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2 iEWS OF THH CITY Let Veteran -Go—Joseph? Schmidt, an old;soldier,, found on the street Tues "day' night; -was arraigned • as l a vagrant yesterday ;in the < police court. He • said that :he? had been living, at the: soldiers'; ; home, • Minnehaha- park.. He agreed to "return• there and■. was discharged.• Samuel Olson's Body Taken ;to Fair fax—The ". body of: Samuel Olson, who was : killed? by-'a Soo ; line freight -train Monday near Wilson's; siding,. .was claimed yesterday.: by a relative, Eng 'hart Olson, •of ' * Fairfax, x Minn. ' The : body was ■ sent: to'; Fairfax?last night. ; Waiters Against Free = Lunches—At a meeting of the Hotel and 11 Restaurant Waiters'." union .in Federation -hall .last night the >. proposed -free lunch | or dinance was indorsed unanimously, and It was decided to begin an active- cru sade for the enactment of such a meas ure.' • '-■''."" /. .- Thirty Days for Drunks—Mrs. O'Neill and - Rose Gray, . charged ;? with - being drunk the .? night before ;. at Barney Ryan's saloon, C Eighth -and : Jackson streets; were found guilty yesterday, by Judge Finehout, of the municipal court. They * were sent to the workhouse for thirty days. . Zy . • Strolls Too- —Peyton -Johnson a negro ."roustabout," who reached St? Paul on the steamboat Sidney, and was found strolling _ about %n "St. Anthony hill late ' Tuesday night, was arranged as ; a vagrant yesterday in the munici pal court. He was committed to the workhouse for thirty days. ; < Police "Ambulance Takes Fainting Woman HomeTo care for a woman who had fainted, the police ambulance "Was summoned I yesterday morning by the People's' Provision company, 447 Wabasha street. .The woman's-name was not ascertained. She was taken io her home in West Ninth street. . Woman's Label. League to Organize —A meeting will be held in Federation hall . this evening for the purpose of perfecting the organization of the Woman's Label league, an . organiza tion composed. of women . members ,of the unions who will assist: in popular izing goods bearing the label. .- , . . Fire? Insurance Company - Admitted — The Mutual Cash; Guaranty company, a mutual' company of" Sioux ;Falls, S. D.,: was admitted to do . a general fire in surance business in Minnesota: yester day by State Insurance Commissioner E. ,H. Dearth. The * new; company had complied with the insurance regula tions for the state. - ,-v CORONER INQUIRES Inquest in Case of B. Colrud, Killed by Street Car Four witnesses were heard : yester day morning at the county.morgue; during the inquest" held by Coroner A. W. - Miller* to : ascertain V* the circum stances attending the death of Berndt; Colrud, the "Wisconsin farmer, -killed-, last - Thursday night by a West ' Sev enth street electric car at Seventh and Exchange ' streets. County .^Attorney. Kane examined the witnesses. ?T?? ■ «?■'?/:-4 Miss Grace - Carlson said she was standing near; a lunch wagon -at . Sev enth and Exchange streets when she saw Colrud step from the corner and start diagonally across i Seventh i street. Although she heard somebody shout a warning, - the. farmer did not halt. He walked directly before the car and was thus run over. y The motorman of the car, George Slovak, admitted that his legs were partly ■: paralyzed, but maintained that he was nowise unfitted for performing his duties. The car, he said, was mov ing about eight miles an hour when he first ; • saw Colrud at . least . thirty-five feet away. He had left the "southeast? corner and .was crossing the street towards the north. Slovak thought the man would "wait for the; car to , pass. But when it appeared probable. that he would not halt, Slovak "put on the air." The track was wet and slippery, the car, began sliding. . Slovak C turned off the air brake and reversed the mo tor. He had hardly done this when the car struck Colrud. The wheels then slid' the length of a before stopping. The conductor, J. J. Glynn; heard the shouts outside but did , not hear ': the gong ring. He didn't know what con dition the tracks were in. He believed they were all right and ? that : the car should have stopped more quickly than it did. -■-. Dr. J. M. Finnell, who made the au topsy, testified that he . could : learn . nothing as to the presence of alcohol in - Colrud's stomach when the accident took place. ~ The body was much man gled. Questions put to other witnesses failed to show that the farmer walked - as if. he were drunk. Owing to the, absence of .other, wit nesses whose " testimony might be im portant, the inquest was continued un til 2 ■ o'clock this afternoon. :,..*...-.■■>. The jurors were Joseph Burger, . Pe ter McDonald, N. F. Seeger, James Ross, Edward; Poucher ; and - John * Ho gan. The dead man's son, Oscar Colrud,: was not present. When he came to St. Paul, at the request of the authorities, he would not undertake , to bury . his father. The.son. is said? to have in sisted that he and other relatives could not bear the expense of a funeral. GEN. CURTIS VISITS THE SOLDIERS' HOME Notable; Officer of Civil War Is on a Tour of Inspection Gen. Newton Martin Curtis, inspector for 7 the • board ;of : managers lof ; the na tional homes for .7"disabled y- volunteex soldiers, i made ■ formal . inspection 1 of ; the state j soldiers' home at ; Minnehaha yes terday, leaving in the ? evening for Lis-. bon, :N. D., 7 where the North Dakota •.' home 3is located. : ■? yy Gen.', Curtis was" one of the notable figures of the Civil, war. As colonel of ' the Sixteenth ; New York he led- a fa mous charge at the , capture: of Fort Fisher? and , received a. promotion. ?I: He ; finished the war - in. charge of a- mili tary department in Virginia, and has since ■ served in congress from ■ the ; Og .densburg (N. V.) district. I _ Gen. Curtis ■ s is. a ; giant In ;; stature and ■ his . soldierly aspect is-heightened by the ; loss of an eye sustained in the service. •.- . Recruiting Station Closes * Two more applicants who ? appeared , yesterday before .7 the _ naval recruiting :.; station at the ? federal building were ,: soon ? rejected.. Other • applicants '_ who came late- in the afternoon will be passed , upon this morning. The station >■ -will close this evening. Hereafter, un til i Oct. 15, men desiring to . enlist: may. apply. to the recruiting party ? that will 1 remain in Minneapolis. ■■■yiryy yy.rY.yi WOULD RAISE VALUE Of PERSONALTY State ? ■ Board of Z) Equal on Plans Its Work, Which Is I Assigned to Committees ' The state board ,of equalization 7 will probe deeply into class 16, stocks of goods and . merchandise, and determine if"a large part of the shrinkage of over $7,000,000 in the; personal property val uation from last year is not !hidden in' this class of property. • -! Each member of the board was yes terday assigned the task of making a comparative statement of this class ;in* the counties ?of ? his district, that. the shortage,. if one exists in this class of property ; may-: be pointed : out y and fa' - proper equalization * made. ?J The r board -; adjourned early 7in - the ■ afternoon 3 res- . terday 7 to: permit? its members '. to; begin their work of making the compara- ■ tive statements.,- i .-Chairman -" Sprague -yesterday an-: nounced his committees to which .will' be? assigned the various classes' of property. '.' They are :iX ■ The Standing Committees Goods and .Merchandise—L. G. Nelson, chairman;- G. . W. Knox,. T. Paulson,- I. L. Phi-ley,: Hans Mo. " : \ Banks and' CreditsJ. G. ' Lawrence, 1 chairman; C. G. Thorpe, C. H. Draper, C. M. Sprague, r A. H. Fowler. Logs and - Lumber — Greiner, chair man; J. E. Cooley, ; John ; Petterson, G. W.; Knox. T. Paulson. . Manufacturersl. L. Philley, chairman; C. H. Draper,-John- Petterson,.. C. G. Thorpe..-Daniel Anderson..-; '-•'. '! - Public Service: Corporations E. Coo ley, .chairman; .H. W. : Fagley, Emerson: Cole, J. G. Lawrence, C. M. Sprague. Real Estate—F. I. Johnson, chairman;, Daniel Anderson. Nels J. Nelson, Emerson Cole, H. W. Fagley. . .-■-..1y y -■■':'Yyy i ' On the , request of the city attorney. of Fergus Falls, Sept. 22 was set apart for consideration of the personal prop erty assessment: of Fergus Falls.;- The city, owns a hotel property,- and it Is believed * that the • municipality -is de sirous :of securing an abatement of the tax imposed against it. A request from the city attorney of St.r Cloud . for con sideration of X; the assessment •on its water 7 plant, recently purchased ?of a private corporation, . was ' also received by! the board. 7. ; _ - Would Raise Personalty. Assessment The state board-spent most of yes-? terday afternoon in discussing the ad visability of raising the entire . per- ■ sonal property V assessment.:? Some of the members 7 were lin • favor of raising only those items in which a discrepan cy appeared, but the majority of the board favored•"the raising of the entire personal?property-assessment.V '-."?;, yy . '{ The first; item mentioned; was horses. The -"board':? seerhed to :be: in favor of leaving?* the valuation ■..'.oh"'- class ?A, horses one year old, at 'the. same. figure as last year, and : to increase the value; of "class B, two years old —horses ? from $17.78 to $18 —a ; raise of 22 cents over, last year. But when it was suggested the valuation ;of class ■: C horses, three: years old or over, be ; v increased from i $30 to -$35 per "head;- a-?diversity-:of! opinion .arose. C. M. Sprague, chair man of the board, said:.- . *« '■■■•■;. : ."This; year ;we are confronted with "a shortage of over" $7,000,000 in the per sonal property assesssment, ' asl: com pared with last year, while the tenden cy :of ; the - valuation is to -. increase in stead of decrease... Now this board has to raise that ? assessment, :and; I. know ; of no; better place: to begin than right here." ''.. 7, -y ??.. . . X-'ryy? " As several members of the board were . not. present it was decided to de fer action. until today's .session. COUNTY INTERS BODY OF HOWARD VALENTINE Widow Makes No Claim and It Is -?,"-" Buried in the Potter's Field : The body identified Tuesday, by Mrs. Augusta . Valentine, of Minneapolis,'-: as that ;., of ' her husband, Howard Valen tine, missing .since Aug. ;8, was ?, buried yesterday.. in : _ the ; potter's . field .at the expense: of Ramsey county.", Mrs. Val entine did !not claim the remains. 7 ? Although. the - skull was ' fractured when the :body.was found last .Sunday in the river near Fort Snelling, and; other signs pointed to a possible mur der, Coroner A. W. > Miller • decided ■ that an ; inquest was . not . necessary. He be-; lieves that Valentine, .if the body be his, committed suicide. , ; ENTRIES FOR HORSE SHOW ARE CLOSED First - Arrivals of. High i Steppers Ex pected on Sunday 7 Every one of the fifty . classes for. whichvprizes are offered, at the Twin City horse; show, to ;be held at Ham line the last - half tof next week, has filled, save that ; for? pacers. For this j class the substitution'has! been made of prizes I for -j French J coach ' horses, in • ; which McLaughlin ; Bros., • of*the? Mid way. district, have entered ! their French ' Coach and Percheron stallions. ;? The former" won first , prize' in every i class in?which? they ; were entered at the world's fair, St. Louis," and the latter carried off? first, second, third, v fourth and: fifth f prizes..-r The : first « arrivals ? from abroad :; for the show will* be a carload of brown high ; steppers from ' the : stable | of Fred-: crick ?K. Bull, ;of . Racine, * which sis . ex pected i Sunday. 7y On ? Monday the *? en-: tries of Thomas Bass;and A. E. Ash brook, who will 7 send r their ; prize win ners "direct *; from -,the world's fair .: at St."; Louis,, and;, those .- from ' the: Toronto' . stable :• of .. George :; Pepper •& _< Co., and' Crow and Muury, of Toronto, - are ex pected,-; among others.. ..." : ■' s," ? ; *■ The 5. boxes ■* and:- reserved ? seates 'for the 7 horse • show ; will be '?■ put -' on sale ; Monday.", The management hasi so al lotted seats ' that •: the i St;. Paul <- patrons will: be : on ? one . side .of the \ rectangular arena and the r Minneapolis patrons on the other. ;/r y yX'Xyry : -. :; NEW INCORPORATIONS The - Ames-Barnes j company, of Dv : luth, yesterday filed articles .of incor j poration with , the secretary of state. . It will Xdo .-,; a?; general^? grain 'c commission business and is capitalized ?at3525,000." -Ward ; Ames r-Sr.?.->Ward Ames j Jr. and Julius iH. Barnes, all lof ."• Duluth, are the incorporators. 1 ;-.The Radisson Hardwood . Lumber : company, Minneapolis, '■% has:, filed - arti cles ".with. the * secretary of ' state. The capita] . stock ? is } $50,000, and . Minneap olis .is - the principal _ place lof ; business. W. W. '. Hopkins, A. B. > Mcl ville,T James IC. Melville, Robert 'D. Taylor and ' Finn! Koren, all ¥of I Minneapolis, are -the. in-: corporators. ?; -y r"" • .'?-;>• THE ST: PAUL GLOBE. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1904 UN CAN VOTE ON FREE TEXT BOOK CHARTER AMEMIMENT Provision-;? 7of citfiei,-Minnesota ; Constitution Permits Them to Vote on Any Measure f lating ?to Schools or Libraries —Corporation Attorney ? Says There yls No Ground for Doubt as to the Law, and City Mus^ Make- Provision to Receive Women's Women ? Can Vole on Free ■ Text yy X- Book Amendment 'yir'y- *;". The provision, of the state con _ stitution giving women the right -. to vote for or against j the propos ed amendment to the city charter 1 - providing for .free text -books is: ,'y "Any woman of the. age of twenty^ne ;• years X- of.- :- upwards possessing the qualifications req uisite ■to a male voter, may * vote j. at any election held for the pur pose of ? choosing ;- any ? officers ■ of"' school or any members of library boards, or upon any measure re-* • ing to schools or libraries, and I_ shall be eligible to hold any office■* . pertaining to .the': management of .0 schools and libraries." .- ; Corporation Attorney Michael ' holds that. women - can vote on the .'■ charter. amendment requiring the -. board ?of school inspectors to furnish free text books in the ■ St. Paul graded' schools," and that the .'privilege is accorded.- by the state constitution and, is ; therefore not-subject to legislation to the con- : trary, if such there is. ?'•' -••-_ - - . The - verbal ruling was made by Mr. Michael at .- the instance :of - the « local Trades ■ and Labor assembly, 1 it: having been' contended that the women are entitled to vote upon all questions per taining .to the schools* in any manner whatsoever/ and that if such ': was the case provision should be made whereby it will be possible to accommodate ; the women on election day. yr" :'" - - ;. Mr. Michael soon discovered the pro vision of the constitution, approved by a vote of the.people at the general elec tion in: 1898, that confers J upon women in the state the right••; to /vote, upon all measures "relating to the schools "or? libraries," the ■ language being so abso-: lute that there is ho \ ground for ' doubt that the intention of the constitution was ;to give women the right to vote for or against the important - question | as to the adoption of the free text book plan.: 1 The ruling - was very pleasing to the representatives gof g labor, ,: it -being their belief that with the women voting there ■. is 'no question that: the amend ment will be carried. ?"'.?. 'y Xy -y:' ■'■ '"■'■'• No Doubt as to the Law . ; ,"There seems to ;be no : ground .for doubt as to the law," said Mr. Michael. "It | clearly provides that X women - are entitled to vote on all measures, relat ing ?to • schools " and libraries, and ?it makes -no difference if ■ there should be somewhere - in ? legislative ; enactments . a' contrary, provision, for .the; constitution takes ;precedence. The " result will ';'be ROUGH RIDERS SORE Exclusion Act Makes Roose velt Club's Roster Dwindle When the full force of the exclusion act, adopted by the ? Roosevelt club at its meeting Tuesday night at the Mer-: chants hotel, came home :to the ,- mem bers iof the club yesterday, there were bellicose remarks all along the line. .. -;:'". Howard Wheeler, who originated the constitutional ■ * amendment -,; which ; de prives ; officeholders y; and ?.. officeseekers from ! the club's . membership, '■• came rln for ' full . share *of the : adverse ;' comment • of ; the l members :of .the • club, many \of whom were not present the dras tic | action .was .taken • and whose perso-. nal wishes were not respected ?- by the majority "in : control : : . of the. meeting.- Wheeler is a r candidate for - county at torney : and his position is assailed by some Roosevelt club Rough Riders who insist ? that - he y was ... making a "grand stand . play" in forcing the '. constitu tional amendment on the club. . :_ The result -of ? the exclusion will be to cause a "number, of resignations from the j club, i and .- several of the - men who will :'-. naturally, resign under the '*? new order (of things are ;■ prominent in z. the club's management. yy More XX than ~r~ one ward ;; executive committeeman . will walk *" the? plank % and - .leave the club without ward representation.: OLD FEDERAL BUILDING SOON TO BE REOPENED Government Inspector Looks It Over to Ascertain What . Furniture is Needed ... Wells M. Sawyer, furniture inspector; for the treasury i department, arrived .in town ; yesterday _to inspect the - old : fed- ; eral : building with reference to the fur*?j niture and fixtures it ' may- need . before it is reopened. - -" •?•,'?; ;f Although? the allotment of offices ; has not ... been 1-5 positively >* announced, the collectors '■■-. of customs * and '*" of :' internal! revenue • will probably remove from - tiie new .to i the , old ? building. :? Other offices at Wabasha and Fifth streets j are like ly to be assigned to the army engineers in' charge of river improvements. Candidates Will Entertain Frank J. Obst, candidate for the Re publican nomination- of ; county abstract clerk, and ?M. J. Wiley, candidate ;of the same s party =: for county commis sioner, will entertain a large body of their constituents V. at -a g meeting 7; to night: in the parlors of the Windsor hotel. " ' X:' :■-':' 'X'''yX-7 X"'-yY yy : . yy. Peddler's X Horse Kicks Him ?7 Adolph Tiber, a peddler ? living at 158 Robertson ]5 street, was £ kicked ■$ by - his own horse early yesterday afternoon at Ramsey . street and Pleasant avenue. The peddler was carried fto drug store where he ;' was ? revived sby Dr. A. F. Goodrich. Although * suffering i from J* a; severe . bruise . Tiber was '' able _to - drive home. 7* 'i'.-ciyizy !}. ly *- iz.z: -i •■?>■-; • >.\ . '---.'. . JAMES C," MICHAEL Corporation Attorney Who - Says -State* \ - Constitution ' Gives Women _ Right ?to .Vote -. on Matters ; Relating. to Schools' that it will be necessary for: the city to ; make. provision to properly, receive and count the ballots'cast.-by? the wom en, as this .- question >is • the only, one submitted- on which they can vote." V.' E. C. , Ives, the representative of labor on the charter' commission," is expected; ;to ask that either: separate ballots be prepared : for the/women- or that sep arate ballot boxes .-. be : provided to i re ceive j their votes. *It will be j necessary to provide. some means by which the votes of the women | can?be | legallyj dis tinguished from those cast by men. -- If ; they should :. be -: given ; the ballot:. con taining all of the proposed charter amendments and their vote should be placed: in the regular ballot 1 box :. pro vided: for the -purpose it would be im possible to distinguish their .vc f s from thqse [ of.the \ -hen,' with : the result that . the • 77' women ra could vote _ for all U the amendments: The most simple method of making provision "for- the : occasion .is to provide separate ballots. - '-:••*.' yX' ; ; St, Pail Women's ! First Chance.. This will :be the first occasion- upon which the women:of St. Paul jhave:had an opportunity: to exercise ' their ? right: to vote since the constitutional amend ment was adopted, -although?if • atten tion • had ; been..called ?to ' the - fact they could have § voted upon %at least one bond issue since" that time, but -" the provision was overlooked. rt Jus^ how many -will take advantage of the priv i liege is ia; question . even -in labor jj cir cles, although in raising the.question it was evident that the -unionists be lieve | that a majority of .those; who do;• vote ,will favor free text books.:*-..' ';*•:.: " "?■ The charter amendment -/in*' question. requires that the board of school in spectors shall furnish books to all grade pupils free of charge, and will be: : constantly in ; effect unless ' repealed-by' a vote of the people if it is adopted at the coming election..^ The charter com-i mission will i ask that the; city council call | a special-, election at : which all the proposed amendments '.will be ■ submit ted, and incl-uV-Tl in the rvumber will be the free text book provision. \y\, *•. •'-?"-. • It is supposed that the women will be I required .to ? register, but g this j ques-' tion will S arouse Xan interesting r dis cussion. t If they: are required to regis ter it will be necessary to keep a sep arate .. set of registration books. - The election law., governing '■ cities in'•• the class with St.. Paul -. requires '. that all persons expecting tq vote must vregis-: ter, three days being . set " apart - for the purpose. This question will be inves tigated by the corporation attorney. CHILD AND A MATCH Possibly Fatal Accident Caused ' by Combination ■■■•-■-'. . -■ - ■ -. ■- -■•■ .. ■JT. .While, she-was - playing . with; other children, shortly; before 8 o'clock last night, in the'yard of . her home, 309 East. Sixth y street;- Annie Nath, aged five years, reached for a 'burning match in the hands of a small boy. The flame ignited her frock. . As she i saw herself: ablaze' she ran Into the .house screaming*- She '•;. was met by her mother/who smothered. the flames with her skirts. - '?;■' - yly.r-yyyy- ■?_?> The i child was . taken? to • St. Joseph's •hospital. f ; There . Dr. J. B. Brlmhall found that her face '< and limbs were severely, burned, but r. that her eyes had , escaped injury, and; she : had - ap- j parently not j inhaled i'fire.. 7. lnasmuch as the : area : of : the burns - is extensive; the ■* prospect -.'■ of recovery 7is . not - as sured. Yet is is thought that the little girl will survive. .- < ; . . Annie is the elder of the two chil dren of " Frank .P. Nath, who • keep*, - a restaurant at 98 South Robert street, West side. : - ... yyy -.yy y, yyy DISCUSSES FORESTRY ■yyf;- y AND IRRIGATION Gifford Pinchot Delivers Instructive Ad dress Before Chamber of Commerce - -.-.'". Gifford "Pinchot, chief forester .'of ; the United C States^" department -of? agricul ;• ture, arrived ]in '] this city yesterday and addressed.the, members of the Chamber of Commerce in the forenoon, ly l-y .. ->. He discussed the general questions of : forestry: and irrigation ' and - suggest- '_ed .that; great care :be taken 'in Minne sota .to prevent the spread-; of; fire to ; the forest ; reserves. ?.; Ref erring to ' irri- j gation lin _ the abstract, he said that :it was well known that irrigated land and idesert, or dry i land;? of 7 the I same V area, < would not" yield the . same ? quantity of '■ > products. vi He called„ attention to , the: i fact that . irrigation ",' and the preserva | tion of - the i forests ' of the country ; and. ;state '■ went; hand ;in hand ' and must rise? or fall together. *_?'?v X'yXyY.lrYyry yy Destruction of i the ?• forests, without * provision'for converting i the _ acres * de : nuded of j them - into agricultural * lands, had been proved to be * disastrous, and { he said :. the government was f opposed '. to a continuance of the process. .?:.' 5-i- Speaking, particularly of i Minnesota! he ' said !that" the Indians;.were; perfectly - satisfied with the progress that had al- I ready been made on the; Northern' Min nesota reserve. tyy'iy-iyi-■'.'■ y'zy Supreme Court ?. Calendar Light ;.- -? With but 7 twenty y days .' in' which ito , file notes of issue k. in peases Xtoy go on the g October : calendar . of 5 the 'f supreme 1 court, there are but forty new cases ! now on the calendar. There * were 207 " cases on the-calendar on . the term . day 'of the April term, arid | the 1, indications fare that the calendar will .be consid erably lighter for this term. -•;.". " KIt'HIIt'S TACTICS CAUSE : INDIGNATION --■•-*■. .-•-' % i>r-yy-7r-t., ~ < ;. * -■*»..'.■-,'- y. Bad Condition of Roads Due to iryy-y r.,y yyyy - r. , ..■; -•-;; ;.. -His Refusal to Turn Over /Repair Funds '■'■"',' '"S'- £7 '.'. "i "t '■ .- »": yr-;.-y - \ y- ..-n 'KY^Y'■ E. G. Krahmer, the county" aurVtor, by his 'refusal.'to' sign the warrant for. road and bridge repairs, is in a position where he must 'either/ incur the ' antag onism of the farmers and others who drive - over the _ country roads, * or- con cede that; he did wrong 'in refusing to act * according to ? the '\ opinion of - the county attorney. ?: - . - 7 Yesterday was .- lively about - the j au ditor's :. office, r First came ? the / reports of indignation ? meetings being ■ held by farmers living in -White. Bear and Rose townships, after -, which- a number -of. owners of automobiles • called to pay their -compliments, to the county au ditor. ; 7 7.?: . The pressure did not. bring about the; desired result, and the repairs will likely be indefinitely delayed. The au ditor refused to accept the solution of fered :. by? County •; Attorney ' Kane ; and; transfer the money or' repairs;- to : the ; township supervisors. At i least he had. failed to • signify his .willingness. to ?do so at the:close. of: business, the result; of which will be that it will apparent-' - ly be necessary to continue to travel: over roads in -■ many" instances I that ! are almost impassable. * People -Fix 7 the Blame It was - made evident, ; however, that* the people : have fixed the responsibility for the condition. ?- One ?of the county commissioners a:resolution prepar ed : ordering the ? auditor •? to j* turn | over the money.' to the township officers, but it is questioned if he will have? a spe cial meeting ,of , the -commission r. called to act on his proposition. Mayor-Smith says r that -he is ready to call such . a meeting and to • take' any action - that will lead to the making of necessary re pairs on the roads. -. .: "There was no reason for the county commissioners delaying, action as to the roads because 1 I was ; not at the meet ing," said ? Mayor *. Smith. „ "A trip ■ I made last night over the city streets and . through •; the ■ ■■" suburbs, V where - I found : the thoroughfares .in deplorable condition, - indicates the state of -the roads.'JßS9Q_S_9^_&_^H^|^^S-_______i ; "I do not ponder that the people are complaining.; I have sent word:to' the county commissioners that I. am ready to. act with them at any time. for the betterment of the county roads, making it * impossible that further excuse can be given for delay. It is the duty of the officials to act at once." ; " No Excuse for Delay I"There is and has been no reason for delay in the repair of county roads ex cept the action of i the county; auditor in refusing to*. turn over the money ap propriated to the -township supervis ors," said County Attorney Kane. "He continues to pursue the same course in the face : of the : fact i that the attorney general ?of the ;state.has told him that I am, -as - county ' attorney, his legal ad viser, which relieves him of all re sponsibility. glt is ;-certainlys just that the ; person responsible should •be blam ed by the public." 'yy- yy ISAAC AND JACOB :x YY ARE LOST AND FOUND Policeman Couldn't Understand Their Yiddish, So Takes Them to Station Isaac Cumanow, aged five, and his brother Jacob, aged three, both pull ing a toy cart, ; were found by Patrolman Gross , '_- yesterday -r morn ing on the West- side, bluffs, several miles from their home at Fairfield . and Robertson ; streets. , As ?. the children could : speak Yiddish only, they - were unable to make the patrolman under stand where they lived. ;. . . .:* ?, But - scarcely' had the ; boys' and their cart. arrived : in: a patrol .. wagon at - the central ? station than they were discov ered by their grandfather. He had hur ried to inform the police that Isaac and Jacob had been lost. POLICEMAN REFUSES A PROFFERED DRINK Three Soldiers Get in Trouble Through - Bibulous Generosity Xy Paul .Kennedy, J. ? R. Ferris and Wil liam '- Taylor, . soldiers from Fort Snell ing, * were ;■ prisoners in •- the ; municipal court .. yesterday morning. -: Kennedy was '. charged .with . disorderly ; conduct and his ■ companions with:- drunkenness. Kennedy, las was testified, met Patrol man Doody 7at I the ■ Seven . corners" and . invited the .patrolman to take ja • drink. j When Doody refused -Kennedy: wanted to : fight.;- yx 'y^^^^SSBMW^SSt ? The three men were ■'-... discharged. They had overstayed their " leave « and were- sure to be punished.for that :of fense *as % soon as. they returned to Snelling. z^^^^y. Buster Bro^vn Suits tThe Best Dressed Boys All over the country wear Buster Brown Suits They are also worn by The Best Dressed Girls Sold only at Hurrah! I m out of school fc>-<h_y L/Uf(jCfrL' *£—y And Tl^e «knd 1 c^n pl*y a_nd play M/ </) * The boyj- s.nd %\r\s around our-vF.reet <-* J——^^t^^£Zj£*^^^ All bring tt\eir roller _rk-.tej--a.nd m*et. -^^mma^^^ And have the grtt-tejt Jvr. in town, But none hz.s more than Buster Brown. c- B.VBOWLBY, Pres. ? ■- SIXTH AND ROBERT BfCauj-e Ive sot the j-uit tht_t tfuit-t H. W. FAGLEY, Treas. ? STREETS. Ootf\ ro-le~-J-kvtej-2.nd j-hoo* tt\e vfl\oot<r. " ■■ ' ■ "-__-__________________________-_--i-__-SS_i 'yy ty.-^\7 Paul's Silk Selling Store, y. - Entrances Wabasha, Fourth, Fifth and St. Peter Sts. " \ ' _ _. Women's Cravenette storm coats ve hn ee7tec aoa?.h„fnn bifi. Satisfled feelin?comes with the possession of a Cra -*earsone rata ha ,°, V 1,111? can give. Take" notiCe of the. woman who ., oliv?Se?rf^^^^^^r^ erV. The- new lot are in ' tan, * brown : and '*' i era vita a. t!!.f- ■?/ hard- twisted^ herringbone • worsteds, * thoroughly _ _ -_ _ Sf?o^ ask .1500. fOT. a. si. mi! ar c0^..°z.... 10.75 Women's new fajl petticoats SJ )ei ;ial' lot of black Petticoats, made Women's fine mercerized sateen and i^S "ounce with three moire petticoats? madT withd_e P um -2t«,_-,; , teatherstitched,, _Q' - brella flounce, tucked and _ * o Sale dHcp Cach ' Ofi^ accordion pleated, good 3.00 I AX le pnce jf\_»W values. Sale price *• Jf VJ Outing flannels half price or? '.? ?:.; for regular 10c a yard fine teazled outing flannel. There are 5,000 ■'_n.':'__r^'-.-.- yards— remnants— lengths of 2 to 10 yards to the piece. *-mH :": A-ce tripe rand -check patterns in light and dark colorings. As VJ't*^ '.-;?,'*■ this is less than they cost at the.mill, quantity will be limited to ' /^ . ,?,-"?', yards to a buyer. .'• . -. Corset sale 50 **"* fine aU ** >■■:■'. washable ribbon -. 1^ -^ For our regular 1.00 g^jj**^*Wr|MßP___Wt CliO ' ance etsa-e So Pc1 a broken 4inches wide, soft and T#% WEB ance sale of a broken 7„.__ ' j H^_l_^ KJjF^^ line of Batiste corsets! UIStrOUS. 20c a yard i >!£* -,;"rv -One: or two -sizes miss- ribbon for Only -Bk«-i^_*. ing, but good choice if you come early.. . - . Strongly: made, good style and newest Some* of the good colors are pink' tur models.;; *^M!&M • "'' ' quoise, sky blue, cardinal, nile, black. Important drapery specials today Two of the most sensational purchases,: from a quality standpoint, ever made; 7 of course they're small.lots, but that's why the prices are half or near it. 12g% a ar<* *or new 25c 75c a yard Madras A*% n *^ V Swisses curtain lace for 44^* 1200 yards of this drapery, swiss lace 32 pieces on sale Thursday French stripe and printed effects, full 36 inches Madras curtain lace, many colorings wide; very pretty window and bed and patterns for hall, dining room, draperies and worth 25c a yard; the library, or den, 50 inches wide and only colorings are delicate and pretty. - 43c a yard. ?:?>". y-7'Yy- DECLINES THE BAIT School Board \ Dodges: an Ad vertising Scheme The . question of admitting three scales to the public schools for adver tising purposes occupied the attention of ; the members of the : board of school inspectors X- for some time • yesterday, the -application; being .ultimately re fused. „ ' ". X.:.... ? 1 ;.?:-?,\. "■ Upon- the strength of a request from the manufacturers, made through '■ G. N. Gerlach, 'superintendent' of build ings, the advisability of 'having scales where the children could ascertain their. weight and.height free of charge, was considered in the various phases. The humorous feature of the affair was apparent to the inspectors. ,': .Mr. Gerlach explained that the man ufacturers 1- desired j*xo| place - the scales in the schools for advertising purposes, and ? that they would remain at one school for a time and then be moved to another. .They? did not expect or ask for compensation for the use of the scales, which was provided with an apparatus . by,. which the : pupils could also measure their height.: : "Don't see anything wrong with that," commented Mr. Egan.. g "But somebody might, want to in troduce a coffee mill , through the schools," suggested President Holman. "Or an infallible timepiece," said Mr. Boeringer. "r .-',. '.'Or a "new kind of eyeglasses," said Mr. Lindahl.-. - "The i introduction *of • scales into the schools ~ would not be - warranted," as serted Supt. Smith, firmly. : On motion of Mr. Boeringer the of fer of the firm was - declined, after which" the inspectors stopped long enough to laugh heartily. . POLICE SERGEANT SMITH BADLY CUT Knife Wounds Inflicted by Oscar Ben son ' Prove Very Painful Oscar Benson, who is accused of cut ting : Sergeant ; George Smith severely, while Benson was resisting arrest Monday night, was arraigned in the , police | court yesterday. The" case was continued one week j and Benson, lack ing $500 bail, was sent back to a cell. Sergeant Smith will be confined to his bed . for • a considerable time. He was "■" suffering^ much 7 pain yesterday. His deft wrist had been cut so deeply as to require a dozen stitches. His right cheek, and ; especially his right eye, are - seriously injured. • His over coat, blouse and hat were half destroy ed in a violent struggle to protect him self against his armed assailant. FUND IS NEAR $2,200 Subscriptions for House of Good Shepherd Continue THE GLOBE'S GOOD SHEPHERD RELIEF FUND Towle Syrup Co. ....... $25.00 A Friend 1.00 y Total $26.00 Previously acknowledgeds2,l 63.7s Grand total $2,189.75 :'. Subscriptions -"'• to The Globe's -■ fund for the relief of the House of the Good Shepherd were a little slow yes terday, and only? $26 was received for the suffering institution. ""?.-?.-;. "An unknown friend sent in a dona tion of $1, and the Towle Syrup com pany gave $25. This brings the total nearly :to the $2,200 mark. The efforts of the committee that has the matter'of the entertainments' for the institution in hand are pro gressing favorably, and the fund is ex pected to show " considerable growth within the next few days. Special prayers are being said daily by the sisters of the order for grace and help in securing the means to re pair the buildings. Subscriptions may be sent to The Globe direct or to H. C. McNair, 328 Endicott building. Teachers Are Qualified . Supt. Smith reported at yesterday's meeting of the board of school in spectors the following . teachers are qualified for appointment: Miss Han nah Sullivan, Miss Amelia Morton,. Miss Grace Halderman, Miss Estelle Smith and Miss Elizabeth Sullivan. Administrators Are Named George C. Gail was yesterday ap pointed administrator of the estate of Herman in the probate court, his bond being fixed at $5,000.. Sherman A. Day was named admin istrator of the estate of Mrs. Mary Mc- Clung, giving a $500 bond. c?^__.s,ro__=i.-C-A__ Bear, the A Thß Kiwi You Havß fiE BCBgJI Signature /^v-j^^t*-^. Documents that are worth anything are worth keeping in a place of absolute safe ty, " and our - vaults afford this. Safes $4 a year. Security Trust Co.. N. Y. 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