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i A SMILE ON i > a dimpled cheek is wondrously j > attractive. # Perfect finish and , > artistic casing are "added attrac- ,' ' tions to a fine Piano. The pos- ' > session of an elegant « : KRHNIGH & BHDH i ' Piano, which is notable for these ■; [ points, will provoke a smile of ; , > satisfaction. Some of the ex-.. i [ elusive features of this splendid [ , Piano are: < > ] : The Metallic Action Rack, I ; The Patent Damper Head, ; ; The Brass Action Socket, \\ > The Unique Music Desk, « ;Th 2 Finished Open Back, ; : The Superb Veneers. „] ; Prices rioderate. Terms Easy. "; I . A Piano that will satisfy the ] ► most critical. ! IW. J. DYERS BRO. | I Largest Music House in the < > Northwest. \ > < > Sole Agents for < 1 Stciiiway and Knaba Pinttoa. * \ 21-23 W. Fifth St., St. Paul, Minn: i STOP THE GAMBLING now EX-L.IBOR COMMISSIONER ro\\ ERS. OF MINNESOTA, WOULD SAVK FARMERS THEY SPECULATE IN GRAIN - The Assertion to That Effect by Mr. Powers Causes a Sensation in the Industrial "Commission—3lr. Pow ers Claims Farmers Are (he Prin cipal Lambs Shorn by the Option Traders, WASHINGTON, May 4.—Mr. Legrande Power, for eight years labor commission er of Mii^nsota, was before the industrial coinmisison today. He spono especially ot farming condition?, in the Northwest ern states, saying that the present ten dency among farmlands was toward the ownership of the lands, and.a greater per centage of farmers now owned their own land than fifty years ago. He also ex pressed the opinion that the tanner who is in debt today ha~s ten times the oppor tunity to discharge the obligation that the farmer at the beginning o£ the cen tury had. Mr. Power thought the ten dency was towrad small farms, and added that the wheat and cotton and other pro ducts of the small farmer controlled mar ket prices. Mi 1. Power also said that many of the agricultural colleges of the country were conducted upon lines calculated to attract boys educated by them away from the farms. Speculation in grain, he said, did not affect the prices, except temporarily, nor affect the farmers except so far as they engaged in speculation. ■'You don't mean to say," suggested Gov. Harris, "that the farmers specu late?" •'They do," replied the witness. "Very largely they are the lambs which are shorn on- the stock- exchanges. - Stop the farmers from gambling and you will stop it all. Three-fourths? of the money thus lost is lost by farmers." He thought that corporations and trusts should be strictly cotrolled and regulated by law, adding that in his view the coun try was drifting with 'mad frenzy" towards disaster. All corporations should be strictly controlled by the state in which they operate. He thought, how ever, it might take tw renty-uve years of legislation and experiment fully to work out the problem. BEEF IXQIIRY REPORT. It Will \ot Severely Cenwnre Gen. Miles. WASHINGTON, May 4.— From an ad ministration source it la learned that the report of the beef inquiry is a reply In a series of answers to the questions put by the president to the members of the board. The first reply is said to be voluminous, being an account of the method of preparing beef for market, every detail observed by the board in specting the different packing establish ments having been gone into. When It comes to questions about inspections there is a call for fixing the blame for neglect, and it is asserted today that Gen. Wade was called to the White house to modify some criticisms con sidered by the president to be severe. If any pointed criticism of Gen. Miles Is in the report it is declared that it will be found in a reply toward the end, cen suring him indirectly, perhaps, for fail ing to report at once his observations about the beef supplied to the army. Still, It is evident that the general command ing- is not destined to be very roughly handled, for it is asserted at the war department in several offices that there Will be no suggestion of punishment for Gen. Miles. The friends of Gen. Miles are manifest ly anxious lest after the report Is made he will again open the subject by renew ing the assertions he made at first at Ponce, Porto Rico. It does not appear that Gen. Miles has asserted his inten tion to ask congress to make any inquiry next winter. The report that he con templates doing so is probably conjec ture, for if G«n. Miles knows positively Just what it contains, he is silent on the subject. Xfar Hotel Ryan. Strangers in the city will find a full line of fine cigars at Fetsch's. *jsl catarrh O3SEASE l^^^^ty^^^^ Nothing but a local I WqM^AM BAUNnI remedy or change of Piif'WsL» w7*«COLOh climate or will cure p^W^J catarrh. S^i Ely's Creamßalm^-^^^^ It is quietly absorbed. H BL-*-~'3'w*Mbl Gives relief &t ouce. I O^v v^SWYOWJaSi Opens and clean»eg the BBKL-Oe^__£L-L_JH Nasal Passage*. />AI f\ U, LIE 1 Af| Allays Inflammation. L»ULU "I FILMI/ Heals and Protects the membrane. Restores tho ■censes of T M le and Smell. :No Mercu-v No £? Ji lr£? Unn lrl'£ He *«"« Size 50 cental family ELY,.BROTHERS. 56 Warren Street, New York I Lawn Grass I I 2^£*S*3rfl Our Mixture Is Bj. H V-.* s*■5*■ V: Unsurpassed | H S I Maw im Pa ;• 64 East N g>■ &>■ KJay Q[ U 0. 5 .sixth • St..; 6 INDICTMENT IS VOID JI'DGE • SEAMAN PUNCTURES THE .; CHARGES AGAINST. OFFICIALS . .' OF BANKERS' LIFE „. NO OFFENSE WAS SET FORTH V Willinrcnc»B 10.vin-cjx.sed by the De fendants to Go to Trial in Cane the Court at Milwaukee Possessed. Jurisdiction—Text of Memoran dum of the Federal Judge Find ing Indictment Defective. MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 4.—(Special.) —The indictment returned on April 26 by the federal grand judy at Milwaukee against the officers of the Bankers' Life association, of St. Paul, was today quash ed by Judge Seaman. Promptly upon information of the in dictment of the officers and trustees of the Bankers' Lifa association the com pany caused proceedings to be taken to bring the matter before the court for tho appearance of the defendants, and to plead to the indictment, but upon exam ination the counsel of the association were satisfied that the indictment not only failed to charge any "scheme or de vice to defraud" members or prospective members of the association of any viola tion of the laws of the United States, but disclosed an organization and plan for assessment life insurance upon a fair, honorable and safe basis, and that, in ad dition to this, it appeared from the in dictment that the alleged act 3 transpired wholly within the state of Minnesota; hence, under any circumstances, the only court v.-hlch could possibly entertain jur isdiction or consider the matter was the federal court of the district of Minnesota. Believing this, a motion was made before the court in Wisconsin, to which the in dictment was reported, for the purpose of having these gasstidns considered and determined, in order that the members of the Bankers' Life association might not be put to the delay and expense of an in vestigation and trial which would not re sult in a judgment that would protect the defendants or the association from similar future attacks and prosecution. On the evening of April 25 Mr. Burke, attorney for the association, visited Judge Seaman at his home in Sheboygan and he expressed his willingness to have the matter brought before him at any time. It then transpired that Mr. Phillips, the district attorney, en the evening of April 24, haS gone to his farm in the northern part of the state. After conferring with Judge Seaman, counsel for the defend ants communicated with Mr. Phillips by telephone and by wire, with some diffi culty, but were unable to procure his consent to a hearing before Monday, May 1, his objection being upon the ground that he could not return to Milwaukee before that time. MOTION ARGUED. The matter was heard on Monday, May 1, when counsel for the association con tended that the association did not pro pose to stand upon technicalities, but to contest the matter on its merits, and was willing to meet any charges that might be brought against it in any court hav ing jurisdiction, and felt in duty bound to call to the court's attention the ques tion of jurisdiction in order that It might be determined'whether, if a ver dict of accruittal were rendered, it would protect the defendants and the associa tion from further persecution upon the same charges or whether a judgment of any kind could be entered after the trial. The attorneys for the defense also In this connection stated, that if- the court, after having its attention called to tho matter, concluded that jurisdiction could be entertained by it, the defendants would appear without delay and plead to the indictment and demand immedi ate trial. In addition to this it was also in the indictment disclosed that the Bankers'- Life association was organizsd and had been conducted with an honest purpose and with a view of protecting its members, and to that end had accu mulated a large reserve fund, aggrega ting nearly one million dollars, and that the. indictment failed to charge any mis appropriation of one dollar of the funds of the association or the improper invest ure to promptly pay any just claim since its organization. More over it was urged that the very essence of any violation of the postal laws, was omitted by failure to state or charge that any letter, packet or anything else was ever deposited in the postofflce or any government mall box by the defendants. At the close of the argument the de fendant's counsel suggested to the court the importance of an early decision, and, at the request of the United States attor ney for time to file brief, the court an nounced that in view of the great im portance of the matter he wished to de cide it as soon as possible and fixed up on Thursday morning, May 4, that be ing the earliest time at which he could render a decision after having received the brief of jtttorney Phillips. This morning Judge Seaman rendered his decfsion in the following language: JUDGE SEAMAN'S FINDING. "On the motion to quash the indictment in the United States against Cortlandt M. Taylor et al., I have prepared a short opinion. The indictment pur ports to charge an offense under section 5450, R. S., as amended twenty-five sta tutes at large 873, for misusing the post office establishment. It states at length the original plan or organization for one purpose, under the laws of Minnesota, and the final development of a scheme of life insurance, with general averments of fraudulent devices and assurances. Whether the plan thus set out is a wise provision of life insurance and whether the alleged change in the primary asso ciation was injudicious to the original members, cannot be made the subject of Inquiry under this statute. Non-mail able matter within section 5480 must re late to a scheme or artifice of which the object to defraud is unmistakable. Lay ing aside, however, all questions in ref erence to the facts avoided, as constitut ing the plan or scheme of the defendants, I am clearly of the opinion that the in dictment is fatally defective upon at least two grounds which appear upon its face: "First—The only attempted charge of an offense places the commission out side of the territorial jurisdiction of this court, and, "Second, no facts are stated to consti tute the offense, within the statute. "The statute defines the offense to con sist of either of two acts, first, placing prohibited matter In a mail box to be sent or delivered by the postofflce estab lishment, or receiving the matter from such establishments. The sole specifica tion in the Indictment Is under the first head, of so placing In the postofflce of the United States at St. Paul, Minn , to be sent and delivered by the said post office establishment to a G. Bodden, Mil waukee, Wia., within the above district and so addressed. If the statute prescrib ed the offense as continuing to the place of delivery, as named In the section re lating to lottery schemes, then the ques tion would be presented, but there Is no such attempt here, and, under the well settled rules of construction, applicable to statutory offense, it cannot be bo ex tended by Interpretation. RULING IN POINT. "The ruling of Judge Severance in the case of the United States vs. Saver Is directly In point and the' reasoning is conclusive, that the offense Is completed with the act of depositing. So in this case. If any offense Is charged, it wa3 committed exclusively In the state of Minnesota, and this court can take no cognizance. "The cases cited by the United States attorney as supporting jurisdiction are THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1899. clearly distinguishable. If the scheme to defraud constituted an offense there would be room for the application of the doc trine herein referred to, but under this section the fraudulent scheme merely de fines the status of the letter or package, as non-mailable. Unless there ia a mail ing no offense exists within the purview of the section. "The indictment contains no statement of the matter mailed. No statement that any specified thing, package or letter waa deposited. Whether the Indictment may dispense with setting out a copy of the offensive matter is not presented for de cision,but It is well settled that there must be some description or Identification of that which is charged to be offensive by which the defendants may be Informed clearly of the charge made against them. There is no assemblance of such Infor mation In this indictment, and it Is clear ly void upon its face. "The motion to quash will be sustained and the Indictment held for naught." Judge Seaman's decision meets with uni versal approval among business and pro fessional men of Milwaukee, where the j association has a large and representa tive membership, whose faith in the com- I pany and loyalty to it are tested by the prompt manner In which they paid their assessments falling due May 1. Cortlandt M. Taylor, president of the company, was shown the telegram an nouncing the fall.v.J of the prosecuting attorney to make out a case against the company. He said: "We received word this afternoon from T. R. Palmer, attorney for the company, who has been in Milwaukee attending to the case in conjunction with our Milwau kee attorney, that the Indictment had been quashed. I am, of course, pleased at the satisfactory end of the difficulty, but know little or nothing of the details of the case, as Mr. Palmer has not ad vised me of his progress. I might say, however, that the' action of Judge Sea man Is what we expected, as the charges made against us to the federal grand Jury were false, and the whole trouble is the result of an attempt to injure our busi ness in Milwaukee, rather than an hon est attempt to see impartial justice ren dered." STILLWATER. New Church to Be Consecrated—Old Resident Dead —Field Day. Ascension Episcopal church, in this city, Is to be consecrated next Th'.-.raflay, and It is expected a large number of the cler gymen in this district will be present. Bishop Gilbert will act as cpnsecrator and the sermon will be preached by Rev. Chas. D. Andrews, of St. Paul. Christopher Hermann, for many years a resident of the St. Crolx valley, died Wednesday night at the home of his son in-law, John Kaplin, on Nelson street. He had been ill with gastric fever only a day or two. Deceased came here in 1854 and was well known among early resi dents of the valley. He was sixty-eight years of age. The gang saw at tho Tozer mill at South Stillwater was broken a day or two ago and the mill will be idle until some time next week. The machinery was badly shattered but no one was Injured. R. H. McCoy, of Lakeland, has con tracted with the McClure Lumber com pany for that company's log output on the Clearwater and Red Lake rivers, the entire amount aggregating somewhere in the neighborhood of 100,000.000 feet. The logs will be delivered to Mr. McCoy's mill at East Grand Forks at the rate of about 10,000,000 feet per year. The pupils of the Stillwater high school will hold field day sports this afternoon and there are a large number of entries for the various events. The schools of the city will be closed this afternoon. Prof. F. A. Weld is at Moorhead, where he will soon take charge of the presidency of the normal school. OPENING OF UTE LANDS. Scores of Men Prepared to Take I'y Claims. DURANGO, Col., May 4.—The Ute lands were opened for settlement at noon to day by proclamation of the president. Scores of men who had been holding places in the line sold out half an hour before the opening. Fifty dollars was the prevailing price. It is estimated that 1,000 paople sought in various ways to secure land. There was no central start ing point. Men were scattered along- the Colorado and New Mexico lines for forty miles, awaiting the hour, many with no means of rapid transit. From Durango hundreds of well-mounted and well-armed men began pushing to the front at day light, all giving themselves ample time to reach the favorite sections. Town site boomers seem to have centered at Ar boles, where there is a hot race for lo cations. Something Sew in Photography. Printing photographs by lamplight is one of the late achievements In photogra phy, and a demonstrator of this process will be at Zimmerman Bros., 375 Minne sota street, all day Friday, May 5, to show every ona interested In the work how to do it. STREET CAE COLLISION. Four Persons Injured, One Probably Fatally. CHICAGO, May 4.—ln a collision be tween a North Clark street cable train and a Wentworth avenue trolley car to day, four persons were injured, one prob ably fatally. The Injured: H. D. Green, seventy years old, an insurance adjuster, serious; Mrs. M. E. Pigers, slightly; Mrs. Mary Desmond, back hurt; M. L.. Parker, gripman, right arm broken. CATAREH OF THE STOMACH. A Pleasant, Simple but Safe and Effectual Cure for It. Catarrh of the stomach has long been considered the next thing to incurable* The usual symptoms are a full or bloat ing sensation after eating, accompanied with sour or watery risings, a formation of gases causing a pressure on the heart and lungs, and difficult breathing; head aches, fickle appetite, nervousness and a general played out, languid feeling. There is often a foul taste in the mouth, coated tongue, and if the interior of the stomach could be seen it would show a slimy, inflamed condition. The cure for this common and obstinate trouble Is found in a treatment which causes the food to be readily, thoroughly digested before it haa time to ferment and irritate the delicate mucous surface of the stomach. To secure prompt and healthy digestion is the one necessary thing to do, and when normal digestion is secured the catarrhal condition will have disappeared. According to Dr. Harlanson the safest and best treatment Is to use after each meal a tablet, composed of Diastase, Aseptic, Pepsin, a little Nux, Golden Seal and fruit acldß. These tablets can now be found at all drug stores under the name of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, and not being a patent medicine can be used with perfect safety and assurance that healthy appetite will follow their regu lar use after meals. Mr. N. J. Booher, of 2710 Dearborn street, Chicago, 111., says: "Catarrh is a local condition resulting from a neglected cold in the head, whereby the lining mem brane of the nose becomes inflamed and the poisonous discharge therefrom pass ing backward into the throat reaches the stomach, thus producing catarrh of the stomach. Medical authorities prescribed for me for three years for catarrh of the stomach without cure, but today I am the happiest of men after using only one box of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet* I can not find appropriate words to express my good feeling. I have flesh, appetite and sound rest from their use." Stuart'a Dyspepsia Tablets are the safest as well aa the simplest and most convenient remedy for any form of indi gestion, catarrh of the stomach, bilious ness, sour stomach, heartburn and bloat ing after meals. Send for little book, mailed free, on stomach troubles, by addressing F. A. Stuart Co., Marshall, Mioh. The tab lets can be found at all drug stores. NEWS OE RAILROADS ARGUMENTS BEFORE, THE STATE . COMMISSION ABOUT THE'•■■ N. P. ,U > _ »UL»UTH RATES " COUNSEL BUNN aS'(HJES FOR IT i ' ■"■■ '''■-'■': -■■-■ -O'm'; ■■• •."•' ■•'-"■"- St. Cloud Buslne«s Men Join With ... the Dulnth Road In n. Protest "'" Against Allowing 0 tht, Northern * Paclflo to : Charge More for the Intermediate i Thau for Through ,; Business. ■ : .-,■--, 'jr-~. s \.■".:,':.'':,' The application of the 1 Northern Pa cific to quote a throijg^ from St. Paul to Duluth without a tchange In th# intermediate rates came on for hearing yesterday before the *tils railroad com mission. C. W. Bunn, general counsel of the Northern Pacific, argued in favor of granting the application. In his opin ion the company was authorized under" the interstate commerce act to disregard the long and short haul clause whsn the conditions were not the "same as ob tained with other companies. Most of the business between St. Paul and Du luth was Interstate shipments on through tariffs to and from the Bast. The difficulty as to the rest might be obviated by securing terminal facilities in Wisconsin or by billing through from the East. The subject was one which would require the action of the inter state commerce commission, if the Northern Pacific should be required to reduce' intermediate rates. The Minnesota act, Mr: Bunn went en to say, was identical with the interstate and the interstate commerce act had fre quently allowed roads to meet the compe tition of water lines or other railroads by making a less charge for a long haul ■■between strong competitive pints when, conditions by different routes were radically different. "The Northern Pacific," he sa!d, "could not afford to give up Its local business to compete for the St. Paul-Duluth traf fic, because of ninety miles longer haul. No shipper within or without the s:ate could be injured by having a choice be twen four lines" Instead of three, and the' intermediate towns wijl ,pot ba affected in any manner ,and will-remain exacty In their present condition, ; and it Is not possible that there will be a ral.« of rates between St. Patol and Duluth aft long as the Northern Pacific Is a com petitor.", i ■- • ■ • ■ • Emerson Hadley, general counsel of the St. Paul & Dulutfy .Objec ed strenu ously to the granting off,the application, saying that if a competitor was allowed to live on its Intermediate' businrss and still compete- with them on through business there was no reason why they should not be given the? same privilege and be served notice that If the appli cation was granted and the^- Northern Pa cific was permitted to'ihake a lower rate for a, long haul the St. Paul & Du luth would at once make a similar appli cation. ; . Mr. Irwln, representing the business men of St. Cloud, argued that the through tariffs on other lines being quoted as low aa a rate 'to intsrmed'ate points as to St. Paul the same privilege should be granted other towns on the Northern Pacific. • "The business- men of St. Cloud," he said, -'are opposed to the shipment of goods through their city at a less rate than they have to pay." The matter was taknen under advise ment by the commission And its decision will be announced later. ' Among those present* fet the . hra 1-g were H. C. Irwin, H. A. McDonald, C. D. Grinos, C. J. Metzroth^an^ C. F. Ladner, of St. Cloud; J. H. Rhodes, A. Tanner and F. C. Cowley, of Little Falls; Vice President Hannaford, of the Northern Pacific, and General Freight Agent Broughton, of the St. Paul & Duluth. SUMMER TOURIST TRAVEL. Indications That There Will Be a. Good Many Eastern Visitolra. The Trunk lina passenger committee be fore which C. S. Feo, general passenger agent of the Northern Pacific appeared, at its meeting in New York, April 25, agreed, with but one dissenting vote to reconsider its previous action in voting to place on sale through tickets from trunk line territory via Omaha, Ogden and Portland, to points on the Northern Pacific north of Portland, thus depriving the latter company of the beneflt of the long- haul St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth, and now none of the trunk lines will sell tickets north of Portland except via St. Paul, Minneapolis or Duluth. The demand of the Union Pacific, O. R. & N., Oregon Short line and Rio Grande lines was contrary to the established practice of the railways c-f the country who claim for themselves the right to say at which points on their lines they will accept business) from connecting rail-- ways. The outlook In the EaSf for passenger business destined to the 'Northwest for the coming summer, "especially tourist travel, is excellent, i- juj .. ■ PART OF EASTERN MINNESOTA. Doluth, Mississippi & Northern Will '. Lose Its Identity. "","■■' ■'- . ' : The official circular issued by President Samtiol Hill, of the Eastern Minnesota, confirms the purchase of the Puluth, Mis sissippi River &. Northern. The circular Is dated May 1, and says: "Commencing this date the .Eastern Minnesota succeeds to the control of the property of the Duluth, Mississippi River & Northern. Agents and employes form erly in the service of that road will be re tained in their respective positions until further notice aad will report to the of ficers of the Eastern Minnesota. 1' LINE) TO RAINY RIVER. Construction of the Road "Will .Be Begun In a. Short Time. ' ■ ' r :'. ,'j The construction^^ ' the Ontario *& \ Rainey River railway will be commenced as soon as contracts can* be let* This is the line which •.■'run'. around,the south , end of.-Lake of the Woods, 150 miles in '} Minnesota. At Stanley it- will connect with the Port Arthur, Duluth & Western. Under" the terms 'of it« [ contract - with the Dominion government " the ■ line i- must be completed to Rainy, rivet this fall and ;is subsidized -to the amours of $10,500 per mile. The construction -wtij be expensive and the estimates shown; that the grading : alone will cost $20,000 per ; mile. ; ■ i '•- ■- -■ -- -•■ -iC-.".' -'. i>\- -•.- --,' INTERSTATE} CO.WTTERCE. 1. . /' _ , -. .'■-'■'■ __';riiV7'- . ' if>> -»- ?! Hearing on Grain Rates, to Seaboard .■ ' - •" Points Ordered. ■-:'< ?>V.- '• .^-- - • WASHINGTON, May J.-fTha Investiga tion now pending before the Interstate ; Commerce commission, ,involving, the le gality .t of , relative : rates.; charged '. on - do mestic and export ""Etirpteetits*; of grain l and grain products, has-been assigned for • hearing : by the donirMsslon 'at the" United y States : court postofflce . building,. city of New yXPJn> - on Monday, May 16.';.-; ' *;*:■* .. | ; >>.:,^ . . ' ' . CONTRACTS ' ARE '. LET. :":" '•' •.'' .'■ Two Southern Firms Are tl»e Lncky ■ '_. ,;■■ Bidders. ::": -; ?■'-.•".'::";^".' Contracts : for the building ;of the first section of the Omaha extension of • the ; Minneapolis & • St. Louis road,we're let at midnight Wednesday. Two bidder out of the twenty were successful. As their flfuroß for the whole work w*r« so nearly Identical the Job was split between the two of them. The lucky firms are John son Brothers & Faught. of St. Elmo, 111., who get the 100 miles north of Spencer, 16., and John Scott & Sons, of St Loul«, who will build the portion between Spen cer and Storm Lake. On the work between here and Spencer it Is estimated that 2,500 men and as many teams will soon be busy. Over 1,000 will be required on the southern section at the same time. It is now but a matter of a few days before the dirt will be flying all along the line. The specifications re quire that the line shall bo completed to Storm Lake by Nov. 1. Great Western Earning*. The gross receipt* of th« Chicago Great -Western for the month of April are as follows: . ..•••■■ .ol>^ w<2 ek ~ln April, 1899, $114,882.76; 1898, $87,792.48; Increase. $27,090.28. Second week in April, 1899, $105,089.16; 1898, $88,657.87; in- i C Mftaߣ', 16' m-2S- Third week -In April," l?9!>. o $101,616.84; 1898, $87,590.21; increase, $14,026.63. Fourth week in April, 1899, $143,783.29; 1898, $138.004.84;' Increase. 7,178.68. For the month of April. 1899, $465,372.05; 1898; $400,683.40; Increase. $64,688.65. Prom July 1 to date, 1899. $4,867,045.99; 1898, $4, --467,485.48; increase, $399,560.51. Illinois Firm Gets Contract. The contract for the construction of the Minneapolis & St. Louis extension from New Ulm into lowa has been awarded to Johnson Bros. & Faught, of St. Elmo, 111., they being the lowest bid der. The contract calls for grading, bridging, masonry, balasting and track laying for 135 miles. Work will be com menced at once. RAILWAY KOTKS. A party of forty-five, most of whom were farmers, arrived from Michigan yes terday morning over the Wisconsin Central, and were transferred to the Northern Pacific to be transported to Washington state. J. Q. Allen, of the Beaver line, has booked for foreign travel William H. Hamilton and wife, who will sail for London May 27, in company with Thomas Irwin, on the Patricia, of the Hamburg- American line. H. C. Burt, president of the Union Pa cific, has called a meeting of the Western roads for a conference with the Interstate commerce commission, to be held at Washington, D. C, May 11. The Soo brought the first lake and rail shipment from the East to St. Paul yes terday. There were 140 carloads of mer chandise consigned to St. Paul and Min neapolis. General Manager S. C. Stlckney, of the Chicago Great Western, has issued a denial of the report that the road will construct a passenger depot on the West side. The St. Paul & Duluth is contemplating some Important changes at White Bear, which will make that resort more at tractive than it has ever been before. The annual statement of the Michigan Central shows that its net earnings for the- ,year were $3,500,176, an increase of $52,448. Peter Simons, traveling passenger agent of the Hamburg-American line, of Chicago, was In St. Paul yesterday. E. G. Davidson, general passenger agent of the Colorado & Midland, was in the city yesterday. E. G. Ballu, Northern Paclflo ticket agent at Seattle, arrived In St. Paul yesterday. G. W. Hume, city ticket agent of the Rock Island, of Dcs Molnes, was in town yesterday. S. O. Brooks, general freight agent of the Great Western, went to Dubuque yesterday. A number of Omaha officials will make the trip in a special car to Sioux City on Sunday. North-west Pensions, WASHINGTON, May 4.—Northwestern pensions were granted today as follows: Minnesota—Original, George" W. Kellogg, Minneapolis, $6; Increase, Calvin B. Ab bott, Alexandria, $10 to $12; reissue, Mona Hanson, Choice, $12; widows, Elva B. Kelly, Minneapolis, ?8; Charlotte F. Mer ry, Stillwater, $8. South Dakota-Reis sue, Jacob Barnhart, Aberdeen, $10; wid ows, William J. Brown, Sastalia, $6; Cath arine E. Geeting, Loretta, $8. LOCAL WAIF'S FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, May 4.—Pa?e Morris arrived at Washington from Atlantic City today and starts for Minnesota Saturday evening or Sunday morning. Mr. Tawney says he will start home to morrow morning. Representative Eddy la malting ar rangements for a trip to Alaska this summer, providing he can rind time. He expects to be gone about two months. Secretary Alger today orderod the dis charge of William Curtis, of the signal corps, now at Manila. Representative and Mrs. Heatwole will form part of the corigreßsional party lo visit Alaska this summer. The foods we eat furnish energy for the body just as burning coal makes steam for an engine. The experiments of Prof. Frankland, Ph. D., of Lon don, shows that cod-liver oil yields two and one-half times more energy than starches or sweets Scott's Emulsion is pure cod-liver oil combined with hypophosphites of lime and soda. It forms fat, gives strength, enriches the blood, invigorates the nerves, and repairs tissues. 50c. and $ 1.00, all druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. DOCTOR WYATT t: Located 15 years at flp^npftaS 230 Hennepin Avenue, IL^yl Minneapolis. |aß|jEg3jll The Oldest, Most Successful and Reliable Specialist ;: fSfffe^Sfctefcßh In the Northwest for Chronic. Nervous and Private Diseases MEN suffering- from evil effects of youthful . ■■■ - indiscretion, later excesses, recent expos ure, nervous debility, varicocele, unnatural dis charges, lost vitality, falling- memory, unfitnesa to marry, blood, skin,* kidney or private dis eases are speedily cured; He employs the most approved methods and will >■•.■• '; • * GUARANTEE A PERFECT CURE in strict confidence, at moderate expense. Con sult the Old Doctor, for he has had 30 years of wonderful succea and can cure you. No ex posure. No delay from business. I ADIEB suffering- from any form of Female ■»■ Weakness, Painful or Irregular Menstrua tion, are quickly cured. Office and parlors pri vate. FREE consultation. Call or write for list of questions. Home treatment safe and sure. Office hours, 9 a. m. to Bp. m.; Sunday, 10 a. autoU. GALENIC MEDICAL INSTITUTE, Corner Seventh and Cedar Strcet»(ovor' ' "V'Yeriß'i Store), Phoenix Building. ■";'-''-j<iSsih- Established "in 1861 for jQmW$fS&- the -c» re of JPRIVATE. , AEirZm^m& NERVOUS; Blood. Kidney, fsSSM JkysmT> rtuary and Chronlo Dls - ga»™t^r»| ease8 < including Sperma mS*S&magkJ§Bllorrhoea- Nervous ■ Debility, ■ ESa&T^ngfflßlinpotency, Syphilis, Gou ' MHMKw orrhoea, Gleet, Stricture, '•■•MBBaMr'' Varicocele, Hydroceie, Dls '^JraßrffilM™' eaaei of Women, etc. oldest 4ffiK9reW^Bn This iuetiiute is the oldest ■^mSSESbwP^ in Minnesota, the phyel-; . COiyoERRtQ* clans are reliable, regular :. :'■:■.'-' -fry ' graduate!, and treat all the above diseases and guarantee a cure in every case undertaken, and mar be consulted person ally or by letter, Pamphlet and chart |of . ques tions for stating the case on above diseases sent free.' All business ' strictly: confidential. . Office hours from 0 a. m. to 6 p. m. - Sundays 2 to 4 p. m. Address letter! thus t. . -. . , ! .VI GALENIC INSTITUTE, St. Paul. Mian. ; COMBINED TREATMENT G -OF THE GREAT CURATIVE POWERS. References: BEST BANKS and LEADING BUSINESS riEN of the City. Consultation y^ /^^^\^V Comultation FREE! 1 w^ It ""X FREE DISEASE ROUTED! HEALTIf RESTORED! "Health and Disease are conditions on which depend pleasure or sorrow, happiness or unhapplness, success or failure. Health makes a man equal to any emergency. Disease makes him unequal to the ordinary duties of life. ' It is economy to be well." Effective as either medical or electrical treatment has proven to be when used separately under proper advice, the combining of these two great cura tive agents by these eminent Specialists produces a curative power never before obtained, and impossible to secure by either medicine or electricity used In, the old way alone. Does it not appeal to your intelligence that the • -two combined will accomplish more than when used separately? .-. ■ r,ii\ These, able and progressive Specialists are today achieving most wonderful results in curing NERVOUS, CHRONIC AND BLOOD DISEASES and all difficult diseases of MEN AND WQMENv, .*..,.-.... ~;, . . • A cordial invitation is extended to all physicians or specialists having diffi cult or stubborn cases to bring . their patients to the Institute for treatment under their improved system. Some doctors fail because of treating the wrong disease; others from-not •» knowing, the right treatment. -.. - -\-,< ■-■ ..-,. -,. ; S Ho Mistakes Here, and Ho Failures, In seeking treatment the following qualifications should be taken into con sideration: Ability, ; experience, skill and an established reputation for KIK-s :;2 ;■" 'J : : RELIABILITY! j -I"/ B^& 0 All of which are possessed by the specialists of this; Institute, and are neces- • ; sary for the successful and satisfactory treatment, of any disease. Hore Extensive Experience than 111 Specialists Combine! The thousands of permanent cures effected stand as a living monument to the glory which these great specialists have achieved in their profession. Each and every cure effected by the doctors are living advertisements, which : move from house to house, town to town. and from state to state, telling of ; the great specialists' achievements in each particular case. It makes no dif- | . ference to the doctors whether rich or .poor, all are treated with the same skill and - consideration. ' ;V;-\ ■•;.--■--";> More Cures Than All Other Specialists Combined, The specialists of the State Electro-Medical Institute have more cures to their credit • than all other specialists combined. Treating a case is one thing and curing it another. The doctors' motto is: "When others fail call and consult ; "them." Where that advice is follow strong and healthy bodies have taken the place of weak and emaciated forms, happiness to families where former ly sorrow and despair 'prevailed. Experience, coupled with science, is every thing in the practice of medicine. The young and inexperienced physician who treats possibly ■ one patient a week, or maybe a month, should "not be expected to cope with-and check -disease in the same skillful manner as the skilled and trained specialists of the Institute. They have mastered diseases and performed successful operations where all hope had been given up. Not one, but thousands of such cases are recorded in the shape of testimonials and acknowledgments received from persons permanently cured. The Scientific Treatment of the Great Doctors Cures j The most pronounced cases of any of the following ailments: Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Head, Throat, Lungs, Stomach, Liver and Bowels, Kid neys, Weak and Undeveloped Organs; also Rheumatism, Catarrh, Heart Troubles, Blood and skin Diseases, Piles and Fistula. Rupture Is cured with their new and painless treatment, without any . detention from business. Their treatment of VARICOCELE has also proved a boon to sufferers from this distressing affliction, as it attacks the cause of the trouble and strengthens and restores the parts to their natural condi tion. Weak, Aching Backs Are a warning of disease. How often men and women are heard to remark* "I, have a weak back," or "My back aches." Little do most of them realize I that these are positive indications of diseased kidneys, and that if medical advice and treatment are not sought at once a fatal termination is sure to follow. A dangerous feature of this disease is that there Is no pain in the kidneys themselves. Its presence is told by other organs. There- la often a throbbing headache, the heart 'action is irregular, the. face is pale and puffy the appetite is fickle, there is abrickdust deposit in the urine, and partial or total loss •of sexual power; there Is a ; frequent desire to urinate. If you have any of these :symptoms your kidneys'are diseased' and prompt action Is necessary or it will terminate in diabetes or Brlght's disease, with the usual fatal ending of these terrible maladies. Diseases of Young, Middle-Aged and Old Men Which weaken the body and the brain, causing nervous debility In all its dis tressingforms, such as wasting away and atrophy of the organs, night emis sions, drains which sap the vitality, weak and railing manhood, self-abuse ach ing back and diseased kidneys, a tired feeling, fear of danger or death diffi cult breathing, loss of appetite, defective eyesight, pains In the head and shoulders, cramps in the - muscles of the body, dizziness and falling sensa tions, pimples on the ; face, dark circles under the eyes, palpitation of the -heart, despondency, poor memory, ringing in the ears, blood rushing to the head, a wandering mind. Inflamed glands, hydrocele, inflammation and irrita tion of the bladder, difficult urination, permanently cured. Private Diseases and Blooi Poisoning. Blood poisoning, private diseases, stricture, syphilis and all other diseases of th» 'generative organs are invariably cured. Diseases of Women, . "We take especial pride In the success which has attended our efforts In the treatment of the diseases of women. Permanent and satisfactory cures In ailments produced by abnormal or unnatural conditions of the female organs, painful menstruation, irregularities, barrenness, Inflammation, hysteria, pain in back and loins, neuralgia, dullness of vision, smarting pain and itching of the parts, bearing down, leucorrhoea. or whites, and other complaints which often result In great prostration and nervousness. 111-^Sj, if you cannot call. • Letters confidential and answered in all lan -1(11 Hll IX guages. we have the most successful home treatment known KB I I \\i\ to tno medical profession and thousands who were unable to call Bill UV/ at office have been cured at home by our combined electro niedlcal treatment. CONSULTATION FREE. CURE GUARANTEED IN EVERY CASE ACCEPTED. . Open Ba. in. to sp. m.; 6:30 to 8 p. m. Sundays, 10 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. State Electro-Medical Institute, >% 301 Hannepin A*., Cor. Third St., MINNEAPOLLV MMN. 7