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THE WORD
Is Used to Cover a Multitude of
Diseases.
[NEW FORK JOURNAL. MARCH 11, l»ft,]
"Nowadays the word 'Rheumatism' is used to cover a multitude
©f They are all allied by the common bond >>f what the phy-
Bicians call 'uric acid poisoning'—an excess of uric acid in th© bioodi
»nd peaking, 'kidney troubles'—with the real cause of
much in th«> aches and pains—the signals of distress given
w>t by the muscles and joints— -Aa In t.'io gradual vitiation of the blood
bj the failure of the kidneys n> eliminate iii<- deadly poison, called 'uric
nomy.' Tins vitiation of the blood results
In 'i em' i;i!th< . t is a vague «rord), and a variety of symptoms
which not Infrequentlj end In what la called Bright'e diaease- the disease
great political rival, died. Tt
• ■ which medical authorities say is becoming more and ni>i«
ent In th • L'nlted States of America, especially among
the thinking, planning and writing classes- the classes made up of the
kind of men thai it is the fashion to iV,i distinctively 'brainy men,' "
From the reading cf intelligently edited papers, and from examinations
for life insurance, the great public is rapidly learning the fact that the human
system becomes thoroughly poisoned when the kidneys fail to do the work
nature intended them to do. and that if not speedily cured, rheumatism, heart
;;ase. Blight's disease, and death, surely follow. The kidneys, and they
■\e. purify the blood. Tonics and so-called spring medicines prove costly
. miserable failures There is one scientific, vegetable specific for all kidney
troubles—Warner's Safe Cure—-a preparation with 21 years of success behind
it. A positive cure for sick and tired-out kidneys. Not an experiment nor a
goad, but a soothing, harmless, yet conquering friend. Give it a chance today
to do you lasting good.
IIIII M
C. P. PETERSOX, OF i Hu \:.O, Kb).
PLIES TO THE CRITICISM OF
.1. C. HAMILTON
BEST CITIZENS IN THE LAND
Cl\<-» Hl* Uf-isoiis for Taking Ik
»ne With th«* North Dakota
nun Who Said They
Were <"lu:il«<li.
"Th.- Swedtoh.-Americans are the b s
citizens <if the United States, and adapi
themselves more readily to tho oonstilu
and customs of their adopted country
i any other forel^n-born citizens. Tha
tit of J. c Hamilton, <>f North
that ihen- is liable to oe a new
n the Northwest Is i'll bosh and
. and eveiy Swedish-American
reseni the Insinuation that there
attempt on the part of the Swedes to
lish, as compared with other na
s."
This Is what C. F. Peterson, managing
or of the Bvenska Tribunen, of Chi
. tlio Times-Herald, of thai
citj ay, about the strictures of
Mr. Hamilton regarding the Swcd!-!,-
Atnerican of the Northwest. .Mr. Hamil
ame t>> this city Monday on his way
to n. and proceeded Lo prophecy
the territory of North Dakota. }l^
I an the state of Minnesota, would
. be captured by tho Swedes and oe
:ie\v Sweden, with laws contrary
=e of the United States.
NKV\' RUSSIA IN NORTHWEST.
Mr. Hamilton ulso claimed there w .i J
new Russia in the Northwest. He
; that In Minnesota and in North Da
kota none but a Swedish-born <itizen
oould jjet office. «nd declared tliat John
Lii'.l would defeat Senator Davis for re
election, becau.se the former could get the
Swede .support. He also said that in Min
>ta a Swede insisted on being g-'V
■ <r of the state. ;ind he looked forward
to the time when the United States would
b< run by Americans.
"Mr. Hamilton <ioes not know wha4 h<s
king: aboul said Mr. Peterson, who
has been, connected with the Bvenska
Tribunen foj- eighteen years. "It is very
likely he has been defeated f"r congress
or for thr- s'ate legislature through the
Swedish vote, or what he thought was the
enmity of tht- Bwedish people toward hlin
He taiks like a man personally chagrined.
As a matter of fact, the Swedes, instead
of being clannish, are being abporbed Ini i
the life of the natton quicker than any
r nationality. They learn English
th« y seek office les?, and they
. to the constitution earlier than
any other race that has sought a hom
in the United States.
AUK QUICKLY AMERICANIZED.
"The Swedes become Americanised
quicker than the Irish and the Geimans.
Acts oently on the
Kidneys, Liver
and Bowels
tLEAN sES the System
Z* bl tls^effectuailM
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H4B.TUALc2N STIRftTI °N
iiumu PERMANENTLY
SUT THt GtfSUINE - MAHT 0 by
gUf^RNIA ffG SYRVP(g.
l«Uk*AUtt«LiOflus&SlV«ltUMtFfltMTttL I
fhe Irish and the Germans pre ciannish,
.u.(i in C'hicago they push themselvts f^r
>v;ii-il and get tlie best uf everything. i'i>ii
hear h. good deal of Germany, and yet.
i1;o'.il;1i there are 100,000 Swedes in this
<-iLy. of whom 20,000 are voters, you hear
liule-Hi" Swedes. The reason la that the
Swedes, vvhile maintaining affection (or
their mother country, recognize ihit th*ir
adopted countrj' i.s all in all ro them.
They do not allow themselves to be Kd
away by foreign issues, as other natioa
aJlties do.
"Let i:s what the Swedes iiave hai
to Illinois in the way of big offices. Tiy re
an 100,000 Swedes in (he state, but not ono
of them h;;s been honored by a big ofllce.
Oiu-e Matson was elected sheriff in Chi
cago, but he was a Norwegian. A few
crumbs have been distributed among' the
Swedes of Illinois, because they do not
Eteek office, but would rather become go.nl
citizens.
"Look at ilie career <>t the Swedes. You
find them living sober, honest and indus
trious lives. They do not squander their
earnings In riotous living. Thoy acquire
property and are content to take care of
it and to observe the laws. They have
no time u> seek office. They want to be
part of the country that enables them to
pin aside provision l"or a rainy day.
NO NEW SWEDEN.
"The Swedes would never dream or"
making a new Sweden. They know the
blessings of a republic and the bsautlei
the American constitution. Take Mr.
Hamilton's statement about John Lind's
possible victory over United States S ;ia
tor Davis. John Lind was practically
raised in this country, and he is an Amer
ican from top to toe. Mr. Hamilton says
only a Swede can be elected governor In
Minnesota <>r North Dakota, and cites;
John Lind as an example. The Swedes do
not consider John Llnd as a Swaie. Wh<BM
he was elected governor he could i.ot
thank the Swedes for their support. He
was a free silver man, and nearly .ill the
Swedes are oppose/) to free silver.
"Mr. Hamilton bases his arguments un
false premises, and Just shoocs.off at a
tangent in order to take, a slap at the
Swedes. The very fact thai he prefers
Chinese immigrants to Bwedish imiiii
granta, because the former do not .-eek
office, and go home without seeking to
be governors of states, shows hln puerile
mind. If he cared to find out the true
status of affairs he would pooh know that
the Swedes are behind all other nat onali
ties in seeking public office, and that
when they do get office they out-Ame.ican
the Americans.
"An American political party, as sug
gested by Mr. Hamilton, would be h<ile.l
with delight by Lhe Swedes, because tl ey
are the quickest to become real Ameri
cans and assimilate the principles- of the
constitution more rapidly than any other
nationality."
HK \EYFR CAME BACK.
MM, l.ituru Soott Secure* divorce
From H«--r HimlmiMl.
Judge Jaggard yesterday ordered flnd
1t gs for 'h<. olalntlff In the divorce suit
of Mm. Laura Scott against John E.
Scott. According to the Btory told by
Mrp. Scott, wh<. Is nineteen years o'd,
eho was married to John E. Scott on
Nov. IS, 185?., by Rev. A. 11. Meldrum,
without the kncwle*lg6 of her parents.
Her maiden name was Laura Cron
auist. They were tugtther twepty-foar
hours orier the marriage ceremony had
been performed, when h* took her" home
and told her be would call for her In the
evening, but lie never came, and hasn't
r.nsf yet, sn she sued for a divorce on
The ground of desertion.
On (Irnnndu of lN>«rrlloii.
Judge Jaggard yesterday granted a di
vorce to George Merkling from Sarah M.
Merkllng on the ground cf desertion.
They were >H«rried <r Hudson, Wif. Jan
27. 189C Pl&ibUff is thlrty-Zour years
and the defendant Is thirty-nine.
Found to* the PlnfiTiiff.
Judge Kelty yesterday file! a decision
in favor of the plaintiff la. the case of
Jennie A. Wyman against D. A. J. Bak
er and Henry L. Williams, hi:; ass'.gnee
The action was brought to quiet titi<?.
To Distribute Property.
Judge Bazille, of the probate court
yesterday issued an order for a partial
distribution among the heirs—a widow
and six children, In the estate cf Char!ea
A. Prescott, deceased. The amount to
be distributed is $1,400 an-3 the proceeds
ol a sale, of farm lands—a total of about
.■ 1,600.
Dirt Not Handle Money.
Explanation is made by the officers of
the Candymakers 1 union that there was
i ' truth In the charge made that Jo
s' ph Bach and Frank Fishback were
guilty of Irregularities in the handling
of a portion of the funds of the union
that had been entrusted to them It
was stated that neither of them handled
money while they were members of the
union.
What mi KntfllMli Traveler s H |;i
AbouL the day train on the North-West
ern Line, between the Twin Cities and
Chicago:
"From an English point of view the
Badger State Express is the most com
lortabl'o train 1 have experienced on a
run through Ameiica."
An American traveler says:
"The perfect roadbed, the elegant
train, the courteous employes and tho
dellg-htful scenery of Wisconsin all have
conspired to make my trip on the Badger
State Express from Chicago to Minne
apolis an ideal one."
Another one says:
"The service of the Badger Sfate Ex
press is excellent In every particular "
This train runs dally via the North-
Western Line, and is for day time travel
what the North-Western Limited is for
night travel from the Twin Cities to Chi
cago,
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE. THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1900.
MS I B FIELD
HO I> 10 (IF BOPB BUM PA«»WKIX
TO 11UV. CARL W. SfO
VKL
FINANCES OF THE CHURCH
llffttxillllloll of Mr. l''riMlcrlcl. l)ri»
--foll hm a Member «»»' the Board
<ii Trustee* In An
nounced.
Forty-flve years of usefulness with a
future Cull ol promise is the record «>f
the House "t Hope Presbyterian church
thai beld it.--- annual mifiing last evening
in the church parlors. As a special oc
casion of congratulation oqapled with re
gret the meeting marked the first mile
stoat- in the service of til* new pastor,
Rev. Janus Dunlop Paxton, and also the
conclusion of the assistant pastorate of
Kev. Carl W. Bcov.el, who leaves for a
new Held wltihin a few weeks.
Wlnthrop »5. Noyes was elected clerk
of the meeting. <'. I'. Noyea read a state
ment of the llnances <>t the church sup*
plemehUng ii with t!ie statement that for
benevolent boards tlie oonyreKiition gave
$1,000 more than the previous year. The
following is the statement:
Dr.—
Balance on hmul $8 33
Foreign missions $GBO 09
Home missions 527 tKt
Ministerial relief :{OO oo
Church erection 60 00
Education 100 (Kt
Publication, S u n d a y
school work ;... 8V 03
Fretdmen 250 00
College aid 100 00
1,994 03
Our missionary 200 00
Home Sunday school 692 52
Deacons' fund 500 (X)
Assistant pastor 1,200 00
Hope chapel 800 00
Presbyterian alliance 50 00
Sessional fund 438 71
Our Church Visitor 40 00
General assembly 98 30
Entertainment fund 70 00
Salvation Army special., 49 77
President of 3*t. Cloud... 105 00
Citj Relief society 35 00
- 4.279 30
Pew rentals' collected 7,621 t>o
Incidental collections 167 13
Special collection! for re
pairs ami debt 5.402 69
Borrowed 900 00
Tot al $20,4.13 38
Cr.—
Collections remitted $6,273 53
Pastor's salary $4,000 oO
Pulpit supply 5*5 (HI
Assistant pastor 300 00
Muslo 1,872 50
Sexton 540 00
Collection pew rent 300 00
Gaa and electric light 348 27
! Fuel »02 25
Insurance 277 51
Printing: and advertising. 231 95
Water and sprinkling 17 3(>
Sundries 130 93
Current repairs 42 02
Interest 17 10
• — o. bl4 oH
Speclal-
Paid note 1,925 00
Dr. Paxton Mow Ex 500 00
Hope chapel note 525 00
Repairs, decorating
church, etc 2,624 82
Interest 88 17
5,462 99
Cash on hand 22 17
'I'1 >tal $20,433 38
The moderator announced three va
cancies in the bord of trustees, the terms
of Alexander Ramsey, John B. Sajinorn
and Kenneth Clark having expired. Dr.
,R. Noyes moved that the clerk be In
structed to cast a ballot for the three
g:t ntleniPii named to succeed themselves.
Henry Horn seconded the suggestion and
It was carried unanimously.
C. P. Noyes announced the resignation
of Frederick Driscoll as a member of the
board of trustees as he was about to re
move from I'.ie eiiy. He stated that the
! board had selected as 'his successor Ms
son, A. P.. DriKColl ~and asked the con
gregation to ratify the action. William
B. Dean spoke with a great deal of fervor
of Mr. DriscoH's connection with the
House of Hope church and of his fadrhful
endeavors in ite interest. Mr. Dona
staled that he joined the church about
the same lime witih Mr. Driscoll in the
days of small things, and from the small
beginnings of a faithlul body of men the
congregation had grown to its present
size and importance.
A report was received from the session
which gave the present membership of
the church at 950. During the year six
teen new members were received on con
feswion of their faiUi and twenty-flve by
letter from other churches. During the
year sixteen wore lost by death, twenty
four dismissed to other churches and
thirty-one dropped from tho rolls. The
mortality was much greater than auy
previous year. Since the organization of
the church in 1855, 2,832 members were
admitted to membership.
A. B. Driscoll, superintendent of the
Sunday school, reported the average at
tendance ?49, with a total enrollment of
48.4. Many small charities were benefited
by ihr> $509 collected during the year, as.
well as several more conspicuous gilts to
foreign mission ttelds.
A. J. Deane, treasurer of the Hope
Chapel Mission Sunday school, reported
a total of 11,162.92 parsing through his
hands during the year. George Tapley,
secretary of the school, gave the total
enrollment as 2*>2. Dr."Charles E. Lee,
.who has charge of the Kchool, submitted
a report giving a somewhat adequate idea
of a very successful and commendable
work.
Dr. Leo expressed great regret at the
departure of Mr. Scovel, whose clerical
assistance had given the little church on
Bradley stieet a prestige and a start
which K probably would not have other
wise had. A dozen seconds were heard to
a resolution offered by D. R. Noyes, re
gretting the departure of Mr. ficovel and
expressing gooo. will of the congregation.
Rev. C. \V. Soovel responded briefly, re
ferring to hiK six years work in St. Paul
and the pleasure which It had for him
and ihe joy which its memory held. Mis*
Otis reported a membership of 213 In the
Bradley street sewing school. The Boys'
club was treated of by Miss Ellen
Wheelock. The club was one of the ef
fective organisations of the mission and
its value and importance had been greatly
enchnnced by several new departures lri
the way of shower baths, etc. Reports
were received from Mrs. Johnson and
Mrs. Howard, in charge of the two senior
! P.ible classes. Douglas Putman, for the
board of deacons, reported assistance
given to a number of needy church poor.
The expenditures amounted to $451. O. M
Fulllngton, for the Young People's so
\ eiety. announced a membership of SI
I Mrs. Stone, of tho Home Missionary so
! ciety, told of the good that had been itc
i oomplished with $818 contributed during
! the year. A report from Mrs. J. R. Jew
ett, of the Woman's Foreign Missionary
society was read, which gave the total
collections for the year fts $182. Miss
Esther McDavlt read reports from the
Intermediate Christian Endeavor society
and the Willing Helpers.
MUNYON'S GUARANTEE.
■tM*ff Assertion* a a to Just WhM
tfc* Remedies Will Do.
fmrnM^Pfin) Mu&yon fcuarantees
BHKJL tbat Lit Rheumatism
jHj|gK;«l| Cure ?ure nearly
£?*' SffV-^fl. r ' •■•••x.-h of rhcuuia
§Zgf tiSTQ ln R few boars;
«Hr i&sa lh:!t fclK DJ"*iiersio CHir«
WiM <Z* rfs\ ■""' cur<? i'ldlgestton nud
Ktf -JBMik»«»s V'-t^ a!' slouiHcl) troubles:
T§ Bgpjg?-W tbat Ida Kldntj- Curt
« t*Jf wiu cuie 9° Per fem
m S^mfaSS °* al* c«se« of fcliinej
% Z-ZSftm trouble; that his fa
JSfjjt "SK-..J? tanh Cure will curr
J^RHk^*^3fti& i:~'v. e*ta'Tb no matter ho.-<
<^|^^ tat|i^p^^ k long s-loud'ug; tLat h:.
*\* 1 l£i"# ttny Mat of Lcadacbc hi
\ a fi»W lulnutoi; tb»<:
• hiß CJclcl Oire iri:l
a^_^ qt'i< kly hrrak up but
Wfßt or cold nn<l g-> on tbfoueti the enMre lUt o:
remeaiea. At all tfranisu, 25 r«ius f. vial
l£jou n eo«i medicml ailrice «rltp Prof Miis/o*
If IS J GUILTY
SO SAYS TIIK MI'KKME COURT IW
TJBJffl CB&BBKATKb BOX
EI.L. CASK
THE REPORT OF THE REFEREE
Mr*. Hoi., li BliariM Krtnrn to Her
lluNltantl Wfp ( . it i\'«>t for
(he Aiutimtfiy of Her
l'uthvr.
The lupreme court yesterday decided
that Ltssi« Boxell is not guilty of con
tempt of court because she refused to
ullow Joseph Boxell {he privilege of s-e
--lng his children twice a wcx-k, as ordered
by the district court. J. T. Alley, who
was appointed referee, made bis report
to the court yesterday, which resulted in
the following order b<>.i«g promulgated by
the court:
"On reading the report of the refeiee
herein and after argument by consent,
ordered that the order to show cause
why the respondent should not be pun
ished for contempt of court be and the
same is hereby discharged."
Joseph Boxell, the complainant, was
accused and tried for murdering his
father and mother at Buffalo, Minn., but
was not convicted. His wife, Lizzie M.
Boxell, has »ince been living with her
father, Herbert Robinson, of Victor
township. Mrs. Boxell for a time re
fused to live with her husband, and Box
ell secured his two children, but was
compelled to return them later when
the wife took the matter into the dis
trict court of Wright county on habeas
corpus proceedings. The court, however,
imposed a condition that Mr. Boxell
should be allowed to visit the children
twice a week.
The report of the referee discloses the
fact that Mrs. Boxell was hardly to
blame to h«r husband's inability to see
the children, as her father aboslute'.y
forbade Boxell coming on his premises.
The report further states that Boxell
has commenced action action against his
father-in-law for alienating his wife's
affections.
Last summer and fall Boxell was al
lowed to see his children through a
creen on the porch, but when the cold
weather came on the storm window with
the thermometer 10 degree below zero
was the nearest he could get to the
children and he was not allowed to touch
them. Against this aort of treatment
on the part of his wife and father-in
law the father rebelled, and after the
matter was reviewed by the supreme
court it held that the father-in-law was
rather to blame than the wife.
It is understood that Mrs. Boxell wou'd
return to her husband were it not for
the antipathy which her father holds
towards Boxell.
t Ik •
In the case of William Baxter against
Jerry C. Coughlan the court issues the
following order:
"Motion on behalf of respondents to
strike out and pupijress the brief of ap
pellant as scandalous is hereby granted
with permission to make and serve within
fifteen days a brief in which scandalous
matter complained of Is eliminated on
condition that appellant pay to respon
dents' attorney $10, the cost of the mo
tion."
The objectionable matter referred to
charges Judge Elliott, of Minneapolis,
I with making falue.statements and enter
taining perverted Ideas of what consti
tute truth and facts.
The action was brought before Judge
Elliott in January, 1899, to recover dam
ages from the directors of the Irish-
American Bank of Minneapolis, for hav
ing accepted a deposit of $51,577.78 from
Baxter, when they knew the bank was to
"be insolvent. The jury awarded Baxter
a verdict for $22,888.67. Later the court
granted a new trial as to Directors
Coughlan and Murphy.
This seems to have disturbed Attorney
Robinson. He claims that he was not
served with proper notice of the inten
tion to move for a new trial, and that
no copies of the stenographer's minutes
had either been served upon him or filed.
He claims that a proposed amendment
to the record was submitted by him, and
that afterward, in granting the motion
for a new trial. Judge Elliott, having the
proposed amendment in his possession,
had signed an order stating that no
amendments had bean proposed; that
subsequently In the order made on a mo
tion to reform and correct the record,
the court repeated the false statement,
and. before completing the order, con
tradicted it.
The following other cases were argued
ancT submitted briefs yesterday: Marie
Neissen vs. City of St. Paul, E. H. Hall
vs. F. A. Brown and William Sauntry.
H. J. Rudd vs. Osman Fossen, dis
missed; S. S. Brown vs. Warren Pot
ter.
NO MORE CIGARETTES.
BOYS I VDKR EKiMTEEX YEAUS OF
AOK MUST HEAVAHE.
The police department is in the throes
of another smoke nuisance. This time.
however, it is not the smoke from chim- j
neys r>f manufactures of business blocks
that is under the baa, nor Is there a |
new make of Pinoke consumer to be
boomed, but the smoke that issues from
ihe tips of youthful slaves of tobacco Is
to be st<;pp,-d. Hereafter any lad under
the age of elghtr-en years of ag^ who is
caught smoking on the streets or in pub
lic places is. according to orders Issued by-
Chief of Police Getchejl. to be arrested.
The order was issued yesterday, and all
patrohm n were infracted to keep a
sharp lookout for boys indulging in the
seductive cigarette, the pungent pipe or
the fragrant havuni.. Boys caught In the
act will be hustled off to jail. It may be
difficult for the pcjAc«men to learn just
how old a boy is,, but a youngster or
youth interrogated wh'r. gives his age as
under eighteen wi!) VwA himself wriggling
in the strong gra?p of the law.
It is understood that Probation Officer
Bingham was influential in securing the
Issuance of the order, but Chief of Police
Getchell says this is not so. He says he
has frequently noticed boys of tender
years smoking on the streets, anS de
clares that as there is a law against th?m
doing so the law should be enforced.
The law prohibiting youngsters from in
dulging In tobacco la a state enactment
that has been on the statute books sev
eral years, but no attempt has ever been
made to enforce U locally.
MRS. STANTON MAY DIE.
Gvwre l)onbt» Are Sow Knt.viuiiuml
Rptt'ur<Hn|? Her Rfco\try.
Mr* Margaret Htanton, w?>o was so
badly burned at the home of her daugh
ter, living at 454 Prior avenue, last week,
has grown much worse within the last
few days, and It Is feared she may not
r- cover. Mrs. Stantun is very weak, and
symptoms of blood poisoning have ap
peared She was badly burned about the
bod) while trying .to extinguish a fire
that communicated to a<sofa from a spark
flying from a stove. ./F*er left arm was
burned to a crisp. Mrs. Btanton is sixty
years of age, and Umik less able than a
younger person to fttani the severe shuck
of the accident.
A girl without a Gordon Hat, how per
fectly ridiculous I
iirauuii
COMMISSION OQmiDVmM THE QI I.S
TION OV SUBMITTING IT TO
A Sl'KtlAl- ELECTION
IS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
Thorn.;** Cwhrnii A«uue« That the
llmritr Stmids a iioml thunie
at a Siikclul Elec
tion.
The charter commilss|i;n listened to
Messrs. Thomas Coohran. E. W. Poet and
I-. S. Cushlng, a committee from tho
I Ohauber of Commoice last evening on
the question of whether the charter
should be submitted to the voters at the
coming city election or at a special elec
tion. Mr. Pee* said a resolution had been
adopted by the ehajnb.-r o f commerce
recommending that the charter be sub-
Bdtttfd at a special rather than the gen
eral election. Another resolution had
also been adopted appointing a eommilttee
to confer with the charter commission
and secure an opinion from the commis
sion as to whether a special or genera]
election would be the best.
Air. Peet said ihe charter question waa
of the most vital imprest to the city and
while he felt satisfied that the taxpayers
and thinking people would vote for tho
measure ho wa.s afraid the masses of
the ptople would not vote for it unless its
provisions pleased them. He favored a
special election for the reason that the
people inteiested would come out then
and vote for the charter and as it wouli
take but four-sev« nths of those voting to
carry it the chances were it would ha
adopted. He considered it very question
able, as to whether four-sevenihs of all
the people voting at a general election
would vote for the charter as being at
the bottom of the ticket it would be over
looked by many.
Thomas Cochran also favored a special
election arguing that the charter stood
a better chance of being adopted at a
special than at a general eletcion. It haJ
been euggcsL-d that an attempt be made
at the general election and then if it fail
ed to receive votes enoug-h a special elec
tion could bo called.
Several members of the commission
were of the opinion y>at it was not ad
visable to trriet tor a^px'ial election for
tho reason that some of the city officials
who were lukewarm over a new charter
might raise the point that there were no
funds from which the expense ol a special
election could be paid and this would put
the charter over until the faii election
when there would be much m-Jre to dis
tract the attention of the voter from the
aharter. It was decided that the charter
should be rubmitted to" the voters at the
coming city election.
Commissioner Child* asked that the
chapter on public library be amended so
as to provide that if necessary the sun
of $35,000 could be set apart annually for
the maintenance of the library. He In
formed the commission that if a provision
was incorporated to this- effect several
gentlemen had Intimated that a very
large sum of money would be donate to
erect a library art museum and scientific
hall combined. If such a provision could
be placed in the charter Mr. Childs said
it was more than posaibie that within a
few years the city would be the recipient
of the linest library building in the North
west. Mr. Tighe said the gentlemen did
not wish it understood that ihey made
any such promise, but it was understood
that if $300,000 was given for such a build
ing, the council must have authority to
appropriate not lesa than $35,000 per year
for maintenance of the library. Dr. C. E.
Bean, president of the library board, and
Harris Ricihardson, one of the directors";
sfatod that a chapter would be submitted
to the commission Friday night, drafted
on lines which the directors dctired to be
inserted in the charter.
I'resont at the meeting- last night were
Messrs. Fiandiau, oDran. McNair, Tighe.
Taylor, Childh, Zimmerman and Smith.
SMALLPOX IN STATE.
SEtRKTAKY BM MKE\ TAKES
PHYSICIAN* XEVKRUI.V TO TASK.
In the current number of th« St. Paul
Medical Journal Is a caustic letter from
Dr. H. M. Bracken, secreaiy of the I
state board of health, relative to recent
outbreaks of smallpox in various parts
of the state:
It may be an opportune moment to say
something about the present widespread I
epidemic of smallpox. A warning note
was sounded by the Ft;<te board of
hr-alth at its July meeting in 1890, but
this warning was unheeded and even rid
iculed by many.
But have we smallpox in our midst?
Most certainly. There are four classes !
of physicians who still dispute the fact.
First, the physician who has no confi
dence in any one's diagnosis but his own,
and who contends that there is no small
pox in his place until he himself has
si^en a case and announced the fact.
Second, the physician who cannot diag
nose a mild case ,«f smallpox when he
sees it. Third, the physician who has
failed to diagnose tho disease on its first
appearance and who has not the &H.od
sense to acknowledge his error when rec- j
ognlzed. Fourth, the physician who tri^s •
to make out that we have a new disease
that is neither chlckenpox nor smallpox.
The physician of the rtrst and second
classes is often combined. It is not un
common to find a physician who embodies
the weaknesses of the first three of these
divisions. The physicians of the fourth
class are such men (and women) as we
expect to find making a distinction be
tween mild and severe scarlet fever, by
calling one scarlet rash and the other
i scarlet fever.
The controversy as to whether smallpox
j is or is not present has arisen largely
because <if the mildness of the disease.
I The man who can only recognise what
It to bo a fatal case of smallpox deserves
no credit. Any one nan do thai. We all
I know that there arc mild epidemics of
! scarlatina, ol 1 diphtheria, of measles, and
i why should there not be of smallpox?
I Were this mild form of smallpox now
1 making; its first appearance at the present
j time, there might be some excuse tor
I failing to recognize it. But what are the
i facts? The disease has Wen prevailing
i in this mild form in some part of the
! United States for at least three years.
i The modieal journals. State and Nat I- l
1 Medical societies have discussed the
| facts Cully. State afier stat.- has bad
! its ppi.lomic and its fight.
| Kentucky quarantined more tlnn* one
county in 1897 to prevent the further
! spread of smallpox. Ohio has be.'ii con
i tending with this disoa.se and unbelievers
since 1898, and last November reported
about 2,409 case.-; "in the past year." In
diana is now in the tolls of suppressing
the disease. Nebraska, lowa. Montana
and the two Dakotas have had their |
troubles, and have added to imps Many
other states have had or are having the
experience of the stales named.
How are we to know that it is not
chlckenp.ix? By the history of the case,
and if this is not enough, by tho people
afflicted. An epidemic that involves
more adults than children should be
stamped at onco as smallpox, rather than
chickenpox. An epidemic lhat begins
with a very mild case and goe= on jifog
resslvely from had to worse until case's
arise that are unquestionably smallpox,
must be recognised as one and the same
disease from the beginning. Such is the
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record of many of the outbreaks in this
state during the oast year.
It is not strange that many physicians
who have never Been smallpox should
fail to recognize the first ense. but every
City should have as its health officer a
jnan who Is capable of recognizing small
pox when it appears, and who giVes the
publio the benefit of the doubt whom
such is present. Two of the largest epi
demics In this etate during the past
year have been due to the inefficiency of
health officers.
Smallpox began in Grand Fork« last
June. It was called chickenpox until
one patient died of undisputed smallpox.
In July a Grand Forks "chlckenpox"
case infected AH>ert Lea with «mallpox.
The disease passed as chlckenpox (al
though the health officer was warned in
August to be on his guard) until Sept.
30. Smallpox has not yet been stamped
out at Albert Lea in ppito of energetic.
work since about Doc. 1, and this epi
demic has cost several thousand dollars
in cash and ma.ny thousand dollars In
business.
Minneapolis had a recognized case of
pmnllpox Nov. 1, 1899. and a 80-calted
cafe of chlckenpox (a yound man) In the
same house with the h'rnallpox ea?e.
Smallpox has continued in Minneapo'is
ever since, with a record of 142 cases up
to Match 1. The health officer not only
failed to recognize smallpox when be
saw it, but ho reversed the diaft;
made In several Instances by comnetent
physicians. Several deaths have already
occurred in Minneapolis and the disease
is not difficult of recognition now. Th<-
period of mildness is no longer so marked
as It was at the outset.
It behooves all physicians in this state
to be on the alert for smallpox; to be
suspicious of chickenpox, so-called; and
Thousands upon thousands of unfortunate
people fall annually by the wayside, crippled
bodily and mentally by the onslaughts of dys
pepsia or some other of that great train of
troubles which follow or accompany a slug-gish
liver or a disordered stomach.
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not to wait for the secondary fever or
pustulatlon before they make a diagnosis.
BEGER SHOWED FIGHT.
But Hie Police Force Finally Land
ed Hliu In a Cell.
With the assistance of Lieut. Shogren
and hali' a dozen citizens Detective Cnrls
ten^on arrested Joe Reger late yesterday
afternoon on the charge of drunkenness
and disorderly conduct. It is alleged
that Reger was creating a disturbance
In a Seventh street store when Detective
Ohri.si»'n?on was called to the scene.
Reevr i s said to have been savagely
Jvunk. ami Detective Chrl?tenson was in
something <>f a dilemma because of his
resemblance to the Biblical character who
.limbed the sycamore tree. While Reger
was declaring what fee would do with any
one who molested him Lieut. Shogren
made his apeantnee and hustled Reger to
the patrol box. Here ensued a struggle
In which DeteciU-p Chri-tensen told sev
eral citizens how to hold the prisoner.
Reger was finally landed at the station,
where it took three policemen to "ele
vate" him to the cell room.
Returned t<» Her Home.
Mrs. Hiib^r^er. an aged woman living
nt 77." R";t;:>>y street, wandered
from home yesterday morning, and bv her
absence throughout the day. cau=e<i her
relatives much concern. Late in the aft
ernoon slu- was found by h police officer
and returned to her home.
