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2 NEWS OF THE CITY The temperature at 2:30 a. m. was 49 above zero, 0 drop of 3 degrees since 8 p. m. Soldiers' Home Trustees Meet Thursday —The board of trustees of the soldiers' home will meet at the home Thursday, April 14. Can Do Business in Minnesota —The In demnity Exchange, a flre insurance un derwriting concern, of Chicago, was yes terday admitted to do business in Min nesota. Men of Grace M. E. Church to Meet— The April meeting of the Men's club of Grace M. EL church will be held in the church parlors this evening. Judge J. W. Finehout will deliver an address on the juvenile branch of the municipal COUlt. Fifteen Boys Let Out of Reformatory — Eight boys were paroled and seven dis charged from the state reformatory at St. Cloud Wednesday by the board of control. A calendar of fifty was heard by Mr. tJaoobson and Judge Gould, who re turned to St. Paul yesterday. Sues for Commissions —Judge Lewis is fengaged in the trial of the jury case of the Northwestern Interstate Land com pany against I'rquhart, Richards & Pat tinson. The plaintiff seeks to collect $1,609.75 alleged to be due as commis sions on sales of farm lands for the de fendant. Convicted Saloonkeeper Released —Wil- liam Sothner. convicted of selling liquor ■without a license two weeks ago in No bles county and sentenced to thirty days' imprisonment, was granted a pardon yes terday by the state board, which held a special meeting. Soehner was released on account of ill health. Father Given Divorce and Children— In the divorce suit of William Wilder against Celia Wilder Judge Jaggard has planted a decree. On additional evidence submitted Wednesday the court was sat isfied of the desertion alleged by the plaintiff. The three children are given into the custody of the father. Mobergs Brother Claims Body—Lars Hobetß, of Minneapolis, at the St. Paul morgue yesterday identified the remains of Louis Moberg, who was murdered in a Rock Island box car at Owatonna Mon day, as his brother. The Minneapolis Moberg had not heard of the murder until yesterday morning. Feast of the Passover Ends—The Jewish f >>ast of the Passover, commemorating the flight of the ancient Jews from Egypt. ended with sundown yesterday. The "re formed Hebrews ended the season of fast ing Wednesday, while the orthodox Jews observed the full eight days. Jury in Doubt —Katherlne Koegan's suit against the New York Life company to recover $5,000 for personal injuries sus tained in a passenger elevator in the New York Life building, went to the jury yesterday morning, but at the close of court the members of the jury had still been unable to reach an agreement. Health Department Finds Smallpox Case —Andrew Iverson. living at 778 Ar cade street, was yesterday found to be suffering from smallpox and was taken to the detention hospital by the health de partment officials. For several days while Iverson was suffering from the disease he was associating with his fellow employes. The source of the infection is unknown. Auditors' Meeting Date Changed— County auditors of the state will meet the assessors this year on the last Thurs day of April instead of the last Saturday as heretofore, on account of the change in the time fixed at the last session of the legislature. The date for the meeting this year will be April 28. State Auditor Iverson will notify the county auditors of the change in the date for tne meetings. —o — Becomes Unconscious on Train—Frank Evans, whose ticket read from Bozeman, Mont., to Dubuque, lowa, was taken from a Northern Pacific train at the union de pot yesterday morning on the arrival of his tiain from the west. He had suddenly become unconscious, and at midnight at the city hospital had not regrained his senses sufficiently to tell about himself. Evans is about forty years old, and from appearances is thought to be a cattle man. MUST ASK COUNCIL City Fathers Will Pass Upon Concert Hb!l Licenses. With the amendment, that the coun cil alone is to pass upon the licenses for concert halls and dance halls where liquor is sold, the assembly last even ing passed the ordinance regulating such places. The provisions of the ordinance, as agreed to, are that a license shall be for six months and the fee is to be $25. The licenses shall be non-transferable The amendments, which make it nec essary that the ordinance be sent back to the board of aldermen, are the term of the license and the striking out of the provision requiring that licenses be granted only to persons approved by the chief of police. CLAIMS ELEVATOR STOPPED SELLING OATS Turtle River Supply Company De mands $804 for Breach of Contract. Judge Orr has on trial the case of the Turtle River Supply company egainst the Loftus-Hubbard Elevator company in which the plaintiff de mands $804 for breach of a contract The complainant says that the de fendant agreed to sell to the plaintiff 2?.00« b«»hd» of oats at 33 cents and did deliver 4.955 bushels but no more The plaintiff, it is alleged, was obliged to buy the remainder of its supply else ?«nf c °n \ rißlng market and to pay $804 more than the charge for the same S !n y thould ? ave been at th« SS£ fixed m the contract with the defend- The defendant answers as to breach SLnO^ 01 that the plalntiff failed to keep the agreement to pay spot cash the defendant found that he was not a member it did not care to t£?s"°thS Roche Sues for Booze Bill. John G. Roche has brought suit i n tJie district court against Ge r?ity & Padden, saloonkeepers, to collect «02 FUGITIVE FOR YEARS, MURDERER CAUGHT Bartholoma Labiera Must An swer for Death of Man Whose Wife He Betrayed. For ten years Bartholoma Labiera, alleged murderer, evaded the officers of the law, but a few days ago he was captured in a small town in Roseau county, near the Canadian border, and yesterday passed through St. Paul in charge of Philipa Sayula, sheriff of Kanazia, Youcatan county, Mexico, the scene of the crime. The story of the offense for which Labiera njust answer possesses its ro mantic as well as its criminal features. Some ten years ago Labiera went to Youcatan county and pretended that his visit was for the purpose of pur chasing an interest in a ranch owned by John T. Benson, who had recently located there, coming from Edwards county, Texas. There was a Mrs. Ben son and she was handsome and she was winsome. Labiera was also hand some and he was dashing. For a time Benson was unsuspecting, going to the extent of chastising some of his former friends who suggested that there was a likelihood that Mrs. Benson was too friendly with the hand some stranger. Benson believed that he was able to attend to his own fam ily affairs. But one day Benson witnessed some thing that caused him to believe the reports that had been circulated and there was a scene between him and Labiera, the dashing young man who had wormed himself into the confidence of Mrs. Benson and many other mem bers of the community. What hap pened at that time is not known. Benson Found Dead. What is known is that Benson was found dead a few days later and co incident with his undoubted murder Labiera disappeared. The usual legal proceedings resulted in the formal in dictment and the beginning of the search.for him. The efforts of the of ficers for years seemed to be in vain, innumerable false clues being followed in the effort to locate the alleged mur derer. The case was forgotten in de tail by the people in the neighborhood until news came that Labiera had been arrested in the northern part of Min nesota. The sheriff came on as soon as the proper papers could be prepar ed. Labiera, the prisoner, is a fine ap pearing man even after having spent ten years as a fugitive from justice, fearful of apprehension from day to day. Typical of the Mexican race, from which he springs, he goes back to face a trial that may mean the sacrifice of his life without apparent fear, tak ing the position that ten years is a long time, in which it is possible that many of the material witnesses may have forgotten or will conveniently fail to remember just what occurred so long ago. RAILROADS TO HELP IMMIGRATION MEETING Will Make as Low Rates as Possible to Induce Large Attendance. A meeting of the committee of the Commercial club in charge of the ar rangement for the immigration conven tion, which will be held in St. Paul June 14 and 15, met with the represent atives of the railroad lines terminating in St. Paul yesterday at the Commer cial club. The railroad officials assured the committee that the lines entering St. Paul will make as favorable rates as possible to induce delegates to attend the convention. The railroad repre sentatives also told the club committee that they would in every way co-op erate with it to make the convention a success. Among the railroad officials present were: F. I. Whitney, general passen ger agent of the Great Northern; A. M. Cleland, assistant general passenger agent of the Northern Pacific; W. B. Dixon, Northwestern passenger agent of the Milwaukee; Frank McCabe, chief clerk in the passenger department of the Omaha; General Agent Stevenson, of the Wisconsin Central, and F. W. Saint, city ticket and passenger agent of the Rock Island. FIVE COAL COMPANIES SUBMIT SAME BID Government May Reject Proposals for Fuel for Federal Building. Five bids for supplying the federal building with 1,200 tons of coal during the next season were found to be iden tical when opened yesterday afternoon by the government officials. The price asked per ton for screened Youghio gheny, the kind wanted for heating the building, was $5.60. The bidders were the Philadelphia & Reading, Youghio gheny & Lehigh, Ohio, Pioneer and St. Paul & Western companies. The price quoted in the bids is 10 cents higher than that at which the government secured its supply of coal last year, when coal was scarce, owing to the strike. The contract was not awarded yesterday, and it is possible that a recommendation will be made to the treasury department advising that the bids be rejected and others adver tised for. Husband Charges Desertion. Augustus G. Moore applied to the district court yesterday for a divorce from Mary E. Moore, to whom he was married thirty years ago. Mr. Moore alleges desertion on the part of his wife dating from January, 1903. Mr. Moore is now 57 years of age, and his wife 50 years, and they have lived in Rose town all the years of their married life. They have a son now 28 years old Mrs. Moore filed suit for divorce against her husband in 1903, but the proceedings under that petition were dropped. Takes Brother's Remains East. George R. Kibbe, manager of the Merchants hotel, arrived in St. Paul yesterday with the remains of hi* bro ther, Dr. Alfred Kibbe, who dm last Saturday, at Seattle, Wash., as the re sult of an operation. The dead man was* a younger brother of George R. Kibbe, and a prominent eye and ear specialist of Seattle. The remains wete forwarded last night to Buffalo, N. Y. where the interment will be made! Mr. Kibbe accompanied the remains East. There are always good things amoni "The Globe's Paying Wants." amon * THE ST. PAUL GLOBE...FRIDAY. APRIL 8, 1904. ALLEGED FOOTPADS PLACED ON TRIAL Their Wives and Infant Children Form Pathetic Spectacle In Court. Sorrow-stricken and oppressed with foreboding of impending: misfortune, two women sat yesterday afternoon among the spectators in the criminal branch of the district court. Each held in her arms a babe whose age could be reckoned in months, and eaca was accompanied by another infant Just about old enough to toddle with uncertain steps about the room and interrupt the proceedings from time to time with ita prattle. But the toddlers went unrestrained, for the attention of the women was centered in the trial in progress, and they were oblivious to all else. They were the wives of Anton Zarembrinski and Joseph Prill, on trial for robbery in the first degree. In the indictment under which Zar embrinski and Prill are now on trial it is charged that they, with a third man, all three armed with loaded re volvers, held up Michael Sammon on the night of March 13, near the corner of Dale and Thomas streets, and took from him a watch worth $15 and cash amounting to $53. There are two other joint indict ments against the same defendants, one of which is based upon the same occurrence in which Sammon figured. The complaining witness is Thomas Downs, who was with Sammon. and was robbed of $30. The other indict ment alleges the larceny of $15 out of the saloon of William Jans. County Attorney Kane is conducting the case on behalf of the state, William Louis Kelly Jr. appears for Prill, and E. S. Car^y for Zarembrinski. Story of the Crime. Mr. Kane, in outlining his case, said he would show by evidence that on the night of March 13 Michael Sammon and Thomas Downs were held up just as they had left Louis Peringer's sa loon at the corner of Dale and Thomas streets by two masked men with re volvers; that when Peringer pulled the curtain of the saloon to look out, be cause he had heard a noise, one of the masked men fired through the glass door at him, and then fired a second shot which shattered the light on the end of the bar. He said the state would show that while Sammon and Downs stood back ed up in the doorway of Peringer's place the two masked men robbed them and then ran in the direction of Herman Kroenig's saloon at Thomas and Grotto streets. ,He said the state would also show that Zarembrinski and Prill were seen by persons who knew them well ia Kroenig's saloon within an hour after the hold-up, and Zarembrinski was seen to go outside and hide two revolvers under the side walk. These revolvers, he said, would be produced, and it would be shown that they were of the same caliber as the bullets fired into Peringer's sa loon. The witnesses called in the afternoon were Sammon, Downs, Louis Peringer, Herman Kroenig, Henry Kath and John Pointinger. The revolvers, found by Kroenig under the sidewalk, and the bullets found in Peringer's saloon, were put in evidence. The state has not yet completed its evidence. NO PARK AT MIDWAY Amusement Company's Project Finally Killed by Assembly. The Midway amusement park ordi nance was definitely killed by the as sembly last evening, upholding the ad verse report of the committee on streets. This is the measure to which the people of the Midway district have entered such decided objection, the proposition being to locate the park at University and Hampden avenues and vacating a number of streets in order to secure sufficient land for the pur pose. The street railway is said to have been interested in the project, but the general objction from the people in the vicinity brought about the agree ment to refuse the vacations asked, and the ordinance was defeated in lieu of a formal withdrawal. STRIKING BINDERY GIRLS TO HAVE PAY DAY Strike Benefits From International Brotherhood Reach St. Paul. A pay day will end the third week of the bindery girls' strike. The payday is made possible today by the arrival yesterday of strike benefits allotted to Women's Union No. 40—the St. Paul "local" —by the International Brother hood of Binders. The benefits will pay the girls liberally for loss of work dur ing two weeks. Not all of the strikers will receive compensation for two full weeks. At least twenty members of the union be gan working at different times recently in Minneapolis binderies or In St. Paul stores and offices. M'CARDY WRITES A LETTER TO THE MAYOR Asks City to Pay $200 Toward Cost of Sidewalk Around Monument. A letter from J. J. McCardy to Mayor Smith asking that the city pay $200 toward the cost of a sidewalk around the soldiers' monument in Summit park was submitted to the assembly last evening. McCardy writes that the Monument association has $38 on hand and will donate it if the city will pay the bal ance, which amounts to the sum stat ed. The request was referred to the committee on streets. Amateur Play at South St. Paul. The South St. Paul Dramatic club gave a performance at South Si. Pau\ Tuesday evening of a three-act play, entitled "The Old Dairy Homesread" Parts were taken by N. D. Turves .1 F Forsythe, L. O. Carlson, B. F Mein ecke, E. F. Howes, Miss Kate Gannon, Miss Enjily Roman, Miss Wickman and Miss Agnes Forsytfie. Bids for Army Material Opened. Bids for screens required to equip the new post exchange and gymnasium at Fort Snelling were opened at army headquarters yesterday. Andrew Ran kin, of St. Paul, was the lowest bid der, his figure being $376. WILL GO TO COURTS Trading Stamp Measure Passed but Dispute Is Not Ended. It was evident at the meeting of the assembly last evening that both sides of the trading stamp controversy realize that the dispute will be trans ferred to the courts. The trading stamp people failed to make an appearance before the city legislative body, and the retailers de siring the passage of the ordinance had but two representatives in attendance to watch the course of events. Assemblyman Arnold furnished the sole argument on the question, asking if the ordinance would apply to mer chants who are giving out checks on their own account. On being assured that it did not he withdrew his objec tion, and the ordinance was adopted by a unanimous vote. The provisions of the ordinance, which now goes to the mayor, are that the trading stamp companies pay a license of $300 a year, and that deal ers be assessed $100 a year. A failure to conform to the provisions of the ordinance subjects the delinquent to a fine of as much as $100. COUNCIL- WILL SAY Assembly Passes Ordinance Regulating Hotel Runners. At the meeting of the upper branch of the city council last evening As semblyman Whitcomb secured the pas sage of an ordinance regulating hotel runners. A license of $25 is to be ex acted and provision made for the re vocation of the license by the coun cil. The hotel runners at present are working under a police regulation that merely prescribes where they shall stand and do business, this measure having superseded an ordinance licens ing them. The difference between the Whitcomb licensing ordinance and the like measure in force previous to the present regulation is that It is neces sary to apply to the council and re ceive permission to do business, in stead of dealing only with the city clerk. Assemblyman Haas objected to the license idea upon the ground that when the farmer ordinance was in force It resulted in permission being granted to pickpockets, and Assemblyman Wheeler said that he did not doubt this, as he had been taken for a farmer by a runner. Assemblyman Whitcornb insisted upon the passage of the ordinance and it went through under suspension of the rules. MAY DECIDE TO SUE THE STREET RAILWAY First Warders Insist That Company Build Line to Phalen Park. The First Ward Improvement asso ciation will meet tomorrow evening in Salvation Army hall, Sl3 Payne ave nue, when it is expected that a de cision will be reached on the proposi tion that suit be brought against the street railway company to compel the construction of a line to Phalen park. The association has virtually de clared that it will bring action, but Is holding back upon the theory that the city's chances of enforcing the 5 per cent gross earnings tax will be endan gered. CAN MOOR LAUNCHES AT JACKSON ST. DOCKS Assembly Concurs With Board of Al dermen in Granting the Privilege. The assembly last evening approved of the action of the board of aldermen in granting the use of the Jackson street docks to launch owners, As semblyman Rojsen stating that a num ber of persons have banded together and guarajiteefl that they will support the docks,' which cost about $75 a month for maintenance. Fred Van Slyke did not object to the passage of the- resolution, but thought that owners of launches independent of the St. Paul Launch club should be given a landing place. His suggestion was not embodied in the resolution. S. POPE SPATES SUES ON CEMENT CONTRACT Says Willram Porten Company Owes Him $398.25 on Account. Judge Jaggard yesterday took up the trial of the case of S. Pope Spates against the William Porten company, an action to recover- $398.25 on an ac count. The suit arises out of sales of ce ment to the defendant by the plaintiff in carload lots. The defendant has put forward a counterclaim of $127.33, al leging deviations from the original contract in regard to the quality of the cement furnished and the prices charged. CHURCHES MAY OBJECT TO NEW BUILDING CODE Assembly Refers Proposed Amendments and Public Hearing Will Be Granted. The amendments to the building code, f^ <ly reported in Thursday's issue of Th ± Globe, were last night sent to thf committee on streets by the as sembly without discussion. It was evident that there is to be a general public hearing on the issue, several of-the assemblymen saying pri vately that they had been asked to vote for the reference. Several churches, it Is understood, will object to the regulations. NEW INCORPORATIONS. The following articles of incorporation were filed yesterday with the secretary of state: National Crematory Manufac turing company, Minneapolis. Capital stock, $50,000; purpose, the manufacture of the Haycock & McDermott crematory. The incorporators and first directors are Joseph McDentiott, Frank E. Haycock, Edwin C. Potter, Carl L. Wallace and William M. Mitchell, of Minneapolis. Home Trade Shoe Store, Minneapolis. Capital, $50,009. Incorporators, Edmund C. Bates, Marie A. Bates. Alfred S. Uef feMnger, Celia B. Heffelflnger. When !n doubt §3 to how your mon ey should be invested, read "The Globe's Paying Wants." JUDGE DRIVES BOYS FROM COURT ROOM Judge Kelly Declares Criminal Branch Bad School for Youths. "Boys who would more properly be in school will not be permitted to loiter in this court room; and before we pro ceed further I shall ask the sheriff to clear the room of all who are not of proper age to remain." These words, delivered by* Judge Kelly from the bench in the criminal branch of the district court, yesterday afternoon, filled an interval in the trial of Anton Zarembrinski and Joseph Brill, accused of highway robbery. Both the speech and the manner in which it was delivered were strikingly characteristic of Judge Kelly. County Attorney Kane had just completed his opening argument to the jury, when the court, in a mild tone, that at first barely attracted the attention of those who sat before him. said: "While it is the unpleasant duty of the court and the jury to try cases of this kind, experience has shown us that it is an exceeding bad school for boys. In looking about this room I have noticed a great many wtio I am sure cannot be more than fifteen years of age. They should not be here. They would more properly be in school and will not be permitted to loiter in this court room; and before we proceed further I shall ask the sheriff to clear the room of all who are not of proper age to remain." After the sheriff had quietly circu lated among the spectators the crowd in the rear of the court room_jvas per ceptibly thinned out. TRANSFER OF REALTY MUST BE IN WRITING Decision of United States Circuit Court Is Affirmed. Judge Vandeventer. of the United States circuit court of appeals, yester day handed down two opinions, one affirming a decision of the circuit court for the district of Minnesota, and one reversing a decision of the circuit court for the Southern district of lowa. The Minnesota case was that of Levi D. York against Jed L. Washburn, of Duluth. Suit was brought by York to recover certain earnest money paid to Washburn to secure a lease for min ing property in the northern part of the state. The defense, which was held valid, was that the agreement was merely oral, and therefore not binding under the Minnesota law requiring all contracts for the transfer of.realty to be in writing. The case was dismissed. The lowa case was brought to the circuit court of appeals by the Chicago & North-Western railroad, against which damages were awarded by the circuit court in favor of John L. An drews, of Scranton, lowa, who was in jured while crossing the tracks of the railroad In that town, Jan. 24, 1901. Judge Vandeventer held that Andrews could not recover because he did not exercise sufficient caution in crossing the track. A new trial is granted. G. A. R. MEN ATTEND MISS BECKER'S FUNERAL Daughter of Past Department Com mander R. A. Becker Laid to Rest. R. A. Becker, former department commander of the G. A. R., yesterday buried his daughter, Miss Gussie May Becker, who died Tuesday at Bethesda hospital of appendicitis. The death of Miss Becker, coming within eleven months after that of her mother, was a sad blow to her father. A large number of G. A. R. men, in cluding Harrison White, of Luverne, department commander, and Perry Starkweather, past department com mander, attended the funeral, which was held from Mr. Becker's residence, 549 Whitall street. The death of Miss Becker was ex tremely sudden. She was in good health till last Saturday, when she was stricken ill and was removed to Be thesda hospital, where she was oper ated on for appendicitis. Leckie Loses Suit Against Railroad. Under instructions from Judge Orr, the jury in the case of John Leckie against the Great Northern road, yes terday returned a verdict for the de fendant Leckie in his complaint de manded damages of $4,000 for personal injuries. He was a member of a sec tion gang working for the railroad company near the Mississippi street bridge, and the men were told to get aboard a train. Leckie alleged that afc he was on his way to the train he tripped over a semaphore wire that was not properly protected and fell on the rail, injuring his left arm. The court found that Leckie had been negligent. g^==| Hello! Mr. Man! y^^LJ^^^^J Do you realize that spring /^^>y^v^iar^i suit time has come? Do r^Kj^Sl L you realize that it; costs » o \f^fl[ _ extra time and money to F* have your clothes made to 1 ' YlT^Fi^lM ' order? You can slip on one I) / of our handsome suits and V I W^^i be perfectly fitted and per \ I 3J^i^^t feCt'y satisfled at tlie same \lEt-€^^^^^^ff^ me • • • • • : : : *-L- I SUITS—SIO to $35-TOP COATS m C. B. BOWLBY, President. Sirtb and MS^^J^y. Sixth and H. W. FAGLEY, Treasurer. ■*? ISQJU&nffL-. Robert s're«'s. .>/> <r> . Streets. St. Paul's Silk-Selling Store. Field, Scblick $ Co. Entrances Wabasha, Fourth, Fifth and St P«ter Sts. Some sensational Friday doings in the popular domestic room There is every day a greater array of fine new summer dress fabrics at lower special prices than can be found anywhere. Even in these domestic cottons you'll find styles here that are exclusive. Note these low price specials Ar today: Berkeley cambric is the best l2Jic cambric on the mar ket, and today we'll sell a limited quantity at, the yard 9^ White goods—6o pieces of 15c, ISc and Colored goods—4o pieces colored wash 20c white goods such as fancy batistes, goods, 32-inch printed oxfords, a soft ?«T^?- v H* 1}, ies;- piques ' leno stripes finished cloth printed with figures and Toi^Ticl^.:::??: 12//2 CI t&?. prh^ e: zO*u .. 14c Housecleaning time approaches e^abl^undei^re S°°d thingS to n^hten labor at Prices that are consid- 1000 cakes Wool i "H. So H." Soap Soap, the large will clean carpets size. Friday price, or any fabric.even 4 for 2Cr the most del- -_ lOr lcate Today lIC 1000 cakes El Parnaso Castile Soap, the Spanish imported article, a cake that is always sold at 15c. - Friday price, only 9C Four cakes for only 35c. MAXWELLOR SCHULZ Presidency of Winona Normal to Go to One of Them. The state normal board meets today at Winona and will elect a successor to President J. F. Millspaugh, of the state normal school at Winona. The board's meeting is a special ses sion, called because of the resigna tion of Dr. Millspaugh, to become pres ident of a normal school in Southern California, and it is probable that C. A. Morey, resident director of the Wi nona school, will nominate the succes sor of the retiring president. Guy E. Maxwell, A. M., principal of the training department of the Winona school and instructor in general meth ods, is being considered for the place, while C. G. Schulz, assistant superin tendent of public instruction, has been mentioned in connection with the berth The presidency of the Winona normal carries a salary of $3,500. HIGH SCHOOLS TO END < DEBATING CONTEST St. Paul Centra! and Fergus Falls Will Settle Championship Next Friday. The high school debating champion ship of Minnesota will be settled on the evening of April 15, in the chapel of the University of Minnesota, when the team of the St. Paul Central high school will meet the team of the Fer gus Falls high school. This is the last of a series of sixteen debates held under the auspices of the Minnesota Debating league, the first of which was held on the evening of Dec 23. Every high school in the state with a debating team, with the exception of these two, has been met and defeated either by one of these teams or by a team which one of these has defeated. St. Paul is the champion of ihe First Second, Fourth and Fifth congression al districts, while the Sixth Seventh, Eighth and Ninth will be represented by the Fergus Falls boys. The Third did not enter a team. St. Paul has won all three debates by unanimous decisions of the judges, while in four debates Fergus Falls has had only one vote cast against it This is the second time that St. Paul and Fergus Falls have had the honor of be ing in the final debate, as they met in the university chapel last year, when the boys from Fergus Falls won a two to one decision over the local team. A large silver loving cup will be pre sented to the winning team, to hold for the year, but no school can become the permanent owner of the cup until it has won. the championship three successive times. So far no team has won the championship more than once. Warners Are Now Separated. Mrs. Addie E. Warner is granted an absolute divorce from Arthur D. War ner, and is given the custody of the two children. Judge Lewis yesterday filed his findings upon the evidence submitted the previous day. A stipu lation privately arranged between Mr. and Mrs. Warner as to property to be transferred to her for the maintenance of herself and the children has been ap proved by the court. Prof. Green Will Lecture Tonight. Prof. Green, of the State Agricul tural college, will speak this evening at the assembly hall of the central high school on "Gardening." A lot of the fam- Solarine, the great ous 15c Witch- metal cleaner. The Kloth for polish- %-pint size; reg ing. Friday n ularly worth w/> price /C 15 C . Today...*vC The Manzella Cleaning Fluid. If you have not tried this best cleanser, you have a surprise awaiting you; 25c regular. Friday sale price, the -~ bottle, only I9C HAD TO ABSORB LAW Wisconsin Man Becomes At torney Owing to Litigation. J. J. Sutton, of Columbus, Wis., the man who, it is said, was largely in strumental in bringing charges of mal feasance in office against Greely E. Carr, county attorney of Red Lake county, was a visitor at the state cap itol yesterday. His mission was to secure a copy of the charges on file against the Red Lake county official. The taking of testimony in the case was begun yesterday at Argyle before W. O. Braagans, Judge Grindeland's court stenographer, and G. E. Erickson an Argyle attorney, named as com missioners for the purpose by Gov. Van Sant. The evidence, when tran scribed, will be presented to the gov ernor for a decision. The charge against Carr, upon which Sutton and others hope to secure his removal from office, is that he was guilty of conspiracy in the awarding of the contract for a county ditch. It is alleged that the county attorney was instrumental in a division of some $1,700 among the prospective bidders on the work to the end that but one bidder appeared for the ditch con tract, and that the county attorney was financially interested in the con tract as awarded. Sutton, while his home is in ■Wis consin, is heavily interested in Red Lake county lands, and brings the charges against the county attorney as a taxpayer. He is a unique figure, and has been involved in some rather sen sational litigation in Northern Min nesota in recent years. In the federal court, at Fergus Falls, he successfully defended a suit for heavy damages for slander, the jury giving the plaint iff but $1 damages. In that case Sut ton was his own attorney, and it is said that his admission to the bar was the result of five years' litigation in Wisconsin, when, because of his prom inence in the prohibition cause, his barn was fired by incendiaries. When he had finished his prosecution of the case he had familiarized himself with the intricacies of the law and was ad mitted to the bar. ' ALL THE GO. How to Be Able to Make Your Daily Efforts Count. The "Mormon Bishop's" are the greatest assistants to a tired and muddled brain, for the price, ever known. If you are nervous and feel unable to cope with the task before you there is nothing on earth that will so clear your thinking power as will Mormon Bishop's Pills. For the effects of early mistakes or excessive habits they are without an equal restor ing lost manhood and producing perfect composure. Mormon Bishop's Pills are sold at 50c a box, 6 boxes for $2.50 by F. M. Parker. Fifth and Wabasha streets, St. Paul, Minn. On receipt of the price they will be sent in plain packages post age prepaid to any part of the world. Lake Minnetonka Trains. On Sundtfy. April 10. the Great Northern Railway will run a special train to Lake Minnetonka. leaving St. Paul 9:05 a. m., Minneapolis 9:35 a. m.. arriving at Mound 10:25 a. m.; returning train will leave Mound 4:06 p. m., arriving at Minneapolis 4:50 p. m.. St. Paul 5:20 p. m. Regular service will be established Sat urday. April 16. Trains will leave St. Paul for Mound daily except Sunday at 8:46 a. m.. Sunday only 9:06 a. m.:* for Mound and Hutchinson daily except Sun day at 5:40 p. m.; for Mound Sunday only 6:40 p. m. Returning arrive at St. Paul from Mound daily except Sunday 8:35 a. m.. from Hutchinson and Mound daily except Sunday 9:25 a. m.; from Mound Sunday only 6:20 p. m.