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ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK? Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It. . To Preve What the Great Kidney Remedy, Swamp=Root, Will Do for YOU, Every Reader of the "G!ob3"NViay Have a Sample Bottle Sent Absolutely Free by Mail. It used to be considered that only urinary and >^§§lS&%k. bladder troubles were to be traced to the kid- ,' ~ 4H *% neys, but now modern science proves that nearly mIRP&HP all diseases have .their beginning in the disorder %£SSSSslil»'' ot these most important organs. The kidneys filter and purify the blood — that S^P'^fi is their work. Therefore, when yoir kidneys are weak or out of order, you can understand how quickly your IfllliHi'Jl entire body is affected, and how every organ seems to fail to do its duty. J^fe*"'^' *\ ■ If you are sick or "feel badly," begin taking JilEliyiL, the great kidney remedy, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- \j^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Root, because as soon as your kidneys are well j^^^^rT^'-'t^-^^^^^ they will help all the other organs to health. A Mk Wk trial will convince anyone. are responsible Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible E 3^^^^^^™^™^^ for many kinds of diseases, and if permitted to W&m DR. KILMER'S I giW" continue much suffering with fatal results are Mgm ft mi Ti AAm Hi sure to follow. Kidney trouble irritates the §gi£| 0 H -lUM/1 SS nerves, makes you dizzy, restless, sleepless and V^M wa n« i • ,m aa HHI irritable. Makes you pass water often during the H 1 K'dn«^er& Bladder |g| day and obliges you to get up many times dur- ■SB ■> ■ pffp ing the night. Unhealthy kidneys cause rheu- ||§i « i TTA««"tw.«ti. w . Pf| matism, gravel, catarrh of the bladder, pain or WMs " I^l^a^tbcdume." *"" W8& dull ache in the back, joints and muscles; makes &$£ chiuresicssac<»iSnrtoag». My^ your head ache and back ache, causes indiges- Ujfig d^ yJ3uSSS tote** MM lion, stomach and liver trouble, you get a sallow, lli|p ''r more. "• th= case would Hg yellow complexion, makes you feel as though gill "*"'"*"requ'"' ■ * gS you had heart trouble; you may have plenty of fefg kuSSr^S&MS^STDriI Iffi ajnbition, but no strength; get weak and waste S 1 ■}<** '••»■>'•>'« «nd dkorder= ■& . The cure for these troubles is Dr. Kilmer's WjSt j-bc !!i n?'??' l umi *z° «*> 1 Swamp-Root, the world-famous kidney remedy. ISsill woVstfonnoTkuoeydig^"' § In taking Swamp-Root you afford natural help Hi uu pleasant to take. Bgg to Nature, for Swamp-Root is the most perfect !§£§] DR"kiLMErTco *X healer and gentle aid to the kidneys that i 3 |&E | bixghamtov, n. y.*' S| known to medical science. - |§|§1 Sold by all Druggists. W£m ■If there is any doubt in our mind as to your HJJJBbJ-""" irT7Tr.JfBEi condition, take from your urine on rising about i|9H jte^H 7T*+ *,T four ounces, place it in a glass or bottle and let sB it stand twenty-four hours. If on examination I it is milky or cloudy, if there is a brick-dust 13 <C^V^' tIIS settling, or if small particles float about in it, your kidneys are in need of immediate attention Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is used (Swamp-Rqot is peasant to taks.) in the leading hospitals, recommended by phy- regular fifty-cent and one siclans in their private practice, and is taken by dollar size bottles at the drug doctors themselves who have-kidney ailments, stores everywhere. Don't because they recognize in it the greatest and make any mistake, but re £»!* sesf* ul remedy'for kidney, liver and member the name, Swamp bladder troubles. • Root§ Dl . Kilmer . s Swam pit ,you are already convinced that Swamp- Root, and the address Bing- Koot is what you need, you can purchase the hamton.N. V..on every bottle. cdv E^!T ORL < N°TE;~~rO^ may haVe a sample bottle of this wonderful rem qw«m,?^ ; 9°i' Se" . absolutely free by mail, also a book telling- all about "SJS^ipS? ntaminff many °f the thousands «P°n thousands of testimo nial letters received f from men and women who owe their good health, in fact their very lives, to the great curative properties of Swamp-Root In writing to f»£Srs3?S2r N-r-be SUretOSayy(iU read «*> onerous offer City News. Will Elect Officers—Company C, of the - militia, will next Monday evening holo* the annual election of officers. Wright Goes to Prior—Sergeant Reub Weight, of the central police station force has been transferred to Prior sub station, where he is in charge. Holmes Is Laid Up—Oscar Holmes, of the Minnesota Transfer, is suffering from an attack of the grip at his home, 190 West Seventh street. —o — Small Fire on Smith Avenue—A small Waze at the home of G. P. Patterson, 137 Smith yesterday afternoon re sulted in about $100 damage. The cause was unknown. Fariboult School Collects Insurance—The state board- of control has settled with the insurance companies for the receat fire at the school for feeble-minded at moo 3"11' The amount allowed was Fire Is Little One-A fire alarm was sent in last night at 10:30 from the resi dence of C. E. Halstead. 363 Aurora ave nue, where some bed clothing was burned Damage $50. William E. Lee Is Off for Europe—Wil liam E Lee. a former member of the state, board of control and now engaged in the banking business at Long Prairie, is to take a European trip for his health! Maccabees Inspection—Minnesota Di vision No. 4. U. R. K. O. T. M., was in spected by Col. J. F. Gorman at Minne haha hall Sunday morning. Col. Gorman complimented the division very highly on its proficiency in drill. No. 4 will give its second military ball on Monday, the 16th lust. Furey Funeral Wednesday—The funeral of James E. Furey. assistant yardmaster for the Omaha railway at East St. Paul. Is announced to take place Wednesday morning at 8 o"clock from the residence No. 199 Thomas street. It will be iii • harge of the brethren of Triple Link Lodge No. 209. I. O. O. F., who invite all Visiting members to attend. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup. Has beer, used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHlL the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's hpothing Syrup." and fake no other kind, 'iwenty-nve cents a bottle. YERXA Best qualities here—and this is the store that beats all others on prices. Rolled Oats— from the mill per 1b... 2y z c Soda —Arm & Hammer, 10c ize package 5 C Ham Fresh smoked Sugar-Cured Hams, per lb 130 Eggs— storage stock, per doz. 21c 6 lbs Gloss Starch 25c 6-lb pkgs Corn Starch 25c Best Turnips, bushel 25c Sliced Peaches, small cans 10c Snider's Tomato Soups. 21c Apple Butter — Warranted pure, per lb 5 C Pears— cans Eastern Pears, dozen, $1.20; per can 11c Apricots—Extra quality California Apricots, dozen, $1.75; per can.. 16c Peaches — quality California Peaches, dozen, $1.90; per can.. 17c Good Evaporated Peaches, 1b..... 8c Lancer Matches, 500 in box.." 5c Extra Evaporated Apricots, per lb 10c 1-lb cans Booth's Baked Beans 5c 3-lb cans Booth's Baked Beans. 9c Fancy Creamery Butter, per lb ' 27c 3 Ibs.Muscatel Raisins !.....- '" 25- Best Queen Olives, quart.. " 35 C 1-lb cans Pure Fruit Jam 10c Assorted Pickles, per bottle..! ""* 10c F. R, YERXA & GO. . SEVENTH AND CEDAB STB, TAKE THE PLEDGE OR GO TO JAIL Alternative Will Be Pre sented to Drunks in Police Court. "Ten days in the workhouse, or sign the pledge." This is the preference which will hereafter be given "common drunks" who appear in police court if the rec ommendations of City Prosecutor Kel ler are adopted by the court. The city prosecutor believes in giving the drunkard an opportunity to reform, and will ask Judge Hine to permit 'first offenders" to sign the pledge instead of going to the works. If the plans of the reforming prose cutor are followed out, a pledge in a regular printed form is to be prepared and will be kept in police court the same as a peace bond or other legal document. "I believe the plan will be a good one," said Mr. Keller yesterday. "We have tried it in two or three instafees and it has worked well. It will not be resorted to in the caseoorl r old offen ders, but where the offender is in po lice court for the first time I believe it would be a good idea to give him a chance to reform. Instead of send ing them to the workhouse or turning them loose altogether, we will have them sign a pledge agreeing not to touch liquor for three months. Should any of the probationers be brought in the second time they are to be dealt with the same as any other second offender. They will be given to un derstand that a violation of the pledge will mean a heavy fine or a centence to the works, and I believe such a scheme will have a good effect." The city prosecutor will not insist on the probationers wearing a blue ribbon. DAUGHTER GOES HOME FINDS MOTHER DEAD Mrs. White's Corpse Is Discovered When Child Returns From School. Mrs. White, aged sixty-seven, was discovered at noon yesterday lying dead on the floor of her dining room, at 133 East Congress street. Her little daughter, upon returning from school for her midday meal, entered the house and discovered her mother dead Mrs. White's only other child is a daughter married to Capt. Frank Whitmore, of the Insurance Patrol Mrs. White has lived but about six years in St. Paul, coming here from Chicago upon the death of her hus band. The body will be removed to Chicago, via Northern Pacific, today and the interment will take place Fri day at that place. HORSE BREAKS LEG ON SLIPPERY STREET Accident to Animal Attached to De livery Wagon Delays Traffic. Street car traffic was delayed yes terday morning by the falling of a horse driven in a delivery wagon of R. E. Cobb. The rig was rounding the corner of Fourth and Cedar when the animal lost its footing and fell, break ing its leg. It was afterward shot by officer. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take .Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets. This signature Jf (fU 0. en every Snelling Ice Crop Is Secure. The ice supply for Fort Snelling for the coming summer has now been par tially gathered, over 800 tons having been stored in one house. If the weath er continues favorable for cutting, it is the intention to put up at least 800 tons more, which will provide sufficient for all purposes and un&er all condi tions. O .A. J3 »X? <5 XL I ;A. „ Bears the! : A"» Kind YOU Have Always BoU£tlt Signature /I? , Z/S/?-*-is^~ TWELVE PER CENT OF ARTILLERY ON SICK LIST Thirteen Men of the Tenth Battery Are Found in Hos pital and Unfit for Duty— Soldiers Weakened by Tropical Climate Break Down Under Existing Con ditions. When, in time of peace, 12 per cent, approximately, of the total strength of a battery is on the sick list, what would be the proper proportion to be expected in time of war? If 12 per cent of the total male popu- CONVALESCENT WARD IN HOSPITAL. Where the Sick Artillery Men at. Snelling Wait for Return of Health. lation of St. Paul should be laid up un fit for duty, what a hullabuloo there would be and what a searching inquiry as to the cause, to say'nothing of the serious inconvenience to general busi ness that would result. But 12 per cent is just about the per centage of sickness in the Tenth field battery at Fort Snelling—or it was yesterday, and this in spite of the fact that a local paper yesterday morning used the name of an ofgoer to back a denial of the report that there is that much sickness at the fort. Then Tenth field battery is 120 strong, rank and file. There are three officers and 117 non-commissioned of ficers and men. Of the 117 non-com missioned officers and men, thirteen are on the sick list. There has been one death. This reduces the active strength of the battery to 106. The Sick List. The following are those on the sick list: Corporal Arthur. Private Fleure. Private Coe. Private Kukwood. Private Ciark. Private Hardy. Private Payne. Private Woollett. Private Perry. Private Mayer. Private Lysle. Private Nunnally. Private Smith. In addition to these Private Cone died on Thursday last, and his Remains were sent to Florida Saturday morning. Inquiries made at the post yesterday elicited the fact that there has been between 60 and 75 per cent more sick ness this winter than there was for the same period last year. This, it is stat ed, is not due to any existing sanitary conditions at the post, but rather to an epidemic of a peculiarly severe form of what is called "influenza," which has gone the rounds of the artillery bar racks, hitting officers and men alike, without very much regard to rank or religious prediliction. While some cases have been mild, many have been so bad that the treat ment is difficult and recovery very slow, in fact, the disease is alleged to be more in the nature of pneumonia than anything else. In the case of Private Cone, it did undoubtedly develop into pneumonia as it shown by the fact that when the military authorities applied to the county officials for the necessary per mit to allow the remains to be for warded to Florida, a medical certificate of death was filed, and in that certifi cate the cause of death was stated over the signature of Post Surgeon Kearns to be pneumonia. Artillerymen Are Susceptible. The men of the Tenth battery have naturally been more susceptible to at tacks on account of the fact that they have not recently been accustomed to severe winters. They were through the Philippine war and also served in China during- the Boxer uprising, and the various changes of climate are bound to have a perceptible effect un til the men become acclimated. The stables where the Tenth battery horses are kept are tbout three-quar ters of a mile from the men's quarters They are situated in the Northwest corner of the reservation, the inter vening plain being swept by the bit terly cold winds that blow during the winter months. These cold breezes were particularly felt during the latter part of December and the first of Jan uary, when they amounted to a bliz zard. The men turn out for the stables at 7:30, and after cleaning and feeding is over, they have to exercise the horses for an hour or two out of doors in or der to keep the animals in proper con dition. Once a week, on Saturdays there is general inspection. Some of those who have been ill claim to have taken cold while going to and from the stables and exercising. Living Conditions Bad. In the buildings where the men of the Tenth are housed the ceilings are very low and the windows very small. Heat is obtained from huge coal stoves in the center of the little rooms. Each room contains six to ten cots, placed side by side, very little space being available for moving around, and un der such conditions it is impossible to have proper ventilation, a fact which it has been suggested may account for a good deal of the "influenza," it being a well known fact that persons living cut THIS our WQQD—COAL—FREE Every purchaser of wajd or soft coal will receive chance to get ONE TON HARD MJT cOAL FREE t Rice and Iglehart. Tel. !446 in close stuffy, ijtyces become "lung softened," and lire (much more apt to take cold than those who inhabit well ventilated dwellings. THERE'LL BE* JOY IN THE WEST INDIES SOON St. Paul Men Make a Party to Explore Islands. Where the- flower-scented breeze On an isle in southeup seas, A\hispers softly through^ the stately fronded palms. There's a hunch that trouble's brewin', That there'll toon be something doin'— Bill Carling's going south to give out alms. Unless an earthquake intervenes or the ship goes down a party of five St. Paul men will be making the tropical scenery of Martinique and a few other islands in the Antilles a trifle more pic turesque in a couple of weeks. The party leaves tonight. It will in clude W. J. Carling, Rudolph Schiff mann Jr., Paul Benz, William Trauer nicht and Freeman P. Strong. The itinerary provides for a stay io. New York, then a voyage to the Ba hamas, the Dutch, French, British and Danish West Indies, an inspection of Mr. Carling's sugar plantation and rum distillery in Cuba, a brief sojourn at Mr. Schiffmann's snuff farm in Hon duras, then home overland from Flor ida. WARFiELD WON'T PLAY SHYLOCK Comedian Becomes Excited When the Idea Is Suggested. "Modernize Shylock. Put Shakes peare's immortal conception in trows ers, sack coat and derby hat. Who has said that I would be guilty of such blasphemy ?" „ David Warfield sat up very stiffly on one of the divans in the reception room of the Ryan hotel yesterday and glared about him angrily. "The story is absurd, ridiculous, im possible. It is false from start to fin ish. 1 1 brand the whole tale as a canard and* I desire' to have it proclaimed as such." The comedian sprung out of the di van and began to pace excitedly up and down the room. 'And how do you think I will bring the great Jew down to date? Tell me that, please? Will he use modern slang and will he hold half-price sales and will he work his hands this way?" Mr. Warfield waved his hands, one on either side of his head, close to his ears, but he was too indignant to smile as he did it. ■ "How did the story originate? How do such stories always originate? The best of them are outpourings of the ex cited imaginations of the newspaper correspondents. They are tales manu factured out of whole cloth." The co median indignantly resumed his seat on the divan and his big eyes continued to flash angrily. "I play here in 'The Auctioneer.' Some clever newspaper man says to himself: 'The Auctioneer'—Shylock, there is some association there. Ah, Shylock modernized! Why not? Ex cellent idea.' And the story is made." "It is absurd to speak about modern izing Shylock." he resumed after a mo ment. "The only way the role could be modernized would be by burlesquing it. You may say that I have no inten tion of making the great role modern. Shall I ever play the part as Shakes peare has written it?" Mr. Warfield paused for a few monutes and shrug ged his shoulders. "Who can tell what they will do tomorrow, next week or next year? We die, but that is the only sure thing. Just now I am making no plans." OLD DIRECTORS ARE ~~ ELECTED AGAIN Y. M. C. A. Is Unanimous in Naming Officers. The Y. M. C. A. yesterday re-elected its former board of directors for a term of two years. The balloting was con tinued throughout the day from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m., and the result was a unani mous re-election. The board of directors, as at present constituted, is as follows: H. E. Os good, H. A. Merrill, B. H. Schriber, Thomas H. Dickson, F. H. Ewing, C. J. Hunt, H. F. Ware and Edward Grace. ECZEMA, NO CURE. NO PAY. Your druggist will refund your money If PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Ring worm, Tetter, Qld Ulcers and Sores, Pim ples and Blackheads on the face, and all skin diseases. 50 cents. . j^ RENAMES DOUGLASS AS CAPITOL MESSENGER Governor Will Endeavor to Secure an Increase in His Salary. Gov. Van Sant has appointed Charles Douglass as capitol messenger and John Remick as night watchman at the building. Douglass expected something better than a reappoint ment, owing to the work he did last fall in getting the labor vote in line for Van Sant. It is understood that when the gen eral appropriation bill is passed, pro vision will be made for an increase in the salary of Douglass. BILL TO UNITE THE CITY AND COUNTY * PREPARED Chamber of Commerce Legis lative Committee Makes a Report, Showing That Con solidation Cannot Be Ef fected Except Through a Constitutional Amendment The legislative committee of the Chamber of Commerce, through its chairman, F. H. Morphy, yesterday re ported to a meeting of the board of di rectors of that organization on the proposed bill for the consolidation of the city and county governments. Af ter investigation of the questions in volved it was decided by the commit tee that the change could not be effect ed except through a constitutional amendment. The report of the commit tee is as follows: "Four committee on legislation has carefully considered the resolution passed by the chamber and referred to this committee that a bill be prepared for the consolidation-of the city and county government, to be presented to the legislation now in session. "In considering such measure your committee had to bear in mind the con stitutional amendment inhibiting class legislation, and the provisions of the constitution relating to counties and townships. Article 11, section 2. of which provides that 'the legislature may organize any city into a separate county when it has attained a popula tion of 20,000 inhabitants, without ref erence to geographical extent, when a majority of the electors of the county in which such city may be situated, voting thereon, shall be in favor of a separate organization. "Legislative power over counties is supreme, except as restrained by the constitution, either expressly or by necessary implication. "Under the constitution no county in the state shall contain less than 400 square miles, and all laws changing county lines in counties already organ ized shall, before taking effect, be sub mitted to the electors of the county af fected thereby at the next general elec tion after the passage thereof and be adopted by a majority of such electors. Counties may be enlarged, but not re duced below 400 square miles. "Keeping within the provisions of the constitution a bill might be passed by the legislature enlarging the limits of the city of St. Paul to embrace the whole county, or the county, outside of the city limits be cut off and the city of St. Paul and the county confined to the present limits of the city, but any such measure -would not meet the re quirements of the resolution, for there would still exist the dual offices. Constitution Must Be Amended. 'In the opinion of your committee no legislation could be passed and be con stitutional for a consolidation of the city and county government without a necessary amendment to the constitu tion. "With these difficulties in the way your committee met and consulted with Mr. Tighe, one of the Ramsey county delegation of the present legislature, and. as a result, Mr. Tighe prepared and submitted to your committee a bill with the following title which shows its purpose: 'An act relating to the levying of taxes foe county purposes, and requiring certain statements and estimates of the board of county com missioners preliminary to such levy, and limiting the power and authority of such board in the expenditure of money and in the making of contracts, and defining the duties of the board of county commissioners, county auditors and county treasurers, in relation thereto, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof, in all counties hav ing one hundred thousand (100,000) in habitants or more.' "This proposed measure for all prac tical purposes is a copy of chapter 264 of the General Laws of 1901, except that it relates to counties having 100, --000 inhabitants or more and not 200,000 inhabitants or more, as provided by the act of the legislature of 1901. "The proposed measure then makes it the duty of the board of county commissioners, when deciding upon the total amount of money necessary to be raised to meet the anticipated expenses of the county for the next ensuing year, to make an itemized statement covering all expenditures for such year, divided into not to ex ceed twenty-five general subdivisions or funds, which amount shall be kept at the lowest practical limit, and speci fying, as near, as possible, the specific 1 amounts necessary for each purpose named therein, with appropriate titles for the funds, indicative of the pur pose for which the money is to be used. And the proposed enactment makes it the duty of the said board to make, at the same time, an estimate of all revenues the county will receive for the next ensuing year, exclusive of the revenues derived from taxation, and also to estimate the amount of money, if any, that will be credited to a 'suspense fund' at the end of the current fiscal year. County Auditor to Apportion Money. "These itemized statements, to gether with the two estimates, to form a part of the official proceedings of the board, and the amount finally deter mined upon anl allowed to be raised by taxation, together with the amount of the estimates, when the same has not been apportioned by law, to be ap portioned by the county auditor into the several funds in the proportion and for the specific purposes designated by the board of county commissioners in its itemized statement, as the basis of taxation for the ensuing year; pro vision being made that for the items for sinking funds, bonds, interest on bonds, salaries and all items, the -tfharges of which are fixed by law, the full amount actually required to meet such items to be apportioned. The money so raised by the levying of taxes from the estimated amount of all revenues the county received for the ensuing year, and the estimated amount in the suspense fund, when all is appropriated to the several funds, to be expended, for the particular pur pose designated in said itemized state ment, and to which it is apportioned and for no purpose in excess of the specific amount apifcrtioned thereto. "Provision is made for an emergency fund, but no moneys are to be expend ed from the emergency fund except in \^ J THE PURE V J GRAIN COFFEE The coffee habit is quickly over come by those who let Grain-0 take its place. If properly made it tastes like the best of coffee. No grain coffee compares with it in flavor or healthfulness. TRY IT TO-DAY. At grocen everywhere; 16c. and 25c. per package. cases of actual emergency arising from unforeseen demands made upon some other designated fund which has be come exhausted. "The several duties of the county auditor and treasurer are pointed out, with a provision requiring the county auditor to present to the board an itemized statement showing the amounts in the several funds. Money Left Over to Go to Suspense Fund. "Provisionis made whereby all mon eys received from any source, remain ing unappropriated or unexpended and credited to any fund at the end of the fiscal year, shall be transferred to a 'suspense fund.' The amount of such suspense fund, to be apportioned to the different funds in the same manner as the money raised by the tax levy and the other revenues of the county. "Privision is made whereby it shall be the duty of the board to file with the board of tax levy or corresponding body, if any, at its annual meeting, the itemized statement and also the esti mates. "Provision is made whereby all con tracts which provide for expenditures in excess of the sum apportioned and the voting of any sum of money for any purpose whatsoever in excess of the amount specified for the specific purposes, for any one fiscal year, shall be null and void; and it is made a mis demeanor for any county commission er to contract, vote or bargain for the expenditure of any money from any fund, against the direct provisions of the act. "The bill of which the above is an outline has been approved by your committee, and your committee has communicated with Mr. Tighe to that effect, with the request that he intro duce the same into the present session of the legislature to that effect." WOULD BUILD COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE Company Contemplates Cons of It in West St. Paul. The Chamber of Commerce yester day received a communication from J. W. Cooper, of the Jobbers' union, stat ing that a company, with A. B. Stick ney, of the Great Western at its head, was contemplating constructing a cold storage warehouse in West St. Paul. The company is to be incorporated under the laws of Illinois, it is stated, and is to have a capital stock of $100, --000 or more. Swift & Co. have already agreed to take $25,000 of tie stock, and A. B. Stickney will take an equal amount. Merchants, bankers and others of St. Paul are offered an opportunity of ac quiring an interest in the business. The promoters estimate that the busi ness would bring in annually $78, --669.66, with the warehouse used to two-thirds of its capacity, and that after operating expenses, amounting to $47,137.40, were paid, $31,532.2 ft woul be left as net income. After the payment of interest on $150,000 at 6 per cent, it is said that $22,532.28 would remain for the stockholders, or 22 per cent. Albert Schultz, abstract clerk, asked the chamber "to disapprove of the pas sage of a law abolishing the office of abstract clerk. The communication was referred to the committee on leg islation. The chamber passed a resolution of regret for the death of Lane K. Stone, and will forward a copy to the family of the late member. Ex-Senator Fred B. Snyder, of Min neapolis, who introduced the bill pro viding for the Torrens system of real estate transfers, spoke before the chamber on the Torrens law, pointing out the advantages of the system. The committee also reported on the good roads bill and approved of all the details of the proposel legislation, except the provision giving county commissioners power to issue bonds of their county in such sum as to pay two-thirds of the aggregate coast of all roads constructed in their counties. The committee stated that in its opin ion it would be injudicious to give power to the commissioners to pledge the credit of the county in any such manner*. SERGEANT FLANNIGAN HURT IN ACCIDENT Street Car Collision Puts a Policeman Out of Business. Sergeant Flannigan, of the Central police station, was severely shaken up and injured in a street car collision yesterday. About 7 o'clock a, m., as Sergeant Flannigan was on his way to the sta tion, he boarded a Maria avenue car, and at Seventh and Cedar the motor man missed the switch. He reversed his car to try it again, and in backing ran into a Seventh street car. The passengers on both cars were severely shaken up, and Flannigan was thrown violently against the woodwork of the car and his hand cut by the broken glass against which he was hurled. The injured man was taken to his home. CAR BEATS MAN TO A CROSSING PLACE Edward Riley Is Seriously Hurt in a Collision. Edward Riley, a driver for the Pa cific Tea and Coffee company, attempt ed, yesterday morning, to pass in front of a Seventh street car at the corner of Rosabel and East Seventh, and as a result he now lies in a critical condi tion at his home, 871 Payne avenue. The rig Riley was driving was struck by the car and knocked some distance, Riley was thrown and light ed upon his head. The police ambu lance was called, and Dr. Moore dress ed several wounds in his skull. Con cussion of the brain is feared by the attending physicians. BELLE PLAINE MAN IS KILLED ON THE RAILS F. W. Johnson, Mill Manager, Dies of His Injuries. F. W. Johnson, manager of the Eagle mills, at Belle Plaine, Minn., was struck and run over by an Omaha train at 10 o'clock yesterday morning at that place. A special train brought the man into St. Paul, where he died at St. Luke's hospital during the afternon. The body will be removed to Belle Plaine today for burial. DAUGTER MAY YET DIE! MOTHER TO BE BURIED Mrs. Stapletcn's Funeral to Be Held, While Child's State Is Critical. The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Sta pleton, 260 Maria, who was fatally burned through an attempt to light the kitchen fire with gasoline on Saturday, will take place today at St. John's church at 9 o'clock. The interment will be at Calvary cemetery. The daughter, who attempted to save her mother and was badly burned, is still in a critical condition. SAMPLE PIAJLOSi sent to us by manufacturers tc sup- ! ply our Spring stock. Rather than j return, we uill sell them at less {> than t»he dealer's profit. A piano that usually sells for {\ $225, we now say.... J|23 !; $275, we now say $175 !; $300, we now say $200 jl 5325, we now say $218 i' 1 We still have a few very good bargains loft !> > from our rocent Fire Sa!a of Pianos, It will • • pay you to see thsse as well as the New Sampla > Pianos wa are offering. ]» I RAUDENBUSH BUILDING. S > Sixth, St. Peter and Market Streets. ? The CECILIAN PIANO PLAYER Read what Mrs. Geo. Dewsy (wife of AdmC-*]| '! Deweyl says regarding the merits of ths CecV.- (, ian: "The Ccc llan as compared to other ', piano players is as ai amatuer compared ', to a professional." Recitals daily. Solß 'i agents. Call and hear it, 'i Raudenbu sh Bldg., St. Paul. .linn. ' NO GAR LINE TO SOUTH ST. PAUL Negotiations With Officials of That Town Are Off at Present. The scheme of an extension of the Rice and Concord street car line to South St. Paul this year is not likely to materialize. All negotiations with the South St. Paul officials are off and the improvement is very much in the air. Mayor Lytle, who was in St. Paul yesterday, said that the town was eag er for street car connections with the capitol city, but if the Twin City Rapid Transit company wanted to include South St. Paul in its list of suburban stations, it would have to treat with the town, instead of the town treating with the company. "All the company would do," said Mayor Lytle, "was to run its line to the stock yards gate. If it wants to do business with us the cars will have to go to the city limits. The company should have accepted our terms at first, for if it comes in now it Avill be in the way we want it to." A line to the South St. Paul city limits is necessary, as the Great West ern is understood to have informed the officials that if a franchise is granted for any car line from St. Paul it will withdraw the motor. Beyond the stock yards gate there are a large number of residents, and if the motor was with drawn they would be without any transportation facilities what ever. The South St. Paul officials say that if a ear line is built to their city it must be on the basis of a 5-cent fare. The town officials are now trying to compel the Great Western road to place a flagman where its tracks pass the stock yards gate. Nearjy 2,000 people cross this point daily, and it is claimed no provision whatever is made for their safety. *• Cold, Headache, Catarrh, relieved in 10 minutes.—Rev. W. H. Main, pastor of the Baptist Emmanuel Church, Buf falo, gives strong testimony for and is a firm believer in Dr. Agnew's Catarrh al Powder. He has tried many kinds' of remedies without avail. "After us ing Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder I was benefited at once," are his words. It is a wonderful remedy. One appli cation relieves headache and cold. —13. "Kid Lee" Is in the Toils. '"Kid" Lee, a known pal of the re doubtedly "Curly." now in the custody of the Minneapolis police, was yesterday caught "mooching" about some buildings on Third street east, taken to the cen tral station and later handed over to the authorities of the Flour City. The police look upon him as an old hand in the business, though little known here as to the character of his work. He is said to be one of the cleverest pick pockets in the country, and his Bertillon picture was taken yesterday. JUST ASK BY LETTER And we will be pleased to send you by mail prepaid sample of Rea Bros Cas cann. It is an ideal liquid laxative for children grown people and everyone. Cures after all others have failed We know what Rea.Bros.' Cascarin will do It has cured thousands. 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