunh, a:vJ ..n y t'-iore' holding th^Jii will b admitted. Each n.tmber of the c ub has t«o t clots, so that, as before stated, the concert will le given befoite the Scbubert cub a-d th? guests and fri. ncs of its asociat : o.i and musiciar.s. The following is the programme, which the artist will pre sent. Sonata. Cp. ill Beethoven Mis:> Ri brrds. "Schon Getlein." Ki«e Tfagodie ..Von FifliU (Em Cyklu? yon 7 litefler.j Miss Oordcn. Etudes Symphoniqucs, Oi>. 13 Schumann Miss Richards. a. "Hai Luli." ballade ...Coquard (Extrait dcs Prisc:i:.lcrs dv Caucase.) b. A une Fiancoe Ferrari .Miss Gordon, a. Berceuse— i. Rondo, Op. 1G Chopin .Miss Hichaids. a. "To Mary" Aiaude Valeric White b. "Up to Her Chamber Window. .Sehlesinger c. "Like Dew on the Sweet Blush Roses" — Decevee Miss Gordon. Accompanist Emil Ober-Hoffer The St. Paul Choral society has at last been launched vi on \\h t promises to be a very suecessfull season under very favorable circumstances. Th? so ciety has secured for its leader Mmc: Schoen-Rene, and several rehersais have bsen h?"d und r h^r direction. The class is quite rtrong in numbers and i? receiving new mater'al eveiy day. Miss Schoen-Ri ne feels v ry mvii incouiar ed over the prcsr>e<ts f >r a s.a: or.. The flist big cor cert which has been arranged for. will be held in the Peo ple's church, Tuesday evening, Xov. 23. The chorus will be assisted by solo ists of national reputation, among whom will be Mmo. Lillian Blauvelt, one of the foremost sopranos of the country, who h;s made several succ ss ful tours of Europe and has received flattering lectptio.s ali over the United States. She sang last summer at a number of European festivals with such suc cess that she was engaged for the Royal opera in Berlin. This is her last season in the United States, and her appearance in St. Paul will be a musi cal treat. The other soloists have n<»t been decided upon as yet, but will b? announced in the Globe next week. Mme. Schoen-Rene, who is to direct the society during the winter, his b?en prominently before the musical public of the Twin Cities for some time, and has gained quite a reputation as a musical directress, having successfully directed several large musical functions in Minneapolis last season. The an nouncement that- she would give her persenal attention to building ,ip the society has given impetus to singers throughout the city interested in this class of music. Quite a history is connected with the renowned Maggini . violin with which Henri Marteau has delighted thousands of admirers. Originally it belonged to the Emperor of Austria, tlic-n Maria Theresia presented the instrument to a favorite Belgian vio linist by the name of Kermis, and the violin remained in the Kermis family many years after the death of the artist, until Leonard, who was the possessor of a magnificent Stradivar ius violin which he had used for a number of years, grew tired of his in strument and one day asked de Ber iot, the great violinist, whether he did net know of a fine violin for him; then de Beriot told Leonard of this famous instrument owned by the Ker mis family. Leonard saw the instru ment, played upon it and was so en chanted by it that he bougfrt it then and there. After the death of Leo nard the violin was promised to Ovide Musin. but as he was not willing to pay ten thousand francs for it to Mmc Leonard, she *=ent a telegram to Marteau stating that he could have the instrument. Marteau fairly rushed to the house of Mme. Leonard, paid the ten thousand francs and left a happy boy, in the possession of the precious violin. Mr Clarence "W. Bauen, a basso who has been professionally "engaged for several years in New York, sang at the residence of Mrs. Russell Dorr on Tuesday evening last. His voice is a basso, cantante of great range and power, and he uses it with artistic in telligence. Many will remember Mr. Bowen's singing some years ago before the Schubert club, since which time a course in Paris and associations In the art centers of the JEast have won derfully developed both voice and style of singing. SPhIiEY OH SILVER SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL SOUND MONEY LBAGIE TAKES A HAND IN THE CAMPAIGN IN IOWA. SAYS THE WHITE METAL. IS STILL AN ISSUE IN POLI TICS. MEN MUST BE ON THEIR GUARD. He Says Its Appearance In the Hawkeje State Fight Is Dae to Bryan Pressure. The financial question was discussed by Hon. E. V. Smalley, of St. Paul, in an address at Dcs Moines, 10., last evening. Mr. Smalley is the secretary of the National Sound Money league, and the occasion was the convention of the Polk county league of Republican clubs. His appearance called forth a storm of applause, and he sustained his reputation as an orator, in the minds of his hearers. He said that silver was still an issue in politics and was the principal issue in the lowa state campaign. Continuing, he said in brief: "Now, this has not come about by accident, but it is the first move in a deeply laid scheme, which looks for ward to the presidential election of 1900. You know that- the Democratic leaders in the states hesitated about taking up their silver question again. They were persuaded to do so by pres sure from Bryan and his fellow schem ers and by promise of large pecuniary assistance from a national fund lately replenished by another assessment upon the owners of silver mines in the West. The plan of the national Silver leaders is to break down this fall, as far as possible, the splendid majority of 65,000 given by lowa for MeKinloy last year, and the majority of 45.000 which Ohio gave, and thus to demon strate that their rotten theory has [till force and vitality before the peo- Jle. By considerably reducing the old 1 lajorities in Ohio and lowa, the silver leaders will be able to say to the con servative Democrats of the East, who vant to pitch them and their theories overboard and Lighten the ship, 'you cannot do this thing. Ours is the only living issue in the Wett. You must join us in renominating Bryan in 1900 in order to have any chance of suc cess. "The next move on the programme will be to contest all the close con gressional districts next year, and to elect, if possible, a majority of the next congress. If this can be accom plished, it is hoped by the Silver lead ers that they can produce such a con dition of turbuience in Washington as will«alarm the capital and the busi ness interests of the country, ar.d thus turn back the rising tide of prosperity, so that, by the time the presidential • election comes around in if; 00, we I shall be thrown back into the old con- I ditior.s of low price?, closed factories : and unemployed labor, from which we are now escaping under the wise lender; hip of the Republican party. With hard times asrain fully estab , lished, it is believed that the feeling of discouragement and distress will b<? so great that a majority of the vot ers of the country can be persuaded ! to send Mr. Bryan to the White house j to debase the currency ar.d put the j Popocrats in power. This, briefly out lined, is the Democratic scheme, the ! first move in which is now being made i in the state of lowa. "The country is full of smart, reck less men who are dissatisfied because they cannot loaf in the saloons and talk politics on the street corners, and at the same time live in as good houses, ; wear as good clothes and eat as good | food as the men who work hard and ; faithfully day after day. These men I form a dangerous element in the com ! munity. They follow blindly every I blathering demagogue who can spent about the plutocrats, the corporations and the money lenders. They would have no scruple about pulling down the wonderful fabric of government, erected by Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Hamilton, ie they thought they would pick up some profit among the ruins. "In the now struggle which is upon I us. old party nqmes and attachments | will not count for much, we shall see the forces of conservatism allied against the forces of destruction. "The men who have something will have to stand together again=t the men who have nothing. The Republican party, as seen by Charles A. Dana on his deathbed, will represent the intelli gence, the conservatism and the prop erty of the country, and the Demo cratic party now fully controlled and absorbed by the Populists, will repre sent the revolutionary spirit which j blindly seeks change for the sake nt j change, arc! which is ready to attack ! all laws and institutions that protect ! the right of men to keep and own what I they have earned and saved- The as ' sault on the old order of things is not | confined to the United States, It is in j progrr-ss all over the civilized world. In the columns of attack are arrayed | everywhere the ignorant, the half edu j ca.tcd, the visionary theorists, the long | haired and wild-eyed agitators and the 1 crafty demagogues. All these people , have nothing to lose and everything to : gain from a general condition of an- I archy. We must form our lines to meet this attack. It must be hurled i back at the very first assault, or it will gain enormously in power by recruits from the multitude of unthinking men, who are disposed to shout for every new thing and to fall in lire with every new movement that promises to win. 1 do not wish to be a prophet of evil, but it is wise occasionally for us to throw aside the optimism which char acterizes us as a young nation and recognize the fact that there are re trograde movements in the world, that dark and dangerous currents are flow ing around us. "Events are woiking for us all over the world. Since the election last fall i Russia, Japan, Costa Rica, Guatemala, ! Peru and Bolivia have adopted the ■ gold standard. Every remainng silver i standard country is seeking to escape I from the burdens and losses imposed upc-n it by a currency that is out of relation with the money of the world. Is it not amazing that there should be sane people in the United States, who claim that we should adopt a system which semi-civilized nations recognize as an evil? There will be no escape for our silver men through the door of in ternational bimetallism. Every Euro ! pean nation has said to the Wolcott j commission, 'Thank you, but suppose ! you try your medicine first.' "Bimetallism is either a barren ideal ity of impractical theories or a trick phrase of demagogues. We must have cne measure of value. A double stan dard is an impossibility. It means double dealing and trickery and the disturbing and injury of all business lelations. We can not do business with two kinds of yards of different lengths, or with two kinds of pounds of different weights. We must know what the yard means and what the pound means, and we must also know what the dollar means. If we are to have two kinds of legal tender dollars, one composed of metal worth 100 cents, ar.d the other of metal worth 40 or 50 cents, the business of the country must come to a stop, because no one could buy or sell with safety. This ought to be as plain as the multipli cation table. In fact, the whole ar gument in favor of the double stan dard is based upon the desire of many people to pay their creditors in money of less value than that which they borrowed. In a word. It Is essentially dishonest." Easy Running. No need to question the running qualities of the Columbia Chainless, at Kennedy Bros.' store. It has been proved the easiest running machine up or down hill, or for long or short distance. AROIXD THE HOTELS. Jnnenn Business Man in Town — Register Personals. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Adsit, of Juneau, Alaska, are registered at the Mer chants, having just come down from j that chilly land. Mr. Adslt is the resi- ; dent manager in Juneau of the Pow- i ers Dry Goods company, of this city, I and has been up there three years. It I seems improbable but is nevertheless > mie, that the company does a big ; business in Alaska, Juneau being the ' distributing point for Sitka and the other cities. The dry goods sold In cludes heavy cloth mostly, but a great many high priced articles and fine garments are disposed of. * • • W. A. Foote and E. G. Hilliard, of Dulu.h, are at the Merchants.' D. W. Cowan, of Sandstone, is a Merchants' guest. Sam Grant, at Paribault, i 3 registered at the Merchants.' At the Merchants' yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Kennedy and Miss Kennedy, of | West Superior. The autograph of J. N. Sear'.es. of Stlll water. appeared on the Windsor rpglster. A Windsor arrival yesterday was A. B. Moffatt, of Mankato. H. S. Judsen and R. E. Shepherd, of Austin, are at the Windsor. F. P. Hanun, of Mankato, Is registered at the Kyan. A Ryan guest yesterday was Max Dick, of St. Peter. Dr. and Mrs. Riddell, of Crystal Lake, are at the Ryan. J. Sellwo&d. of Duluth, is at the Ryan. F. B. Johnson, of Brair.erd, is a guest of the Clarendon. A Clarendon arrival yesterday was Char'.es B. Hill, of Moorhead. A. D. Ga.usha, of Decorah, la., is stopping i at the Clarendon. L. Franck, of Louisville, Ky., is at the Metropolitan. F. S. Bosworth and J. B. FHzpatrick, of Chicago, are at the Metropolitan. Hugo Heysf. of Milwaukee, is registered a: the Metropolitan. The cheapest, the nobbiest, the best Suits and Overcoats. George F. En gel, 93 West Seventh street. WOMAN AT THE BAR. Xot a Mivtlewennor fn the Ejen of Jnilge Trvohy. Judge Twohy yesterday again up- j held the right of a woman to refresh j herself at the bar by discharging Christine Brumrr.e!, arrested by Officer. i Greiman on the charge of drunken ness. The policeman testified that the I woman was taken into custody for j staggering about the street in a help ! less condition, but the accused de- I clared that she had been arrested ! simply because she had visited a l-SJiloon. She went into the front en- , 1 trance, she paid, and took a drink as | j i-en are accustomed to. and as she claimed she harl a peifect right to do. TAXES, XOT ELEVATORS. Labor Rnreau Is Busy "With the Statistical Work. Labor Commissioner Powers has started on a new tack. He is gathering statistics to show whether or not taxes are equitably dis tributpd on rich and poor. The compilation i of the figures will tike some time yet, but | Mr. Powers is much interested, and Will pur i sue the mater to the bottom. Same criti cism of the department has been made on the ground that the accident at the Thurston building Friday should not have occurred un- | der a proper enforcement of the factory in- I spection law, but the labor commissioner does not heed these at all. He declares that thry , are the work of ' political enemies, =.nbj ye, j .inclined to be captious, and who magnify any \ trifling accident which may cause the loss perchance of only one or two human lives, while entirely losing sight of the Importance ] of a work which future generations will reap I large benefits from in the equitable distri j bution of the burdens of government in pro ! portion to the enjoyment which the taxpayer may share. Have a choice line of Business Suit ings at $25. George F. Engel, 93 West j j Seventh. DEARTH SAYS NOT. Will Not Indorse MnnstnchiiKeltH' Ruling on I ndenvHters' Policies. Insurance Commissioner Dearth, yes terday, received an inquiry from the ! Hartford Fire company asking whether t he would indorse the ruling of the Mas sachusetts commissioner as to the use of underwriters' policies. The answer was in the negative, as Mr. Cutting's idea is that in any case the solvency of the company should be considered in the enforcement of the law, which is the same in both states. Mr. Dearth's idea is that the letter of the law should be enforced resardless of the reputa tion of the company. FOURTH WARD DE3IOI HACV. Call for a Meeting at Swisn Casino Hall. The Fourth ward Democracy will meet at Swiss Casino hall. Third and Minnesota streets, next Wednesday evening. All who are interested In good government in this city will at tend, including Populists. Silver Re publicans and all other good citizens. Tho meeting will be principally for registration purposes. Home money to loan at lowest rates on good security. No charge for com mission or exchange. No gold clause. We give the "on or before" privilege. The State Savings Bank. Gcrmania Life Bldg.. 4th and Minn. Sts. DOROTHY MAY DIE. Hospital Authorities Have Little Hope of Her Recovery. Dorothy Johnson, the young woman suffer ing from blood poisoning at the city hospital as the result of an operation alleged to have been performed by Mrs. Anna Fink, was last evening reported to ' be very low. The girl AMUSEMENTS. PASZTHORY'S MARVE OJS PAINTING Will be exhibited for a few days at 339 Wabas'na St., Sear 6th, His the an sensation of the end of iho cen tur.v, and incomparably more beautiful than any painting hitherto brought to America. Dny aud Evening. Admission, 10 tents. T A L X G /fe and M All Kinds of PHONOaRAFHI, REGD33S and SUPPi-l i». £cud lor Catalogue. AMERICAN PHONOG?<AFH CO. 16 W. Fouilli St., »«. faul, Kiutt. has rallied for Beveral hours at a time since her Illness, but regularly suffers a relapse, which seems to leave her In a more critical condition. The hospital authorities say that she may linger for several days, but hold out little hope for her recovery. For the best meals or lunches, to gether with the quickest and best ser vice, try the New York Kitchen, 167 East Seventh. MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, DEATHS. MARRIAGE LICENSES. Nicholas C. Beftenburg Nellie Pusch Anthony M. Matz Mary Krawczak BIRTHS. Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Mederls Boy Mr. and Mrs. August Beyir Boy Mr. and Mrs. John Larson ~*jy Mr. and Mrs. August A. Kampa Boy Mr. and Mrs. John Kroemf-r Girl Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zong Girl Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Anderson Boy Mr. and Mrs. Herman B. Olson Girl Mr. and Mrs. S. Enirer Boy Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gfl'en Girl DEATHS. Mar!&_J. Le Rougetel. 449 Wheeler ay..7" yrs Louise ~CYuber, K~> Carroll street T> yr'a _J )iED ! HOWARD— Died. In St. Paul, at family resi dence, 9!i4 liawson street, Saturday, Oct. 23. at 4:30 p. m.. Jackscn Ulair. infant son of Blair and Lilian McLean Howard. Notice of funeral hereafter. CARRIAGE? FOR FUNERALS, $2.50 at Cady Bros.' stable, 475 Rosabel street, between Eighth and Ninth streets. Telephone 500. AH you v.-^r.t— one or ten, SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, feT. At.ATH.VS CONSERVATORY or Muaic iini) Art. X East Exrtmnse St.. St. Paul. Piano, violin, guitar, banjo anil mandolin taught. Lessons Kiven in draw'ng and paint ing. OaH or B^nd for prospectus. Bcenisch's St. Paul Commercial College, Chamber of Commerce Building, Sixth and Robert Streets— The best 6chool to obtain a thorough business education. Many graduates of this college hold good positions in St. Paul business houses. References: W. A. Miller, cashier First National bank; H. Scheffer, cashier Union bank; J. Jensen, cashier State bank. CHURCH NOTICES. FIRST UNIVERSALIBT CHT7JKSJ—SEKR vices in Central Block, corner of West Sixth and West Seventh streets, at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Rev. Q. H. Shinn will preach. Iff ...THE... §f of today is H acknowledged by gk all experts to be m the finest product i M, in the history H of pianoforte ; p building. |S HaWARD f F&RWELL&GO «H 20, 22, 24 West FHJi St., g SOLE AGENTS , It's Are 18 lo 24 inches high, ■" Fine, Thrifty Plauts. ...THIS IS WHOLESALE PRICE... I I Coma and see what we offer ats.\o3. I &J.OO and 5>.00. L.L.MAY&GO.I 64 East Bixth St. Fine, Sound Winter Apples, per barrel, Sweet, Fresh Prunes, per basket, 25c. Fancy German Prunes, per basket^ 25c^ Bushel boxes California Pears, Schoch's XXXX First Patent Flour, $2.90. Fancy Dairy Butter, per pound, 16 Cents. (Special price on 40-pound tubs.) The Andrew Sciioch Grocery Go Seventh and Broadway. IHSrl AlllJ AND ALL WEEK. Hanloti Bros." Great Pantomimic Spectacle, Krerylhtaff entirely new this season. Next Week-"AT GAY CONEY ISLAKO."