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MIGHT REMOVE SMITH j c i BIT BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS j MIED WOT THEN APPOINT MORTENSON I I 1 OLD SOLDIERS' PREFERENCE ] It boen Not Give Any Individual the Itt;; lit tv Demand nn Appoint ment, Su the Supreme Court De clares Several Important Ue t-i...ion* "Were Handed Down Yes terday. , Judge Mitchell yesterday handed down a batch of ten decisions, six of allien were reversals of lower courts. St veral of the most important cases heard before the present term were de cided yesterday. The court reversed Judge Willis in his decision on the old soldier law, in volving the claim of A. W. Mortenson, an old soldier, to the position now held by James Smith as clerk In the office of the board of public works. The ease was brought ln Judge Wil lis' court in the name of the State of Minnesota ex rel. against John Cope land and others of the board of public works, to compel the defendants to turn out Smith and appoint Mortenson in his place. Judge Mitchell says, while the statute in question, passed by the legislature of 189$, provides that in every depart ment of the state, counties, towns, etc., honorably discharged soldiers and sail properly qualified, shall have the preference for appointment and em ployment^ there is nothing in the law whicb gives an old soldier a legal claim upon any position. Judge Mitchell holds that the statute does not limit appointments to old soldiers who may apply for such places. There is noth ing in the law, the decision says, which ers upon any one the right to maintain a mandamus proceeding in his own behalf In a case of this nature. The appointing power is in the board and not in the courts, and, even if the court could compel the board of pub lic works to remove Smith, there would be nothing which would compel the ap pointment of Mortenson, as the ap pointive power would still rest with the board. The court holds that in refusing to appoint Mortenson the board of public works violated no legal right of his, but merely violated the mandates of the law. not In favor of the relator in particular, but in favor of all persons Coming under the class of "old sol diers." Relating to the qualifications of the relator, the court says: "The determination of the qualifications of persons for employment involves an exercise of judgment and a discretion TWO PRETTY SCHOOLGIRLS Being Slowly Poisoned to Death by Coffee-A Mother's Story. "Our daughter, Maud, gradually be gan to show more and more nervous trouble during her school days last spring, and it came to such a pass that she was not making the progress de sired, and was so terribly nervous that, except by the utmost effort, she could not sit stifll, or get her mind upon ! her work. One evening I asked her what in the world ailed her, and told h.r to put her lesson aside until morn ing, so that she could rest. She said, lW _J-__r^___\__x "~i=«f?*j»iK *^\__f V '■ - "Woi •"'7- -^W J MRS. NELLIE A. VOSBURO, Indiannla, lowa. 'No, mother, I must get this lesson to night and be up early to ge*t another in the morning. I don't know why it is, but I have been falling behind 'my class for over six months, and I must : work in order to graduate this spring, i 1 believe I will go and make me a cup ! of strong coffee, that will brace me up.' So a good cup of coffee was made j and Maud got through with her les sons at eleven o'clock. "The next morning I heard a rattling at the stove about half past four, and went down to find Maud there building a flre. She said she could not sleep ! and that she had to study, so she ■ thought she would make some coffee I as lt helped her the night before. I j went back to bed with a heavy heart, I for there was a thought of * danger creeping in. Step by stv»p my mind went back over the last year, and the I act*-' of our dear daughter during that time passed before me like a panora ma. She used to be so well and hap- I py, but now she acted as if she was almost crazy wkh nervousness and a wreck of her former beautiful self. It dawned upon the mother's mind that ! Maud was fading away, and, looking to God, I breathed a silent prayer to i the dear father to save my child. "The next morning I started out to j consult the family physician, but just at the door I met a neighbor's daugh- i ter on her way to school. A year ago ! this young lady had been confined to ! her bed for months with nervous pros- j tratlon, and it was whispered about ' that, if she lived, she would be likely \ to lose her mind. Her parents sent her away to a village near by, and this was the first time I had seen her since her return. I saw that she was ' the picture of health, and I said, 'Why, Fannie Trayer, what have you been | doing with yourself? I never saw such ! a change ln my life.' She answered, i 'Why, you know I finally found out that the coffee I was drinking was I ruining me, and when I got out to ' Auntie's she took the coffee away en- ! tirely and gave me Postum Cereal Pood Coffee. That is the only thing ; I have had. and you can see what the result is. I am just as well as I can possibly be, and getting along beau- ' tifully with my school work. "I was so deeply impressed with ' Fannies experience, and her former condition tallied so closely with Maud's, that I abandoned my proposed trip to the physician's, and went in- j 6tead to the grocer's and secured a | package of Postum. That night Maud had Postum Food Coffee, instead of ! coffee, and the next morning the dear child said she had slept and was very much refreshed. The effect was so In stantaneous that I was very much surprised, and feared perhaps there might be some medicines in Postum, •but I have since been assured that it contains no medicines whatever, but that, on the contrary, it is made of pure cereals, so handled by skilled ex perts, in its manufacture, that the delicate small particles of phosphate of potash are retained in a natural state as found in certain parts of the cereals, and that this, together with the albumen in food goes quickly to work to rebuild the nervous system. Our daughter has been saved to us. She graduated with honor, and, in stead of the nervous wreck she was at one time, she is now the picture of bounding health." vested in the appointive officers and not in the court. If a person could maintain a mandamus proceeding to compel his own appointment, it would require the courts to hear evidence and pass upon the fitness of the relator, thus placing the appointive power in the courts. The wrong or offense was merely a public one, and the only rem edy would be the removal of the of ficers from office by an appeal to the people." The syllabus is as follows; State, ex rel. A. W. Mortenson, respondent, vs. John CoDeland et al., appellants. Syllabus—Gen. St. 1894, sec. 8041, providing that honorably discharged Union soldiers. who are properly qualified, shall be preferred for appointment or employment in all de partments of the public service, cannot be enforced by mandamus. The statute does not confer upon any person a right to an oflice or position in the publio service which entitles ham to maintain such proceedings in his own behalf. Judgment re versed. —Mitchell. J. BARBERS MIST OBSERVE IT. Sunday Closing: Law Ia Held Constl- . tutloiiu-1 and Valid. The Sunday closing law was sustain ed by the supreme court yesterday In a decision written by Judge Mitchell tn the case of the State of Minnesota against Paul J. Petit, a barber, who was accused of keeping his shop open ln violation of the law of 1893. The court holds that as a police regu lation, rather than a religious obser vance, places of business should be closed Sunday for the promotion of the physical mental and mioral welfare of citizens, under the provisions of section 6515* of General Statutes 1893. The case is broupiht in the nature as a test case by the state and was fought by Petit first on the grounds that the whole was unconstitutional, and sec ondly, as class legislation. Judge Mitchell holds that neither of the questions raised as to the constitu tionality of the law are valid, and fur thermore, It is within the power of the legislature to establish as a civic or political institution the first day of the week as a day of rest from all kinds of labor. The court says ln defending its posi tion: "in some states lt has ben held that Chris tianity is a part of the common law of this country and Sunday legislation has beea upheld in whole or in part. •'The ground upon which such legislation is generally upheld is that it is a sanitary measure and as such a legitimate exer-ise of po.iee power. It proceeds upon the theory that the physical, Intellectual and moral wel fare of mankind requires a periodical Gay of resi from labor, and the day most generallj selected is that regarded as sacred by the greatest number of citizens and causes the least Interference with business or existing customs. "It la sometimes said that mankind will seek cessation of labor at the proper times I by the natural influence of the law of self-preservation, and that if a man desires to engage on bunday in any kind of work or business he has an absolute right to choose his own timo of rest as he eeee fit. "The answer to that ls that all men are not in fact independent and at liberty to work as they choose. Labor in a great degree depends on capital, and unless the exercise of powers which capital afford Is restrained those who are obliged to labor will not posstes tho freedom for rest which they would other wise exercise. "The object of the law is not so much to protest tho6e wTr.o can rest at pleasure but to afford rest to those who need it and' who from the conditions of society could not otherwise obtain it. Moreover if the law was not obligatory upon all, and those who de sired so to do were permitted to engage 'n their usual avocations on Sunday others en gaged In the same kind of labor might against their wishes, be compelled by law of competi tion in business, to do likewise. "The court will take judiciil notice of the fact, in view of the custom of keeping barber shops open in the evening as in the day that employes in them work more and during later hours than those engaged in other oc cupations, and that this is especially true on. Saturday afternoon und evening. "Also that owing to the habit of so many men postponing getting shaved till Sundays if the shops are permitted to be open on Sunday, the employes would ordinarily be de prived of rest during half of that day. "In view of all these facts we cannot say that the legislation excoeded the limits of its legislative polico power In declaring that keep*- g barber shops open on Sundays Is not a work of necessity or charity. "The object of the law is not to Interfere with thoso who wish to be shaved on Sunday, but mainly to protect employes by insuring them a day of rest." The conclusion ls reached by the whole court with the exception of Judge Buck, who dissents from the views of his associates. POLICY WAS FORFEITED. Louisa Bauholser's Snit fop Life In surance Failed. The supreme court yesterday ren dered its decision in the suit of Louisa Banholzer against the New York Life I Insurance company, affirming the or- j der of the lower court. The syllabus is: I Louisa Banholzer, appellant, vs. Xew York j Life Insurance company, respondent. Syllabus—On Sept. 16. 1895. the defendant ltsued a policy of Insurance on the life of i plaintiff's husband, of which she was the beneficiary, the premium being payable year ly in advance. It was provided in the policy that "if any premium is not paid on or be fore the day when due this policy shall be come void and all payments previously made shall iemaiu the property of the company; also that the policy should be deemed a New York contract and be construed according to the laws of that state. At that time there was, and still is in force a statute of that state providing that no policy should be forfeited or lapsed by reason of non-payment, when due, of any premium ln- i terest or installment or any failure thereof i unless a prescribed notice is served on the ! insured at least fifteen and not more than ' forty-five days prior to the day when the i same ls payable. When the second year's premium became ! dv? on Sept. 16. 1596. the insured paid a part in cash and for the balance gave the defendant his note at six months, which ex pressly stated that it was given In part pay ment of the premium with the understanding that all claims to further insurance and all benefits whatever, which full payment of the premium in cash would have secured, should be immediately void and forfeited if the no'e was not paid at maturity; and as a part of the same transaction the dpfendant gve the insured receipt for the note, which stated that the policy is in force until Sept. 16 1897, in accoidance with its terms and con ditions provided the above note is paid at maturity. At the maturity of this note on March 16, ISOT, the insured paid a further sum in cash '< on the premium and for the balance still | remaining gave his note at sixty days, con- j talning the same terms aud conditions as ! the first note, and received a similar receipt j therefor. This note wa s not paid at maturity and the Insured never tendered payment until June 18. when the defendant declined I to accept it. Prior to the time the annual ; premium became due on September. 1896, the defendant seasonably gave the notice required by th New YoTk statute, but lt did not give ; any such notice prior to the maturity of I either of the notes referred to. On May 26 I 1897. the defendant by letter, referring to the failure of the insured to pay his notes wh'ch ■ had matured on the 16th of- the month ' suggested to the insured the expediency of his s taking steps to have the policy put in force again and to have himself reinstated and expressed its willingness to do so on easy terms. The defendant has never returned the note of the insured, which fell due May 16, but it has never attempted to enforce its payment or asserted any Tights under it, nor has Its return ever been demanded. Held, construing the contract according to i the laws of New York as Interpreted by the i highest court of that state, the "premium ! notice" required by the statute of that state ; did not apply to the notes; that having given the notice prior to the time the annual pre mium became payable in September, 1896, the , defendant was not required to give any other I notice. Also that upon the failure of the i Insured to pay his note at maturity the policy ; was forfeited and became absolutely void un : less such ground of forfeiture was waived ; by the defendant either by Its prior course of j conduct or by its subsequent conduct. No declaration of forfeiture was necessary. Also that, upon the facts, there wo 3no such waiver. Order affirmed. STREAMS MUST F"LOW. Owner of Riparian Protperty May Not Obstruct Knvliratlon. Another reversal recorded in the low er court yesterday was that of James Gravel against Little Falls Improve ment and Navigation company of Lit tle Falls. The court says the riparian rights of owners of abutting property or a stream do not permit him to navi gation. The syllabus says: James Gravel, respondent, vs. Little Falls Improvement and Navigation Comp£By, *of Little tf"alls, Minn., appellant I Syllabus—Told (following former decisions* THE ST. PAUL GLOBE SATURDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1898. that the defendant bad no right in the ex ercise of the public right of navigation to construct booms and piers ln the Mississippi river the natural and necessary effect of which would be to produce "log Jams*' which would cause the water of the river to rise above Its natural height and overflow riparian lands situated above "high water mark." A conveyance by the riparian owner grant ing the right to erect certain piera, boom and assorting works in the river, construed and Seld that by necessary implication lt gave to ie grantee the right to overflow the land of the grantor so far as was necegeary to the beneficial enjoyment of the right expressly granted for the purpose for which the grant was made. Order reversed. —Mitchell, J. THEY NEED NOT CLOSE. But Hotels May Not Sell Liquor Aft er 11 p. m. The supreme court, by Judge Mitch ell, yesterday decided two cases re lating to the sale of liquors after the prohibited hours, which are in line with other decisions recently handed down with the court sustaining regu lations imposed upon saloonkeepers. They are as follows: State of Minnesota, respondent, vs. Joseph Eckert, appellant. Judgment reversed. State of Minnesota, respondent, vs. 0. P. Johnston, appellant. Order affirmed. THREE OTHER CASES. Supreme Court Handed Down De cisions in Them Yesterday. Three other cases were decided yes terday Involving powers of Justices of the peace, promissory notes and liabil ity of stockholders for the debts of corporations, as follows: William B. Larson and M. O. Slette, co partners as Larson & Slette, respondents, vs O. 0. Dukleth, appellant. Syllabus—ln transferring an action to an other Justice a justice of the peace should make an entry' in his docket stating the name of the justice to whom the case ls transferred und the time and place and when and where the parties are to appear before him; and if the justice to whom the case is transferred, in the absence and without the consent of one of the parties, tries the case at some other place, the judgment is, as to such party, void. Judgment reversed. —Mitchell, J. Thomas S. Nickerson et al., appellants, vs. Mary Jane Crawford et al., respondents. Syllabus—Article 1, section 12, of the con stitution of the state, provides that "all prop erty so exempted (in pursuance of the flrst clause of the section) shall be liable to seiz ure and sale for any debt incurred to any person for work done or materials furnished In the construction or improvement of the same." Held, that this provision is self-executlng, and has the effect of subjecting p:o;e!ty, ex empt from other debts, to seizure ar.d sa'.e for the debts specified to the same extent and ln the same manner as if no exemption lew existed. Where the debt is for materials furnished to erect a dwelling on a homestead the cred itor can obtain an ordinary money judgment and seize and seil the property on execut'on the same as any other real estate of his debtor. The land remains subject ta seizure and sale in favor of a transferee of the debt, and, although promissory notes of the debtor may have been taken as evidence of lt and re newed from time to time. Judgment re versed. —-Mitchell, J. In re receivership of the Northern Trust Company, W. S. Dwinnell, appellant, vs. W. L. Badger et al., as receivers, respond ents. Syllabus—A creditor intervened in seques tration proceedings under chapter 76 against an insolvent corporation, and upon his appli cation the stockholders were brought in as parties for the purpose of enforcing their personal liability for oorporate debts. This part of the proceedings was conducted by the intervening creditor, who employed the pe titioner as his attorney ln the maUer. While those proceedings were pending a syndicate of stockholders, whose stock was only half paid for, contributed a fund equal to the amount of their unpaid stick subKcriptLns with which they compromised and bought up all claims against the corporation. In con sequence of this the proceedings to enforce the personal liability of the stockholders were abandoned, nothing having been realized out of them. Petitioner's only contract of employment was with the intervening rrrd it^r. Held, that he was not entitled to pay ment of his services out of the corporate as sets in the hands of the receiver. Oder af firmed. —Mitchell, J. HEARS WARJS ENDED. Captain of the Well Known Shenan doah Is Told nt San Franelnco. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2.-The four-masted ship Shenandcah arrived in port today, 131 days from Baltimore, and for the flrst time her captain heard how the war had resulted. The Shenandoah was the subject of sensa tional stories during the flrst part of the war. Newa of her supposed capture was tele graphed from many places, but the vessel managed to elude the Spanish gunboats and reached England in safety ln tow of a Brit ish tug, which took her in charge off the Irish coast. She afterward sailed for Balti more and loaded for this city. Her commander, Capt. Starkey, went far out of his course on the trip to this port ln order to avoid Spanish privateers and war vessels and was delighted to learn of the sign ing of the peace protocol. CHARGE OF MATRICIDE. Two Little "Wisconsin Boyx Accused of Killing Their Mother. WASHBURN Wis., Dec. 2.—Sheriff Sonju left here for Sparta with two boys named Sol- j berg, who were arrested last week charged j with killing their mother. The family lives in this county on a farm near Marengo, and while the boys are only I about 8 or 10 years of age. the evidence points ! strongly to their guilt. The boys are alleged to have shot their mother with a gun, death I resulting instantly. - I ITS WEIGHTJN GOLD. A NEW DISCOVERY WHICH IS WORTH THAT MICH To Any One Afflicted With Piles. The Pyramid Pile Cure, the new, I painless remedy which has been so re- j markably successful ln curing every j form of piles and rectal diseases, has i recently been placed on sale at drug- I gists and lt is safe to say that when | Its extraordinary merit becomes fu!~y I known, there will be no such thing as surgical operations for the cure of this j obstinate and common trouble. Mrs. M. C. Hinkly, of 601 Mississippi ' : street, Indianapolis, Ind., says: I had i been a terrible sufferer from piles for : | fifteen years and no remedies benefited i j me, until I saw an advertisement of j I the Pyramid Pile Cure. I got a pack- j j age, also a package of Pyratiid Pills • f and used both according to directions. ! i I was astonished at the immediate re- I i lief obtained and now I honestly be- j lieve the Pyramid to be the only cer- ' tain cure for piles. That you may realize how bad I was, i I will say that I was confined to my bed and went before the college phy sicians here who said my case was a new one to them and wanted seven or ' eight hundred dollars to undertake a i cure; the great pain had brought on a i rupture, and I knew an operation j would be death to me on account of : blood poisoning. Nearly everyone here knows of my terrible suffering from piles and I feel that I cannot praise the Pyramid Pile Cure enough, and the Pyramid Pills also. My husband will join me ln highly recommending the Pyramid, my daughter was cured by one box only. For several years I weighed but about ninety pounds, no*v I weigh 150 and feel in perfect health. This seems to be the universal tes timony of every sufferer from piles who have ever tried the Pyramid; it is the safest, most painless pile cure yet discovered; contains no opiate, mor phine, cocaine or any poisonous in gredient whatever, has a soothing, healing effect from the flrst applica tion, and the moderate price places it within the reach of everyone needing treatment. The Pyramid Pile Cure ls sold by druggists at 50 cents and $1.00 per package and the Pyramid Pills at 25 cents per box. Send to Pyramid Co., Marshall, Mich., for free book on cause and cure of pile* PROBLEMS TO BE MET CURRENCY QUESTION IN THE PHIL IPPINES REGARDED J___ MOST SERIOUS SILVER NOW IN VOGUE Will Be Difficult to Teach Natives That Gold Is More Precious Than the "White Metal Credit System Is Practiced hy Manila and Oth er Merchants on the Arohlpelogo —Exports and Imports. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Edward Harden, who was appointed ln August last au honorary commissioner of the United Stales to ma"cc investigation Into the Industrial and cotnmercial con ditions of the Philippines, has made his report to the secretary of trie treas ury, in which he says: "Silver ls the basis of circulation in the Philippines. There is no gold in circulation, and has been none ln four teen years. The Mexican dollar is cur rent ln the island and to 1897 was prac tically the only money in general cir culation. The Spanish government, in the summer of 1897, coined $6,000,000 of silver in a local currency, which was sent to the islands. These dollars are lighter in weight than the Mexican dollars, but the scarcity of money makes their use necessary. A local issue of paper from the bank called the Banoa Espanpl, of the Philippines, is made in circulating notes based on silver, of which there was outstanding on Sept. 30, 1898, appi-o.vimately, $2,500, --000. The currency of the islands was originally gold, In pieces of $1, $2 and !?4, wkh Mexican silver dollars and the old Spanish silver dollars, the latter circulating to a mild extent only. Previous to 1895 silver was often at a premium over gold. When silver be gan to depreciate in value, the gold c-udn was rapidly exported and placed by the Mexican silver dollar, which has for a long time been in general use throughout the Orient. Gold became so scarce through the export of gold coin and the silver was taking its place so rapidly, that the Spanish government took steps to stop the export of the one and the import of the ether. In the spring of the one and the Import of the other. In" the spring of 1878 an edict wa.= issued from Madrid prohibiting the Import of all silver dollars bearing a date subsequent to 1877. This law was r.-..uinta.ined umt-il the control of the inlands passed to the United States. CREDIT. SYSTEM GENERAL. "The amount of money needed for the trade and commerce of the Philip-i pine Islands fluctuates in the different seasons. In the height of the sugar season—say from February to Septem ber, Increases the demand of money. For the ordinary needii of the country lltJLle money is needed, as the credit system is in vogue throughout the isl ands, and there is therefore no great arrount of money needed for the pay ment of wages to the laboring class. In the off-season wh-n exports are slight, the demand for money would b-_ small, and the circulating medium would be found much more than suffi cient for the nee-"s of the country. "Tho question of the future currency of the island is one which is of vital Importance to all business men in the Islands. The best Informed men ln Manila are unanimous In their opinion that under the present conditions the silver currency ls the only one suited to the Islands. A great deal of trade of the Philippines is with China and Japan, the straits settlements, India and Australia. In China and Japan and ln India the whole trade is on a silver basis, though J*pan has adopted the gold standard, ha- ing, however, as the basis of its currency a gold dollar, which is approximately wortfc only fifty cents, and its currency, therefore, in effect is on a silver basis the same as China and India. The natives of the Philippine islands are conservative to a degree in the matter of their finances and it would be a long and tedious matter to educate them to the idea of a dollar being worth two now in cir culation. EXPORT TRADE "Practically all of the export and im port trade of the islands Is in the hands of foreigners. There are a few Span iards engaged in trading, but the bulk of the business in a commercial way Is done by the British, German, Belgian and American citizens. These men do not meddle with the insurrection, and they have been able to maintain friendly relations not only with the Spanish government officials, but with the natives as well. "The most reliable figures that can be obtained on exports from the isl and for the year 1897 give the follow ing as the value at the point of ship ment of the various principal items: Hemp, $18,040,760; sugar, $12,928,000; copra, $4,620,910; leaf tobacco, $2,786,200 --cigars, $1,694,600; various articles, $1,010 --000; Indigo, $107,000; coffee, $96,100; rope, $63,400; sibucao dyewood, $49,100; gums, $47,500; skins for gJue, $38,900; moth?r of pearl shells. $27,500. Total, $41,342,849. "There are no known figures obtaina ble giving the imports for the Philip pines." | WHAT SPAIN LOSES By| THE PEACE TREATY, j; S Name. Area in Sq. M. Fopulation. i[ /Philippine islands 114.650 7,670.0 0 > J Cuba 41.655 1,C31,557 ,» SPPoo Rico 3,670 813.&o7 (' S Sulu Islands 950 75,fri0 <[ > Caroline islands 660 36,000' i < Totals 161,455 10,226,6**} ; ( The revenues of the Philippines for > < 1895, the last av.iMabl-9 statistics, are said \ S to have been U3.579.P00: those ef Cuba to < > have been (in 1894) $24,440,759, and thnse S ?of Porto Rico for the same year $5,154,- 5 ( 958. Of the Philippic** the largest island ) V ia Luzon. It is the island on which the i! > city of Manila (nearly 200,000 population) J I ls situated, and is very productive. The ji < chief exports of the Philippines are sugar, ( ' S hemp, leaf tobacco, cigars and copra, <[ > acd their chic* imports are rice, flour, . I wines, dress, petroleum and coal. There ]> < are ouly 720 miles of telegraph in tha ) 1 island and seventy miles of railway. Tho (| > Carolines and Sulu islands are unlmpor- < ( t tant except for snkll ttfade and naval ]» \ stations. Porto Rico, another of the new <• S absolute possessions'of the United States, t jls a most prosperous country. Its chief \ C products are coff~e, susar, molasses and S S tobacco. Of Cuba Ijttle c^in be said that > ) Is not now known £»y the people of the t > United States. j —! ri — Winteij Towrs. Tlie Chicago Great Western Ry. has on sale round trip Winter Tourist ticket.- at very low rates, to all principal winter resorts in Cali fornia, Florida. Arizona,* Old and New Mexico, Cuba, Louisiana, Virginia. North *ad South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama. Missis sippi, Arkansas and Tex as.. '■. These tickets are good returning until May Sl" 1899. Tlie service of the Chicago Great Western is unsurpassed. All trains are steam hearted" gas lighted and have the new wide vestibules. , Open and compartment Sleeping Cars. Buffet Cars and Dining Cars, -'a la carte." For rates, timo tables and further information, call on any Agent "Maple Leaf Route," or address F. H. Lord. Gt*neral Pass. & Ticket Agent, 113 Adams St., Chicago. Built ou Ninety Islands. Amsterdam is built on piles driven through the earth into the water below. Three lv.:** dred bridges span the many canals which divide the city, ten miles in circumference, into niiictj Island*- NEWS OF RAILROADS LIVE STOCK AGENT GOULD SAYS THE WINTER PROMISES TO BE FAVORABLE FOR CATTLE ON THE RANGES An Open "Winter Means Lou of Cat tle, for Many Are Drowned—Soo Line Announces It* Annual Ex cursion Rate* to tbe Twin Cities Hem id J i Has Another Railway Connection——Local Note*. C. H. Gould, live stock agent of the Chicago, Burlington & Northern, ____&* --ed through this city yesterday on his way to Arizona. Mr. Gould's head quarters during the summer are in Miles City, and he has just closed up there and will devote his energies dur ing the winter to Southern cattle. "The ranges this year," he said to a reporter for The Globe, "turned out a lot of good cattle and sheep. Our road had its share of business. The winter promises to be favorable for cattle. There will probably be plenty of snow for the cattle to slake their thirst. An open winter always means a loss of cattle, for when a steer goes to the rivers and brooks to drink he Invaria bly falls in and is drowned. If there is snow he simply licks it up and does not require a stream. "I notice there are a number of sheep and cattle snow-bound in the momi. tains, especially in Washington. The snow there ls soft and cattle have a hard time getting through it." Mr. Gould enjoys a national reputa tion as the "Bad Lands Poet Lariat." He has written a number of poems and songs founded upon the recent war, as well as much other meritorious verse. His latest is entitled "Stock Train Signals." RUNS TO BEMIDJI. Northern Pacific Complete* Its Con. nectiotn and Announces Rates. The completion of tbe Brainerd & North | era branch of the Northern Pacific to Be j midjl waa announced yesterday, and the ! Northern Pacific traffic officials promptly is sued a new freight tariff to apply to that point. The rates apply to St. Paul, Min neapolis and Duluth, though iDuluth ia about seventeen miles more distant from Bemidji than the Twin Cities. They are as to_t._-e: First class, 70 cents; second cless, 60 ctn's; third class, 48 cents; fourth class. 40 cents; fifth class, 82 cents; class A, 28 cents; class B, 26 cents; class 0, 21 cents; class D„ 18 cents; class E, 14 cents. These rates are the same as these of the Great Northern to Bemidji en the Fosston line from Duluth, but slightly lower than Great Northern rates from the Twin Cities. It is likely that the Great Northern will meet the new schedule from St. Paul and Min neapolis. "WAR ON GREAT WESTERN. Santa Fe Cuts Off All Business Re lations With It. CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe has declared war on the Chicago Great "Western. A bitter feeling has existed between the two roads for some time, be cause the Great Western would not maintain the rules and regulations of the Santa Fe regarding interchange of passenger traffic. The misunderstanding has culminated ln the issuance by the Santa Fe of the following no tices to connecting lines, announcing the severance of passenger traffic relations be tween the two roadc: "Effective Doc. 15 and until further ad vised, Sp.nta Fe system lines will cease ths interchange of passenger business with the Chicago Great Western railway. Coupon tick ets to points on and via Santa Fe system lines issued by the Chicago Great Western (or by connecting lines via Chicago Great Western to our junction points) stamped as sold subsequent to Dec. 14, will not be hon ored on our trains. Coupon tickets of Santa Fe syrtem lines issue reading to points on or via Chicago Great Western will not be sold. "Baggage under through tickets from or to the Cnlcago Great "Western will not be received or delivered. Sleeping cars and oth er passenger train equipment wi'.l not be interchanged. All passenger tariffs will be canceled so far as they apply to passentvr business interchanged with that road. Please turn to the wall all issues of tickets reading via the Chicago Great Western railway in connection with any and all Santa Fe lines." NATIONAL LAW NEEDED. The Present Anti-Scalp Inn; Mea«ure Seems Not to Be Effective. "The merchants of the United States, as sociated with the Anti-Ticket Scalping Com, mittee of Merchants' Associations, have been spurred to stronger efforts to secure a na tional anti-scalping bill by the decision of the court of appeals of the state of New York declaring the ticket scalping law of that state to be unconstitutional," said one of the executive committee of the central body yesterday. "This knock-out of the New York law only shows more strongly the ne cessity of a national law, and the fact thai this court reached a decision by a simple majority of seven votes shows that the pro posed bill, which I. drafted along similar lines to the New York law, has a gcod foundation. When it ls considered, also, that the supreme courts of other states have decided anti-scalping laws to be constitu tional, there Is no reason for believing that the United States supreme court would cer tainly declare a national law to be uncon stitutional. We look upon the decision of the New York court more as a help to our movement than anything else. It has de veloped strong legal grounds for Its founda tion, and has demonstrated the necessity of a national law to abolish railroad ticket brokerage." TO FAIBFAX MINES. Northern Pacific's Xew Branch Is Ahont Half Done. The Northern Pacific branch line from Carbonado to the Fairfax coal mines in Pierce county, Washington, ls about ha*.f completed. The line will be about seven and a half miles long and will be an ex ceptionally good piece of engineering. It is constructed ln the most substantial manner and designed for the heaviest class of traffic. As rapidly as the rails are laid the roadbed ls ballasted and made ready for service. Among the workmen employed on the road are a number of Japanese. The coal which the road will carry to Tacoma ls of a good grade and free from slate. Bunkers for handling the ccal are now being constructed at Fairfax. LOT "WITH EVERY TICKET. Seattle Real Estate Firm's Plan to Build Up Mount Vernon. An enterprising real estate firm fn Seattle has hit upon a novel method of building up a town. To every person who purchases a ticket over the Great Northern to Seaule, or other coast points on that system, the firm will present a clear title deed, abso lutely free of all cost, to a residence lot in 1 Vount Vernon, Skagit oounty, Washington. Each lot is 30 by 100 feet, and is located on gravelly Boil. If a person entitled to such a lot dors not wish one ln Mount eVrnon, his ticket will j be good for $20 toward payment for property j in any part of Washington, purchased from the sajne firm. The Idea of this scheme ls to attract settlers to Mount Vernon and es tablish them as business men of the place. There are already 2,500 people ia Mount Ver non. Travel in Special Cars. The Minnesota degelates to the National Farmers' corgress, which ls to be held in Fort Worth, Tex., next week, will start for that city this morning. They will travel in state in two special palace oars of the Mis souri, Kansas & Texas, which are to be at tached to the regular morning train of the Chicago Great Western. They will travel on the Chicago Great Western as far as Kansas City, and will there transfer to the Missouri, Kansas & Texas. They will arrive in Fort Worth Mondoy morning. It was thought the North Dakota delega tion would form part of the party, tut yes terday City Ticket Agent Elmer, of the Chi cago Great Western, was notified that they would not attend the congress. Decision Expected Daily. Railway Commissioner George H. Keyes, of North Dakota, visited St. Paul yesterday and called upon M. D. Grover, general coun sel of the Great Northern, and General Coun- De WOLF HOPPER. America's Greatest Comedian Uses Paine's Celery Compound. . Back of every smooth performance there is an amount of preparation, study and rehearsal that soon tells on the health of every actor. It is sig nificant how unanimous men and women in professional life, whether actors, editors, teachers or physicians, are in regard to Palne's celery com pound. As a nerve tonic for the ex hausting strain of their professional duties nothing else does the work of Palne's celery compound. A testimonial taken at random from the many that are constantly received from the theatrical profession, says: NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 25, 1898. Wells, Richardson & Co., Gentlemen —If others have been help ed by Paine's celery compound as de cidedly as in my case I do not wonder at the enthusiastic testimonials this remedy Is constantly receiving. If I had never heard a word as to its re markable Invigorating capability, I could unhesitatingly recommend it from my own experience. As a fact, many of my professional friends have been urging me to try Palne's celery compound. It proved to be the very thing my tired system needed to over come the exhausting effects of close ap plication to stage work. I am recom mending it to all my friends whenever sel Bunn. of the Northern Pacific, w'.th whom he held a consultation relative to the North Dakota rate case. The ease has been tried and argued and a decision ls expected to be handed down any day. SOO LINE EXCURSION. Cbeap Rate From All Points to the Twin Cities. The Soo line has announced an. excursion from points along Its line to the Twin Cities Dec 9 and 10 at a round trip rate of two cents per mile, the tickets to be good until Dec. 13. This is the usual fall excursion which the Soo gives every season. It expects to at tratc many visitors to St. Paul and Minne apolis. These excursions in popularity, as they give persons living at a d.stan.e from the Twin Cities a chance to visit them for a very reasonable sum. Paid the Full Fare. Another "bunch" of Italians was ln town yesterday. They made the rounds of ticket office*, hoping to get "cut-throat" rates to Chicago, but were disappointed. They then made a tour of the scalpers' offices, but were again turned down. They finally went, to Joint Agent Herman Brown, who held them up for $7 per, much against their will and to the usual accompaniment of hard luck stories. Return on nn Omaha Special. The Theodore Thomas Orchestra company will travel from Mlaneapolis to Chicago to night in a special train of six cars on the Omaha line. The train will be composed of three aleep ers, a parlor car, a first-class coach and a baggage car. It will leave Minneapolis at 11:30 thle evening, an hour after the con cert. The company will breakfast in Mad ison, Wis., and will arrive in Chicago short ly tafter noon. Railroad Notes. Michael Dooley will represent the Great Northern at the Hamline transfer station. He was formerly chief clerk of the Minne sota Transfer. He will be succeeded ln that position by E. T. Chapman. F. S» McCabe, who was recently appointed chief clerk of the general passenger depart ment erf the Omiiha road, has assumed his duties, and ls succeeded as general agent of the company at West Superior by F. l_. Ba con. The position which Mr. McCabe takes is newly created. The Scandinavian excursion party which I* to go to Norway and Sweden on the Tonglriro, of the Beaver steamship line, will depart for St. John, N. 8., this evening on the Soo line. John G. Allen, the Northwestern agent of the company, will go with the excursion ists. The party le said to number fifty, most of whom are residents of the Twin Cities. HATS OFF IN CHURCH. Pastor of Mnncle, Ind.,Begrins a Cru sade Against "Women's Headgear. *MITNICE, Ind., Dec. 2.—A few months ago Rev. Leslie J. Naftzger, pastor of the High Street Methodist Episcopal church, the lead ing religious society In Muncle, introduced the Idea of women removing their hats ln his church as soon as the Bcriptural lesson was read. For a few weeks there was not ona bit of millinery to be seen ln the church, but it lasted only a month, and for three wr*»~-*-i past the women ln many Instances have failed to remove their hats. The pastor announced that the rule was being violated again and requested that the church board meet with him to discuss the matter further. This evening lt was de cided to prosecute the movement, and a sec ond and a pointed request will be read at the meeting next Sunday morning, and at each subsequent meeting, when women pres ent fail to remove their hats. The congrega tion has 1,500 members. O ____- *__. 'AT •*__*- _£=%. X ______ m Bean th« jp You Have Always Boughl •Signature /^ yj Z^/j-2{2. they complain of sleeplessness, indiges tion, or other indications of nervous ness common ln our profession. I am yours sincerely, —Katherine Kidder. De Wolf Hopper, America's most popular comedian, writing on Oct. 4, 1898, from the Knickerbocker theater. Xew York, says: "I cordially recommend Paine's cel ery compound as being thoroughly ef ficacious." When the history of Palne's celery compound Is studied it is easily under stood why its popularity is so enor mous. Paine's celery compound is the world-famed discovery of Prof. Edward Ellsha Phelps, M. D., LL. D., profes sor of materia medica at Dartmouth college. Prof. Phelps' unusual talent quickly established his reputatioi prominence among his profess brethren. He was fully alive to the da attendant upon the American \\*£ living, and besought diligently for common-sense remedy that would the common evils, which, under name and another, result from ai healthy state of the nervous ■rp.,..,.,. . His labors were crowned with glorious success, and he gave to the medical profession the celebrated remedy which has won world-wide fame as Palne's * celery compound. Smntrsrllngr Diamonds. There are various ways of smuggling preoious etcnes. They are concealed ln cheeße, in pomade, in soap, ln cigars, um brella handles, walking sticks, in the hollow handles of sliver and tinware, ln preserved fruits and confectionery. There ls no com prehension of the ingenuity of the diamond trader who wants to cheat the government, and he generally succeeds, because he has every advantage in his favor. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of (^^/jfTa^C^ RESULTS Are What You Want. »IgSyi E TREATMENT CUES THE FIRST TIME. CREO TREATMENT is Dr. Coles owa discovery for "WEAK MEN, in every way weak, who may be guttering from the wasting^ wetkenlna and nervous results of LOST MANHOOD. After a quarter of a century's practice ln the curing of all DISEASES OF MEN as a specialty, and in treatment and cure of Just Eueh cases aa these Dr. Cole discovered his famous CREO TREATMENT. U not only acts directly on the GENITO-IRIXARY organs, etrengthenlng, Invigorating, revital izing and rejuvenating the fundamental or gans, but at once Imparts to him the vitality and vigor of manhood that he should possess CREO TREATMENT electrifies t: c wholi system, searches out the weak points and for tifies them at once by acting on the nerve centers, stomach, digestive organs, heart, liver, kidneys, bladder, spinal cord and brain* thus preparing the way for nature to assert lteelf, making the man strong, vigorous, ro bust and healthy; without an ache or pain correcting the whole system. OFFICE TREATMENT. In every case, where It is possible for you to come to the offices, by all mean, do ao. it is so much more satisfactory to you and to the doctor to have a personal con.ultatlon and examination. You then see and talk with the old doctor. HOME TREATMENT. For those who cannot come to the office* our method of home treatment ln all ca.es is perfect as lt can be made. A complete and correct diagnosis is made of each case, free of charge, and a special course of treatment is sent to meet the special requirtm.n's of each case, by mall or express. Dr. Alfred L. Cole, Medical Institute and Council of Physi cians, 24 Washington Avenue South, Minne apolis n