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mp MEWS f F THE' CITY Lumber Company 7-Would ; Foreclose Lien—i-The L. Lamb Lumber company yesterday "began; suit -> in the 3 district; court to "foreclose a.mechanic's : lien for, $164.93 ; on: property belonging.,to : Nels O. Larson. • „ -y 7 7/7 Paving Contract* Awarded— board of public works i yesterday « awarded to i the : James • Forrestal \ company • a*- $3,865 contract -i for paving I with .5 brick * Ken-. ; wood , terrace :to St. * Albans >■_ street; t and around Kenwood park. 7 '■'■' •" ." y. yyy Baking Powder Not Properly Labeled; —A. M. Johnson was . fined $25 in the police court' yesterday - for selling bak-: ing powder, not : properly • labeled. The; complaint was made by; the tej. dairy and food [department. :v "* 7'>~7 [.[■ No One Told of the Fight—Martin Ul\*in; ■ charged with beating S. Larson in a saloon on Jackson street during a fight.two weeks ago/was discharged in the police' - court , yesterday. No ; cvi-■ dence was brought against him. Goes to Works for. Stealing Gun — Joseph Muchero,. arrested on . a charge of "stealing/a revolver • r0m..... Frank Branka;-proprietor-of a saloon at Third and Washington/streets-.'was sent, to the workhouse yesterday for- thirty days, ■'•■ 7 - -. {YpP'X Probation Officer to Watch Haper— William Haper, a .seventeen-year-old boy, was placed in /charge of the' pro bation officer yesterday for steal a box of - plums from a fruit dealer at Fifth and Jackson streets Wednesday. night. 7 ■ ' ' " X Woman Has Vicious Dog - Killed Mrs. F. "Plant, living on Kentucky street,' was before • Judge Finehout; yes terday .on a charge of keeping, a dog which her neighbors said was vicious. She was discharged when told the court that the dog had been killed." ■ - *. ■ - ——•— . ■",'* Minors Prepare to [Sue Order—Judge Bunn yesterday,appointed; Herbert O. Smith, of Shakopee, special guardian of Henry,. May J„ and Phillip K. Bout well, minors.thus allowing them to sue the Ancient Order of United Workmen for the amount fof life insurance held by their ' father. • Must Explain .'Money Shortage Herman Smith, employed by.' J. Free man, a farmer, was in the police court yesterday: on -a; charge of taking | $17 of Freeman's money which he had re ceived for .the: sale of potatoes, v. Smith: said he lost the money from his pocket.' He will have a hearing today.- 7 : Street Brawler Draws Thirty-Days— Bert Carpenter, arrested last [Thursday, with Harry Pierce on a charge of using. » a knife, on A. Robinson during a ; fight at Fourth and St. Peter .- streets, ? was: sentenced to thirty days in the work house. - Pierce, was discharged,' it hav ing been shown that he did not use a knife. ■ 77 7: " 7 Evanger Takes Stroll in Nightshirt— Andrew Evanger, living on Como*ave nue, wandered from his home clad in a nightshirt at an early, hour yesterday morning and was picked jup by Patrol man Friel "on. Wabasha:. street. He '*, was arraigned in police court yesterday on the charge of drunkenness ' and his case was continued until next- Tuesday. • 77: Central High Glee Club-Elects—The' Glee Club of the Central High SchooL held its annual election of officers yes terday. > The '• following were 'the suc cessful ' . candidates: *'; Paul , Berisford, president; Chester Emeny, vice presi- • dent; . Vera Putz, .7 secretary; finance committee, 7 Horace 7 Holdeman. .'. .. Ethel Chellew and Perry Williams. Miss O. "Long was re-elected directress.-" : Fire • Patrol ?in Collision—While re sponding .to an alarm of. fire ; yesterday afternoon the fire insurance patrol col lided at • Fourth and Minnesota > streets with a heavy - wagon owned - by '• the James Forrestal ■■ company; The tongue of the patrol was broken ;; and one wheel . was damaged. Three \ members of the : salvage crew v were thrown j from' their seats," but no one was injured. " IOWA FARMER LOSES VALUABLE WATCH Misses Timepiece While Returning Home and Reports Loss. Eugene Cherry, a: farmer of ? lowa City, lowa, 'missed , a valuable gold watch and 7 chain while on a i south bound Great Western _ train ;■ yesterday' morning jen route to _- his home from St. Paul. He got off the train at South St. Paul, and after notifying; the police of that, town' returned to - St. - Paul • and notified the"; railway " company.i and the police■ of this city. Mr. Cherry thinks that the watch was taken from ; his pocket when he was in the union depot of this city. * *-«, " Bad Old Traveler Is.Lucky Patrolman -Williams, who was . stab bed twice in the back at the union de pot last Wednesday afternoon ,by-John R. Davison, an aged traveler en route from Wallace, Idaho, to Hartford,': Conn., asked Judge Finehout Yin 7 the police , court yesterday to dismiss; the charges against his : assailant. Wil- Hams said that | as I Davison's j mind was evidently affected, and as he was. sev enty-five years old and nearly blind, he preferred not * to' ; prosecute . the man.* Williams has now '. almost; entirely:; re covered from. his wounds. Minister's Body Lies in State Five hundred people and as \ many school; children:. viewed the body of Rev. 'Charles . Holmes, which lay in state from; 11 o'clock until ; 2:30 o'clock i yes terday at. the -. Ascension ; Episcopal' church, of which he had been pastor for. thirteen-. years. The church was crowd-'*. cd. The ; exercises consisted "I of'a ser /mon by Rev. W. P. Ten Broeck, of Far ibault, and 7 singing "•■ by the choir of • the""' church;; -After v the servicesK the body '■ was conveyed to "Oakland ceme tery. "-'X-yX' -*"*"-.; ' "■■■ '""■■ -7 ■•rX" y-X "Tin® Gates:_ 7 off @ham@®" By Van Tassel Sutphen, Will make you forget "Raffles" -;'7 . and "Sherlock Holmes." •■£•"- \ "" r-.-' '"■'- '.-.■ '•' - - X''"Y-y For., the First * Adventure, See Next Sunday's Globe RAISE MERCHANDISE I IN RAMSEY COUNTY Equalizers Compromise on In- crease of 25-Per Cent In y'r 7 the Valuation : After informally [[deciding'to l increase the. valuation of goods and merchandise. in Ramsey and -7 Hennepin counties 331-3 per cent, the state 7 board of equalization* yesterday Compromised on: an: increase of .15 [percent; for St. Louis, 720 for. Hennepin and 25 ' for Ramsey.,'77 [ The same class : of.property/'had been increased v . throughout 7 the' state 25 per cent. No change .was made in ; the figures" relating to ;; this increase. y The -effect [of ..th^fchange [is to } place the total ; taxable 7 value of goods/and merchandise m the' state at $31,566,310, with the value of the class in the three big counties 7of ";the state, / $15,797,486.' Last year the/ total valuation^ was $25, --962,746,.an increase this year of; $5,603. --564. _[The /value of goods [arid v merchan dise "in'Ramsey," Hennepin "'- and St. Louis counties • last '-year was $12,878. --206, an 7 increase this :• year'H'' of about $3.oeo,oefc ;.7[-;?-7; ryX /;.■,"'%-. yZ-XX The compromise .was . reached [. pnly after an all "Cay's struggle in the board." H. ."""$"",, Fjjjjey, county's mem-. ber of the board," made a single-handed fight,..but.Eme-cson -Cole, the : Hennepin county ; member,[.". wait- =. reinforcedv by 7 a ;delegation whichVincluded*! Assessor [C. J. . Miner and several .representatives- of the big :wholesale?and retail establish ments of Minneapolis.. '. 7 .;7 -■";. Mr. Fagley, late "in the afternoon, moved to amend committee's report and 7to 'make - the "increase lin Ramsey ; county,"J.s per **» cent instead Vof "j331-3. The motion ..^asMost^ut*:' 5 ■ of the /18 members • voting for it. After ? further discussion the- compromise measure was proposed,v and •it went 1 through without dis'sem?"- ■••" * [.7,7"[-7' '• Today the board * will take up ': manu- '■ factured articles, which '5 largely 7con sist of lumber, and It is expected; that there [will '7 be - something of a contest over -raises* which- are proposed by , the committee having had j this class under consideration. 7 Minneapolis ,y Stillwater, Winona^ D.uluth, Brainerd and other lumbering interests are involved. * BLANKET PROVES THE UNDOING OF STUDENTS Seniors -Toss Freshmen High.and One - .• r'-^-^ Falls on His Head Students at Mechanic Arts 7 had a lively, time yesterday morning at 7 re cess. ;Some of thes upper classmen se cured a blanket from a peddler's wag on, captured r about "a ' half:- dozen -.; small sized freshmen and tossed them. j One : of the victims missed the • blanket in coming down, and fell on his head.. The injury; was" not serious, ""and he was able to attend the rest of > his," classes, •Principal;: . .Weitbrecht 7< immediately stopped the sport. 7 [ [77 ;■-.;, v|:-I^o,'*;:.-^* l V3":-v«^' !! ,7 : ':7'' :vV ORDINANCE ALLOWS j £ BUNCHING OF BIDS ■ f ,^.,.r.ii -iidAtiiii/ -l«*t * -tX'Z- 7"" ~p ~"p* ""s-— -7-" '" " ■ Council "-May Make 'Paving Work Easier for .Board of Public Works,*; - -- ? Assemblyman's O'Brien's ordinance permitting, the board of ' public works to receive bids for paving ' with differ ent kinds : of. material on one :. order re ceived the approval of the aldermanic committee <on ; streets **.yesterday, 7 and will come ■up for .passage 7Tuesday' evening..^ 7* 7 . 7 The ordinance was prepared by .Cor poration Attorney r Michael,': and," after receiving the approval of i the assem bly,*' has 1 laid with the" aldermanic : com mittee -. for some time. When brought up yesterday7there was -"a"*':disposition to: question * its - purpose, ' but * Aid..' Cor- * ning withdrew 7 his- opposition • when vit was explained that if it is , passed it will be ' possible c for X the 7 board jj of S""f public .works; to j open bids for the paving fof j a street with the various X paving ma terials used, and accept the offer meet ing with the {most \ favor. 7 At ■* present it is necessary to specify :in the order the ; kind of > material upon; which bids are to be invited.- 7 *7; _~ 7' JOSLIN, OF WINSTED, --_ WINS BUTTER CONTEST Average" -Product Shown ,by 75 Exhlb-. itors Exceeds "" 93 " Per Cent '-. The ', results -in the September butter scoring .'contest X conducted by"", the'," state dairy;;and7 food commission were made" known yesterday. '" - .7 J. ;C. Joslin, Winsted, McLeod s county, won ? first"; place ' with ;a - percentage" of 98 C. E. V Kendall, Shafer, Chisago 2 county;: second t with 97%, and John - F. Kielty, iof Watkins,' Meeker.county' third with a rec ord oft 97. -The'*general;f average of r the butter showniby.s the seventy-five exhib itors 'was" better 7. than :93: per ; cent. ■/*; ---V E. V Slater, of the f* dairy .fand: food : de partment, and; D. iJ. 7 Mumm, a - St. Paul . commission ; man, were ' the judges. There will be ? one more : contest, to be ". held' in 'October, "7. before the 7. series . rof v twelve monthly contests 'is completed. 7 Charged With Stealing Wire W. "McDill and iF. J. Kennedy ; are char^d^wlth'carrying off a quantity of teleplioWe ; wire which \ had 1 been taken' off the poles on • Hague avenue .by. order of ' City Engineer ."• Rundlett. The men were arrested " while attempting to dis pose of the wire to .-a. West j side junk dealer Wednesday. They were arraign ed ;in ■' the ; police ■; court ; and their.;: case was continued until ;.! this; morning -: for the purpose of : filing a'complaint.J '• ".. Funeral of Mrs. Susan O'Brien Burk X The funeral of Mrs. Susan O'Brien Burk was - held ; yesterday morning. The church were j largely .attended, many of those present \ being sisters ■of ; the Visi tation g and I members. of the Alumnae' 'Association, of • the Convent .of the Visi tation, of which \ MrsVßurk was * presi dent. Father Cahill -officiated iat 7 the church Father Cosgrove ? read the service at the grave. yy '-■":'P'Y.X.'.-■■ \ '. 7" --""• v'T.; A. Hickey Speaks Tonight " 7 Thomas eA.**Hickey,;. national organ izer of the Public Ownership party, will address the members of the party . this evening, and ? each alternate | night from: now until Oct. 12. ; The other speaker&is?>;F.'fJ.^O,Harai' of 7; Kansas City. E. V. Debs, 7 candidate - of 7 the ; party; for president, will be here Oct. 12 to take charge of the campaign. TBtE ST. PAUL GLOBE-FRIDAY; SEPTEMBER 30. 1904 SEEK AVOIDANCE OF PARSONAGE TAKES Churches Would Have Them Classed as Benevolent Insti- Zp lions; and Escape Rates Tf The ' action /[of 7 the county board -of abatement 7in deciding" that \ the Payne ! avenue Salvation Army barracks |is[ i not subject to- taxation has resulted in considerable agitation against the practice of ;' assessing [the residences :of ministers and priests in charge^off^the.; local ; churches.; 7"' *_ *//' - [/777*^—77.^ The decision that the" Salvation, Army shall /not/be [taxed,/ although us ing part ;. of [ its building as [ a^regidgjce,: •because." it classes itself as : a benevo [lent association, has / shown[7 some of the/ parties • interested «a way In.which it may-, be possible to secure exemp- ? tion for 7 the " residences 7 i used by the ministers and owned by the congrega tions. It: is set forth that it should be easy to secure a ruling that 7a- church, not being a money making venture, is a benevolent."institution, p . * i -* 7Exempts Societies - "„• • y~ A strong* ground for hope/as. to a fa vorable outcome is based upon the re "cent-; ruling of the county ' attorney that the 7 property of the benevolent- asso-, ciations, - including the Woodmen, the Elks, 7 the ' Masons f- and 7 other societies; could, not be taxed. All such property / had been" placed on 7the rolls ;by "Coun ty Assessor Conley, ; but 7 upon the, strength '-: of this ruling was taken X off ,' and it ;is7 believed that having been made aware 7of the condition;; of Jthe; law the churches will ; seek to be : class ed ■as ' benevolent associations, . instead of as 7 religious 'denominations, % follow ing the line laid down in the action; of ; the" abatement board' in the Salvation Army case. 7 Up to the Auditor - •.-'**-. V•lt ;is not thought . likely that • - the. board :[ of abatement has 7 the ". power j" to act;on ; the matter, and it ;is beyond the., power of 7 the *- assessor . to * change t; the ; tax 4 rolls. 7 If 7 this view :is " correct -the entire 77 responsibility devolves 7 upon County Auditor.* Krahmer, who. under ' the law, has the power .to change the [ assessments after they have been act- j ed upon by the boards of I equalization [ and 7 abatement ,-> v -7 -'-'7 ?77; - .77/77,7 7,7 [ *: "All > parsonages .*■ in C> the city are Vas - sessed," said Deputy [Assessor. -Peter-,; son 7yesterday, 7 "it : haying" \ been 7 the practice for some 7 years to make the religious Yy denominations [ pay * taxes upon "all" property^ not used exclusively for religious purposes." * *""«■■ Mr. Peterson declined to discuss . the legal phases of [ the proposal that if a building used as '- a - residence by 7 the' Salvation-. 1 Army can : escape* -.taxation j upon the theory that jit •is \ owned by .- a' i benevolent association, it would *afeo' be ". possible to \. put the parsonages Pln the .same.class.:[7y?:r'7: v .7:0..n5.-»on^i '"ji PAYS STIFF FINE 1 FOR WIELDING CLUB Printing • House Employe Is LFitted $50 1 ■ 7r for Assaulting Foreman . } Theodore Funk, charged with, strike ing G. Golke on the head with a 1 club two. ; weeks ago, was fined $50 In the 1 police -court yesterday. Funk,' who had been | employed ;■ at the printing offlce* of the Webb * Publishing : company, was • discharged ; from * his position, r and ; was i accused* of visiting the offlce aWtf strik ing Golke, the foreman, with; ftAcluU.'' Golke was in St. Joseph's hospital sev eral days as a result of the Injury he received;*--■ -\77-v-.: yY\<;--'■■'■■■ yy-■■■;■?*'.<:':.: ■•-" .: •• GLUMSRUD REPEATS 1% WORKHOUSE TRIP Released Prisoner Is C Returned: to Cell \. for Stealing Bicycle Tools ;j Nels 7 Glumsrud, released from 7 the workhouse "Wednesday,; was: sent back for sixty days yesterday by Judge Fine hout. -7 He ; was arrested on a charge -of - stealing bicycle tools 1 from ; H. K. Har rison, a dealer : x East; Seventh street. - Glumsrud • had just completed a " thir- j ty-day^ sentence 7- for j : passing J forged \ checks 'Yr. on v «rocerymen. V? Glumsrud's j former specialty 7 was X purchasing j- a dozen eggs and laying down f a check! for a small amount. When arrested ■' he 2 said *he - re-sorted -to > the device to ' keep his- farhily from;starving. 7 -- ""'■ SON SAYS FATHERv ; USED A PITCHFORK Broken Arm Results From Heated Do ;.-. Z ZZZ'j^^^l^^^^^ZZZ^iXvZ^- v' Michael *'" Cunningham, ' a farmer of Eagan township, was arrested yester day on ' a charge of assault and battery preferred by his " son, v. twenty \ years «of age, who says X. his ■'; father struck V him' with a pitchfork. The younger. Cun ningham ■ told the police of ;'South*: St.■ Paul • that;, he y and 7 his ,: father.-; had an 1 argument and ; that his father broke his left * arm • and /severely bruised his " hand - with y the f- pitchfork- Chief Xof 7 Police McCormick arrested ': Michael f Cunning ham,: who will - have ■ a hearing in * South St. Paul this morning. ; . - * '**' - ACCUSED OF MISUSING GOVERNMENT MAILS Edward H. : Dahlheimer Committed In De- fault "of $1,000 Bail .-,-* Edward Hobert t* Dahlheimer Si has been held to i the federal grand-jury, to con ; vene iat Sioux I Falls, Oct. 19,7 to ' answer to a charge of sending obscene \ literature through the ; mails. The j arrest 1 was * made at ', the ': instance of I Postofflce Inspector '■■ Frank - Planert, of 3 the ;; St. Paul division, and i r>ahlheimer n wasi committed ihi default; of { $1,000 \ bail • by United States % Commis sioner J. A. ; Rogers, of' Clarion. lowa. 'PXZ M- Charles " Smith, alias John ? Johnson,Tnas been held by United States Commissioner L.'; E. Levorson, of. Fergus ;"' Falls, charged .with 7 the i robbery >of {: the 7* postofflce at' Degraffe, Minn., Sept.7 20; ~ The arrest 'was caused 'by Postofflce] Inspector George -H. ; Drake, iof "} Minneapolis. Smith' tls a la -1 borer arid 7will await £ the =7 term of !'. the j United States district court 7at Fergus Falls Oct. 4. In default of ? $5,000" bail he was committed i to- the j Hennepin 'i county" jail. "' '".'. '.- 7 ... . TV*-*" Insurance 7Renewed; at Same Rate * v; r The ,» state ,I boardi of control I" has re newed $150,000 of fire insurance carried on the state soldiers' home at the rate formerly prevailing. Insurance com j panics had demanded an increased rate . because, they alleged, theTelec trie wir ine- is defective. RELIEF COMMITTEE [ NEW ENO Of TASK Scheduler of Appropriations /,'%'*-:77v: jpyr-yi -77v .77-7.7:-7777. °y . - May Be Completed at Next «. > ~ Session 7 . ; - .. '-- . ■***♦ * 7- v-7.-' --~, *^ j^v..«a, '-- ; .._ v . ,~4.'.- i-v'.v^ . •-,,- -. ,77 ,--■.■" ;-;•.■ ;,;:V'; 77V-"777 With the exception of -a ; few;: minor . cases yet to be investigated, the city 1 council cyclone relief committee -yes terday completed its work, the total amount appropriated after reductions of $1,100 had been made is $9,329.5Q, •leaving a balance of' $670,50 from ther $10,000. X 777 -7-:,;•.';:• ;.//v/.'[.[7-7/77'[-'/-•7- 7 7" When the session / began the com mittee had i previously/ provided 7 for the: expenditure of : $6,385, from which $500 was deducted. / The allowance to 'James Rogan, [897 Edgerton street, J^ifXcut[from $150 to $100; Mrs, Chris-/ tiarisori/ 969 Edmund/ street;* from $250 to $200; Robert Bruce, 1305 Thoma-5 street, from $1,250 to $900, and H. A. Wygant;/£1228J Westv= Minnehaha, from $100-to The allowance of $475 to M. H. * Lestine, 775 Aurora avenue, was ■ held 7up for further 5 investigation. fp-'p /" ';. List of -Appropriations r '■■■■■ \7 The $3,445. 50 ultimately appropri ated, at' yesterday's, meeting went to -= following: Mrs. Louis 1 Tborworth, the,': Portland, $200; W. J. Carroll, 961 Fuller, $450*; Mrs. . John Rbs'er, < 814: Rondo, $114; -; Mrs. Burnham, 912 Au : rora7*fß6.soT' William Fleischer, Charles^ - and Lexington, $1 ;*' J. D. Rotterman, Ashland and Snefiing77 $300; * Lewis; Dunn,- $150; Mrs: Fisher, 336 East Sev enth, ;. $20; Arlington. Hills Presbyte rian church, $350; George H. Fley, 467 North '••'; street, $50 7*7 John Donovan, $200; 7- George :H. Dahlberg, 7: 643 t" Burr, ;$300; John F. Collins. $260; 7Mr.H-Pres-i cott,".: $15; 7 t P.. H. :/:Mohn,*7 516 7Whitall, v $150: rr C. •" L^Marx. $75: 7J. Holden. 463 North, $100r 'Mrs. Johanna Moeller, 662 De Soto; $150; Minnie Johnson, 893 Jessie^ $150:; Catholic t Orphan asylum, --$150; y Mrs 7 Church, Broadway,7 $25.7 / Applications 'J Rejected -.7.There- r *afe"ithfee^ or four cases yet to be investigated by the ' committee,": but quite * a\\ number -of - "'■ applications were ; disallowed.* Titritqng^these were R. *L. and Jennie-Gould for $1,200; G. A. Hoffman, mail carrier, 1; for/ $225 W. S. Cole;ySß2.''!ea*fbrt'},v:'s2od' i Mrs. gE. S. - West, 772 ; Arundel; $41; v Mrs;' O'Con- * nor, 451 -Orifvers*^ $21.50; J. D. Hoff man, $600;''iMVs. Gowan,'- $100, ': and J. E. Moffett, $300. *; r The ? members of the committee -*rtgib2had" investigated ■ these cases : reported'that I the claimants were! . financially i able to • take : care ;of ? their ■ property. 'yyytrv.-Y7u. *• :i;7v J: p.rr 7 \ Among the notable 7.'reductions' "in yesterdays allowances-was the Arling ton Hills Presbyterian : church, ' from $500 to $350, on the motion Of Aid. "Hebl;- William Fleischer, from $600 to ,$l5O, on motion of ; Aid. Lynch, and J. [D. Rotter-man, from * $450 rto $800, on motion of Assemblyman Regan. yfcStov '-*. ;As ?. i this ' practically completes the •task of * the 7 committee, /it: is ' expected by th^ members ".that i they will be. able to ; prepared final■ report *at f the 'session-' scheduled for Tuesday** *» GREEN GROCERS ARE \ TO PEDDLE UNMOLESTED r! ' V '*v" ■<; '■> tit%'Yi?!i7s..i ,'j>-'r*ii^> m -"-7' Takes Farmers and Grocers v? [ftt^^i^lPet^ffa^^^«Mnce?:-"-a--:;' "* The aldermanic.committee oh streets^ ' yesterday by a vote of 3 to .2 decided to' recommend for : passage 'the ordinance exempting farmers and gardeners-* from-j "the operation of the peddlers' '"nance.V the. grocers objecting on "the •ground that : the -provision might in validate the entire measure.',,[[, gg It is provided in the proposed ordi nance that y all growers and farmers who sell their, products from house to house,shall not be subject to the ped dlers' ordinance, the supreme court having decided " that/ they can be prose- • cuted under v the 7 existing [ ordinance. The grocers; were willing *to . enter ' into: an agreement| that growers and farm ers would not j be arrested, « but * Alvin. ; Rowe, appearing '■ for the Growers' as sociation,; objected to this.,-7 7 7 "7 i';i Messrs.'" Corning, Lynch \ and Rohland voted for a .favorable 7"report.7 and' ; Messrs. ''i Hep! and .-/ Moriarty 7 against such ' action,' | The latter two explained! that they -' believed that the farmers should be restricted ito certain hours during the afternoon. .v--, v7;777 77[ GETS ELABEAS CORPUS 7 y-: BUT FAILS TO USE IT Gatewood Writ to Secure Daughter Not Yet Served '■•■l<j9i. •■'■■■ ' The habeas : corpus writ applied for on Tuesday |£ by Rias Gatewood, in: which he alfeged that he desired to ] se cure the J cdstddy of his ten-year-old daughter, lies unused !" in the office of . the clerk of; the district '{ court Gate wood 7 charged 7in ~ his complaint, yon : which 7 the writ --' was issued, 7 that his wife had eloped with a man > named J. H. Lee, and ithat; the child was in* St Paul with Mrs. Gatewood and',- Lee.* -; 77*: Gym rto Open "at Central Dr. Robinson, principal of the Cen tral high, today; announced I that gym ; nasium fi classes would begin sin 7.-*? the school { next Monday. "^Classes for boys will be *■-held- on Wednesdays ? and Fri days, for'girls on Tuesdays and Thurs days. Prof. Hermann will take charge of the classes until '. his ; son Alvin, who was appointed assistant physical di rector and who is ? now coaching j Cen tral's football team,*' will 7be through with his football work. --;• 7;': .7 ' i. - l*/;/^ Claims Husband Deserted Her yp. Mrs. Josephine North has :; brought ; suit in the district court for divorce ; from-her'husband, Clarence W. North, : claiming that he - deserted 4 her.'* a year after their 3 marriage, which occurred ; Dec. 30. 1897, when * plaintiff was fifteen • * years"- of age and the defendant * nine-' teen. ■: Plaintiff asks that thel court re store her J "maiden:: name of Josephine Pottgieser. v 777~-'7*"7Vr7777-7.-7- .-*--*; X.\ Brings Action to Quiat Title 7 i Martha A. Toerg yesterday brought an action in the j district *" court' to-quiet title of 24, block 35, Sum mit Park vjaddition, ■•-s naming Anna George and others as defendants. ; Woman Fights on Train '77 7 7':J; Mrs.^?Jac^-^"'Peterso'n,7 of f Neillsvllle, : Minn.,; create^-a scene at i Seventh and 'Jackson streets Wednesday, and ?. the: police ? put : fter on« a train 'at the depot for her home. She acted so violently on! the train, hd\ve'ver. that /"she I had to ) be' taken Off r;' at Willmar. State Agent; "Lindsay.'^ has 7 taken charge of v the woman..' j*;.-** ~7~y : -~ ";7 ■;; "s"■ yy 7 ■ "r"'-7 yy '■• ». *- Suft State Bank The State "' Bank of St.: Paul \ and ;, not the State Savings bank ti has brought suit in the district court \ against) F. A. Pike and others, in which several per \sons »were"; garnished. ".,-** *"** ' XXX I. C. T. 0. WOMEN HEAR THEIR LEADER ■ Mrs. Lilian Stevens Addresses Members of the: Local Unions The * members *of the ? several ; unions • of the. W. C. T. ,U. In [St" Paul turned out in large \ numbers * yesterday after noon to meet Mrs. Lilian M. N. Ste vens, national president of the organi zation, : and [ Miss •Anna' Gordon*** nation al secretary-. The [reception in their honor was held in i the parlors -? of /the Willard ; hotel 7 from v 3 until 7' 5"7 o'clock, and an excellent [programme of music [and speeches was 7given/ [/. [. ■- 7.7 7/[ After • greeting the guests of honor, [, those presentv': were 17 seated and the' chairman introduced Mrs. Addie Bixby Upham, the '[temperance [worker/of this' I city, who" { made'[a/ graceful " address ■of i welcome •'. to the i distinguished, [guests/ She 7 told .of the -progress made in the local work7and : reported 7 the pros pects 7as very encouraging; Several : vocal numbers were given by Miss Cora Winston, of Hamlirie",7i, Jafter ; which i short - speeches". were/"- made 'by Mrs." Mandigo, j of: this j city,- state I treas ; urer of the W. C. T- U.. I arid: Miss Bes sie " Lay the 7" Scovel, : _/of .7" Minneapolis, ■ : state president, > who rt- cordially c wel-; i corned Mrs.f Stevens and Miss Gordon ! to St. Paul. Y 7**.*-~7" - * r * r Praise for 7 Mrs. Stevens ■ The latter responded with-a stirring ; address, ■» in -7 which r she / paid: a ' high* ; compliment to the executive 7 ability and j ablej management -of ; Mrs.", Stevens, who was I selected 7. by Miss 7 Willard: herself to be 'her, first ' assistant. Miss Gordon -: spoke of and to * the "children; [ encouraging them " to 7 join the local union of f Loyal /Temperance legion and to learn .the • marching/songs' which were written especially for the/chil dren, ,- and 'particularly urged /them to sing, "The. Saloon, Must "Go." ;.: '-Mrs. 1;. Stevens, /national president, V.a dignified woman with a strong voice, addressed herself .7 particularly -to the mothers. 7 She told :. them a story of < the sailor who ' rescued '■. a boatload iof ship wrecked ; people, saying: "Give :me 'the children first." V This, said v the speaker, • should be 'the motto of the Woman's Christian Temperance * union, for if 'the children S are. early • imbued - with' a % hor ror of: liquor and the saloon, they are" not likely to go wrong later on. : 7 y 7 Links in a Great Chain '• ;7 JShe dwelt upon the importance of . each ■■> member ; as *■ a ■ link •in - the great chain which • makes up the largest* or ganization :of ; women in * the world; and I cordially -; invited : * those present - not . members" to join. .7"; " * '> ■ 7 She paid .[a" tribute to N. R. Frost, who / named ; his : hotel after-great temperance leader* and would not al low liquor, to ■■ be -• sold in it, and she hoped the day would come • when every hotel in ; the. country would follow the example set by Mr.; v Frost.' She cor dially thanked - the. women lof /the: W. -C. T. U. for their cha-ming reception and for .7 the y hospitality, shown to her and .7 Miss V Gordon. 7- Mr. Frost said 7 7a;;*, • few / : words, which p closed 1 the programme. 7 Mrs. Stevens - and Miss Gordon go to :North Dakota from bere. 77^ v 7 7 ; .... ■ 0; - .7.7 7. :-ry:-,:.\-yy; TEACHERS "OF SUNDAY V SCHOOLS HOLD MEETING Opening Sessions of Tenth Annual In ' . stitute Are, Welt Attended The opening session of the tenth an nual Sunday school institute •of Ramsey: and Hennepin : counties at the Central Park "M.; E. church, -'Minnesota " and : Twelfth 7 - streets, V yesterday'-.-. morning was -7 well attended. r7; The institute is being held under the auspices of the state primary department. About •: 200; •Sunday! school workers , from Minneap .,olis ' and I St." Paul and the surrounding towns were: present. 7;7v.v 7 .7 Miss IL. A. Emery,'' of * St. . Paul, pre sided" at - the teacher's training session I in ; the ■-. morning. The ; report -7 of : the treasurer, Mrs. H. C. Morse ;of Minne-. apolis, showed a substantial sum to the credit of the organization. ; After ;: the.* appointment iof committees :. the . presi dent, Miss Emery, addressed the meet-' ing, extending a welcome to the visit ing delegates. v* Mrs. M. F. v Bryner,: the: international i field worker, ; delivered an: ■ interesting v: address on '■"'. the. subject, "How Lesson Construction : Resembles Dress Construction." .:? 7Mrs. L. J. Lee, of i St. Paul, presided at • the.afternoon ' session devoted 'to the interests of parents. Home training of children and child study were the prin cipal 7 subjects eof discussion. 7; Mrs. J. Hobart, the field •} worker, of Minneap olis, conducted 3 a conference "' on 7 child * i study, and Mrs. Bryner spoke* on the ! "Home 1 Department t and ''**• Cradle Roll." 1 Ernest Fagenstron, '7 of p Minneapolis, gave 'an '•;illustrated: lesson, using as his . text A the 7 Bible 9. story of '.■ the '-' good ~ Sa maritan, showing c how, 7by means of the blackboard, subjects 'could; toe: more . clearly impressed: upon children. - 7 Documents that are worth anything, are worth keeping. in a .place of absolute. safe ty, and our .vaults afford this. 7 Safes ' $4 a; year. Security Trust Co.. N. T. Life Bldg. $ SUITS | Hand tailoredl OVERCOATS $ 7,. 7.V*.' Vi— - ■ -■—_ . ■'■y:v-Yyz'£y^&-i.'yi ; i : -:^~..t < r..-:s.Y -■■■•:■ .:'■■- • ■, " " "'" '-'-'' — y[^ J 0 Hundreds - Rothes . .|. New ModeU |;A of Patterns t aJlwl. ti&Lx^QM^ or Fall ~ rS-; -... Jj~\ |-rz*^S^f^^fe "T" and Winter : - r *l': -"^^ V-^ Smartest /ifm C^^i^ 1^ s I V-^ Styles .- . i<_->^tj5 1 tS SJa^BljOffl 7 Exclusive- ./ r\ r\ O-Tk StyleS i \ XjTV* fe^P^HP Exclusive- *\ £\ - Best ,- -^■^^{CLOTiiES y Materials THP*riL Correct O£* Xi/V' \ T I ' a^U* flilf^T VsJ\ 1 adoring- \f\ Highest Js^kA vF 1A \jAj Grade Perfect s3v/ Workmanship ItWI m.W.'R Fit 35 1 I: L^J 35 CB. BOWLBY, Pros.- J/^fci/7^^7^ SIXTH AND ROBERT H. W. FAGLEY,.Treas. -.J **'$>, J STREETS *. /^7777 J-7*:'77?-x:* 7vW *;-}.•»-.. 7--- ■■■--- \-^.. ■:.:.-:■-<-•.*..<^.7" '"!.:*■*."■ il'-..-..*...-. •.- •-- J-7 'PiC%'klC*f*» Our books closed last evening on September business, and. *""• «H charge '-' purchases made today will be carried I over to ' October and will appear Ton your November Ist statement. St. Paul's Silk Selling Store.. Field, Scblick $ Co. prpZ 7 Entrances Wabasha, Fourth.[Fifth and St. Peter Sts. I Autumn'suits I Walking-skirts ["eleven dollars five dollars An opportunity that J has [not been 100 new'" fall skirts, laid out for a spe equaled this season will be offered to- r Friday sale. The astonishing fea day, when 50 suits will be put on sale ture ; is that a nobby, 'fashionable skirt 7 at,, the above price. They are all strict- can be made '.- and sold 7 for-so little. •" lys fashionable, and if your-purse7 is There are plain and herringbone chevi- ■> limited this is -the sole you should at- bts, * men's-wear : tweeds, etc. Every tend. Ten to one you'll find just -what, one strictly.; new, stylishly cut and -a you ye wanted and half the \ cost: saved.', bargain \at 7 half as much 7 again. - Lonsdale muslin Berkley cambric •Today a great sale, and at the price Every woman ; who is a thorough : y only 20 yards will, be sold to each cus- : housekeeper .-"knows. what the "Berk- ' tomer.-"'--'"-:--7-ii-..-*> •«-•"••- 7 , „■--.--• ;.'-■ * ■:■ • *,. • > 7-.7 . *.••.-- ■' ■--. ,; **..-: -..-•.7-7 - ... . ,ley„vJ isthe . most reliable cambric ,-■:, One case of the genuine first quality made, . .7>77 : Lonsdale muslin, the best 7 -r„j„, „ ( ■•"':- v ,-',-, In „ . m v. Ti i- '- j -tan Today a few pieces of the _ .10c. bleached muslin made o*9 .. . . -. (0% _, ■' -for the one day. and only /ST best 2 '->c quality wiM be Of^ one case—the yard;..;;'. fiT"'^* sold at—the yard........ Jr^^ Bleached heet« Great towel day - Made of standard muslin of medium r'.\-yy. ..-.-- • •■;. .. /.- ' <. -*''■.■ ■weight—each sheet well made and fin- Great sale of all kinds" of towels, fring-° r' ished. with, three hems.'" ** r' r _' "ai *"-"7 77; * ~ '.'■ „•*•-•*' --■ •■-- r -■!■■■- ■-... ......... ■;•-■; 1 ed,. hemmed and hemstitched. Every... Our 60c;.^--size-- sheets.. ... 47c towel- is . reduced for one day only. %s\r. Our 70c full size' 'sheets'; .. ..57c iv- Towels for ' '8c ' The material alone is worth more! < 15c Towels for ... ...7.. ...10c[ -.- Pillowcases: under mill cost £ SS* '"VVVVVVV^ 300 dozen cases for today's sale.7 30c Towels f0r...'...'............. 23c 12c cases, size 42x36.. 8c j? c Z™ c] s !° r ?? - .. .7 ' „, .-.,:..■ 7^7.40c Towels f0r...;.. 30c * 14c cases, [size 45x36.....[.V.... IOC | 75c Towels for ..../.. .5> . FEAR AN EPIDEMIC Residents of llnver Grove Ex - posed to Diphtheria 7 ■ ■■_•■;. ■■•■-. ••-•,. . - • - -,• ■■ - The village of^lhver^GrpVe is threat ened with a -.diphtheria epidemic. One : family is entirely at'the' mercy "of the disease ; and. one death, has occurred. Henry Miller, his wife, and six children' are in a critical condition, [and one child, a girl .of four, is. dead. 7, r-."[.'.. v i Physicians [are.taking .every precau tion to guard against the spread of the disease, ; but' as . many of ■ the people -of the c village have been '"-"exposed it [is feared^ that other cases will [ develop. .7 7 The danger . first ;, became apparent yesterday when the.girl died. The fam ily had been : ill, but tne nature of the sickness was not/ known. ' Wednesday " night a : physician: was called 7 and he pronounced the trouble with [which/the girl was suffering to be croup. Within a few hours the;child was dead. Phy sicians were then.called'from South St. Paul . &nd.7St-A Paul,-.and it 7was learned that* the child's death was. due to diph. theria, and that the other members of the family- were suffering from the dis ease. ?/..-/:.-*/ /.-' -.': NEW INCORPORATIONS . Articles of incorporation of the .Water man-Hunter - company*; -Minneapolis, . .were filed yesterday with -.' the- (Secretary of state. The capital stogk is. $50,000 and the new company will -. manufacture 7"sash, doors; and ; blinds. The > incorporators . are: Raymond Waterman, -R. V. Hunter' and N. I.Vickery.r--> ;c*'-■ ■■.-:> ?;..- .'•• .-7. 7 .The 'Hebrew Ladies' County Charity society, ■; Minneapolis, filed > articles• of . in corporation. There is no capital stock; and the purposes of the society are pure ly charitable. r -„ij:"i<,-7ii, . . . ': Interest Disqualifies! Judge Gov..-.Van;* Sant ' has designated :-. Judge Lorin Craw,7-of: Mankato, as the -- trial judge to :displace, Judge B. ,F. . Weber *in the \ trial of. a civil" action at New Ulm. Judge Weber is . Interested in the case, and " is - therefore disqualified from sitting as the trial judge.7 ..-■. 77. 'Gathers VData on Fish '-. Charles H. . Stevenson, Washington D. ,C,"a special agent of the United States fish . commission, is spending "a -: few. days in v Minnesota gathering data. to be used by his s. department - He ; called on S. F. Fullerton, ; executive •> agent *•"* of . the state game and fish. commission, yesterday at the state-capitol.. i* f; .7-••(■.■■'" , Dakota: Govern or's Take Part 7 " ST.' LOUIS, .*. Mo., !" Sept. ,7 29.—The ' chief executives 7of 7 four states—Gov. ..' Terrell,*, of' Georgia;'.'; Gov. Beckham, X" Kentucky;. Gov. Herreid, South' Dakota, - and Gov. White; North- £>akcn^-^parttcipated in the celebration of Jamestown exposition --to-, day at the Virginia world's fair building! The celebration*, was. destined -to. proclaim to the world that in 1907 at Hampton Roads, the tercentennial .77 of the. founding; of Jamestown, in -1607, the." first English settlement in ; America will be celebrated .with an exposition. ~r ,-■'..." ---•-'* ■" .1 * .**- "* X ;"*"7- •'- *5 - ".'7-' ■ * "V-;^-, "* -„' .".-,-., '1 ,*.. 7".' DEEMS IT BENEFIT M. , H. Jewel! Says irrigation Congress Was a Success 7 . ' .7-..::.-'..• "Our irrigation % congress* at Mandan was a decided success," said M. H. Jewell, , "the' Bismarck (N.,-D.) editor, at the Mer.-f i chants hotel yesterday on.,his return with*., the: St. Paul delegation from attendance on the convention which had been in ses sion at. Man for two days. "We passed: resolutions calling on con-;-** gress arid [the reclamation bureau to be gin/on some of the. great-projects for de veloping the semi-arid lands along the Missouri river, and I believe that the con ference will be . of': benefit in stimulating interest and-drawing attention to our needs. North Dakota lias been one of the' very | heaviest contributors to the * fund " which is being expended in large amount's '■* in other states, but we have been remiss • in not taking hold of the proposition to irrigate our bench lands along the rivers. , A very 'little additional moisture will ' produce. wonderful results in that coun-' • try. . The St. Paul men expressed. them- *■' [selves as much pleased with the* enter*'"'. tainment at Mandan and with the merits, of the plans to irrigate our lands." STILLWATER Samuel B. Tripp, when released •*• from the state prison yesterday at the '.':'. end of his fourth .term- in the institu tion, was rearrested at the instance of • Hudson (Wis.) authorities. As Tripp refuses to 7voluntarily, go to Hudson;* ' requisition papers will be secured, the charge of his being a fugitive from - y justice; having been- continued '- in po'-" '} lice '-. court to, Monday. Tripp's periods of confinement 7 have '-.. all 7 been on the charge of either horse stealing or lar- ' ceny, but the new accusation is bur glary. His last term was for four years. " v John F. May, a pioneer citizen of Washington county, .died in Los An geles, Gal., Sept.. 23, and- his body will arrive. in • Stillwater. this morning. In terment will be in Fairview cemetery, .. He was about eighty.years of age and lived on a farm near Stillwater from t , the early. *50s until five years .ago. when he went• to California. . He serv- -. ed in Company C, Eighth Minnesota regiment of Civil; war volunteers. :•■ A report made by the ■ Stillwater^ - Carnival association shows »■ that the subscribers to the carnival fund will '■> receive back 745 .per,, cent of their money. This '-. is a • much better return '•' - than was expected.'. 7 -s •yi "^^^&» Foot passengers were yesterday al lowed to cross the bridge from Still water to Holton, and teams will be permitted to go over today. Towne Stirs : 'Em Up .VINCENNES, Ind., ' Sept.. 29.—Charles "■• A. ; Towne, :• of : New York, delivered the ' principal "address at a meeting ' tonight; *n which . opened the Democratic campaign in 7 Knox county. Mr. v Towne's address, embraced a discussion of national is sues and an appreciation of Alton "B. Parker.^gf^^^^^G^^ggja^K fflUKrft-l MB