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"I Do Nothing For my cold; let it wear itself out," you saj-. It is more likely to wear you out unless you make haste to free yourself from its clutches. This is a month when a cold is a mighty power for mischief. Spare yourself week.s of misery and dang-er by prompt use of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey, the famous medicinal stimulant. Why it is famous you will sec for yourself when it has stopped your cous/h and ended tbe stiffness in 3'our back and limbs. It will make you feel like your old self, nnd you will not begin to cou s r h every time a door or window is opened near you. Sold by Drug-gists and Grocers. MINNEAPOLIS.; OFFICE «S SOUTH FOURTH STREET. I MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES. Tbe December tax collections amounted to (162,766.52, as compared with $163,007 for De cember, 1896. Judge Tarbox, of Wright county, appeared ! on the Hennepin county bench again yester day morning, to aid In clearing up the* thirty back cases on the calendar. At a meeting of the university faculty yesterday, E. L. Curtis was made assistant professor of psychology and E. M. Free- ; man was voted a scholarship In be>tany. The Jury In the case of George Hunter j against the Kaltimore Packing and Cold | Storage company returned a verdict in favor j of the plaintiff for $2,214.29. Mayor Pratt has named as delegates to the j world's Anglo-Saxon congress at Philadelphia, j Douglass A. Fenwick and Edolph Edsten. This congress will be held in June. Rev. Dr. George R. Merrill, of the First ! Congregation church, of Minneapolis, is be- j Ing spoken of for the position of secretary of the state board of corrections and chari- > ties. Tho position carries a $3,500 salary. In the case of Hanson against the Hyde ; Park Investment company for $1,260, claimed • to have been lost through the deferred sale ! of a large amount of grain, the jury returned a verdict of $200 for the plaintiff. X. O. Fanning, formerly of Minneapolis I but now a resident of Greater Xew York, has I been appointed a deputy commissioner of <-;>r- j rectlons in that city. Mr. Farming's term of office is for four years, with a salary of I $4,000 a year. Several of the university boys have been appointed to constitute a "bachelor" Ariel J beard, to publish a certain edition cf the j paper. The editors will be as follows: H. X. ! Allen, F. M. Melntyre, H. J. Pfelffer, W. R. Tallman, L. J. Fitch, J. E. Guthrie, J. B. Ormund, J. 11. Xicol, C. P. Siiloway and E. C. Tower. The saloon license of J. J. Harmon, who has been running a troublesome place at j 626 Washington avenue south, h>-)s been re- ! vol'.ed by Mayor Pratt. A number of com- j plaints of strangers losing their money at I Harmon's saloon have come to the ears of the : police authorities, and It is believed that j public interest demanded that it be closed. - The postponed monthly meeting of the pputb t ! lie library board we.s held at 4 o'clock yes- ! terday afterno >n at the board room in the | library building. Dr. James K. Hosmer. the j librarian, read his yearly report, which shows j a marked increase in the work done in all j the 1' partments, and a general increase In j business. Tho report also gives a detailed i account of the work done at the branches j during the past year. In tlie Commissioner'! W«'rk I,,ejsHl? The question of the citizenship of cue of tho members of the charter commission may have ;,n important bearing upon the result ' of th. work of that body. John W. Hern- I luied. n member of the commission, became a ; citizen of thr United States only a few days j ago. When he was appointed by the judges I of the district bench he was not a citizen, I having never secured his second papers, j While be took part in the deliberations of j the mmission, therefore, and voted upon i the seven! questions raised at the meetings, he was an alien, and was not properly qual ified as a member of the commission. Excelsior Wants to Reorganize. The valine population of Excelsior experl bo much soMd enjoyment upon the oc- i casion of the legalization of the Solberg's j point and Excelsior bridge warrants last ; month that another election has been set for January 15, upon which date the question to be battled over will to whether cr no the village shall be reorganized under the gen ei ;il laws of the state of Minnesota., and whether or no the mayor's Ealary shall be raised t.m.n $10 a year to $50. Priest Must Wed. Daniel G. Golubiatriikoff, one cf the teach- j ers in the Russian seminary in Northeast Minneapolis, has been appointed to the priest- > hood of the parish at Galveston, Tex., by j Rishop Nicholas, head of the Hessian church in America. The appointment is a great hon- j cr, hut will necessitate the early marriage of Mr. GcJubiatnikoff, aa the rules of the church require oil of its priests to be married. "PV" (nrs Assessed. Tlk Ptavey Grain Line company has been ! ass^rsei! $8,400 back taxes or. its freight cars. The matter was argued before Auditor Minor : several d.iys ago, when the company claimed I ♦.here was no law under which Its rol'.ing stock could be assessed. The county auditor arse sped the taxes, however, and will let the courts decide the validity of the assessment, which was made on a valuation of $100,000 on j the property. Venr's Output of the Mills. The Northwestern Miller gives the follow ing statistics relative to the Minneapolis flour output of the past year: Total output for l.v:. 13,625,305 barrels; for 1896, 12,874,890; for j 1895, 10,582,635. The local fiour export for 1897 were 3,!i42,630; for li-CG, 3,707,265; for 1895, J, 080, 945. Delny In Duninm Case. The prgument for a new trial ln the Dur pnm case will probably be continued a week. This is owing tn the Haskell case, which has prevented County Attorney Peterson's j prepfcratirn for the arguments to have been heard at special term next Saturday. Cliildren Missing-. Clarence Dernier and Ralph Bond, aged eight and seven yearF, left the Children's home at Thirty-second street and Stevens avenue yesterday to attend school. They had | not returned by last evening, and the police ! were instructed to keep a watch fcr them. If you are ill you need a doctor in whom you haye confidence. If you need a remedy you want one that has been tested for years; not an obscure, un tried thing that is urged upon you, or on which you save a few cents — that is no consid eration as against health. For wasting in children or adults, Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with Hypo phosphites has been the recognized remedy for twen ty-five years. $oc. and $i.oo, all druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists. New York. For Delicacy, f tor parity, and for improvement of the com- I plexier. nothing equals Pozzoni's Powdbb. *- ''" '" •••— ■ ■ " J I 'TIS A LOflG STORY Ml- HAMBLIN ON THE WITNESS STAND CiIVES DETAILS OF THE WEST I'ILLMAN DEAL. THOROUGH INQUIRY MADE BEFORE THE COURT FINALLY ORDERED THE SALE OF THOSE BONDS. MAYOR HAS THE NEW CHARTER. Doc v tne nt Signed and Delivered— General Newi of Min neapolis. In the case of the state against W. E. Haskell, manager of the Times, an ac tion for libel, Charles N. Hamblin was allowed to be called out of order by the j slate, in rebuttal. Tbe witness was for merly assistant secretary of the Minne- I apolis Trust company and office attor | ney, a bookkeeper by profession, and jan expert ln that line. He now lives at Stockton, Cal., and was formerly a I resident of Boston, Masss., before com ing to Minneapolis, fifteen years ago. At the time the trust company was made receiver of the Northwestern Guaranty Loan company tbe witness bad been in the employ of the eom | pany for a year. Then he was given charge of the affairs of tbe Northwest ern Guaranty Loan company exclu sively, and put in all his time looking up the securities, etc. The witness [ gave a list from memory of the securi ties which came into the hands of the trust company. Tlie witness had spe cial charge of all these securities.which were kept in the vaults of the compa ny. Within a week or two after the appointment of the receiver he became aware of the different interests of cred itors in the securities. He then learned that the $311,000 of West Pullman se curities belonged to a special class of creditors. An action was begun to dis tribute these Menage collaterals to the general creditors, but it did not mate rialize, and the court finally determin ed the special character of these assets. The claim register of the estate was put in evidence, and the witness gave th<- total claims of the creditors at $4, ---?42,422.68. Of this, $950,000 had been fil ed in the Menage collateral trust, but the same parties had other claims against the balanc* of the estate, of $l,. r *oo,ooo. The balance of the claims amounted to $1,300,000. Nearly all the creditors were national banks. In Au gust, 1893, the witness went to Chicago to obtain information relative to the West Pullman bond and Chicago Dock & Improvement company bond matters. He went to the office of F. B. Hill, Chi cago, to see if he knew anything about West Pullman, then to the offices of the West Pullman association, where he talked with two of the officials, then to West Pullman and looked over the ground for two hours. This completed this investigation. Things were boom ing in Chicago, the world's fair being there. When he returned, he prepared a circular dated Aug. 7, 1803, which was sent to creditors. The company was constantly receiv ing letters of inquiry regarding the bonds, and the circular was sent out in answer to those letters. The ac tion in court relating to the Mc/iage collateral had been begun at that time. The witness stated that the Menage collateral creditors to a large extent had legal representatives in this city, just what proportion he could not say. Of the $311,000 of West Pullman bonds, $lC,r>oo were paid before the rebonding plan went into effect. The witness was shown a copy of a report to the court, showing the payment of 16 bonds, at $1,000 each. The interest had been paid with the exception of the last pay ment before rebonding, which was not paid when due. The last bond was paid Jan. 12. 1895. In the latter part of November, Mr. Kneeland came to Minneapolis and fully informed the witness of the status of the W est Pullman matter. Messrs. Hamilton and Kerr came to Minne apolis in the early part of 1894, the former for the purpose of changing tl c releasing clauses in the bonds, so that lets than ten-acre tracts could be re leased. The witness met the men at Mr. Hale's offlce, and a discussion was held, Mr. Hamblin doing most of the talking. They decided to change the rt leasing clause. The same men came to Minneapolis again later. The matter was prts nted to the court and the releasing clause wan changed. The witness did not re member that they came again. At the discussion held. Hamilton asked if the trust company would put a price on the bonds, and they were told that the mat ter was in such shape that no action could be taken. They asked if an offer of 60 cents or less would be entertained and the same answer was given. In November, 1894. Mr. Kneeland came to Minneapolis and explained the general condition of the We?t Pullman association, saying that they had pledg ed everything, as the first mortgage was over due and interest on the sec ond bonds could not be paid. He said that unless they were assisted they would have to assign and fail. He wanted the Minneapolis Trust company to allow an addition tc the first mort gage, having precedence over the sec ond, to help them. If they could se cure such assistance they would pay the interest. The letter from Hamblin tc Kneeland was again read in which the former wanted to know about tbe first mort gage, with the inference that the trust company wanted to protect it. Judge Belden introduced the answer to the same, which showed plainly that the trust company wanted to take care of the mortgage, because foreclosure was imminent. The state also introduced a letter written by Mr. Hamblin Nov. 26, 1894, to Mr. Kneeland, which showed that tbe court had appointed the Min neapolis Trust company as trustee for the Menage collateral. It also showed that the trust company had investigat ed the West Pullman matter, and was of the opinion that the whole was in a bad shape, but that the company would try to have the creditors agree to an extension of the second mortgage and an Increase of the first. This was one of the propositions made. A letter from Mr. Kneeland to Mr. Hamblin was read, which claimed that the West Pullman association was striving to carry out the proposed plan. Witness stated that the first letter was written while Mr. Kneeland was in Minneapolis, and was given to show that the Minneapolis Trust company would not foreclose, but was willing to assist the association. Another let ter from Hamblin to Kneeland was read, showing that some coupons had been paid, and promising a trip to Chi cago with Mr. Hale. A telegram sent Dec. 8, 1894, showed that the witness started that night for Chicago for the purpose of visiting Pullman. The wit ness started a thorough investigation of figures, etc. Mr. Kneeland and oth ers informed him that they could raise ro money In any way from any source. They went to the West Pullman site and looked it over. There were several manufacturing plants there, but not all of them were in operation. Then the preliminary plans for rebonding were brought out and discussed. The witness was asked to explain the plan. At the start it was immature, the witness and Kneeland talking it over at the start. The witness made the first proposition. Kneeland, others, THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1898. and Messrs. Smith, Joyslin and Wright, of the association, put in portions as suggested, and finally the evolution brought forth a proposition on paper after several days of discussion. When the witness first went down he asked if the association could not make an offer on the bonds. They said it would be Impossible for them to do so, and they must have assistance from the second bondholders. The noon recess was taken at this point. In the afternoon the witness was re minded of the Interview with Knee land and Hale, and stated that Mr. Hale was present during the entire conversation. "Tell all yn*u remember of any offer to purchase the bonds," said Judge Belden. "I think he wanted to know if we would consider an offer of 25 cents. We ' told him we only had his word for the I condition of things, and would want to look it up for ourselves. I remem : ber of no talk of 50 or 60 cents when Mr. Kneeland was there." Speaking of the draft of the plan, witness said that there were several copies made, and he tcok one with him to Minneapolis, where he explained the whole plan to the executive committee : in detail, going over the maps and the ! copy with them. Examining the rec- I ord of the company for Dec. 18, the ! witness recalled that there was a dis | cussion over a plan to have the trust I company raise funds, and it was I agreed that the attempt should be made by pledging collateral. Judge Belden wished to show that Judge Russell had these matters in : charge in the court, when Mr. Jackson I objected, because the action of the j judge, as he thought, could take away ! the responsibility of the trust company. "If the court please," said Judge Bel ! den, "the issue in this case is, did these | Minneapolis Trust company people sell j these bonds to themselves, by conspir acy and with the Intent to steal them. ! The case has been defended so far on j the theory that tbe proof should be to | show negligence and incompetency. We j have the right to show the good faith : of these people." The court ruled against Mr. Jackson, but after the ruling he still argued with the court, but it was of no avail. "The best of good faith wouldn't ex cuse this act," cried Mr. Jackson. "You charge us with stealing the money," said Judge Belden. The witness asserted that he had laid j al! the maps and figures before Judge j Russell, who had charge of the case, : and acquainted him with the facts. j That was about Dec. 18. The whole | plan was laid before Judge Russell, ! and he was told that lt seemed advis ! able to borrow money and purchase j the first mortgage on the property, i About Dec. 20 witness went to Chicago | and there met Clarkson Lindley. A letter from George D. Morgan to i the trust company was read. The ; writer held the first mortgage, and I stated that he had twice extended the i mortgage, and that they must have the ! money. The letter asked if the trust j company could not take the mortga.ge up. It said that Puilman real estate was dead, and would not revive for some years. If the trust company did not take lt up, they would foreclose at I once. After that an attempt was made | to get a loan from the United States ; Mortgage company. From Chicago he I went to Boston, but not by any mi i strirctions from the trust company, al- I though Mr. Lindley advised him to go. ■ He had with him the copy of the plan | which had been submitted to the exec utive committee. Judge Belden read this rebonding plan to the jury. In Boston the witness had several conversa tions with creditors, meeting Coombs, King and Foster first, and there was a meeting called of the New England creditors. Wit ness remained In Boston four or five days, and there was a meeting of creditors— a fair sized offlce nearly full— and the witness ex plained the situation and asked if they could raise any money to relieve the first emort : gage, and also presented the rebonding plan. ! The witness spent several hours in describing I the condition of West Pullman, and the debts j it was under. The meeting appointed a com mittee to go to Chicago and ascertain If the j report was a correct one, and witness went j to Chicago with that committee. Jan. 8, 1^95, I witness came before a meeting of the- execu- I tive committee of the Minneapolis Trust eorrf | pany and made a full and complete report j of his trip, and told what he had done dur- I ing his absence. Two days later he made a i written report, which he did not present to the executive committee. Then Mr. Bassett and Mr. Lindley went to Chicago, the witness also going there. H. F. Brown was met there and they all went to West Pullman and look ed it over; also visited some of the associa tion officers. The West Pullman people made a proposition, which was submitted to the Boston people and the Minneapolis Trust company. The proposition, which had already been read to the .iury, was shown the witness and | It was idantified. i "When T.-as it finally determined to submit i this rebonding plan to the court?" was I asked. I The witness stated that at some time In I February it was decided to present the plan to the court. The whole matter was talked over considerably, and witness could not say just when it was decided upon. When In Boston witness had been approached -«s to what the bonds could be bought f:>r, but he could give them no satisfaction at the time. At the creditors' meeting they had talked of trying to purchase the bonds. Mr. Coombs was asked if he would propose a plan where by creditors could come in and participate, and he thought that was the proper thing !to do in an estate of that kind. All the | members of the executive committee thought I it proper to present this plan to the court, | but there was no regular meeting held. At i the time the offer was made to the court, j Stephen A Foster was In Minneapolis. The ! application was shown— the same one which ; Mr. Jackson, earlier in the trial, had hinted : had been signed by Hamblin— and the wit : ness swere that the names were signed by • Mr. Foster, who also made some lntellnea | tions In the text. | The certificate which ha* been Introduced j by the defense, signed by all the executive j committee, was shown and witness ex ! plained that lt was suggested by Mr. Knee | land and was made on purpose to take to Buffalo and secure an extension of the j first mortgage. At the time the hearing , came on befcre Judge Russell there were ! a large number of attorneys present, rep resenting creditors, but he could not tell all the names. Mr. Belden stated that they could secure a list of attorneys represent ing about $90,00^ of the Menage Indebted ness. Witness staeted that he had sent to the creditors notifications of the order to show cause, and plan cf the sale. This showed the creditors their right to come In and i subscribe. He had also prepared and mailed l a circular to all creditors before this one, : notifying creditors of the offer. The old bonds were taken ts Chicago by the wlt [ ness and they were deposited with the I Equitable Trust company, trustee ln the | new bond Issue. After the order of the court, there were [ subscriptions sent ln under the order, to ; the Minneapolis Trust company, and wit j ness made a certificate showing the amount I each was entitled to subscribe, and these i were sent to Mr. King. Regarding some I Pullman parties who wanted releases cf thjlr j lots, witness stated that some of the parties : who had purchased lots had paid enough • on their lots to be entitled to releases, and . they were pressing the association for re | leases from the mortgage. Then he wrote the letters which the defense had put ln in evi dence. He knew they were entitled to re- I leases, and so he wrote the letters to keep the lot holders from pushing the West Pull man association. This was the circumstance which Mr. Jackson had so often brought for ward, as people writing and anxious to pay money to secure releases, which the trust company refused to accept. After the decree of sale the witness went to Chicago and there met Mr. King, where the witness had a talk with him, and asked him if he could spare witness any of the bonds purchased. He said he could let | witness have a few. After that Mr. King I SMit him a note in reference to the matter. As this was personal correspondence, it had been destroyed since. At this point the adjournment was taken. WILL BUY A LINOTYPE. Library Board So Decides—Li brarian's Annual Report. The library board o*f Minneapolis will pur chase a linotype machine from the Mergen thaler Linotype Machine company, of Brook lyn. This action wos decided upon at the monthly meeting, held yesterday afternoon at the board room in the Library building. Tha committee in charge of the matter reported that they considered the offer of the Mergen thaler company for furnishing a machine for $3,578 a very fair one, and the board voted that the president and secretary should sign the contracts forwarded by the Mergen thaler company and complete the purchase The machine is purchased by the board for A. H. Goodrich, who will pay the board for it ln printing work. Mr. Goodrich h?s six years to pay for the machine and until the last payment ls made the titlp t~> the niichine remains in the hartis of the board. Librarian Dr. James K. Hosmer read h's annual report for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1597. The report showed that the library fund has a balance of .$10,371.63. of which 11.b00.51 rs in insolvent banks. During he year the library has added to its collection of books 6,517 volumes, 4,958 of which wee purchased by city funds and 1,569 by The ! athenaeum fund. Besides the book purchas-s i $507.76 fi'.m the city furd ar.d $734.47 fr.:m the [ auienaeum have been spent, in the purchase j of periodicals. The inventory that has b-ea | in progress for some njcnthg showed that th 3 , annual loss of books is about 200. The per i centage of loss shows that the loss of books i at the branches is greater in proportion to that of the central library. The loss at Bran.h ! C, is three times tha^at BJ-aneh A, and the : loss at Branch B, ls four times that of J Branch A. The report of the superintendent of C clr • culatiOTj, Miss Josephine Cloud, sho-ws an in | crease > of circulation during 1897 over that i of 18%', an increase pot so large, however, as that of 1895 over 1893. SHORTAGE OF WHEAT. Not Enongb In tfce Northwest for Home Consumption. The Northwest is going to be short in the wheat needed for actual Northwestern use. This is the proposition that confronts the j millers of .the Northwest, .according to the j belief cf some of the best informed men in j the business in Minneapolis. The immense shipments of wheat away from this section of the country have brought this probability to pass, and many are very anxious to know whit the result will be. I. G. Andrews, local • manager for Robert Lindblom & Co., speak ■. mg of the conditions, said the amount of ; wheat available in the three states at the beginning of the present crop year, Aug. 1, i 1R97. has been variously estimated from 115,- J OCO.OCO to 140,000 000 bushels, the latter be : ing the final estimate of a careful, unbiased | statistician. Col. Rogers. Mr. Andrews gave 1 figures to show that but 40,000,000 bushels | still remain in tbe hands of the farmers. Of i this amount, 21,0*00,000 bushels is needed for I seed, leaving less t,han 19,000,000 bushels for 1 sale. "Adding to this the 19,000.000 bushels now ln I store in all terminal and country elevators in i the Northwest, and we find that there will j be 38.C00.C00 bushels to meet the require ! ments for the next eight months of those who I will be directly dependent upon the North west for supplies acd whose needs will amount to at least 20,000,0,0 bushels mora than this amount. "The New York Journal asserts that there is 59,000,000 bushels in the farmers' hands in the three states. This is misleading; there is about 59,000,000 bushels in the Northwest in all positions, including seed. If the mills alone at Minneapolis, Duluth and Milwaukee were to run on about two-thirds time they would require this amount. The above fig ures are outside estimates of even Col. Rodg ers, but they are sufficient to show that the situation as regards the Northwest is far from being a bearish one." MAYOR HAS THE CHARTER. Commission Signs and Deliver* the Document. Mayor Pratt received yesterday morning, at the hands of a committee, composed of Commissioners Cohen, Winston and Steele, of the charter commission, an official copy of the new charter. The commissioners met at the office of Secretary Hawley, at 12 o'clock, and affixed their signatures to the official copy, that is, twelve of them did Commissioners Stoft, Davenport and Walker having announced their Intention of refusing to sign. The commissioners signed in alphabetical order, as follows: Commissioners Atwater, Childs, Cohen, Downs, Gjertsen, Hawley, Haynes, Hernlucd, Jones, Plllsbury, Steele and Winston. President Steele then announced the ap pointment of Commissioners Cohen and Winston, ln addition to himself, as a com mittee to wait upon the mayor and deliver to him the copy of the charter which had been signed. The committee Immediately went to the mayor's office. Judge Steele presented the charter, after a few words of explanation. Mayor Pratt re piled briefly, produced a box of cigars and the committee and his honor talked charter while they smoked. It was the last official act in connection with the charter commis sion, and all that remains now ls for the council to order a special election or submit the question at the next general election. CHAIRMAN AT SAFE DISTANCE. Presides Over a Meeting 1,500 Miles Away, A practical test of the long distance tele phone was made yesterday between the Mm I neapolis office and Lowell, Mass. Charles J. j Glidden, president of the Traders' National ! Bank of Lowell, was in Minneapolis and presided ove.r the regular meeting of the bank directors in Lowell. The directors assembled at 4 o'clock east ern time, and Mr. Glidden called the meeting to order and the business was transacted In the usual manner. Mr. Glidden easily recog nized the voices of each director as they spoke into the long distance instrument. The line was made up of eight copper metal lic circuits and was over 1,500 miles in length. This is believed to be the first business meet ing ever held by use of the telephone over so great a distance. Charter Commissioners Dine. Charles A. Pillsbury entertained his brother charter commissioners at the Minneapolis club last night. A dinner cf a decidedly in formal nature was the method employed and was in happy contrast to the nightly sessions during the six months just passed. There were present in addition to the host, Mr. Plllsbury: Messrs. Emanuel Cohen, S. R. Childs, Benjamin Davenport, Judge John Steel, N. F. Hawley, J. C. Haynes, H. J. Gjertsen, P. B. Winston, D. W. Jones, John W. Hernlund, Jacob Stoft, Albert Do'.len mayer, J. B. Atwater, T. B. Walker and Thomas Downs. Tlie remaining members of the commission sent letters of regret. "Working for a Xew Dank. The South Minneapolis Commercial club, at its meeting last evening, was presented by a proposition by D. F. Getchell, presi dent of the Standard tank, looking to tho establishment of a bank in South Minne apolis. Mr. Getchell was present, and per sonally aired his views on the subject. He proposed to establish the bank on condition that half the capital was furnished by the south town merchants. He favored $50,000 or $25,000 capital. The club appeared favor ably Impressed with the proposition, and ap pointed a committee, which will sound the South Minneapolis business, men and ascer tain as to hew far they will assist the new enterprise. Jackson Day Programme. The programme for the Jackson day banquet tendered the Minnesota Democratic confer ence by the Young Men's Democratic club, Tuesday evening, at the West hotel, has been prepared by Chairman Rosing, of the state committee. P. B. Winston will act as toast master, and the following toasts responded to after the address of welcome by William Baldwin, president cf the club, and the re sponse by L. A. Rosing: "Democracy," T. D. O'Brien; "The Press and the Politicians." James Gray; "Andrew Jackson," James W. Lawrence; address by Senator James K. Jones, chairman national committee; "Poll : tics— ldeal and Practical," John Lind; "Young Democracy," John Burke, of North Dakota. Preceding the banquet, from 7 to 8 o'clock, a reception will be tendered Mr. Jones. Nunn Jnry Secured. The trial of Attorney A. H. Nunn, charged with making erasures in the delinquent tax books of Hennepin county, is now In full ! swing. Very little trouble was encountered i ln securing a jury, and at about 11 o'clock yesterday the twelfth man was sworn in and j Assistant County Attorney Purdy began the I presentation of the case to the jury for the state. Preparing for Jackson Day. The committees having in charge the Jack son day banquet for next Tuesday evening will meet Sunday afternoon at the West hotel and complete preliminary arrangements. The sale of tickets for this event has been very large, and considerable Democratic enthusi asm ls manifested. It is not. as yet certain If Bryan w-ill be in attendance, and unless he comes the speakers wffl be -Senator Jones, T. D. O'Brien and John Lind. BEAR GARDEN, TIME. — k — * Deadlock in the Maryland Legislnv tare Is jl£nhroken. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 6.— The deadlock over the speakership w the Maryland house of delegates was unbroken today, and there are Indications that i&wnll be unsettled for some time to come. &In the senate today nothing was done, except top send a message to the house announcing thi organization* of the senate. In the house, a hear garden time was had with no result. A motion to adjourn until tomorrow was carried by a strict party vote, the bolters for the first time acting with the majority of their party, they assert, how ever, that this is- no indication that they are giving way, and inslstthat they will not yield an Inch. "Will Decide oi\ a, Candidate. Special to the Globe. FARGO, Jan. 6. — Secretary Landqulst, of the Cass County Republican committee, has Issued a call for a meeting of the executive committee of the central committee at Cas setton Tuesday morning next, for the pur fose of recommending a candidate for Wheat and postofflce. Fditor Irish, of the Eagle, is said to have the indorsement of seven of the nine members, and will undoubtedly be the person named. Mr. Irish was a firm sup porter of Hansbrough in his fight for renom ination. NEW BftflKlflG BM ; MEASIRE EMBODYING MONETARY COMMISSION PLAX OFFERED IN THE HOISE. GUARANTY FUND FEATURE. ON THIS POINT THE PROPOSED ACT GOES ELABORATELY INTO DETAIL. EARLY ACTION IS ANTICIPATED. Arrangements for Hearings Made by Chairman Walker, ot tlie House Bunking Committee. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Repr-senta ! tlve Overstreet, of Indiana, introduced in the house today a comprehensive bill for carrying out the plan of the ! monetary commission for the reform of ! ' currency. The bill was referred by | Speaker Reed to the committee on j I banking, and Chairman Walker has j i arranged to give early hearings to Sen- | ' ator Edmunds, the chairman of th 3 J [ commission, and perhaps to oth^r ; . members. The bill contains forty-sev ! en sectiorrs, and enrbodies in legislative ; ; form every feature of the recommer.da- | tions of the commission. The earlier j i portion, relating to the maintenance of the gold standard, the crea'ion of the j ; bureau of issue and redemption, and the gradual retirement of the legal ten- j | der notes is embodied m the bill in j . almost the same language as in the re- ' pert. The banking features are mora i elaborate, and carefully define the : character of the guaranty fund for the j protection of notes issued upon assets j and the manner of redeeming the notes jof failed banks. The section dealing vith^he guaranty fund is as follows: j That every national 1 tanking association ! shall at all times keep and have on deposit I with the division cf issue hereinafter Bpecl- I : fird a sum In gold coin equal to S per centum ' lof its outstanding circulation. Tbe amounts : ! so kept on deposit si;; 11 constitute a fund to : j be known as the briknote guarantee fund, j which fund shall be held for the following ' J purpose, and for no other, namely: Whe.i --j ever the comptroller of the currency shall ! have become satisfied by the protest of the I ; waiver and admission specified in sec tic n 2556, ! or by the report provided for in section 8227 I of the revised statutes, that any association | has refused to pay its circulating notes on j demand, in lawful money, he shall direct the redemption of such notes from the bank | note guaranty fund aforesaid, and such notes shall thereupon be so redeemed. After the j failure of any national banking association to j redeem its notes shall have been thus as , certained the tends deposited with the treas | urer of the United States shall be solJ, as ; porvided by law. and the proceeds of such j | sale shall be paid into the bank note guaranty ; fund. The comptroller cf the currency shall : ; forthwith collect, for tho benefit of the fund, ! ! from the assets of the bank and from stock- i i holders thereof, according to their liability ] as declared by this act, such sum as, with the i bank's balance in the banking guaranty fund, Shall equal the amount of Its circulating uoti.B outstanding. And for this purpose tho United States shall, on behalf of tlie bank note guaranty fund. Lave a paramount lien upon all the assets of the association, and such fund shall be made good out of such ; assets in preference to any and all other j claims whatsoever, except the necessary costs and expenses of administering the Bame. The next section of the bill provides: That I whenever the comptroller cf the currency I shall ascertain what deficiency, ir" any lies between the aggregate collections for tho benefit of the banknote security fund in tlie case of each failed bank and the amount of its outstanding notes redeemed and to be ! redeemed from the said fund, he shall assess i such deficiency upon all the national banks ! in proportion to their notes outstanding at ! j the time of the failure of such oank. j The provision for the assessment of i the tax upon the circulation above the i authorized limit is as follows: That every national banking association i shall pay on or before the last day of every month to the division of issue and redemption ! a duty, imposed at the rate of 2 per ee-itum : per anurn, upon the average daily amount ' of its circulating notes outstanding" In excess of 60 per cent of such capital stock and a duty imposed at the rate of 6 per centum per anum upon the average daily amount of ! such notes outstanding in excess of go p*>r ■ centum of its capital stock. Circulating notes i of any national banking association shall be i deemed and held to be outstanding whenever ! they shall have been supplied by the comp troller of the currency to such association ln blank, registered and countersigned accord- ' ing to law, and shall have not been returned i to the comptroller for cancellation or coy- i ered oy an equal amount of lawful money de posited w.'th the assistant treasurer in charge I of the dlvrsion of issue and redemption for the retrrement of such notes. The present restrictions upon the amount of circulation which may be withdrawn monthly, and also upon new Issues of bank notes by bank" having made withdrawals within six months, are repealed. Section 34 of the bill provides for re j demption of notes in multiples of ! $1,000 in lawful money, upon presenta ! tion at the treasury or subtreasury ; designated for redemption purposes but j it is provided that "nothing in this act : contained shall be construed to Impose i upon the United States any liability for j the redemption of notes of any national banking association beyond the proper • application of the redemption and j guaranty funds deposited with the di : vision of issue and redemption, and the I ! enforcement of the remedies by this j ! act provided." Section 25 contains the prevision that ' l one-fourth of the reserve shall be held : ! In coin, with the specific mandate "that | I nothing ln this section, except as ex- j i pressly provided, shall be construed to ! alter or ln any way affect the provis- j j ions of existing law governing the 1 l maintenance of reserves." Section 37 authorizes the establish ment of banks with a capital of $25,000 ln towns not exceeding 4,000 inhabi tants, and section 3S declares "that it ' shall he lawful for any national bank- j j ing association to establish branches j under such rules and regulations as - may be prescribed by the comptroller ' of the currency, with the approval of ! the secretary of the treasury." I Section 41 provides for at least two 1 examinations of national banks each j year, for the rotation of examiners, j and for fixed salaries for examiners. j The amount of the salaries is to be collected by assessments upon the | banks. Provision is made for the entry of ■ state banks into the new system, sec ' tion 45 reading: Any bank or banking association incorpo rated by special law of any, or organized under the general laws of any state, and hav ing a paid-up and unimpaired capital suffi cient to entitle it to become a national bank ing association under the provisions of the proposed act, may, by the consent in writing of the shareholders owning not less than two thirds of the capital stock of such bank or banking association, and with the approval cf the comptroller of the currency, become' a national bank under this system, under its former name or by any name approved by the comptroller. The directors thereof may continue to be the directors of the association so organized until others are elected or ap pcinted in accordance with the provisions of the law. When the comptroller of the currency has given to 6uch bank or banking association a certificate that the provisions of this act have been complied with, such bank or banking association, and all its stockholders, officers and employes, shall have the same powers and privileges, and shall be subject to the same duties, liabili ties and regulations, in all respects, as shall have been prescribed for associations "origi nally organized as national banking associa tions under the proposed act. ENGLAND IN THE LEAD. Negotiating Reeiproteity Treaties for Her Colonies. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.— There is reason to believe that Great Britain will again take the lead of other nations in the negotiation sions in the West Indies. Sir Julian Paunce- ! tariff act. While other natrons were lodging i complaints against the terms of the act end Of the very limited advantages offered by the \ reciprocity clause, the British embassy here j has been at work quietly carrying on nepn j nations for a series of treaties, extending the j benefits of so much rec-'proclty as may be ob tai-aid under the act to the British poss«s of the British coloofes will be called into the 1 .ote has been at the state department several j I tim.es recently. Matters are advancing to a I point where it is expected some of the official* of tne British colonies wil be called into the • consultations prior to signing an agreement I as is customary when British colonies' are concerned. It is said that the old recipro.ltv treaties. which were set aside by the Wilson act. will still serve a useful puiDosf as the oasis for the new agreements, though it will D* necessary io amend them in order to ! allow for the changes in business and com mcfce that have taken place since the* I we*r» drawn. * COMMISSION CUT OFF. BiMliop Whipple, of Minnesota, One of the Member**. ■« AS+HNGTON. Jan. 6.— The house commit .c.c pu Indian affairs today decided by a vote ?, l°,, 4 V 3 omit from the Indian appropri.r- . " * lI H item for carrying on the work or the board of Indian commissioners m ide up of President Gates, of Amherst college; Bishops Whipple, of Minnesota, and Walker ! of Ps 7,^ m. k£* £ ork: Messrs - p - c - Garrett ; / v elr>hla; Darw in James, of Brookl.n ! and others, who serve without compensuion : beyond expenses. Consuls Confirmed. WASHINGTON. Jan. C— The senate today confirmed the following numrnatiens: To be Vnited States consu's: J. N. McGunn. of Wisconsin, at Dunfermline, Scotland- G W Merrrman of Wisconsin, at Brockville. Ont.'; Daniel E. McGinley, of Wisconsin, at Athens Greece. I'ost masters Named. an^^F ol^** Jan - 6--Postma s ters wero appointed today as follows: Minnesota- OoMen, Polk county. John Carlson, vie- John G. Johnson, resigned. South Dakota—Carth age, Minor county, James Douglas Wise n sm-Dell. Ira Dams. WMCon- PenaionH Granted. WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.— Northwestern pen sions were granted yesterday as follows* Minnesota-Original: George W. Hams-y H Ur V. 51 , 0: Calvin Steward. r*?Uw>, $6 South Dakota— Original: John McCurdv H.-t Spring's, $8. Wisconsin— Original: James Caldwell, Janes ville, $6; J-r.nthan Park. Hager Pity, $s. In crease: John Parks. Lancaster. $B 'to $10. THEATEtTbURNEID. Gay Coney Island Company Was Playing nt the House. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 6.— The Col- i umbia theater, on Powell street, near : Market, the smallest l>ut most popular '' of the three play houses controlled ln | this city by Fr-iedlander, Gottlieb & ! Co., was gutted by fire this evening. The flames caused about $12,000 dam- ! age to the interior walls, ceilings and furniture, but the damage from water before the fire was extinguished con- I siderably increased this sum. The In- \ surance was $2,000. It was fortunate j that the fire, which, it is sup; started from a defective flue In the ' attic, broke out no later than 7:43 this ! evening, when there was only about ! 400 persons in the theater. At the first I sound of alarm all of these people were | quickly and safely escorted to the box i office, where their money was returned. ' It ls not known yet whether or not ; the theater wil be reopened. The "In \ Gay Coney Island" company, which i has been playing in the Columbia, will | complete its engagement at the Call- j fornia theater.also controlled by Frkd lander, Gotlleb & Co. BURIED IN RUINS.. 'I'm ii Men Killed nnd Half a Dozen Vat ally Injured. WHITEMORE, LAKE, Mich., Jan. 6. I — The Toledo Ice company's mammoth | ice house in course of erection here, collapsed this afternoon, killing two men instantly, probably fatally wound ing five and injuring a dozen others. The dead: ALBERT MORCEY, laborer. OSCAR O'CONNOR, laborer. The seriously injured: John Mcßride, chief carpenter, of Owosso, arm and leg broken and jaw crushed. J. Commite, carpenter, of Toledo, internally Injured. George Martin, I breast crushed. H. Stilson, internally in- I jured. B. Fultz, head crushed. One hundred and fifty laborers were I at work on the building, which was 130 feet wide and about 250 feet long, di- j vided into five rooms. The west-out- • side wall first fell, the others following in rapid Bucoeesion until the entire structure lay upon the ground with j the men struggling beneath it. A spec- , ia! train from Ann Arbor has arrived to take care of the injured, some of I whom are expected to die before morn ing. The cause of the collapse is not : kiK wn as the building was considered perfectly safe. Ten thousand dollars j will cover the loss. KLONDIKE WAS KNOWN. ItlelineßK of the Field Concealed hy Hiidnon Bay Company. DENVER, Col., Jan. 6.— Dougald ML Dodd, a New York traveling man, in an interview here, said: "The rush of miners and prospectors to Alaska and Northern British Ameri ca, last year, and that which will fol low the opening of next spring, means the loss of many thousands of dollars j to the Hudson Bay Trading company, j which controls the fur business in that \ country. This results from the driv- | ing away of the game from which the the company makes its profits. Forty years ago my father was one of the hundreds of men whern the Hudson \ Bay company employed to hunt and trap game In the far north. He had followed the business for twenty years and during that time hunted all over the Klondike region. He knew of the rich gold deposits there, and I now , have at home nuggets which he picked up in that country. He has many times told me that some day that would be the greatest gold producing | region in the world. He claimed that i the gold deposits extend from the Hud- | son Bay to Western Alaska, and are j to be found on all the northern islands, j The officials of the Hudson Bay com- j pany knew of the gold, but forbade their men telling of it for fear of just such a rush of people into the country as we have now seen." South Dakota's Banks. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.— The comptroller of j the currency today gave an abstract cf the i reports cf condition, on Dtc. 15. of the twen tv-j^ national banks in South Dakota. It | shows total resources of $7,398,366, loans and discounts of $3,327,958. and reserve of $1,516,- j 864, of which $287,930 was in gold. The de posits aggregated $4,329,823, and the average reserve held was 35.95 per cent. Brainerd to Have a Creamery. BRAINERD, Minn., Jan. 6.— A creamery is about to be established in this city. It will be of vast importance to the farmers as well as a source of revenue to the city and coun ty. On Saturday a final meeting will be held to close the matter up by the election of of ficers and the adoption of bylaws. The creamery will be operated on the co-operative plan. Its cost will be $2,800. Jnst From the Pen. FARGO. N. D., Jan. 6.— This morning T). M. Gurnea and Henry Hughes were arrested on suspicion of robbing Manager de Len drecie, of the Chicago department store, last night, when he was relieved of a gold watch and a diamond ring. Gurnea has been out of the penitentiary ju=t ten days, having served a four-year term for highway robbery. His relatives are prominent at Eureka, S. D. Notice to DeuoHltors. The next semi-annual interest term of the Savings Bank of St. Paul com mences Jan. 1. 1898. One dollar de posits received: interest on sums of $5 and upwards. Deposits made on or before Jan. 10 will draw six months' interest July 1. 1898. 44^East Sixth street. MEN THAT ARE DOOMED A.MJ YET WHO DO \OT RKALIZE THEIR DAKGEK. Why People Drift Along J ntil It Often Im Too I. ale. Explained by a Scion of Selence. "I met a gentleman mi the street to day whom 1 have not seen for some time, but the moment my eyes rested upon him, I could see that he was doomed." It was a member of the faculty of a New York Medical College who* made this statement. "I saw," he continued, "that peculiar color of countenance, that lac!< of ex pression in the eyes and pufflness un der the lids which indicate the pres ence of the most horrible • f all known diseases. The corners *f the man's mouth were somewhat drawn down and the lines of the face were distinct ly marked. I felt like warning him, but I was not on sufficiently intimate terms to warrant my doing It, so I merely stated that he was looking aa though he were not in the best of con dition. "'Oh, I am all right!' he exclaimed. 'In fact, I think I an. enjoying very good health. It is true,' ht* continued, 'that I do not always sleep well, my appetite is rather fickle, and I feei un accountably tired at times, but 1 have no pain whatever, and 1 flunk I am getting along all right' "I left him with a warning not to be too certain about his condition, but I tell you that unless that man takes prompt action of the right kind, he is a candidate for the 51-ave, and that, too, within a limited p< rind. "And yet he docs t • I know it! "The thing which makes Bright'a disease of the kidneys, whi h that man undoubtedly has. tin most dangerous of all diseases ts thai lt baa no symp toms of its own. I mean that pain is seldom felt in the kidneys themselves, arrd yet I deliberately state as a phy sician, that nearly one-half of the deaths in Ameri- ;i are caused by Bright's disease ot the kidneys. This nmy sound likf a rash statement, bur lam prepared to fully verify it. Hun dreds of burial certificates have been made out by family physicians for 'heart disease,' 'apoplexy,' 'paralysis,' 'spinal complaint,' 'rheumatism,' 'pneumonia* and other common com plaints, when in reality it was Brirjht's disease of the kidneys. "Few physicians and fewer people realize tho extent of this disease or its dangerous and insidious nature. It steals into the system like a. thief, manifests itself by tbe commonest symptoms and fast) ns itself upon the constitution before the victim Is aw ara of its presence. It is nearly as heredi tary as consumption, quite as common and fully as fatal. Entire families, in heriting it from their ancestors, have died, and yet none of the number knew or realized thr* mysterious power which was removing them. "Not only this, but until recent years, no remedy was known which could prevent or cure this most fearful ->f diseases, and even today, with all the advancement cf science, there is but one known discovery by which it can be prevented, controlled when it is contracted, or Anally cur* ■:!. That rem edy is Warner's Safe Cure, and it has, to my certain knowledge, saved more people from untimely deaths, and is keeping more pee pie in perfect health today than ar.y other- discovery ever known in the entire history of tbe world. It was concerning this remedy that the late Dr. Dio Lewis said: "While my own life has been dcv (ted to the prevention of disease, and while years ago I gave up tbe use of medi cines, I gratefully recognize the pre cious value of Warner's Safe Cure, and If I found myself the victim of kid ney trouble, I should instantly use ii." When physicians of the highest standing so unhesitatingly endorse a modern discovery, which will eertiinly cure the most terrible of diseases, does it not stand to reason that those of us who realize that we are slowly drifting into a state of decline; that our kidneys, liver ar urinary organs are net what they should be, should avail ourselves of the benefits of so great a scientific discovery, which are placed so easily within cur reach? Serious Flight. CHICAGO. Jan. 6.— Fifteen non-union mill wrights were attacked ut Sheffi' id and North avenues by a crowd of strikers this afternoon, and when the resulting fight was over five non-union men were Injured. They were A. W Pattison, Charles Eyers, S. F. Evans. V'-iiliam McGovern and H. L. Robertson. None la seriously injur, d with the exception of Evans who was pounded on the head with a brick and kicked in the jaw. His Injuries may result fatally. Officials Henlsii. MENOMINEE, Mich., Jan. i.-Vi:c resi dent John Agley and Gr-neru! Manager J. N. Faithem have resigned thdr positions with the Wisconsin & Michigan ruihoeid, to taks immediate effect. President S. M. Fir-chev will succeed both -for the present. Prisoners Flogged. MONTREAL. Jan. 6.— To quell th" disturb ance ar.d rioting at St. Vincent de Paul peni tentiary, which have been going on for tha lafct three months, eight of the leaders wcrt today flogged la the presence of tbe other 40* prisoners. m Six-Cent Verdict. NEW YORK, Jan. n.— A jury ln the United States court today awarded Anthony Com p^oek a verdict of six cents in his suit for $.7), 000 damages brought against Dr. Mon tague R. Leverscn. 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