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VOLUNTEER'S STORY. Private Roy Keator's Experience With the Army Commissariat. Member of B Co., First Illinois Vol- mi tciTh — Disabled by Bad Wa ter and Exposure—W:is Seised in the Clutches of Bright* Disease— Dodd's Kidney Pills Released Him CHICAGO, Dec. IS.—A victim of circum stances was Roy Keator. of B Co.. First Illinois Volunteers, Shafter's Army of Invasion. He served three months in the Cuban war. »The water in Cuba is a cir cumstance that few north-bred Ameri cans can withstand. Roy Keator fell a Victim to it. and it nearly cost him his life. That he is alive today, he owes to Dodd's Kidney Pills. Ken tor was thrown Into a fever which developed Into Bright's Disease. Bright's • is the most severe form of Kid ney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills are said to be the only medicine that will cure it, and the proprietors assert that it has never failed in a single case where it has been tried. When Keator came home he commenced to take Dodd's Kid ney Pills himself, and this is what he says about his case: Chicago. 111., Aug. 29. 1599. The Dodd's Medicine Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. Gentlemen: After serving throe months In the Cuban War. lying in trenches full of mud and water day after day, and drinking water full of disease and eating when I got the chance. I was finally thrown into a fever and this located in my Kidneys, developing into Brights Ditea.se. I was in a serious condition for some time after my return. Dodd"s Kid ney Piiis were recommended to me by one of our company who had suffered the same trouble I had, and he had been cured; therefore I took Dodd's Kidney Pills and am glad to state that I am well and sound in health today as before go- Ing to Cuba. I credit Dodd's Kidney Pills for restoring my health, and recommend them to any one suffering from Kidney troubles. I am very gratefully, ROY KEATOR. METHOUIST BISHOPS ARRAIGNED. They Are Termed Hypocrites at the Central Club Meeting. Tha Central Prohibition club met last night and had for consideration a spir ited pap-r on "How Many of the Metho dist Blphopa Are Hypocrites?" The pa per excoriated Bishop John H. Waldey for eulogizing a deceased millionaire brewer, whom the bishop said was a worthy example for any Christian to follow; Bishop Fowler, for his hysterical panegyrics of President McKinley, whom the bishop declared was "more anxious to please God than to please any other being in the universe;" Bishop John H. Vincent, for arrogantly refusing to trans mit to Washington a resolution of con ference, asking President McKinley to abolish the army grog shop; Bishop Hurst, for his frantic efforts to commend the national body of the Epworth league to the indorsement of McKinley, and Bishop C. C. McCabe, for his apology of the army wog shop, of which he practically said "it is a good thing." LIQIOR HABIT HIS RCUf. Charles Yorol Committed to Roches ter State Hospital. Charles Vogel. an old resident of St. Paul, was yesterday adjudged Insane in the probate court and committed to the state hospital at Rochester by Judge Ba zille. He was formerly an architect In prosperous circumstances, but became addicted to the liquor habit, and of late has lived in a vacant house at University and Farrlngton avenues. Sunday an acquaintance gave Vogel $1 with which to go to friends at Min neapolis, and later in the day he was ar rested and locked up at the Rondo . station charged with drunkenness. Early yesterday morning: he made an attempt to commit suicide by hanging himself by his suspenders in his cell. Judge Hine, of the municipal court, turned him over to the probate court for ex amination as to hfa sanity. .Iniy Cenldn't Agree. The jury in the case of Miss Ella Cor- Tigan against "VV. H. Elslnger & Co. yes terday reported an Inability to agree upon a verdict and was discharged by Judge Jaggard. The foreman reported that the Jurymen were evenly divided. The plaintiff sued to recover $80,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been re ceived through a counter which was over turned upon her in the Golden Rule store. Special Sale of M&SStfnMißt I Sample Pianos for JgHSBSfm 1 Christmas at less m3M SSgr*TJi^S I tnan factory prices. -dm Payments of only W|| I $5 to 58 per month. I Don't miss this BteafeiUFTtß I chance If you want gJSgjg H a piano. A. E. Whit- I ney, Fourth and WbP* Cedar streets. Second Floor. Take Elevator. Suit Auainst Street Railway. Th j case of Rose Walker against the City Railway company is on trial before Judge Bunn and a jury in district court. The plaintiff alleges that she was run into by a street car at University and Prior avenues Sept. 9, 1800, and her back and nervous system was injured. She asks for $10,000 damages. Cot It Down to *15«.07. The Jury in the case of James A. No well against Dennis Sullivan yesterday re. turned a verdict awarding the plaintiff $156.07. The action was brought to recov er $670 alleged to be due for services ren dered by Attorney T. J. MVDormott, who had assigned his claim to the plaintiff. 85;" /f Ilmßl Temperance Women hold up Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery and "Favorite Pre scription " as examples of what all med icines should be in absolute freedom from alcohol and narcotics. They are strictly temperance medicines. They contain no alcohol, neither opium, cocaine, nor any other narcotic. False formulas of Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery and * Favorite Perscription " having been pub lished by ignorant or unscrupulous per sons, Dr. R. V. Pierce as president of the World's Dispensary Medical Associa tion, Buffalo, N. V., the manufacturers of his remedies, offers one thousand dollars for any bottle of these medicines -which on analysis shall show the pres ence either of alcohol or of opium, co jcaine, or any other narcotic. Suits against the originators and pub ' lishers of these false formulas have been .instituted, and in order to effectually stop -the publication of these malicious false hoods, Dr. Pierce asks that his friends will send him copies of - any circular, pamphlet, or other advertisement, in which the statement is made tiiat n Gold en Medical Discovery " or « Favorite Pre scription " contains alcohol or opium o: other narcotics. Address Dr. R. V Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. CYCLE PATH'S STATUS power of county boards to set aside: part of road there for UPHELD BRADFORD GETS A NEW TRIAL Indictment Accusing? Him Of Tres imtsliiK on the Rights of the Cy cling Fraternity Did Not Stand Tent of the Supreme Court's In quisition, as It Did Not Say That the Path Win Purl of a Highway. Judge Canty, in a decision handed down in the supreme court yesterday, decides that the county commissioners of Hennepin county not only have a right to segregate a part of a highway and improve it as a cycle path, but they have a right to protect it from use by those other than bicyclists. The court, In a test case brought in the district court of Hennepin county, decides that Alfred Bradford, against whom the charge of violating the ordinance "which prohibits the driving of teams across the path, can be properly prosecuted, as the law Is constitutional, but in the particular case at issue there is a Haw In the indict ment. The court therefore grants a new trial. The case is of interest to wheelmen gen erally, as it involve* the question of the board's right to set aside part of a high way for cyclists, and decides that, aa It has that power, the ordinance which pro tects the path from trespassers is valid. The syllabus is as follows: State of Minnesota, respondent, vs. Al fred Bradford, appellant. Syllabus—l. Section 1. chapter, 43, Laws 1899. construed and held not void for un certainty. 2. Held the section should be cut down by construction so as to apply only to cases of injuries to public bicycle paths. 3. Conceding without deciding that prior to the passage or said chap. 43 tbe county commissioners had no authority to set apart a portion of a public nign way for a bicycle path for the exclusive use of bicycles, held, that chapter by im plication rattried the act of the commis sioners in doing so, or attempting to do so and also by implication authorized such commissioners thereafter to set apart a portion of a highway for such exclusive use. -•-*_« a 3. Held, the indictment is fatally de fective in falling to allege that the bi cycle path ia a part of a public highway or a public bicycle path. Rule applied that an indictment is not sufficient which merely follows the lan guage of the statute when the statute does not sufficiently define the crime or set forth all of the elements necessary to constitute the offense Intended to le punished. Order denying a new trial reversed. —Canty. J. Another decision of yesterday waa as follows: Torkel Thompson, appellant, vs. David L. Thompson, respondent. Syllabus—l. A storage receipt for wheat delivered at a public elevator, after stat ing the rate of storage, contained the fol io wingf clause: "This charge for storage shall cover loss by fire only; all other damage by the elements, or by heating, by riot, or by the act of God. or which in any way have been caused by the holder of this receipt, shall be excepted." Held, this by implication constituted a contract of Insurance by the warehouse man against loss by fire. 2. Held, by a subsequent agreement modifying the contract so as to provide that no charge should thereafter ba made for storing the grain, this implica tion dropped our, and thereafter the ware houseman was not such insurer. Held, such storage receipt, signed by the agent of the warehouseman, consti tuted a written contract, the terms of which could not be varied by a prior or contemporaneous verbal contract. . 4. The defendant Thompson was doing business In the name of Smith & Thomp son, and the storage receipt was signed in that name. Held, the terms of the receipt cannot for that reason- be varied by parol ex cept so far as to explain the fact that defendant waa doing business under such llrm name. 6. Held. sec. 7646, G. S. 1894, requiring a storage receipt reciting certain facts to be issued when the grain is deposited, does not prohibit a subsequent modifica tion of such receipt by an independent verbal agreement. G. Held, there was sufficient considera tion for such a modification. 7. The storage receipt provided that the rate of storage "shall not exceed four cents for six months. Held, this waa intended to fix the rate of storage and not the duration of the bailment. 6. Held, such contract of insurance passed by a transfer of the storage re ceipt. Judgment reversed and a new trial granted. _ —Canty, J. -^ 1— Beecham Bid* for Kipling MS. Among those who have made the high est bids for the original manuscript of Kuayard Kipling's poem, "The Absent- M.nded Beggar,- w hlch , 3 bei aold n Qr the benefit of the wives and children of the British Reservists who have been ordered to South Africa is Mr. Beecham, of St Helens^ England, who offered $525 for it Mr. Keecham s name is familiar to every newspaper reader in America, as ho is proprietor of the famous pills which bear his name. Tn addition to being a lover of thines artistic, he is also a most public, spirited man. The great manu facturing center of St. Helens, of which his enormous factory Is one of the larg est industries, recognized his good serv ices to the town by electing him recently to the mayoralry, backed by the unanimous petition of the munic'nnl council of St Helena. Without d£ubt tha executive ability which has assisted him so materially in building up hi 3 vast "en terprise wtll be of great service to his fellow townsmen. "ia SUGAR BEET'S BOUNTY. State Pays 91!>,472 to the Minnesota Beet Sngrar Company. State Auditor Dunn yesterday made a ■fctttemeat with a. Theden. presldem of the Minnesota Beet Sugar oompaay of the bounty provided for by the last legis lature upon sugar manufactured by the company during 18U9. Senator Thedea called upon Mr. Dunn yesterday and after checking up the reports sent in by ihe stats Inspectors, Mr. Dunn drew a warrant in favor cf the sugar company for $19,-)72. A year ago the company received $19 000 in bounty, making in all $.{8,472, which the state has paid to promote the b^et sugar industry in this state during two ypara. Mr. Theden stated that the plant closed down at noon yesterday after a continu ous run of 100 cays. During the season.- said the beet man "we received from The farmers uf Hen nepin, Scott, Carver,' Le Sueur, Sibley Dakota, Freeborn, ?tee!e, Rice and Farl bault counties some 2E.000 tons of beets ior which we paid in the neighborhood of $120,00), or perhaps a little hss than that. Th.± averagi price paid for beets during the year was $4.:>Q, although we have paid as high as V> per ion. The price pad is based entirely upon the quality of tha beets. Farmers who have raised more tl.an two crop-i received the maximum 'igure, and in some sections especially adapted for the culture of b»e*s we re ceived some elegant betts and we aro always willing to pay the very highest price for these, as we are ab!* to make just so much more sugar and have a pro portionately .small iimcunt of pulp as waste. "Taken right stra'gfht through, the coun ties that hav-3 raised beets for the fac tory are going into rieot culture next year en a much larse : - basis than heretofore. Minnesota soil is especially adapted lor the culture of sugar beets and the farmers have found it one of the most profitable crops they cp.n put on the market. '•The average erttp under favorable cir cumstances is about fifteen tons to the acre. On the basis of $4.r>o per ton the fanner receive* W7.SG per acre, and in some cases more than that. It costs about $25 per aery to raise beets, and the freight added brings the total cost of raising and getting ihe product to market to about $35, makins a clear profit of $39 or fos per aero. It is well known That $20 per aero profit on wheat ia a good THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1899 t profit and In a great many sections of the state it la difficult to even make this amount clear of all expenses. "The factory at St. Louis Park reduced the 25,000 ton 3of beets to i.000.000 pounds of tugar during the season of ISM. Wa will probably not open up again until some time next fall, although we may make a short run to reduce a large amount of refuse syrup that is now on hand, but of course we can claim no bounty on this." STATK OF STATE TREASURY. It I. Shown In the Report of Treas- urer Koerner. «wt!; ci.T reasurer Koerner has just com fi! L a ani lUal report and P!*ced it in covers th °J **? Printen The report 1899 «J h8 fisCal year en<"n«r Aug. 1. Ed matfer Ye" &bOUt 1M Pages of prlnt" thaT e m*.thH most lntere9ting items is h aS r P , ,'? the amount th« mVnf o? ? d *Blnce 1873 trough the lnvest- Sa£, In te fUnds" Very I!ttle of the box -r^° ney ls ldle ln the Btat«'s strong ?«; V ♦ l tate now reives 3 per cent ?S, 0" df' ly deposits and has on hand $000 000 worth of bonds, as well as near whi,s. . aBT nt due on land contracts, Mhlch also draws interest. yearsS¥!v e? elVed dUrln * the current year *-8,378.30 from interest. The total amount received from interest during larT iwTk 1S near a half mllllon dol -fe*l972 S the banner year- wlth »7* «/? Koerner has also collected $3,781.83 interest on stumpage drafts, be nmh * treasurer who has made wH?r a*W lnt ™at °n ac counts, and the plan is bringing consider able revenue to the state from a class of men whom he considers able to pay it. Rot-kln* Chair* fop ChrlitmA. furniture stock, 419-421 Jack- CLAIMS OFM^" WIDOWS. They EEtan tan K ,e the Estate of the Late WillUun r. Edgerly. WuL? nRVH Or the estate o* the late guardian J" A^ Xander to be appointed asjlum will come up for hearing. When Early in the seventies Edyerly came claW^ 1"-. accompanied, it is claimed, by his wife, Elizabeth Edgerly St P»Tha^, a h°me at <»"«tead and Mr* £& H l th6n> after PeVeral >eara' Mrs. Edgerly went back to England on a rlf, h ♦ " alle&ed that her husband refused to send her money to return, and .she became insane and was con rned in an asylum. Afterwards Edgerly married again and when he died n May, 1888, he left a will making his sec ond wife. Bella Edgeily. his sole heir P?,,^ eCUtrix- The estate wa* valued at $4,000. The will was probated, but, It ap pears, the final decree was never issued. Last summer a surprise was sprung on Mrs. Edgerly No. 2 by the filing of a pe tition by W. T. Alexander, as next friend, asking to be appointed guardian of Mrs. Elizabeth Edgerly, about whom, up to that time, nothing was known. A commissioner to take testimony was authorized and yesterday James Bever edge Spence returned an affidavit that he Is personally acquainted with the first Mrs. Edgerly, who was confined in the Burntwood asylum, near Litehfleld, under his charge from 1884 until Oct. 17, 1899, when she was removed to the Staf fordshire County asylum. The hearing on the petition 1b set for Jan. 8. Smokers' Holiday Presents. Go to Adam Fetsch'a. Fifth and Robert streets, for Christmas Cigars. Real Meer schauni Pipes, Beautiful French Briar Pipes, Cigar Cases. Thirtieth anniversary Christmas sale. HIMGBR PAXGB ALLEGED. One of the Grounds in a Divorce Salt Bi-ifnn Yesterday. Hunger pangs are alleged as one of the grounds for divorce in an action commenced yesterday in the district court by Mrs. Amanda C. Ferris against her husband, John F. Ferris. According to the complaint in the picturesque lan guage of E. S. Thompson, the plaintiff's attorney, "this plaintiff was forced through the hunger pangs of herself and child and her well grounded fear that both might be slain by famine" to go out washing shortly after the birth of her only child. Mrs. Ferris and her husband are both thirty-two years old and were married at Britton, S. D., Jan. 10, 1893. The plain tiff claims that her Rpouse had a bad temper, would not work, beat her and finally deserted her July 5, 1898, when, after a long course of "rent dodging," John scld the furniture and gave his wife 35 cents out of the proceeds for herself and the child, and told her to go to his parents. The defendant Is alleged to be earning $2 per day in the employ of the Eastern Minnesota railroad at Superior, Wls., and for fear that his pay might be at tached only "visits Minnesota by stealth." Mrs. Ferris asks for alimony, attorney's foes and the custody of her son. HKADQI AKTKKS OF TEACHERS. Ryan Hotel Named by the Mlnue. Hotu Edncntlonal Association. The Ryan hotel will be the headquar ters for the Minnesota Educational as sociation. General Secretary' W. G. Smith, of the above named association, has re ceived many Inquiries from teachers in the state and takes this opportunity to state that Supt. E. E. Parke. chairman of the committee on securing hote\ headquarters, has notified Dr. Fry that the Ryan hotel is to be the official head quarters during: the annual meeting Dec. 26, 27 and 28. For Plans of a Hotel. J. W. Stevens, the architect, has sued George W. Magee to recover $2fiO alleged to be due for services rendered in drawing plans and furnishing the estimates for re modeling the ' building at Fourth and Robert streets. | Only a Few i| More Days Left.. I; Before Christmas. Our stock ; is going fast. To get what you want come early. Prices ;! as low as is cortsistant with 11 good goods. |i Store Op:n Ever/ Evening Til! 9 O'clock This Week. ii Hit 334 Waba hi St. A Roy nf P^linnlivp or mas mejLns mucn to a a* * box of Key W&k O'gars r^ u\/a vi raiiiiviuy^ (^ots t 0 a gentleman. A n^lin+v hl2*r%£ilcP>rrVlif*f Ray Then besides the Palmolive, the box m whkh ore /^ l^diiiiy i idiiuKercniei dux dozen cakes come makes the daintiest ttiest 'kerchief or ribbon box imaginable. • , Lua~e oiU7 ty B. Z. j&ZSiSCTS 3CAP CO., Jl-waukes. LESS CARELESS NOW COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHOW THH EFFECT OF PUBLIC EXAMINER POPE'S SUGGESTIONS REFORM IN COUNTY OFFICES It Is Proceeding- Along a Number of Lines, According to the Full Re port of th.m Kxamtner, Presented to the County Rulers Yesterday— Tntel Agency Bill Falls to Go Through. The board of county commissioners yes terday morning turned down, by a tie vote, the claim of the Thiel Detective agency for 5679.57, for services alleged to have been rendered, under Instructions from former County Attorney Anderson, in an unavailing attempt to locate the Middleton murderer. 'The bill had been tn the hands of a epeda.l committee since last spring, and yesterday Commissioner Lott refused to vole, saying the matter, if legitimate, should have been settled long ago. Former County Attorney Anderson again asked that the claim be definitely disposed of. Of the special committee to which the bill had bee-n referred, Com missioner Hardlck was the only one who had approved it. The rest of the com mittee did not care to make the recom mfindatlon. The matter was brougrht up on a motion for allowance by Commissioner Hardlck i and Chairman Kiefet tootr a decided stand. He carefully "scrutinized the dif ferent Items for travel. e"«p€nses and other things and then remarked: . "I will never vote the people's money for whisky and cigars, for bums." County Attorney Rfgfttow remarked that the main fault with the bill was that it was itemized too plainly. As a usual, thing the whisky and cigar charges were entered as incidentals. Commissioners Hardick, Wright and Powers voted for the allowance, Mayor Kiefer and Commissioners Quehl and I Cray against, and Commissioner Lott re ! fu«d to vote. The bill was disallowed. j Mr. Ar-derson declared that the agency I would at once institute legal proceedings | against the county. An outrage had basn ! committed in keeping- the bill tied up In j committee for nearly - a year. The final report- of Public Examiner i Pope upon the result of: the investigation ! of the county offices was read and re ferred. The report wa»' as follow*: COUNTY AUDITOR. The examiners fbuiVd an imperfect method of accounting 'tor premiums re ceived on tax sales antf:tedemptions from auch salca. A new' register has been procured by the auditor; the accounts were balanced and proven correct, ana the book will hereafter be kept so as to show the true 6onaition at all times, and be a check upon Shy attempted ir regularities. ' ■ We found in use^twelve separate order books. This was [Confusing and super fluous and sometimes conflicting, and has been changed by the^county auditor, who now uses but two books. One for com missioners' warrairtS ami the other for auditors' warrants, each being numbered consecutively, as ia provided in the stat utes. The current tax list*, in use in the coun ty are not in accord with the form pre scribed by the state auditor. The law makes it the duty of the county treasurer to Issue all receipts for current taxes, return stubs thereof monthly to the coun ty auditor, who shall charge the treas urer the amount stated by the treas urer, and on the first Monday in Jan uary the treasurer shall return to the county auditor the several tax lists and himself compare them with tha stubs in the auditors possession. This plan affords no check upon the county treas urer, and should be improved on. I shall venture to recommend that the board of county audit check these returns and, by the sums of taxes, collected and taxes delinquent, when returned, prove and verify the total levy, following on each page of the tax lists for collections and delinquencies. The proper and prescribed form has columns ruled for these purposes—the 'orm in use in this county has left them out. T shall ask the auditor to correct his forms for the coming- year, and re spectfully recommend that you shall take action through the board of audit, or, as seems best to you, to have the current list properly checked up in January next. This item is the largest source of county revenue, and should be properly checked; whereas, it has now no check. COUNTY SURVEYOR. I have heretofore called attention to charges made by the couaty surveyor for team hire, which were -unauthorized by law, and have hereto eajl your attention to the rate of compenaation for chain men, which is fixed by Section 1885, Gen eral Statutes 1894. ttt $2 'per day. COUNTY X^r6]EINEY. It is made the QW^y ot this officer to approve the bills or justices, constables, et al., as he is supposed^est to know if the services charged far twere rendered. If his approval reads -YP- K." If serv ices were rendered, ,Jt. amounts to noth- EBBS' Chh^SiLjC. — BOBDEWS CONDENSED MILK CO. NEW YORK i> jirffl ing. The law tells you the proper fee, and the county attorney should tell you if it was earned, provided always that such bills have been referred to him for his approval. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. The county auditor has paid their per diem and mileage by auditor's warrants, I am clearly of the opinion that such bills should be audited and paid by order of county commissioners, and not by county auditor, and have so advised the county auditor. As to constructing- and repairing high ways, Gen. Pope calls attention to sees. 1847-50, G. S. 1804, providing that sums less than $300 shall be paid to town treas urer and expended under the supervision of town boards of supervisors, and says: "I do not find any authority for the ex penditures of such sums by the county commissioners, and am equally at loss where to flnd legal authority for expen diture for cycle paths." SHERIFF'S OFFICE. Many bills seem to escape attention and receive audit and payment which should be more carefully scrutinized; for in stance: June 7, 1899. State vs. Ola C. Olson. Serving subpoena at Forest Lake; mile are charged in full for each of four per sons, being 124.40 in excess of the legal rate provided under sec. 5553, G. S. 1894. This instance is but one of many. Another practice of long standing- in the sheriff's office has been to present bills and collect 50 cents per day from the United States for the board of United States prisoners contrary to law. which requires the sheriff to present such bills and collect $2.35 per week from the coun ty and then, actinjj for the county, to collect the sum of 57 cents per day's board from the United States and pay it into the treasury of the county. I have prepared statements showing amounts due county from the several sheriffs named, as per recapitulation fol lowing-, showing total due county from this source to be $2,245.60. I albo flnd that the city of St. Paul has not been asked to pay for prisoners con fined in jail, under sentence of municipal court for violation of city ordinances. Bee sees. 7427-7428. Gen. Statutes 181)4. I enclose statement covering, the years 1897-98-S9. the period for which the new register was written, and showing due from the city for this period the sum of $1,873.02. In a preliminary report your attention was called to the large sum whioh had been withdrawn from the treasury for the benefit of purchasers of tax certifi cates without authority of law, and at the time, as now. the matter was left to your honorable body to consider where the blame rested. We ar« of the opinion that the new system of accounting pro vided and adopted by the auditor will prevent a repetition of such actions. I desire to call your attention to the work done in the preparation of the new reKister by men employed under authority of a committee of your honorable body which made the register of such character that at all times a cursory examination will verify the amount due the sheriff from the county for board of prisoners as well as the amounts due the county from the United States for board of for eign prisoners. Respectfully requesting your co-opera tion in the effort of this department to secure from all the officials a strict com pliance with the laws governing their ac tions. I remain very respectfully your obedient servant. —B. M. Pope, Public Examiner. The offer of Fleenor & ftaylor to hunt up property not assessed, for one-fourth of the money recovered, was referred to Q special committee with instruct!3ns to consult with the county attorney. County Attorney Bigelow made a par tial report upon the application of the banks for the return of a part of their assessments which they regarded as ex cessive. Mr. Bigelow thought that since the mon?y had been voluntarily paid over, it ought not to be returned, but asked for further time in the matter. The humane society was allowed $200 for ISW. Roeklitff CltalrM for Christmas. Bankrupt furniture stock, 419-421 Jack son. TAKING IT BACK. The Home Insurance Company of New York, one of the members of the union, has notified Insurance Commissioner O'Shaughnessy that It will withdraw its circular of Oct. SI requiring all agents to sever their connections with non-union companies to be entitled to the graded commissions. The second circular to agents withdraw ing the first circular says: "The attorney general of Minnesota having issued an opinion confirming the insurance commis sioner's decision that the proposed plan for the payment of graded commissions is a violation of the anti-trust laws of the state, we now withdraw our circular of Oct. 31. This will simply leave your commission as it has been arranged, ex isting agreements not being effected in any way." Mr. O'Shaughnessy Is receiving a iarge number of responses from companies to whom his circular was sent notifying them of the decision of (he attorney gen eral. The Home is the first of the union companies to respond. A letteT is received from President Q. T. Cram, of the American Central compa ny, aa well aa president of the Western union, in which he disclaims ever having sent a notice to agents that they must withdraw all non-union companies from their agency. This, however, only apples to the company of which Mr. Cram i 3 president. It is rather a pecular coinci dence that the president of the Western Union association should be president of a company that had not come under the terms of all the Western union rules. (MORE AGAN FREE REPORTED RESCUE FROM FILI PINOS OF BRAVE AMERI CAN NAVY OFFICER HAS HAD A WEIRD TEIAL Dragged Through a Hostile Country to Prevent His Comrade* From Finding and Taking: Him—Report Yet Lacks Official Confirmation, but Is Probably True—Americans Rapidly Advancing. MANILA, Dec. 19.—1t is officially an nounced that Gen. Young reports he be lieves the American prisoners, including Lieut Gilmoze, are now in the hands of United States trcops. Lieut. Col. Howsee and MaJ. Hunter have been op erating with small commands in North Ilcos province and it is supposed that one of these have effected the release of the Americans. The report has not been verified. Gen. Lawton started from Manila with the Eleventh cavalry, under Col. Lock ett, and battalions of the Twenty-ninth and Twenty-seventh infantry, under Lieut. Col. Sargent, to capture San Mateo, where Geronomino has 300 insur gents. Gen. Grant has nearly cleared Zam beles province. He discovered hidden in Subig bay a steamer, the Don Francisco, of 180 tons, fully equipped and coaled. She Is supposed to be the vessel Agulnal do wag keeping ready for his escape. Gapt. Lay son, ot the Thirty-second regiment, has routed an insurgent band in Zambeies province,; killing several of ncera. MaJ. Smith, with three companies of the Seventeenth, surrounded and cap tured another band of guerrillas, which was terrorizing a largre section of the north. The troops killed several of the band. Gen. Hughes has captured insurgent strongholds at Leapiz and Romblon. the navy co-operating. One man was killed and one wounded. The Insurgents In the Islands of Panay are apparently suppressed. PRESIDENT APPROVES. Offending; Soldiers In the Philip pine* Will Not Be Shot. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The president today approved the recommendation of the secretary of war In the cases of Private William Scarborough, Company li. Third infantry, and Corporal George Danhoffer and Privates Otto R. Conine and Peter Mcßennett, all of Company B, Sixteenth infantry. Thsse soldiers were convicted of criminal assault in the Phil ippines. Danhoffer was sentenced to Im prisonment for life, and the others to suffer the death penalty. Gen. Otis approved the sentence In <*ich case, and the cases came before the war department for review. Strong congres sional Influence was exercised In behalf of the men. Secretary Root finally rec ommended a commutation of the sentence to twenty years' imprisonment with hard labor In each case, together with a for feiture o* all pay and allgwance, together with a dishonorable discharge. His rec ommendations, receiving the president's approval, will be carried into effect. The men will probably be confined In the United States prison at Leavenworth. GOOD NEWS FROM CiILMOBE. It Is Brou«l»t to Manilla l»y One of 111 m Comrade*. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.— Encouraging r.ews reached the navy department today from Admiral Watson, at Manila, re specting the members of the crew of the Yorktown boat's party which landed at Baler last spring. The report gives the account of a sailor of the party who had made his way to Manila, and it shows that eleven of the original party of fifteen are still alive. The man Renders, who brings this news, was coxswain of the Yorktown. a native of Amsterdam, but a resident of San Frarcdsco, where he s-hipped. The four dead men mentioned enlisted at the following? points: Nygard. a Rus sian, at Brooklyn; McDonald, of Carmel Valley. Cal., at Mare Island; Dillon, a native of Peru, Ind.. at Mare Island, and Morrissey, a native of Columbus. Neb., also at Mare island. Admiral Watson's cablegram is as follows: "Manila. Dec. 17.—Seaman Rynders, of the Yorktown, captured at Baler, recap tured, with Woodbury, by cavalry at Bayombong. has reported on board the flagship; both wounded when GUmore was taken, and left behind; he reports Nygard McDonald. Dillon and Morrissey killed. Rynders. Woodbury, Venville, wounded in foot, unable to travel. Do ing well at Baler June 15. Expect Wood bury tomorrow; wounded not cared for, wounds received personal care. Wood bury and Rynders walked nearly to Ma nia. —"Watson." Manila Mortality List. WASHINGTON. Dec. 18.—Gen. Otis' latest mortality list Is aa follows: Drowned, Rio Grande, near Cabanatuan. Nov. 7, Twenty-second Infantry. F. J. Marks, F; at Tayug, Dec. 7, Twenty fourth infantry, John H. Johnstone, cor poral, H. Dysentery. Nov. 25. Thirty fourth Infantry, Frank Wolls, A; Dec. it. Eleventh cavalry, John Delaney, ser geant, E; 13th, Fourth Infantry. Otto Un ger, M; 14th, Twenty-first Infantry, David E. Buckigham, I. Typhoid fever. 27th. Twenty-second infantry, Charles Rain water, C; Dec. 8, Twelfth Infantry, Dean Shearer, E. Gunshot wound? in action: Dec. 10. Thirty-third infantry. Gilbert Baron.' G; Thirty-sixth infantry. Harry T. Lawrence, by comrades; D«c. 9, Third cavalry. Charles Rlst, F. Suicide. Dec. 15, Thirty-sixth Infantry. Mark A. Hallls, corporal, E. Meningitis, Dec. 10, Thirty- 7 seventh infantry, Lewis L. Eastwood, L Variola, Dec. 10, Third cavalry. William C. McFarland, K. Tuberculosis. Dec. 5, Thirty-fifth infantry, Homer Paup, Al 15th, Twenty-second Infantry, Arthui Hollenbeek, E. Collltis. Dec. 2. Eigh teenth infantry, Thomas Smith, K. Septi caemia, Dec. 1"). Ninth infantry, Henry Wolper, sergeant, band. PIANO'S FOR CHRISTMAS. S. W. Raudenbush & Co. are making the lowest prices in town on fine makes like the Weber, Vose & Sons. Shaw, Em erson, Schiller, Wesley and others. New pianos from 1148.00 upwards. S. W. RAUDENBUSH ft CO., Sixth and St. Peter Streets. ONLY FIVE A DAY And Expenses Allowed the Apprais ers of Savlngrs Bank Realty. Judge Brill yesterday filed an order in the district court allowing Robert H. Dougan and John W. Shepard $120 each for services rendered in appraising the real estate of the Savings Bank of St. Paul. The appraisers are also given $ip 2.60 Jointly for expenses. Dougsn and Shepard were appointed by the court to act originally under an understanding that their services were to be gratuitous. Afterwards each pre sented a claim for $15 per day, or $368 each, besides expenses. At the hearing the claims were opposed by Receiver E. J. Hodgrson, who was himself one oi the appraisers. American Whiskies. Rye and Bourbon. Especially for Xmai at Michaud Bros. m «i STATE STANDS THE LOSS. No Insurance Carried .on the St. Cloud Reformatory. • The state's lo?a of the Mifinescta state reformatory by the recent fire i 3 not cov ered by insurance. Some time ago the board decided to cancel what insurance It was carrying, owing to the fact that the building was supposed to be ur« proof. During 1595 and 1596 the reformatory board carried $10.C00 blanket Insurance on the buildings, but canceled the three policies in 1898. OASTORIA. B«tM the /? 9 Kind Yoa Have Always BongM TAX BUDGET TO COMB IP. Board of Aldermen Will Consider It This Evenlnu. The b>->ard of aldermen will hold a regular session this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Bids for the collection and re moval of garbage and refuse for next year will be opened, and the tax budget as reported by'the conference committee will be considered. WISCONSIN CENTRAL RAILWAY. Chanße of FoMrnerr Station at Chlcaso. Patrons please take notice, on md after Monday, December 11th. T'r.e Wisconsin Central will use the CVntrul Passenger Station, Park Row and Twelfth St., Chi cago, for Passenger^ Terminals. Sol Smith Russell 111. CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—Sol Smith Ruwpl! was obliged by Illness to disxals audience at the Grand opera house to night IN 3T. PAUL, » Our Record to December 31, 1899— a gain of 100 per cent during I the year. ! 7,000 Sfefore the Olose of 1900. ;| ~a~ I Horlhwsft.ru jj Wk TftlS£hOso mil rcjlflk Ev-kar>o<A : MiL^" v I Company. Ooatraoi Dept. T»lephen« Man 10. DO NOT BE WITHOUT .Bakers Goffee, It moan* Broakttist Com tort, ami Dinner Luxury.