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WE_CAN SAVE YOU! IB U oil6 - Half ? \ L& Hi . t As we must reduce our stock oi V ASH- Furniture, Stoves and j | TIGHT Household Goods j Hi* 19 8 pkV Of everj- description, which I will sell for cash i IlaSB 8 En! iO or on the installment plan. Call and exam- \ j£ me at \ $ Q<& eirsd 98 South \A/afoasha St $ d-^. ■fc^/^^%'^ ■^^.^^^%^.%%'^« SALARIES GO BfiGK fVDGE WILLIS DECLARES TSIE LAW OK ISHS TO BE SPECIAL LEGISLATION. COUNCIL IS NOT ENTITLED TO CUT OJI RAISE SALARIES FIXEIH BY THE LAW PRIOR TO THEN. ACTIONS AGAINST THE CITI Likely tat Follow on Account of the <n( Made In Several City Offi cers" Stipends. Judge Willis declared yesterday that the law of 3895 purporting to give com mon councils of Minnesota cities power to fix the salaries of city officials was unconstitutional. The judge announc ed that he would in the course of a few days write an opinion expressing his views and stating his reasons in de tail. The question came before the court in the suit of A. E. Bowe, formerly the second assistant in the corporation at torney's office, against the city to re cover the 10 per cent reduction in his salary held back by the city under the resolution of the common council. This resolution, which reduced the salaries of several other city officials, was adopted by virtue of the legislative act of 1895, which purported to empower the council to fix the salaries of all city officials, as well as the judges of the municipal court. In its answer to the suit of Mr. Bowe, the city pleaded this resolution of the council and the law of 1895 which au thorized its adoption. Mr. Bowe de murred to the answer. Judge Willis sustained the demurrer and thereby ruled that the law of 1895 is unconsti stutional. Under this ruling every city official whose salary was originally fix ed by law prior to 1895 is in no way affected by the law of 1895 and the resolution of the common council there under. Judge Willis, in his oral opinion de livered from the bench, said that it was apparent that the law of 1895 con stituted special legislation, as it could not apply to any other city than St. Paul. The law provided no proper basis oi classification, either as to the cities coming within its scope or as to the officers affected by the law. The title of the act was false and misleading in not setting forth with exactness, as required, ?the subject matter of the law. From the title the law would appear to apply to all offices, whereas excep tions are made of the mayor, the comp troller and the judges and clerk of the municipal court. The decision of Judge Willis, if sus- Uiined by the supreme court, which will unquestionably be called upon to finally pass upon the law of 1895, will I a ■:> ral viiy officials, whose eal aries won- reduced by the resolution that loppi d 10 per cent off the salary oi Mr. Bowe. City Treasurer Horst will, in the event that the law is un constitutional, draw the old salary of $5,000 a year, instead of $4,000 as fixed by the council. So will the city engin < i ;. Tie building' inspector will receive his old salary of $2,500 instead of $1,800, ami maybe he will sue the city for the difference between $2,500 and the $1,800 paid him for the year 1830. The corpo ration attorney and city clerk, whose salaries were previously fixed by law at $5,000 each, will, in such event, have tlii ir compensations restored and both A desperate looking man, with two drawn revolv ers, is not a pleas ant person to -meet at a lonely cross-road. Most men will go a long way out of their road to avoid such an encount er. The same men will reck lessly neglect their health and court death in the guise of consump tion or some other f, equally fatal dis rease. One -sixth / of all the deaths each year are due to this most fatal of maladies. • Until very re cent years, eon i absolutely incur- sumption was considers able. It is now known to be curable. lJuring the past thirty years it lias been demonstrated that Dr.' Pierces Golden Medical Discovery will cure 98 per cent. cf all cases of consumption, if taker, in the earlier stages of the disease before the lungs are too much wasted, also bronchitis. asthma, laryngitis and all diseases of all the air-passages. It acts directly on the lungs, driving: out all impurities and dis ease germs. It soothes the cough, facili tates expectoration, thus thoroughly clear ing the lungs. It purifies and enriches the blood and tears down, carries off and ex cretes old, inert, half-dead tissues, replac ing them with the new, firm, muscular tissues of health. It is the great appetite sharpener, blood -maker, flesh - builder, nerve-tonic and restorative. Thousands vho had been given up to die have been re.-tored to complete, robust health by this marvelo'.v medicine. Do not buy from un scrupulous dealers who try to force upon you something beside wlusl you ask for. Th*re is nothing to take the place of it. or, which is "just as good " as "Golden Medi cal Discovery." " r had the grip, which loft me feeling- raiser ,,l,; ».-.,!,-> ctreu^th and a cough, " writ.es Mrs_C- Maj card, of P.a~t I.yme, New Lpn«bn Co., Coun. ■' \& some of my family died with consumption, I was frightened. I becjan taking Dr. ricrce's Golden Medical Discovery. After taking the frcoml bottlr; I fell much better, aud am vow r«ci!." li». Pierces Pellets cure constipation. will probably sue for the back salaries coming, if the law is finally wiped out. The judges of the municipal court, who ( have been drawing salaries at the rate of $3,500 a year instead of the $4,000 i allowed by law, will likewise be "re- , ** * • . ' ■ *■ " ■.:" * : 1 .v ■..:..- •_^ . ;.. 1 MASTER WILLIE DAWSON. tamed, the cl^rk of th<? municipal court stored to their capacity" to draw fall salaries. If the ruling of Judge Willis is sus will get his original salary of $2,500 a year and th? four members of the board of public; works will likewise re ceive their old-time salaries of $2,500 a year each, instead of $2,250, and will also put in claims for the $250 a y« $r deducted in the past under the resolu tion. Altogether, the decsion of Judge Wil lis, if sustained, will not displtas- c r tain officials, even if it should cause City Comptroller McCardy and Mayor Doran to make wry faces. CLEWETT DAMAGE SUIT Against floEisc of Good Shepherd Be. Kins Tomorrow. The action for damages for alleged false imprisonment, instituted by Selina Clewett against the House of Good Shepherd, is on call before th| district court tomorrow. The com* plaint states no details, simply alleging that the plaintiff was restrained of her liberty by the defendant institution fof two years and three months, for whlcq she demands ?20,000 damages- Many of the sisters of the institution are ex-* pected to testify in the case. NATURALIZING CITIZENS. What the District Court Judges] Have AccoiuuliNhed. The district court has done consider* able work during the past three weeks} in qualifying residents of St. Paul tt> vote at the coming city election. Judgf-i Bunn and Lewis have enjoyed thig work. Between them they have scruti nized and naturalized 2,518 applicants^ During the week just passed only on© night session was held — that of last Monday— and the total of 816 is con- 4bl BY \ MRS. A. H. DAFOE. sequently less than that of the second week, when both judges held court five I nights. Judge Bunn devotes the forenoon and afternoon of each day to the process of naturalization and has thus far In quired of 2,015 individuals whether they prefer this government to the various governments they used to live under. Action for Limited Divorce. Caroline Underhi'J has begun an action for a limited divorce against Oscar B. Under i hill. The plaintiff is 5(5 and the defendant 59 j years of age. They were married in St. Paul ! in January, 1594. The complaint alleges that i the defendant has been guilty of cruel and in human treatment of the plaintiff, that in i March last he assaulted her; threw her out of ! the house and threatened her with violence ! If s"he returned. The p'.aintiff further dec'ares that in De ; comber, 1893, her husband began an action for divorce against her, to which the plain i tiff made no. answer, .and that upcrn hearing the evidence adduced by the defendant, the ] court found in favor of the' plaintiff. The complaint also alleges that the plaintiff sub sequently abandoned and neglected to support her. Ai>!>!>- foir a Receiver. M. Adelaide Perry and T. A. Peabody have applied to the district court for the appoint ment of a receiver of the Continental Sav ings. Loan and Building company and for an order restraining the company from disposing of any of its assets. The plaintiff also ask« that the company be declared insolvent. .In (lament on n Note. The receivers of the Bank of Minnesota have secured judgment against W. H. Fisher for $2,613 on a promlsory note. THE SAINT PAUL GLOBS: SUNDAY, OCTBOKR 24, 1897. HJ— OP HUNDRED IN BOLD— S To Be Given the Winners in the Globe Puzzle Contest. One hundred dollars In gold will be given out tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock at the Globe counting room, to the six winners of the prize puzzle picture contest, which has been in pro gress in these columns for the past six weeks. To the second six successful contestants will be given receipts en titling each to a year's subscribtion to the Daily and Sunday Globe. Thus closes a very successful and popular puzzle contest, one in which over three hundred persons, of all ages and both sexes, married and single, clergy, lawyers and laborers, engaged. It was a contest as pleasing and bene ficial to them as it was gratifying to the Globe, and it can truly be said that those who did not receive prizes for their efforts, obtained an equally substantial reward as the result of their study. The winners of the prizes are: First prize, $50— Miss Hannah Palmer, Hud son, Wis. Second prize, $25— Mrs. Emma E. White, 75 East Twelfth street, city. Third prize, $10— Miss Anna Baker, 691 St. Peter street, city. Fourth prize, $s— Miss Mary Herrlck, Hud son, Wis. Fifth prize, $5— MrE. A. H. Dafoe, 202 The Colonnade, city. Sixth prize, $s— Willie Dawson, 99 Central avenue, city. The "second sis" to receive subscrip tions to the Daily and Sunday Globe, finished in the following order: Miss Laura Furness, 265 South Exchange street, city. Aug Holterhoff, 607 Westminster street, city. G. H. Tenbroeck, 1939 Iglehart street. Harry Picha, 250 East Fourth street, city. Leah M. Reeves, 75 Ease Twelfth street, city. Ann Sawyer, 1996 Milwaukee avenue, city. It is interesting to note that two of the winners, Mis3es Palm r and Her rick, who captured the first anci fourth priaes respectively, live in Hudson and attend the public schoo's the e — whlcla is strong commendation fo:- tiie me.h-d of instruction in history in that city. Miss Anna Baker, ihs winner of th« third prize, is a well-known St. Paul young lady, and employed as stenog rapher by Schuncman & Evane. Wiilie Dawson. who captured the sixth prize, is tha young son of Wii liam Dawson Jr. Following is a list of the correct an swers to the pictures. The manager of the puzzle department wishes t"j say in explanation, that many of the con testants had the facts of the incidents pictured clearly in their minds, but made little mistakes In the matter of dates or some such trifling errors — but sufficient to disqua'ify them, under th 3 rules. The correct answers to the puzzles, given in the oiuier of their app2arance, arc as follows: 1. The Boston tea party. Boston harbor, Mass.. Dec. 16. 1773. 2. Dinner of baked sweet potatoes, given & ... » i - ■ •:- -'■■ ri^~ A' MISS HAS\AI PALMER. by Gen. Francis Marion to a British officer during the Revolutionary war. 3. Surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee to Gen. U. S. Grant, at Appomattox, Va., April D, 1865. 4. The fight at North bridge,- Concord, Mass., April 19, 1775, of the minute men, led by Maj. Buttrick, with the British regulars. 6. Assassination of President Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth, in Ford's theater, Wash ington, April 14, 1865. 6. The destruction of the steamer Caro line, in 1837, by Canadian militia, who cut her out from her moorings below Buffalo, set fire to her and sent her drifting over Niagara' falls. 7. Battle of the Monitor and Mernmac in Hampton roads, March it, 18S2. 8. Rear Admir?« Farragut, lashed in the maintop of the Hartford, passing forts Gained and Morgan Into Mobile bay. Aug. 5, 1864. 9 Bombardmenf of Fort Sumter. in Char.es ton harbor, S. C, by the Confederates, April 19 I Sfil 10. Assault upon Senator Charles Sumner by Representative Preston S. Brooks, of South Carolina. In the senate cnamber, in Washington, D. C, May 22 ,1856. 11. Battle of Bunker Hill, near, Boston, Mass., June 17, 1775. . 12 Capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865, by cavalry under Li 'ut. Col. Pntehara. near Irwlnville, Ga. 13 The "hard cider" and "log cabin cam paign of Gen. Harrison for the presidency. In 18 14! Surrender of Lord Cornwallls to Gen. Washington, at Yorktown. Va., Oct. 19, 17KL 15 The attempt of Richard Lawrence to assassinate President Jackson, at Washing ton I). C, Jan. 30, 1535. 16 Capture of Maj. John Andre, of the British army, Sent. 23, 17S0, near Tarrytown N. V., by John Paulding, David Williams and l3 £* c T^ n j-e^-n t0 Secretary Dickinson by Cap't. Samuel Dewey of the head of Gen. Jackson, which Dewey had sawed off the figurehead of the frigate Constitut'o3 18 The ex-President Tyler, at the boat landing on the Potomac, on the morning of March 4 1845, departing from Washington, ar rives Just as the boat starts. The captain, a stanch Clay Whig, refuses to stop his boat and take the ex-president on. 19 Assassination cf President Jame? A. Garfleld by Charles J. Gulteau, at Washing- Ask Your Grocer foi* \v* fc The Ideal % Neaj ffop@ p BFOR NM>E ftOI THE BEST MINNESOTA JiAR»VIiIE4T ii i. PURE. \tHOLE4OKE. NUTRITWVS. ton. D. C, July 2, 188 L 20. Hanging of WiHiamJßJbJnson ana Mar raaduke Stevenson and r«fcrffve of Mrs. Mary Dyer, on Boston commoniTNLfcs., Oct. 27, 1659. 21. Signatures of OtonTongcomlisheaw, the Snake, and Hawnopawjatin, the Turtle, to the deed to Johnathan Carver- o£ a tract now in cluded In Minnesota and Wisconsin, made at the Great Cave, May 1, 17fi7. 22. Explosion of cannon qa United States frigate Princeton, Feb. 25, 1«44, killing Abel P. Upshur, secretary of state, and Thomas W. Gilmer, secretary of the; navy. 23. Capture of J. Wilkes Booth near Bow ling Green, Va., April 26. .1835. 24. Destruction of Johnstown, Pa., by the bursting of a dam. May 31. 1889. 25. "Dolly," wife of President Madison, saving important national papers from cap ture by the British, at "Washington, Aug. 23. 1814. ;! 26. Ride of Gen. Israel Putnam down the stone steps near Horseneck, v <2onn., to escape capture by the British, in March, 1779. 27. Libby prison, Richmond, Va., used by Confederates as a prison for Union soldiers. 28. Announcement to 'George Mifflin Dallas, by a body of friends, at mid-night, of his nom ination for vice president. May, 1844; received by Dallas in his night robes. 29. Destruction of the Gosport navy yard, near Norfolk, Va., about April 16, 1861. 30. Execution of John Brown for treason against the state of Virginia, at Charlestown, Va., Dec. 2, 1859. 31. Commodore Perry leaving his disabled flagship, the Lawrence, at the battle of Lake Erie, Sept. 10. 1813. 32. Bombardment of Fort Donelson, Feb. 14, 1562. 33. Execution of Miantonomo, at Sachem's Plains R. 1., September, 1643. 34. Killing of Col. E. E. Ellsworth by Jackson, at Alexandria, Va., May 24, IS6I. 35. The close of the war of ISI2-15. tar barrels, called "Madison's night-caps." being removed from the tops of the masts of vessels preparatory to resumption of commerce. 36. Melee between Federalists and anti- F«?praliEts at Albany. N, V., about July 4 7, 1788, on occasion cf Jollification by former over receipt of news that Virginia had adopt ed the Constitution. GILBERT A GREAT SUCCESS. His First Year's Wctk In tlie N<rvr nrk Schools. Pro<*. C. B. Gilbert, for many year.-: superintendent o£ the St. Paul sahoo\6. hns completed his first years work at Newark, N. J., ard very s'j.ccora£u! ha<j he been, if we may jr.ujo from tho report of his v^ork in lest Sunday'? Newark Cp.lL Tt says: "Tomorrow cr next Say the first annual training classes to be established in this city ■will bo r.prnrfl. and their opsriag will mark the close of the introduction o? rew princi ples ir.to the city's educa'ilotit.l system. What ever new Ideas that may be advanced will be simply in tho elaboration o" 'the rundamentnl principles which the teacher*, and the pupils urc already working on. TV, la will be wel come nowe to the odoatois thrcugnout the en tire community, many of whom have felt fit times that the dana ds made upon them ■were mere than they ccvld accomplish, and who have been kept f,t busy arranging and classifying all th« directions and instruc tions given them that they have scarcely lind time to adapt themselves to the new order of things with all the smoothness they dcslro. It BF»ns to have been nec-ssary, how evi'r, to proceed with the introduction of all the fundaments! prjnrioic:-. in iap:d succes sion, since it would r>ot do to have different parts of the ay stem clash. "A harmonious whole was necessary. If the changes which tae new management deemed essential to the proper building up of a public school system that would b? on a par with those of the leading cities of the country had been made by degrees thero would now be mucfh more confusion than there is, and much more fault finding. The course pursued, therefore, is reckoned by the officials of the board of education as the most logical that could have been adopted, and as a result the city of Newark has today a pub lic school system whose fundamental prin ciples of education would be accepted a3 sound and thoroughly practical by the lead ing edcators of the country. Indeed, all of the new ideas have been in practical opera tion in one or another of the foremost Amer ican cities for longer or shorter periods; their value has been proven. "In speaking of the changes made since he came, Mr. Gilbert said last week that he feels the foundations are laid and that no new or startling changes will be needed no? desirable. He said he was gratified at the zeal and force shown by the teachers and principals, and the enthusiasm which very many have displayed. The work had been hard and difficult foi' them, he knew, but he was satisfied that if they will bo patient and endeavor to master tho new course of study bs now laid down they will find it pleasanter and more enjoyable than the eld one, and productive of a higher degree of culture, not crly for the pupil, but for the teacher her self." The popular place for fine meals or lunches is the New York Kitchen, 167 East Seventh. IMPROVING THE YARDS. Preparing for Increased Business at Sooth St. Pan). The South St. Paul Stock Yards com pany has awarded and will close the contract for improvements that will approximately cost $75,000. The levee will be extended around the entire property to the bluff.^so as to protect the yards from, the overflow of the Mississippi, as experienced last spring. In addition to the construction of the levee from its present- terminus to the bluff, the valley at the south end of the yards will be filled up with earth. The purpose is to enlarge the yards to at least three times the present ca pacity and to erect additional sheds. The contract for building up the ground has been let to Dale & Baumgardner, of West St. Paul, and will be paid for at so much per cubic yard. Columbia Chainlesn. Isn't it a beauty: It's out of sight! Doesn't it run beautifully! By joye — nothing equal to it! '" Must have one sure! Those are the remarks you hear about the chainlets Bicycle at Ken nedy Bros., — and those you don't hear ar* just as flattering. Hotel Metropolitan is the resort of those appreciating choice table service and accommodations. The Cafe is celebrated. The evening dinners and facilities for parties the beat. UW EXPELS HW BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS DIDN'T LIKE THE SECRETARY'S "WORK, SO THEY HAVE LET HIM OUT. RErORT OF TROIBLE IN THE MIN NESOTA SHOE COMPANY IS IN CORRECT. NO STRIKE NOR THREAT OF ANY. President Freeman Authority for tlie Statement That Everything Is Woirkingr Smoothly. • A three-line article -with a two-line head appeared in last evening's Dis patch, stating that 100 employes at the Minnesota Shoe company's factory had struck over a misunderstanding re garding a scale of wages between the union and the company. There was no truth whatever in the report. There was no strike nor any thoughts cf a strike, if the word of the officials of that organization can be depended on. A reporter for the Globe interviewed F. S. King, president of the boot and shoe workers' union, at his residence last evening, Louis Peterson, chairman % .^*§- ' ft : I I MISS ANNA BAKER. of the executive board; Joe Witha and John J. Winn, members of the board; J. F. Wiosky, H. A. Kennedy and B. Woodason, employes of the company, end each and all denied that a strike or the semblance of one h:td ocrureci. A meeting of the union was held yesterday afternoon, but it was called for the purpose of investigating charg es against L. N. Mitchell, secretary of the union. He had b-tn accused of de frauding the union by overcharging in Bending telegrams to President Gom pers, of the .American Federation of Labor, and President Tobin, of the Na tional Boot and Shoa Workers' union. President Freeman, of the Minnesota Shoe company, held a conference with members of the executive board yes terday morning, about Mr. Mitchell. This, with the other trouble, was con sidered at the meeting held yesterday afternoon, and as a result, Mr. Mit-heil was expelled from that organization. George W. Freeman, seen by a re porter for the Globe last evening, relative to the rumored strike, abso lutely denied that there was trouble of any kind between the firm and its employes. Said he: "If there is any report or rumor of a strike it is wholly false and without foundation. There are no differences between the firm and its emp'oyes. and mne of the operators have left their places. The story of a difficulty prob ably originated from the discharge of Li. N. Mitchell, who was told yester day that the firm had no further use for his services. He h~d not, Mr. Free man said, lived up to the agreement entered into with the firm, and as the result of some discussion, said that he would quit. He was tod that sjch was his privilege, and left his work. This « MH^s. 38F* i MISS MARY HERRICK. constitutes the whole trouble that the firm has had with any of its employes and none of the others are in any way concerned." Sam GreeA, Josey West, Mike Carr and Louie Lewis are the principal features at the Palm Garden free con cert for the week Oct. 25th. PROGRAMME AT ST. CLOID. What the State Charities Conference Will Take I'p. The Minnesota state conference of charities and correction will hold its sixth annual meeting at St. Cloud. Nov. 3 to 5. The opening meeting will be held Wednesday evening at &:3d o'clock, the hour being arranged to accommo- j date delegates coming from St. Paul i and Minneapolis. i The programme has been arranged ! with a view to offering the largest pos- \ sible opportunity for free discussion. ] Instead of the twenty-six papers read at the Red Wing conference, only thir- j teen papers and addresses have been ] arranged for. It is intended as a rule ) to allow one hour for each discussion, j to be opened by a paper or address, limited to fifteen minutes. Secretary Hart publishes the pro gramme as follows: Wednesday, Nov. 8 — ■ 8-30 P. M.— Opening session: president's ad- j dress, T. C. Clark. M. D., Stiilwater; "Pub- j hfs£^ New Store Opp. Golden Rale. MS* MS^Wk Js?^^ J^&JS mv iw^^a JgJBB^ JttPw B jy J Guarantee Goes With Each Salo. 92-94-96 East Seventh Street. Our way of doing business is swift, small profits. Tread- Well has been in the Band Wagon for years playing disagreeable tunes for competition. BIG VALUES ALWAYS. Men's Box Calf Hand-Sewed Men's Fine Calfskin Shoes, Shoes, all the late styles, all styles and widths, 1. — Ladies' Box Calf Hani- Welt Lace Shoes ti££3 &%&% from A to EE &*mm%9%M Ladies' Kid Lace Shoes, kid tip, from A H?4Tg| (Cfeli^ toEE, at.. 3^-IIW Special Sale of Ladies' Fine Shoes, all Misses' and Children's Rub bers, broken sizes, ™3Ftftk at i V Ladies' Low Rub- 4j ffkg* bers, all sizss.... iwU Ladies' Storm Rub- bers, all sizes. ... Gaa^3\s Men's Rubbers, all g!" ffhgu styles and sizes. . WVU Misses' and Children's Three Buckle Overshoes, all sizes; regular price, $1.75. Spe £'. 98c BIG BfIRGHIfIS IN EVERY DEPHRTJIIENT. 92-94-96 East Seventh Street. I'c Charities," Miss Julia C. Lathrop, mem ber Illinois board of sta-te charities, Chicago; discussion: appointment of committees. Thursday, Xor. ■}— 9:00 A. M.— "The Minnesota Prison Asocla tion," Hon. L. F. Hubbard. president; "Jails and Lockups," H. 11. Hart, secretary state board of corrections and char. ties, St. Pau'; discussion; "The Organization of Charities in Small Cities," S. S. Parr, superintendent cf schools, St. Cloud; discussion; "What Shall Be Done With the Tramp." Hon. M. J. Dawling, Renvllle; dseussicn; business. 2:00 Y. M.— Visit state reformatory; "The Reformatory System," Supt. W. 11. Hoalton; discusslo-n; view the reformatory. 6:00 P. M.— Supper at the reformatory. S:00 P. M.— Music; "The Wisconsin System o-f Caring- For the Insane," Hon. James E. Heg, president Wisconsin state board of con trol; questions and di&euss ons; "iiuty of Citizens to Their Insane Relatives," W. O. Mann. M. P., assistant superintendent Fergas Falls hospital for insane. Friday, Nov. 5 — 9:CO A. M.— Minnesota Prison assoe'atlon : "The Discharged Pr.so.ner." George D. Hc-lt, agent Hennepln County Prison association; discussion; "The Care of Dependent Chl> dren," Hon. ('. E. Faulkner, superintendent Washburn home, Minneapolis; discius'.on ; "The Care of Deformed and Crippled Chil dren." A. J. Gillette, M. D., St. Paul; "Our Alien and Xon-Re3ident Dependents," \V. A. Gates, agent adate board of corrections and charities. 12:30 P. M.— Adjournment. President Smith, of the associated charit'e?, appointed the folio-wing as representatives from the association to the state eonferenca of charities at St. Cloud: Mrs. George U. Yc-ung, Mrs. C. A. Severance. J. F. .'a kson, George N. Gerlach and John D. Ludden. STILLWATER NEWS. J, V. Xetlinwny tlie Democratic C'nii diilnte for ■liii!!:.c. The delegates chosen to attend the Democratic city convention met at tho city hall yesterday afternoon and or g[ nized by electing, as chairman, 11. W. McGarry, and as secretary, Thos. Welch. An informal ballot was taken for the purpose of showing the re lative strength of the various candi dt tes for judge of the municipal court, and on the second formal ballot, J C. Nethaway was chosen. H. N. Set- Z€-r was nominated for special judge. The ward conventions, held immediate ly after the city convention, resulted as follows: First ward, for alderman, John W. Schroeder; member of school board, J. F. Burke; Second ward, for alderman, Chas- Brenner; member of school board, W. C. Voigt; Third ward, for alderman, J. G. Armson; for mem ]er of school board, William Smith- Eon. Joseph Silver, who was charged with having forged Geo. Arrick's name to a draft, appeared in the municipal court yesterday and was permitted to change his plea of not guilty to forgery, to guilty of petty larceny, and he was sent to j&il for sixty days. One of the most enjoyable social events of the season was the banquet and reception tendered the Taylor's Two Car Loads of the BSigh-Grada Now on the way from the factory will be open to public inspection on Monday. These fine instru ments, in the new styles, are attracting much at tention for their unusual beauty of desig-n and su perior finish. Their artistic qualities of tone and action have long been recognized by musicians. The price is very reasonable, and the Easy Terms of payment will suit you. Come in and let us show them to you. STEINWAY, KNABE and many other fine pianos and an immense stock of ORGANS and HU ICAL GOODS of every description at correct prices will be found only at W. J. OVER & BRO., 21 and 23 W. sth St. Next Postoffice. 3 Men's Felt Shoes, best qual sizes , H* ■ ■**%* 2,000 pairs of Sample Shoes and Slippers, Felt and warm lined g-oods at about 50c on the dollar. Ladies' Warm House CQ^t Slippers Osfl# Ladies' Felt Shoes, Button, Lace and Congress, O£&<T* 700 pairs of Little Gents' Shoes, solid as a rock, sizes 9to 13, at... fl Sst* Children's and Misses' Kid and Goat Spring- Heel Shoes, sizes 8i to 2, K®l#* at OmFl* Men's Satin Calf Shoes, all sizes and lg* -fi /B£B> styles at 1 © Falls lodge. Knights of Pythias, by the local lodge of that order. The visitors arrived in the afternoon and uth- i s- COrted through the prison, after which they lunched at Pythian hall. They were then taken to the opsra house to witness the presentation of Damon and Pythias, after which a reception and banquet occurred at Pythian hall. Toasts were responded to after tfce banquet, and later the hall was clear ed for dancing. The festivities con tinued until a late hour and the visi tors returned home yesterday, greatlj pleased with their visit to Stillwat :. Mrs. 11. C. Robertson entertained the Young Married Ladies' Euchre Hub Friday after noon. Mrs. \V. R. Gates has gone to Lodi * d Madison. Wis., on a visit. Mrs. Sarnh Murdock is visiting f } nds in Aurora, 111. Miss Margie Mcsier and Miss Gertrude Mosier are at home from Xorthfteld, tfhi re they are attending college. Miss Josephine McKusick gave an enjoy able barn party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mcsier Friday evening. Stilhvacr lodge, B. P. 0. X.. will begin its social season with a dance in Klks' hall next Friday evening. The St. Croix boom suspended Operations yesterday, the amount sorted this season aggregating about 311.000,000 fee-. A larp? number of logs remain in Ncver's -darn and will arrive here early next spring, Some ot the mills have logs enough on hand to < n tinue sawing until the lake free ..».- over, while others will shut down some tluae it.is week. The Stillwi't r high BcaooT boys defeated the Oaks, of Minneapolis-, in a game of too ball yesterday. Score, 8 to 4. THIRTY THOUSAND ACRES. Title Involved in n (use on Trial in California. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23.— A case involving the title to 30,000 acres of land in Humboldt county, valued at over $1,000,000, is now before the United States circuit court of appeals for de cision. It is an appeal in a suit in equity, brought by the United States as plaintiff against the American Lum ber company, an Illinois corporation, and the Central Trust company, to about 200 patents for timber U:n<l "U the ground that they were obtain* 'I by fraud. It is charged that Scot- h capitalists organized the Illinois enr poration and employed about 200 men, whose names wore given, to locate tim ber lands, which were then conveyed to the lumber company. It is also alleged that, after 2.000 acres had been secured in the same way. a trust deed was made to the Central Trust com pany as trustee, to secure the payment of bonds. Copper Country MiinniHe. HOUGTJTOX, Mich.. Oct. 23.— Joseph lienns, one of the greatest merchants of lh<3 copper district, died today. He had his back broken a short time ago while drivng under an overhanging tree. ll*' had accumulated a fortune of over $250,000. A widow and tight children survive him.