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2 NEWS OF THE CITY The temperature at 2»O a. m. was 17 decrees above zero, a rise of 6 degrees since 7 p. m. Joint Sessions — senate and house committees on claims have agreed to hold joint hearings of bills carrying appropria tions for claims against the state. ,It is urged that the practice will expedite, the business of both houses. Directors Chosen —The Northwestern Trust' company has elected the follow ing board of directors: Charles W. Ames; Haydn S. Cole, Robert R. Dunn, Frederic A. Fogg, George C. Power, Ed ward N. Saunders and Thomas Wil son. r Join Governor's Staff—F. W. Berg meieav,ofc .St. Paul, was appointed a member of the governor's staff, with the rank of colonel, yesterday. Swan J. Turnblad and E. W. Murphy, of 'Minneapolis, were honored in the same jvay. ' InfQPetWHan'ls Better—Charles New (lui.st^ 370 Aurora avenue, vice presi bennSf^he'" Capitol-steam laundry, who .^vas severely injured Saturday by be ing caught in a shaft at the company's q>lant. 744 Wabasha street, was slightly improved last night and was resting easily: ■— '. » Lecture for Teachers lecture, un der the auspices of the St. Paul Fed eration of Grade Teachers, will be de livered by Dr. W. N. Hailman, pro fesjsqrjjyf, pedagogy in the Chicago* nor mal school, at the Central high school Saturdayafternoon at 2:30. His sub ject will be "Common Sense in Educa tion." ; Dr. Hailman is the author of numerous ( books on pedagogical sub jects and was a pioneer in the kinder garten movement. TRUST COMPANY IS SUED BY DULUTH MAIN Case Arises Out of Double Sale' of a Judgment The case of Frank L. Buell, suing the Security Trust company to recov er $2,500. which he alleges due to him, was begun yesterday before a jury in Judge Orr's court room. A jury wan secured without much trouble and be fore t^ie case was adjourned at th<? Hose of yesterday the plaintiff had in troduced all of his evidence and two witnesses for the defense had been examined. The story brought out by the wit nesses develops a very complicated system of dealings, with one judgment for $2,265.75. which was obtained in l^'.i'i by trie defendant company against Matthias Haug, Joseph and Elizabeth .Mannheim, all of Duluth. Huell alleges that he purchased the judgment from the banking company in 1895, paying them $50 to bind the sale which the company had offered to make to him for $700. For the balance of the payment he gave them a draft fOr $650 on a Duluth bank. He further alleges that the bank soon afterwards sold the judgment for a second time, in this instance to John G. Williams for $1,200, and that they had refused to ( ash the draft or recognize his deal with them. The company is claiming, in defense, that Buell appeared before the officers of the institution in 1902, and repre sented to them that he had come upon behalf of Haul's friends in Duluth to buy up the judgment, that Haug him self was superintendent of the poor house and that his friends wished to put him on his feet without sending him through bankruptcy. Under these representations they gave Buell an op tion on the judgment and then in vestigated the story, which they claim to have found untrue. They allege that they then tendered Buell his $50, but tnat he refused to take it. SON-IN-LAW AND SAVINGS DISAPPEAR Coincidence Arouses Suspicion and Police Are Called in # Bernard Monsinger has disappeared f i "in the home of his wife's mother, M rs. E. Gruenke, 205 Aurora avenue, as has, also $735 in cash and the police have been asked to search for both. Monsinger, who, it is said, married Mrs. Gruenke's daughter last fall, did not come home to supper Monday even ing and for some reason his mother in-law suspected that something was . wrong, and dug up her strong box to see if her money was safe. The roll was missing and Mrs. Gruenke now believes that her son-in-law could tell or Its whereabouts if the police suc ceed in locating him. Boiler Inspector Much Better R. H. Johnston, state boiler inspect or, returned to his office in the new capitol yesterday. He has been sick and confined to his home for the past week, his place being taken by W. A. Hawkinson, of Waseca, deputy in spector. Milwaukee Pays on Tax The seventh installment of the gross earnings tax of the Milwaukee road, amounting to $25,000. was turned into the state treasurer's office yesterday after noon. It was the only large receipt of the day, the total only amounting to -a fit-tie- overooo. McQUAID'S SEVENTH AND CEDAR. „ Last Monday we gave a $50.00 Sales Check Free with the order below just . ,j&s it stands—no alterations. On Wednes day. Feb. Bth, we shall repeat the offer rfaut shall allow you to substitute one sack of McQuaid's "100" Flour for any two Ttems on the list. •*' THIS IS THE ORDER: .3 ,four-ounce can McQuaid's "lOO" Pepper l Oc •>!• •four-ounce can McQuaid's "100" .^Cinnamon - ## 5c ?1-V>ound can McQuafd'j] "100" Baking »£ Powder ■ : 6 40c "1 ; "pound McQuaid's '-'100" Tea (any '•■■■ -1 -variety) * 60c 3. pounds McQuaid's -100" Coffee.. 90c !1 eight-ounce bottle McQuaid's "100" ■'•■'- Lemon Extract 40 C a-tight-bunco bottle McQuaid's I'iw' , ».. Vanilla Extract 4 5c •1- callon can McQuaid's "100" Maple • , Byrup . . $1 25 ♦-dunce bottle McQnald'e "106" Perl ' rT fume .■ 5q C ttle "Velvei "Pf^"" SMn **"r *"•*■■*.■ y'.."' 25c i:Total •• -.....:. ...3^o. .j. With This Order We Give Free . Ten Regular McQuaid Certificates • ~. Remember, if there are any two items this list that you do not want you may .take them-off *y substituting "in their «l'-a<i One Sack McQuaid's "100" ; Flour. A .-.53.25 '(Positively-, no other alterations.) • 7C r>uy, s•',? c? n of White Ilaven FuU / . w Pack Baltimore Tomatoes. -\ RAILROADS' INCOME CUT FIVE MILLION The Commission Reports De crease in Earnings While Expenses Grow Minnesota railroads In 1904 encoun tered an unsatisfactory condition. While there was a decrease of nearly $5,000,000 in their gross earnings, the«» was an enormous increase in operating expenses of nearly $900,000. The twentieth annual report of the Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission, the advance sheets of which were made public by Secretary A. C\ Clausen yesterday, is for the year ending Nov. 30, 1904. The report deals with the financial and physical operation of the railroads doing busi ness in Minnesota and presents an in teresting study in the relative prosper ity of the state. The new mileage built during the year was comparatively unimportant in comparison with the years when the state was being girdled by railroads in every direction. On June 30. 1904, there were in operation, not including local transfer lines, union depot tracks and private logging roads, 7,467.24 miles, an increase over the same date of 1903 of 217.20 miles. The increase is principally in the Chicago. Mil waukee & St. Paul, the Duluth, Mis sabe & Northern, the Duluth & North ern Minnesota, the Duluth, Virginia & Rainy Lake, "the Great Northern, the Soo Line, the Minnesota & North Wis consin and the Minnesota & Interna tional Gross Earnings Decrease The total gross earnings of the Min nesota roads is found to have been, from all sources, $63,257,702, as against $68,061,499, a loss Jn earnings of $4,803,797. Operating expenses for the year were $33,191,742, as compared with $32,302,296, a gain in this item of $889. --446. The loss in net income for the year as compared to 1903 was $5,693, --243. The total amount of accrued interest on funded debt and current liabilities of Minnesota roads reported to the commission was $42,905,509, as against $40,007,124. a gain of more than $2,900. --000. Of the accrued interest, only $788,873 was on current liabilities, the lion's share being on the funded debts. In rentals paid for the us» of tracks of other railroads, the 1904 report shows a big decrease. For 1904 rentals amounted to $4,825,533. in 1903 the rentals aggregated $6,493,380, a de crease for the year of $1,667,847. In the dividends paid the year 1904 leads all its predecessors and surpasses any year in the history of the state. This, however, is not due to any un usual earning power of the railroads for the year, but it is explained by the commission that it was because of the distribution by the Duluth & Iron Range and the Duluth, Missabe & Northern of accumulated net profits among their stockholders. There were paid in dividends to stockholders of the roads in Minnesota $58,164,548, being $51,701,464 on com mon stock and $6,463,084 on preferred stock. The report of dividends for 1903 showed total distribution of divi dends of $47,974,415, a total increase for the last year of $10,190,133. The dis tribution of the dividends, which do not include $1,200,000 paid in dividends by the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Mani toba, whose lines are leased by the Great Northern, was as follows: Chicago. Burlington & Quincy, common -. $7.758.737 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. common v.... 4,072,873 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. preferred 3,345,608" Chicago & North-Western, com mon .'...3.383,324 Chicago & North-Western, pre ferred ...; 1.791,600 Chicago. Rock Island &• Pacific, common 5.955.0C0' Chicago Great stein, deben ture 1,044,976 Chicago Great Western, pre ferred 284,310 Chicago. St. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha, common \..;.. 1.113.330 Chicago. St. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha, preferred 787.976 Duluth & Iron Range, common.. 4,500,000 Duluth. Missabe & Northern, common 3,768,750 Duluth Terminal, common 3.000 Great Northern, common 5.653.925' Green Bay & Western, common.. 100,000 Minnesota & International, com mon 7.500 Minneapolis & St. Louis, common 150,000 Minneapolis <& St. Louis, pre ferred .....'...... 200,000 Northern Pacific, common .. 10.849.989 Willmar & Sioux Falls, common.- 280,000 Mason City ft Fort Dodge, pre < ferred ...' 53.590 State Taxes Increase The commission reports that the rail roads paid in taxes on their gross earnings for the year ending 1 Dec- 31, 1903, $1,971,729.67. and for the previous year they paid $1,922,204.22. an increase of $49,525.45. The companies operating in this state have reported to the com mission that their total earnings for the year ending June 30. 1904, were $344,612,5L4. They paid in taxes on these earnings $1,552,632, or .03352 per cent on their gross earnings. Back taxes have been collected from rail roads during the year amounting to $5,042.38, and attention is called to the constitutional amendment by which the railroads of the state will pay .a 4 per cent gross earnings tax for 1905 and succeeding years. , » The surprising statement is made by the commission's report that but fire persons, traveling as passengers on Minnesota railroads were killed during' the year. There were 290 injured. The record in 1903 was 11 killed and 175 in-' jured. Twenty-six trainmen met death, in the service and 493 were injured In 1904. The trainmen casualties in r903 were 46 killed and 475 injured. Of switchmen, flagmen and watchmen.'ln" 1904, there were 5 killed and 96 injured, . as compared with 12 killed and 89 in jured the previous year. Other em- • ployes were 12 killed and 93 injured, as against 15 killed and 97 injured? tti' the year before. The mortality among trespassers, who are generally tramps ' stealing rides upon trains, was heavji . There were 107 killed and 91 injured, as against 106 killed and 77 injure*. Fourteen-, non-trespassers met death about the railroads in 1904 and *49 were.injured. Twenty-one of the sortie class were killed in 1903 and 38 injured. The total casualties of railroads for . the year were 169 killed and 1,112 in jured. The statistics for 1903 were') 211 killed and 951 injured. In addition to these there were 47-6 employes,* 11 ' passengers" and 5 non-passengers in jured from causes other than, the move^ ment of trains. > ». | Sues for Potatoes S. H. Hall & Co.. yesterday begxm suit in the district court to lecorc damages in the sum of $344.20. which they allege is due them from the Chi cago, Burlington & Quincy Railn ;id company. The plaintiff company al leges that they consigned a car of pxf tatoes to the defendant company .last November for shipment from St. Paul "to Orion, 111., and that they were frozen and damaged to the extent cf the ilumages asked while en luuiew THE ST. PAUL GLOBE. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1900 TRACE CONDITION OF CITY TO TA\ RATE Three Business Men Teii What Is the Matter With St. Paul The three citizens of St.- Paul who were selected yesterday by The Globe to suggest a plan to forward the interests of St. Paul considered the matter of taxes. J. H. Beck laid stress on the fact that the street car company, by avoid ing its proper share of taxes, put such a burden on the property owners that it was sufficient to account for much of the inactivity in real estate. A veteran banker, who is a large real estate owner and connected with nu merous local enterprises as stockhold er and director, viewed the situation from the standpoint of expediency. He declined to allow the use of his name in connection with the statement on account of his business connections, but he had no hesitancy in declaring that the tax rate and assessed valua tions of real estate acted as a factor in the situation. Charles Michaud also declared that the tax rate is too high, but at the same time paid a high tribute to the solvency and solidity of St. Paul busi ness institutions. * -The meeting of the directors of the Commercial club which was to have considered the question propounded by The Globe was so occupied with routine matters that formal action on the question was put over. Several of the members discussed the matter be fore and after the session and all who had anything to say agreed with the po sition of The Globe that something should be done immediately for the betterment of business. Blames Trolley Company J. H. Beck. secretary St. Paul Job bers and Manufacturers' union, said: "The trouble with St. Paul is that.it is in the control of several monopolies, among them being the street railway company. The effect of the street car company on the life of the city is the only phase of the matter stirred up by The Globe that I will go into, but it is enough in itself. "One of the main things instrumental in driving away capital from invest ment in the city is the huge tax rate. This rate is made more emphatic by the fact that several great corporations <s( ape taxes practically scot free. The result is that the property holders have to pay the freight and listen to the glittering generalities of the street car company's represenatives, when they tell how Impossible it would be for the company to grant any relief. "I would like to cite one instance. A friend of mine owns a pleasure boat/ He bought it three years ago and paid $1,200 for it. He used it for two years and finally last summer a property owner approached him and offered to buy the boat. He asked my friend how much he valued the craft and it was quoted to him at $600. "The intending buyer then offered my friend a piece of property assessed at $3,000 in exchange for the boat. The figures were carefully scrutinized, as was also the amount of taxes charged against the property. My friend re fused the offer because he found that in spite of the valuation of $3,000 on the property, it could not be sold so that he could realize his investment, and if he held it his $600 would go glimmering in two years by the tax route. "If the street car company could be made to pay its just proportion of the taxes, the question of taxes on other property in the city would be solved. "The street car company Is one of the obstacles standing in the way of St. Paul, and for the good of the town I hope it will be made to pay so that business interests will be relieved of the heavy burden of taxation." What a Banker Tells A prominent banker of St. Paul, a man with large property interests, in cluding real estate and buildings in many parts of the city. said, m dis (iissing the stand of The Gl6be for a revival in business in St. Paul: 'What is the matter with St. Paul? Well, in my opinion the only trouble with the city lies In the fact that the men who should be most interested in forwarding St. Paul fail utterly to do so. "And yet there is a reason in their action. It is not wanton "knocking,* but based to some extent on the con ditions that exist. "For instance, if a man came to any one of a dozen big moneyed men of the city, and should suggest that he had $100,000 to invest in building a fine apartment house, and should ask the judgment of the man of money, what do you suppose he would say? I know that in very many instances the would be investor has been advised to give up the idea of building and put his money into bonds, which could be locked up in a vault and called upon when need ed. N 'Why? Well, simply because the rate of taxation in St. Paul is entirely too high under the present conditions. Real estate ought to be the main basis of wealth, but when assessed valua tions are greater than the actual cash value of the property, how can the capitalists advise investments in it? "This is a hard thing to say, but at present it is the truth. If there was more civism about the city and the money invested in bonds could be put to work in real estate or business, and the tax rate could be reduced, there is no doubt in my mind that St. Paul real estate would prove a better investment than the bonds that are now keeping the money out of local work. There will come a day when this will be done and when it comes the men who have funds, tied up in bonds, and working elsewhere for the glory and beauty aid commercial advantage of some other city, will tear their clothes to put it into the investments of the city where they make their homes." Grocer Feels Taxes Charles Michaud. the Seventh street grocer, in discussing the conditions, said: "St. Paul is a fine city. I am glad to be a citizen of St. Paul. Business is good and the merchants of the city are solvent. There are few failures in St. Paul. But in spite of all those good .things, there is something the matter with the town. 'It might be any one of a half dozen things, or all of them. Thetaxes are high, as I know from personal experi ence. I have property that stands me six times as much as it is worth, and is assessed way above what I would tai^ for it. There must be a reason for that sort of thing, and, in com j.uny with hundreds of loyal people of St. Paul, I await the answer to the question propounded by Th c Glob c." Plumber Sues for Settlement The case of George A. Kees vs. Jo seph Horejs was on trial all yesterday before Judge Lewis. The case is one in which the plaintiff seeks to fore close a mechanic's lien of $74.38, which he held upon the defendant's prop erty. The plaintiff is a plumber and the defendant aljeges that he has al ready overpaid him $70 on services rendered. PANELS KILL RECITE STATE'S U HISTORY Governor's Office Will Show Minnesota's Regiments in Action The. Capitol commission at its monthly meeting yesterday agrreed to an elaborate plan of panel decoraflon for the governor's reception room in the new capitol. The four panels In the room will be decorated with oil paintings, representing the participa tion by Minnesota regiments in the Civil war The commission also re ceived reports from its architect, Cass Gilbert, relating to agreements^with the judges of the supreme court and the governor for the disposition of portraits of former judges of the court and of former governors of the state. The pictures to fllj the panels in the governor's reception room will be painted by artists to be selected by- Mr. Gilbert. The first panel will show the charge of the Fiist Minnesota at Gettysburg, with gallant Col. Colvil at the head of his regiment. The second will be a representation of the Second Minnesota, under Gen. Bishop, at Mis sion Ridge. The third will show the Fourth Minnesota entering Vlcks burg after its capture by the federals, and the fourth panel will contain *» painting representing the Fifth. Sev enth, Xinth and Tenth Minnesota regi ments at Nashville. The paintings will cost $4,000 each, and it is expected this compenation will enlist the serv ices of artists of^ repute. Two other panels In the governor's ante-room may be painted later. One, of <hese will depict the Third Minnesota at Fitzhugh's wood, where It was in command of Gen. Andrews, and the other will be a review of the Eighth Minnesota at Washington at the dam of the war. The commission is ex pected to nrike appropriations for this' work later. Architect (Jilbert reported to the commission that he had conferred with the justices of the supreme court, and with minor alterations and changes they had expressed their entire satis faction with the supreme court cham ber and the judges' rooms.' It hail been decided to divide the portraits of former judges, now hanging in the su preme court chamber in the old capi tol, between the walls of the Judges' retiring rooms and the walls of the state library. Excellent light effects are to be had in both rooms, and the incongruity of the portraits and La Farge's great mural paintings in the new court chamber will be avoided by the plan. Portraits of former governors of the Btate will be hung in the governor's business office in the new capitol, in stead of in the reception room, as had been understood. The change, the commissioners said yesterday, was entirely agreeable to Gov. Johnson. It had been made, they explained, for the same reasons that had impelled the placing of the portraits of the jurists in other rooms than the supreme court chamber. PRISON REPORT OUT Warden Wolfer Gives Detail for Year at Penitentiary The report of Warden Wolfer for the year ending July 31. 11*04. which is contained in the annual report of the state board of control, contains many interesting statistics. Believers In to tal abstinence will take great satisfac tion in the fact that only 28 of the prisoners were total abstainers, while 234 drank intemperately and 319 liked a quiet glass but did not drink to excess. ording to the report it is only necessary to be a lawyer to stay out of prison, as not a single follower of this profession is enjoying the hospi tliay of the Stihvater institution. La borers seem to have the greatest fond ness for Warden Wolfer. as he has 183 prisoners who formerly followed that occupation. Fifty-five farmers are in carcerated, and 20 bookkeepei actors and 2 journalists. During the existence of the prison 180 prisoners have been committed to it for life, but of these 3D have been pardoned out. while 22 have died in prison and 7 have been committed to asylums. Visitors to the prison con tributed $6,619 in fees, most of which was turned over to the amusement and entertainment fund. CLUB COMMITTEE TO MEET WITH RETAILERS Street Railway Controversy Will Be Discussed The directors of the Commercial club yesterday received a communication and request from the Retailers' asso ciation asking that ■ committee be named to represent the board in the coming: meeting: of the association when the matter of the street railway controversy comes up. President L. G. Hoffman named the committee, but Instructed the members that the board would not necessarily be bound by any action they might tikf. The following were appointed: J. Harry Lewis. ('. J. McConville. John Caulfleld, Chester R. Smith and H. T. Black. HUSBAND HALED TO COURT BY HIS WIFE Woman Tells Tale of Laziness on Part of Spouse Albert Kuback, living at 907 Jessa mine street, who. according to his wife, has not worked for the last four months, pleaded not guilty to the charge of non-support before the po lice judge yesterday, and the case was continued for two weeks. Mrs. Ku back was extremely anxious to havt» her husband prosecuted and informed the judge that Kuback did not want to work and invariably became sick whenever there was a prospect of ob taining employment. The woman also said that she had taken care of the entire family, including her hsuband, until she was tired of It Maj. Wright Funeral Today The funeral of Maj. B. F. Wright, who died suddenly at his home. 538 Dayton avenue. Sunday evening, will take place this afternoon at the Dayton Avenue Presbyterian church at _':30. The pall bearers will be C. C. Andrews. Judge Col lins. H. F. Ware, H. W. Cooley, William McKilligan. QiijM^nm /Bafoafli Cures dtmp seated Conebs and O"1<1«, Croup and all Brooch ia I Trouble*. 91 .ou, 66c and 35c per bott la. KRAHMER MUST RUN DOWN BLIND PIGGERS County Board Passes the Task to the County Auditor If County Auditor Krahmer carries out the orders of the county commis sioners he will at once take the trail of the blind piggers, who, according to the members of the county board", are distributing the high ones and high balls without fear or favor on the out skirts of the city and within the limits of the county. At the meeting of the board Mon day the attention of the commissioners was called to the fact that a number of blind pig operators were doing a rushing business on the country roads. Some of them, it was said, made bold by the lack of life displayed by the board, even went so far as to hang out signs announcing the "first and last chance" and "the highest one in the county for 5" cents." Signs Arouse Board The si^ns were too much and the indignant board voted a recess and called upon the county attorney to dis cover whether or not the board had a right to employ detectives to go out and discover the drink signs. County Attorney Kane declared that the board could not ask the county to pay for the reading of the signs, and the board at Its meeting yesterday morning de cided to turn over the task of discov ering the offenders to the county au ditor. A motion was introduced and carried instructing Mr. Krahmer to collect from all blind piggers doing business in the county. No list of offenders was furnished, the board only advising the county auditor that it was up to him to locate and assess the blind piggers. The .board also authorized Auditor Krahmer to advertise for bids upon an issue of $35,000 renewal bonds. The resolution empowering the bond issue was passed unanimously. The issue will be in four series, $7,000 being made payable in five years, $7,000 payable in -ix years, $14,000 payable in seven years and $7,000 payable in eight years. The renewal issue is to secure funds to pay off bonds to the amount of $80,500, which fall due during this year. There is now available for the pur pose of paying off the bonds, the sum of $21,500 and the first bonds to be li quidated will be $6,500 jail bonds <lu< 1-Vb. M, which will be paid out of tho funds on hand. Funding bonds to the amount of $50,000 fall due March 1, and the deficiency existing in the fund for paying these will be supplied by the sale of these bonds. The bonds which are to be taken up are 4*4 per cent, while the new issue will be en tirely of 4 per cent. Bids will be opened Feb. 20. OBJECT TO SERVICE Commercial Club's Members Protest Against Wire Delays The directors of the Commercial club met yesterday and passed a set of reso lutions urging that the state telegraph and telephone lines be placed under the jurisdiction of the railway and warehouse commission. The resolutions set forth that the serv ice, especially that of the long distance lines, is cambeTSOme. and recommend that the Northwestern company connect Dp the several long distance offices so that connections could lx- made direct Instead of by the roundabout plan now in v-- . They point out that there i. s no night operator of the telegraph companies at Mankato and towns of similar size and that a message from St. Paul is frequently beaten by the sender in person who travel,, by rail. This is said to be the result of slow handling of the messages at stations where then is no night operator. FARMER SAYS FATHER'S FRIEND PROVED FALSE Chris Sutherland Held on Charge of Gre^d Larceny Chris Sutherland made his ■npf nmro in police court yesterday to answer to the charge of grand larceny. 11,- is ac - us.-.1 of taking $80 belonging t.> Samuel Johns jn. a farmer living near the cit\ limits. Johns.m says he met Sutherland in a hotel, and that the man called him by name and claimed to have known his father The farmer was delighted to meet an old friend of the family and invited the man to have a drink. One drink fol lowed another and after a short time the pair were on exceedingly friendly terms. It was then Johnson -says that the strang er asked for the loan of $8'». as he want ed to pay a freight bill. I'nwilling to dis app.iint an old acquaintance. Johnson lent the man the money, and had not seen him since until yesterday. Sutherland entered a plea of not guilty and the case was con tinued. Headaches and Neuralgia From Colds Laxative Brcmo Qjinlne. the uorld wide Cold and Crip remedy, removes th* cause. Cit! for the full name ani look for signature of E. W. Crove. Be FALLS DEAD WHILE TALKING TO WIFE Laborer Drops to Floor in Middle of Con versation Two sudden deaths came to the noti.e of the coroner yestentay: one resulting from heart disease and the other from lungr trouble. Whflfl talking to his wife yesterday morning Mathias Sivenski. Bfacty-one yeftra old. a laborer living at 21 Phalen Creak, fell to the floor unconscious and was dead before aid could be summoned. Death. (vaulted from heart disease. Sivenski leaves a wife and a mown sun. Thomas Downey, colored, aged forty one, died suddenly, yesterday morning while in his room at l'io Kast Seventh street. He was seated on a chair when taken with a fainting spell and died with in a few minutes. Death was due to pneumonia. Nothing is known of tin- dead man's relatives. Lecture on Yellowstone Park by Rev. C. A. Payne Rev. Charles A. Payne, of Milwaukee, W'is., will lecture on Yellowstone National Park at Central Presbyterian church Fri day. Feb. l". Mr. Payne has been speaking on this*" and other topics for a number of years and ( omes niffhly recommended by those who know of his work. He has an excellent stereopticon and a set of lantern slides which cannot be surpassed for degnitenesa and richness of coloring. The cost of ad mission la J5 cents for adults and 13 cents. for children. In connection with this lecture it is well to bear in mind that the Northern Pacific railway ls\he direct route to the paik. ROUGH RIDING FOR ROOSEVELT CLUB Citizens Must Help or Trip to Washington Will Be Abandoned The St. Paul Roosevelt club is. flying a signal of distress. At its meeting in the parlors of the Windsor hotel last evening President H. T. Halbert announced that the trip to Washington for the inauguration of President Roosevelt would have to be abandoned unless the members of the club could raise between $500 and $600 among the business men. of the city. Starting out the year with practically nothing in the treasury, the officers of the club endeavored to make $1,500 be fore March 1 by giving the Roosevelt ball and the play under the auspices of the St. Paul organisation, but th<« Play only netted $250 and the ball scarcely $700. Before consulting the railroad men the officers of the club announced that they would be able to take fifty or more members of the club to Washington and return, with all expenses while on the road and in Washington paid, for $15 a man, but the two enterprises by which the club hoped to raise its mon ey failed to do as well as they were expected, and then the railroad men declined to make rates which the offi cers considered reasonable. Rush New Members An effort is being made by the mem bers of the club to induce new mem bers to join at $25 apiece, and fifteen have been secured since the last meet ing, but there are no more in pros pect, and the prospects of any material financial aid from this source its very remote. The club went right ahead with its arrangements for the trip, however, trusting to tack and the business men of the city to get them out of their financial difficulties. The president re ported that if all went well a train consisting of three sleepers, one obser vation car, a diner and a baggage ear would leave St. Paul March 1. reach ing Washington March 3. The return trip would be started on March 8, the train reaching St. Paul March It). E. S. Chittenden suggested that if possible the members of the club at tend the launching of the battleship Minnesota at Newport News, which is to occur some time within the next two months, but a telegram to the navy department brought the reply that the company which is building the ship had not announced the date that it would be able to turn the ship over to the government. The matter was left with the officers of the club. ('apt. Shepard announced that the first drill of the company would be held next Friday evening at 7 o'clock in the armory, when all men expect ing to go on the trip are expected to report in uniform. ART FUND WANTED Capitol Commission Would Pro vide for Justices' Portraits The capitol commission will ask the Minnesota legislature to create a per manent revolving fund from which the expense of painting portraits of re tiring governors and judgeis of the su preme court shall be paid. The com mission yesterday discussed the plan at its monthly meeting and authorised the secretary to communicate Its rec ommendation to the legislature. Reason for the action at this time is found in the embarrassment in which the capitol commission found itself when confronted with the task of plac ing portraits of former chief executives and jurists in the handsome interior of the new capitoL The custom since the existence of Minnesota as a state has been for a retiring governor or su preme court judge to cause to be paint ed a portrait of himself and to present the portrait to the state. Many of the men who have held high office in Min nesota have been comparatively poor men and were not financially able to pay thf price necessary to secure a meritorious painting. The result has been that some of the portraits are far from being works of art. and to place them on. the walls of the new building, surrounded by mural decorations of America's most celebrated painters, would prove somewhat inconsistent, it is to obviate this contrast in art that the commission will recommend a permanent fund for tl>v painting of portraits of retiring governors and jus tices of the supreme court. TRAVELERS PLAN TO BUILD LODGE BLOCK Saintly City Council Has Several Lo cations Under Consideration The finest lodge building in the city will soon be erected If the present plans of the Saintly City council No. 50, United Commercial Travelers, are carried through. For some time past the council has been vigorously discussing the removal from the old quarters, 150 Exchange street, to some better location with better facilities. The outcome of In vestigations has been the drawing of plans and specifications for a three story building, the first floor to be used for store purposes. Th« second floor will be used for the lodge hall, paraphernalia room, kitch en, dining hall, butler's pantry, office and check rooms. The third floor may also be used by the lodge, the unused portions to be rented as" offices. Several locations are now under consideration by the building commit tee, among which is the corner at Sev enth and Franklin streets, Fifth and Cedar street, and one on Minnesota, between Fourth and Fifth streets. TRAVELERS OF STATE j^TO MEET GOVERNOR Committee of - the U. C. T. Arrange ' ' for Reception March 18 • A committee ; from Saintly City Council No. 50, United Commercial Travelers f was presented to Gov. John son yesterday afternoon by J. A. • Mc- Dermott, state oil inspector; whe is a member of the .order. The .committee said that the " local' lodge wished to tender a reception .to.the governor at some time in the near future and ask ed him to name the date.' r Gov. John son selected March 18. While the re ception will' be given to the 'governor and Mrs. .Johnson by the.members Uf the United Commercial Travelers, all traveling- men- are invited to attend. Residence' Damaged by Fire Fire from a defective. range" damaged the residence of Andrew Seeger, 521 Broadway, to the extent of $300 yesterday afternoon/. The blaze started in the kitchen, and "had reached the upper part of -the house before it was noticed. WANTS GOVERNOR TO NAME ASSESSORS Coller's Bill Stirs Some Oppo« sition in the Upper Branch "I'm a believer in home rule to the extent that I want to have voice in the selection of my preacher and mv assessor." This observation was made by Ser ator Dan Shell at the meeting of the senate committee on taxes and tax laws and by way of comment on a bill by Senator Coller authorizing the governor, state auditor and attorney general to appoint one assessor in each county of the state. Another bill by Senator Schain was also under consideration, but with Senator Coller's measure was laid over. Senator Schain's bill authorizes county boards throughout the state to elect and assessor In every county. In behalf of his bill empowering the governor, state auditor and attorney general to appoint county assessors Senator ("oiler said: *u\' 1 J]f, ci hardl >' s *>- I <lid not offer this bill because we happen to have a Democratic governor. My belief Is that the only way to get an assessor who kill find property that can be as sessed Is to have him appointed by some power outside the community where he exercises his official duties. experience shows in the country dis tricts that assessors elected by the people of their district fail to find much personal property. The personal assessments are ridiculously low [ n the country districts. I am 'willing to except from the bill the counties con taming the large cities, but otherwise l think the bill i s a needed measure " Senator Schain spoke in favor of his measure empowering county com missioners to elect assessors but it did not meet with approval, and both bills were laid over for further con sideration. Senator Thorpe's bill providing for the wide open amendment to the con stitution, after the manner of the Washburn bill in the house was like wise laid over. "I have a virtuous measure I would like to have the committee pass upon " remarked Chairman K. K. Smith of the committee. This was the bill per mitting an individual to pay his taxes under protest, and to "begin suit against the county within thirty days if he deemed the tax unjust. The thirty-day provision caused some criticism, but the committee recom mended the bill to pass. SMITH BILL ESCAPES Measure to Boost Members Pay Is Almost Killed The Sherman S. Smith bill, provid ing $1,000 compensation for members of the legislature, payable in four In stallments of |260, had a narrow es cape from indefinite postponement by the house committee on general legis lation yesterday. Mr. Smith explained his measure and said he had received scores of let ters commending its substance. !!■• declared that the best sentiment of the state is for a liberal compensation of the legislators, in view of the expense of th«- two campaigns preliminary to success in a close political district His motion that the bill be recom mended to pass was seconded by s. D. Peterson, of Brown. The usual Hennepin harmony was apparent when J. c. Lund vigorously combatted the purposes of the bill. He Insisted that the pay of the legislator is ample and said many good men were anxious to serve. John !„. i >ie son, of Chisago, took up the cudgel for the bill and said that he would never come to the legislature again. because he could not afford to neglect his business by his absence without a corresponding remuneration. \V. l>. Washburn Jr., of Hennepin, favored the bill because, he said, he believed it would bring men of a higher order or ability to the legislature. Elmer E. Adams, of Otter Tail, was opposed to other increases, and in consistency he could not vote to increase the com pensation of members while arrayed against other proposed advances. Dr. J. H. Uorsey, of McLeod, expressed the fear that the bill, jf passed, would re sult in thirty-day session.-- and hasty action by the legislature. After an extended debate, W. A. Nolan's motion that the bill be report ed without recommendation from the committee was adopted by a close vote. The promise for its passage by the senate is said to be brighter than in the house. The municipal legislation committee yesterday recommended for passage the Ofsthun bill permitting school dis tricts to borrow with 15 per cent of their taxable valuation from the state school fund. The Hugo bill giving Bethel societies the right of adoption of abandoned children was laid on the table. The fear that the provisions of the bill would be extended to orphan ages was the cause assigned for the action taken on the Hugo bill. Pneumonia and Grip Follow the Snow. LAXATIVE BROMO QUiNINE prevsnt3 Pneu monia and Grip. Call for the full name and look for the signature of E. W. Grove. 25c. CRIME COMMITTEE FAVORS ALL BILLS Measures Before Body Are Recom mended for Passage A number of bills were agreed to by the house committee on v crimes and punishments yesterday afternoon. A. J. Wood's bill relating to bounties for horse thieves. W. C. Fraser's bill, pro hibiting the giving of sample packages of medicine to any but adults, and John Zelch's bill, prohibiting the pale of liquors to paroled inmates of the state prison and reformatory, were all recommended for passage. Gen: M. D. Flower's two bills relating to the giv ing and receiving of bribes by mem bers-elect of "The legislature. - were treated together, and both bills were recommended for passage.' New. Members for Club The board of directors of the Commer cial club acted favorably on the follow ing, application? for membership In' the club: F. M. Parker. B. B. Cxapaki. M. J. McCann. John A. Cameron. T. J. Hlckey, H. R. Hardiek. R. M. Necly, F. A. Cole, O. E. Holman, J. C. Hardy. L. T. Dow. F.. J. Plondkc. John Rogers Jr., W. A. Curtis, F. A. Norway. Joseph Levy. Always Remember the Full .Nan* f axative flromo ftuinine Cores a Cold in One Day, Grip in 2 Days JOt (?lf^Jy enevery