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IT" CITY NEWS His Foot Crashed—Harry lkberg, a boy of 10 years, was struck by a Milwaukee train In the Milwaukee yards yesterday. His right loot was crushed and.will have 10 be amputated. . Two Women Arrested— Gardner and Eva Smith were taken in by officers this afternoon, charged with robbing J. J. Miller, of Park Kapids. Mr. Miller says the women enticed him into a room in the vicinity -of Third avenue S and Fifth street, the other night, and, after getting him drunk, took $50. Sorting School Supplier— board ef education has ' opened its new storeroom on the grounds of Washington school. The property of the board which hud been stored in the old courthouse building has been re moved to the new building, and the employes are hard at work reducing chaos to a state of order. The \Vhiiipie Memorial— The time for the Whipple memorial service in Minne apolis -will not be determined until Bishop Edsall arrives from San Francisco. He will attend a meeting of the Daughters of the King, at Trinity church, Oct. 31, and will make an address. The memorial services for Bishop \\'hipple, of Gethsemane church, will be held the following evening. Union Miaaiou Annual —The board of directors of the Union Mission, 220-22:: Wash- i ington avenue S, will hold their annual meet ing and dinner. Oct. 29, at 6 o'clock, at the mission. The board announces that it closes the year without a deficit. Directors will be elected to succeed George H. Miller, G. A. Uraman, Frank R. Code, T. E. Hughes, J. N. Galloway and Professor .1. C. Hutchinson. Sewer Problem to Settle—There will b» a special meeting of the waterworks and newer and health ecrnmittees of the council Nov. 6. for the purpose of considering means of dealing with the unsanitary condition of • affairs in the Eastman avenue district on Nic ollet island. There is private sewer there now and It is perennially in bad shape. Ac- j cording to Health Commissioner Hall, it | breeds typhoid and other diseases. Fire Station Abandoned— The fire de- ] " pertinent station on Third street between ! Nlcollet and First avenue S, was formally ' abandoned Tuesday afternoon. The water | tower goes to the Holden street house and i the chemical to the sewer barn back of the i city lot on Fourth street N: The old build ing has been used as a fire station for thirty three years. The lot originally cost the city i $3,000 and the building about ?S,OOO. The i property sold for flfl.loo. —a— Left the Third In Luzon—Cap.taln Frank B. McCoy. Third infantry, U. S. A.. ' who arrived in the city Tuesday, has been | ordered to Milwaukee on recruiting service, but will remain In Minneapolis several weeks j before going there. He says that he left I the Third regiment in Northern Luzon, com- j fortably situated and with little to do, as j there is now no lighting in that district of the I Philippines. Captain McCoy Is now visiting his family, which has been here ever since the regiment left Fort Snelling. G. S. Churchill Sole Owner — The Nicollet- House drug store at 15 Washington avenue S has been bought by G. S. Churchill. For nineteen years the store was known as I Webster & Churchill, but a year ago Mr. I Webster retired, the firm being known as Churchill & Scheldrup. By Mr. Scheldrup's retirement the store will be operated exclu sively by Mr. Churchill. This Is one of the oldest and bsst-known drug stores in the' city, and Mr. Churchill's hosts of friends will wish him much good luck. , Quoit Club UaiHiupl — The Forest Height.- Quoit Club held its third annual ban quet last evening at Twentieth avenue N and Irving. Seventy guests were present. C. E. Kries was toastmaster. G. W. Jones, the president, told of the work of the past year, and E. B Wilson replied to the toast, "Quoits and Its Claim as a Popular Game." A. J. Slater gave reminiscences. During the eve ning C. E. Allen entertained the company -with piano music. Miss Olmstead, Miss Dun dell and T. R. Hamilton sang Miss Kelly guve a whistling solo, and the Messrs. Berry man played a banjo duet. XECROLOGICAL , JOSEPH HAMILTON, a well known resident of St. Louis Park and one of the early settlers in Hennepin county, was buried at Lake wood cemetery Tuesday afternoon. The '.-xerolses were in charge of the Knights of Pythias. Hamilton was 65 years of age. ENOS E. SANFORD-The funeral of the late Enos E. Sanford took place from the Advent church. Fourth avenue S and Lake street, to-day at 10 a. m. Services will be conducted by O. P. Morton Post G. A. R. . :;;•- HERMAN o. SHOL, died from paraly sis, Oct. 19, at his place of business in Pri berg, Otter Tail county, and was buried at Fergus Falls, Oct. 22. SAVE THE DOGS' HEADS those: suspected of rabies Dr. < orbett Has Trouble With Re mains of the Canine That Bit Kurik Mlja. Owing to the mutilated condition of the brains of the supposedly mad dog that bit the Lilja child on Monday, Dr. J. P. Cor bett, the city bacteriologist, will be un able to announce any immediate conclu sion concerning the actual condition of the dog. He had hopes of making a suc cessful experiment which would deter mine at once whether the dog was suf fering from rabies, but the head was so mutilated as to make this impossible. The only recourse left was to inoculate two rabbits with some of the brain substance and wait for developments. One of the rabbits died from the shock of the in oculation. It will take fourteen days to complete the test on the other one. Dr. Corbett suggests that in future case of suspected rabies the animal be secured alive, if possible, but If neces sary to kill it the head should be pre served intact. >Ijbu^pinion" Dr. Geo. E. Vincent's Second Lecture on the Subject. Dr. Geo. E. Vincent will give the second lecture in the series on "Public Opinion," at the Unitarian church, Saturday night. The subject is 'The Mechanism of Public Opinion," and the lecturer will discuss the dependence of public opinion on means of communication; modern tendencies to civilization in communication; the organi zation of the press; the machinery of po litical parties; the organization of public ■peaking; the educational system; the or ganization of social Intercourse; and the rapidity and eactent of modern communi cation. Dr. Vincent brings to their dis cussion a vigorous, alert mind and a charming wit. Those who heard the first lecture of the course are anticipating a delightful evening and it is expected that many more will hear this most able speaker at that time. ODr. Vincent lectures Sunday afternoon at 3:30 at the Unitarian church on "St. Augustine's City of God." COMMITTED FOR TRIAL J. B. Thompson of Winnipeg Al leged Accomplice of Mall Robber. Special to The Journal. Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 24.— J. B. Thomp son of the Club Cigar store has been com mitted for trial on a charge of receiving $1,800 stolen from the mails by John Palk, who confessed. The case occupied the court five days. The Canadian Pacific road has received reports from all points in Manitoba and the northwest as to threshing results. These greatly minimize the danger by bad weather and the crop as a rule will grade No. 1 northern. The yield will aver age about twenty-three bushels to the acre. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the sj? .V/f*_^* " Signature of '•W<l&%£rCCC£ftjt.t' ' ■'■' i i _ ■' . ■ ■ STRIKE CALLED OFF Building Trades Council Allows Men to Resume Work. DISPUTE WILL RE ARBITRATED Seeedlns Plumbeia Xot Bound to Re- Mimit- Membership in the Maa lit« Aaaoeiatlon. The strike of the building trades was of I brief duration. All the men out on the \ Jobs where either Kelly & Co. or Wilkins | & Co. h,ave the plumbing contracts, went j back to work yesterday on orders from the Building Trades Council, and will remain at work pending an arrange- j ment to. sottle difficulties by arbitration. | Both sides to the controversy were j anxious for an amicable settlement, and i they got together this morning with the above results. Three of the officials of | the Building Trades Council and Messrs. j Wilkins and Kelly were the parties to 1 the conference, which closed with an agree- j meat signed by all of the above to submit the general question to arbitration. The scheme call? for the selection of three . arbitrators, one named by the Building: Trades Council, one by the two seceding plumbing firms, and tlie third one by the two men first selected. The committee j is empowered to investigate the situation, In all its details and the parties to the j agreement bind themselves to accept the | committee'! verdict. It was nominated in the agreement that! all the men who went out should return to their old jobs at once. All parties to the agreement are reti cent concerning the details of the ar-1 rangement. It Is understood, however, | that Messrs. Wilkins and Kelly are not in : any way bound to go back into the Master ' Plumbers' association, nor is the Building Trades Council officially to recognize the j new plumbers' union. It is the general belief in labor cir- j cles that the settlement was most timely : in the Interests of the Building Trades Council. Many of the membars of the al lied trades who had left their pobs on the I order of the council were getting restive ! and the claim is made authoritatively that j they could not have been held up to the rack much longer. They made the point that in ordering i them out without notice or without action by the individual unions, the council had exceeded its authority, and there was a strong movement on foot to fall the coun cil to account at the coming meetings of some of the individual unions. The car penters, probably unwittingly, put them selves in an embarrassing position with the Master Builders' association by leav ing their posts without the formality of the twenty-four hours' notice required in the agreement between the union and the association. The Master Builders' asso ciation, at its meeting last night, brought up this point and by resolution instructed the secretary to inform the carpenters' union of its lapse from the spirit and let- ■ ter of the agreement with the association j made at the conclusion of the troubles of I last spring. Otherwise the association re fused to take any part in the present labor controversy. ALL IN SAME BOAT Short Crops Affect All the Western Roads Alike. CAUSING DECREASE IN EARNINGS Increaae In Great Northern Expenaea Due to an Overhauling of Property. One of the direct and far reaching ef fects of a crop failure In the northwest is the greatly reduced earnings of the rail roads, particularly of those lines which traverse the wheat fields. The annual report of three of the great grain carrying lines show a heavy falling off in earnings because of the crop failure. the importance of the reduction to each road being emphasized et the beginning of the reports. The annual report of the Soo for the year ending June 30 calls immediate attention to "the large decrease in gross earnings and surplus occasioned by the disastrous failure of the grain crop of 1900 on the line west of Minneapolis." This grain shortage and the loss of traffic incident thereto is estimated at $750,000. The annual report of the Northern Pa cific, issued a short time ago, also makes prominent mention of the heavy loss sus tained by that corporation by reason of the crop failure. The report says: At the close of the last fiscal year it Was estimated that the gross revenue of the com pany would reduce this year,on account of tho failure of the wheat and other crops in Mani toba, Minnesota and North Dakota. This proved to be the case even to a greater extent than anticipated, and we are unable, In conse quence, to set aside so large sums of money from the net income for the Improvement of the property. The report adds that the excellent busi ness which has prevailed in the territory, not greatly affected by the failure, enabled the road to increase its gross revenue over that of 1899 by $514,000. The increase in gross revenue this year amounts to $2,339,665.86. The report of the Great Northern just issued shows that road also to have been hit by the crop failure. President Hill go ing somewhat more Into detail to show the decrease in gross revenue. He says that "more than 31,000,000 less bushels of wheat and flax were hauled in 1901 than in 1900," a traffic condition which de creased the earnings by $2,897,727.25. Why G. N. Expenses Are Heavy. The Great Northern report also shows operating expenses in excess of those of the Northern Pacific. This increase is due to an elaborate overhauling of the property which was essential to bring it up to the modern railroad standard. When Mr. Hill executed his daring project of bunding another transconti nental line linking the twin cities with the Pacific coast, he used the material at his command. Since success has crowned, his gigantic undertaking, he has been compelled to make heavy renewals con stantly in order that his road might con form to the high standard set by his com petitors. This he has accomplished by the expenditure of a vast amount of money to the mutual advantage of the property and the patrons of the road. All three of the reports quoted re mark a healthy condition of affairs with the single exception of the crop failure. The roads have bean strengthened in every way and the volume of business bringing in abundant revenue from other sources than the grain traffic is enormous. They fully justify the optimistic utter ances of Messrs. Hill, Mellen and Lowry that the railroads are sharing in the gen eral prosperity of the country. MINNESOTANS PROSPER The "Colony" at Seattle Reports Ita Memberi Flourishing. The latest advices from the Minnesota colony at Seattle are that the Mlnnesotansj are all getting along well. Ex-Alderman j Durnam'a saloon is one of the popular re sorts of the city, and has a business that keeps him busy twenty-four hours In the day and 365 days in the year. Durnam'i eldest son, whom the Minnesota doctors, declared to be at death's door from con-; sumption, has become robust In health, j and Mrs. Durnam, long an invalid, has gained twenty pounds and Is in better health thanl for many years. Another Minneapolis ex-alderman, Fred Swartz, also of the third ward, is running a lumber mill and camp near Seattle and reaping rich rewards, while Colonel M. W. Glenn has married a wealthy Seattle widow and lives in peace and luxury in a well-appointed home out la the suburbs. THE MINNEAPOLIS JOUKNAL. GOES BACK TO HUBBY A Runaway Wife From St. Cloud Is Now Repentant. SHE ELOPED WITH A BUTCHER The Huaband Sent au Agent After Her and Foand Her Here. An elopement of two St. Cloud persons was cut short in Minneapolis at 2 o'clock yesterday. The runaways, Joseph Swedolder, a butcher, and Mrs. Adam Stringer, are both married. Tiring of their respective life partners and decid ing on their own affinity, ihey planned to leave their own homes clandestinely and make for themselves a new one. They took the train from St. Cloud last night and came to Minneapolis. They believed their departure was unknown to the peo ple of the town. It was not long, however, until the abandoned husband and wife,each of whom was left with two children, discovered the game and Mr. Stringer put a man on the track of his wife. He learned that they had come to Minneapolis, and followed them. Arriving here this forenoon he told his tale to the police and Detectives Nor beck and De Laittre were assigned to the task of finding the elopers. They found Mrs. Stringer at 208 Third street N, and as they were going down stairs with her they ran into Swedolder, who, in his attempt to convince the offi cers that they had the wrong woman, disclosed his own identity, and he, too, was taken into custody. When the man and woman were taken to police headquarters they both seemed to repent of their action, and both ex pressed willingness to return to St. Cloud with the man engaged by Mrs. Stringer's husband. They explained that their home life had not been happy, and Mrs. Stringer said her husband had threatened to take her life and that she ran away. The St. Cloud man who came to Minneapolis, however, said there was no truth in her story. The would-be elopers were taken back this afternoon. SETH ABBOTT DEAD The Great Singer's Father Answered Final Summons Yesterday. ONCE PROMINENT IN THIS CITY He Always Went to the Theater to Heuf "Km" Sins ••l.n«t Roue Of Summer." Seth Abbott, father of the late Emma Abbott, the great prima donna, died last night at Chicago, at the age of 84 years. Seth Abbott was well known in Minne apolis a decade ago. He came here about 1878 and was engaged in the real estate business all through the boom days, when fortunes were made and lost in a night. He lived in Minneapolis until 1890, when he left town as mysteriously as he had ar rived a dozen years before. Even his business associates who had been more or less familiar with him in the old days, heard almost nothing of him from that day to this, when news of his death was flashed over the wire. Among the older school of real estate men who remember Mr. Abbott are J. F. Conklln, John Randall and E. W. Herrick of Temple Court. Mr. Herrick owned the old Academy of Music, which stood on the present site of Temple court, and was burned in the early eighties. Mr. Conk* lin 1 owned the old Grand opera-house. They both call to mind the little oli man—he was getting on in years in those days—who never failed to "strike them for a pass" the week before his daughter's annual engagement was announced. "Em's eomin' next week," was his in variable explanation, and he always got a pass, which meant the best box in the house for himself and friends. He seldom went to the theater when other attractions were billed, but he didn't miss a performance while his gifted daughter was singing "The Last Rose of Summer." Before coming to Minneapolis Seth Ab bott was a country singing master, and he used to go the rounds through the western states giving concerts^with little ' Emma, whose young voice then gave promise of its future possibilities. She was well on .the road to success when he came to Minneapolis, and is said to have furnished him with all the money for his real estate ventures. He had little faculty for making money. Like Colonel Sellers, there was always "millions in it" from his viewpoint, but he generally stood to lose on .the wrong side of the market. Mr. Abbott was a great believer in Min neapolis real estate, in proof of which he platted Emma Abbott park, near the Lyndale farm and Mendelssohn Park, near Hopkins, property for which there has been much demand. Said Mr. Conklin to-day: He thought the world of Emma Abbott and she thought the same of him. I believe the happiest momenta of her life were those spent with the simple, honest old fellow when she came to town. She allowed him several thousand dollars during her life and left him a liberal bequest at her death. He had no idea of the value of money. I re member that she always called him "pa." When the drop came in real estate, Abbott lost what little property he had, and I gue3g that discouraged him. Anyway, he left town soon after. NO VACANCY CREATED Registrar Johnson's Opinion as to Gor. Plllsbnry's Place. Registrar Johnson of the university holds that no vacancy was created in the board of regents by the death of Governor Piilsbury. In speaking of the matter to day he said: "Last year I compiled a pamphlet show ing the succession in the board of re gents. In this the law of 1895 was quoted. In the law it is expressly stated that the board shall consist of the governor of the state, the state superintendent of schools, the president of the university and John S. Piilsbury 'for and during his good pleasure as an honorary member.' The remaining nine members, it is said, Bhall be appointed by the governor. Fur ther, it is stated that if any of the flrst named places shall be abolished the gov ernor la not to appoint another member to the board of regents. The purpose of the law was to honor Governor Piilsbury, and in my opinion no vacancy* was cre ated by hia death." ■ Macalester college will this year be the convention place of Christian Associations of College Young Women. There are twelve of these associations at the colleges and universities in the state and upwards of 200 delegates will assemble at Macalester on Fri day for the annual meeting. About forty delegates will go from the Y. W. C. A. of the University of Minnesota. Among the speakers will be Miss E. K. Price, national student secretary; Harriet Taylor, national general secretary; Ruth Paxton, state secre tary, and W. B. Pettus. The convention will continue through Sunday. Not Pleased With Award. Neither Emilia Knoblauch nor the Omaha 1 railway Is satisfied with the award made I by the commissioners in the condemnation proceedings for the land Bought by the Omaha railway for its terminals in North Minne apolis and hence the matter has been turned over to a Jury. The commissioners appraised i the property, which is at First street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth avenues N, at $5 500 1 and an appeal was taken. The Jury sworn in i the case visited the property this mc'rnlng I accompanied by a deputy sheriff and the at torpeys of the litigants. Forgery Ia Alleged. In a suit brought by the Minneapolis Dry Goods company against Ernil W. Mau to re cover $83.33 on a check, it is alleged that the check is a forgery. It purports to.have been drawn by the Scanlon-Qlpsou Lumber com pany on the Security bank and the allegation is that the signature of the lumber company ia forged. TO HONOR COMRADE M CKINLEY Commander-in-Chief of the G. A. R. Asks for Subscriptions for a Memorial at Canton, Ohio. Comander-in-Chief Ell Torranee has Is sued the following circular letter solicit ing contributions for the purpose of erect ! ing a suitable memorial at Canton, Ohio, in honor of Comrade William McKinley: Headquarters, Grand Army of the Republic, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 18, 1901. Circular Letter, No. I.—On the loth of Oc tober, 1901, the, trusteees of the McKinky I National Memorial Association, appointed by i President Roosevelt, with the approval of j Mrs. McKinley, met at Cleveland, Ohio, and perfected an organization for the purpose of erecting and maintaining at Canton, Ohio, a suitable memorial to our beloved comrade, William McKinley. It ie intended that the memorial shall be In the highest sense the I sincere expression of the love of the people j for President McKinley and of their admira tion for the qualities expressed 30 eminently in his life and deeds. The memorial will be erected at Canton, that city having been his home throughout his public life and se lected by him as his final resting-place. While doubtless other memorials will be erected in honor of the memory of the mar tyred president, this one especially appeals to his former comrades in arms, as It will embody the love and sentiment of those who Men Strike; Couldn't Smoke The record breaking "pipe story" of the season developed yesterday. Twelve stone masons in the employ of Jones & Hartley, stone contractors, 829 Seventeenth avenue S, walked out yesterday because of an order prohibiting smoking during work ing hours. Said Mr. Jones: We employed these men to work, not to RULER OF ALL ELKS He Pays a Visit to Minneapolis Lodge No. 44 AND IS SHOWN THE CITY OF FLOUR Haa Great Thing* to Say of the Order—A Day of Great Feaittlnff. C. E. Pickett of Waterloo, lowa, the grand exalted ruler of the Elks, arrived in Minneapolis yesterday over the Great Western road. He was accompanied by Fred C. Robertson, district deputy of lowa, and C. L. Kingsley of Waterloo, who is well known in Minneapolis. The trio were met at the depot by Exalted Ruler A. L. Hazer of Minneapolis Lodge No. 44, and after breakfast at the West Hotel were given a bird's eye view of the Commercial Club, where they were in troduced to many well known Minneap olitans. After which they had luncheon. "This eating habit is growing on me," remarked Mr. Pickett, as he sat down. "I began to get hungry the moment we crossed the Minnesota line. No use talk ing, there must be something in the ozone that is a minus quantity in lowa." Mr. Pickett ate another luncheon this afternoon and c hearty meal awaited him at the Elk lodge, rooms again at 6 o'clock, also an informal luncheon later. Mr. Pickett was given a ride about town yesterday. He went into rap tures over the lakeshore drives about Cal houn, Harriet and Lake of the Isles. Later he had an opportunity to comment admiringly on the city's magnificent resi dences and the giant mills. A Word About the Order. This is Mr. Pickett's first visit to Min neapolis since 1897, when he was a dele gate to the grand lodge session of the Elks. It was then that he broke into the high councils of the order for the first time and he attracted so much attention at that time that the eyes of all Elkdom have since been fastened on him. In speaking of the order he said: There is no more flourishing order in the United States to-day than the Elks, and I believe we are doing as much for the cause of our common humanity as any other char itable or benevolent organization in the world. "To do good," that is our mission, and we have a good time in doing so. Then are to-day about 100,000 members, and while other orders have larger memberships I doubt if any of them are knit together by the close ties of good fellowship which bind us to each other. Our membership would prob ably show larger gains, but for the fact that we do not allow organizations in cities of less than 6,000 inhabitants and that no city can have more than one lodge. To-day we have enrolled among us the very best brains in the country, from both business and pro fessional ranks. I believe that A. B. Cummins of Dcs Moines will be the next republican nominee for gov ernor. He is one of the very ablest men in lowa to-day. Republican victory is cer tain and if Mr. Cummings gets the nomina tion he will surely, be elected. A New Elk. D. E. Stifft, the western representative of the Illinois Casing company, is in Min neapolis and St. Paul on his way to the Pacific coast. He was Initiated into the Elks, St. Paul lodge No. 59, last Thurs day evening, and afterwards entertained his new brothers with a sleight-of-hand performance. He will give another exhi bition in St. Paul to-night In honor of Pickett, grand elevated ruler. ■ GEN. WASHBURN HONORED He In Made President of Convention of tint vernal a. General W. D. Washbum of Minneapo lis was yesterday elected president of the General Convention of the Universalists at Buffalo for a term of two years, the | other officers are: Vice president. Moses M. Knowlton, of Massachusetts; secretary, Rev. G. L. Demareat. D. D. of New Hamp shire; treasurer, Mr. F. W. Wise of Mas sachusetts; trustees for four years, Rev. H. W. Rugg, D. D., of Rhode Island; Rev. G. L. Perm, D. D., of Massachusetts; Charles S. Forbes, of Maine; Charles H. Russell of New York; Charles L. Hutch tnson of Illinois. : The next convention will be held In Washington, D. C. LOST KEY BLOCKS G A. R. National G. A. R. headquarters are now open and ready for business. The an- nouncement in itself is not particularly startling, but behind it there lies a story that is not without its humorous features. When Judge Ell Torrance was elected comniander-tn-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, he announced that the head quarters of the army would be trans ferred to this city from St. Louis at once. Rooms were secured in the Lumber Ex change, a typewriter and other office fur niture was installed, and S. H. Towler was appointed adjutant general In charge of headquarters. Everything, apparently, was ready for the transaction of business. However, the army records failed to ar rive. Each Incoming mail brought a large number of letters, but nothing could be done in the absence of the records. Finally a menage was sent to the former were bound to him by the most tender ties, and the commander-ln-chief earnestly re quests that all members of the Grand Army of the Republic contribute to this most ♦worthy and patriotic object. It is not desired that large contributions should be made, but it is sincerely hoped that all will give something as an expres sion of our love for our martyred comrade and to emphasize our loyalty to American institutions and our abhorrence of tbr.t spirit of lawlessness which inspired the :;i --sautt upon his life. Contributions, accompanied with the name and postoffice address of each contributor, should be forwarded to Kyerson Ritchie, secretary, Cleveland, Ohio, and in due tlino souvenir certificates will be prepared and issued to all donors to the fund, which will be worthy of preservation as evidence of the holder's participation in the work. Contri butions may be made by individuals, or as posts and remitted through post adjutants. Let prompt action be taken. —Ell Torranee, Commander-in-Chief. Official: Silas H. Towler-, Adjutant General. smoke. We discovered that they were de voting about a third of their time to smoking. We gave them fair warning that they would have to knock off at the pipe during hours or work elsewhere, and they quit. We timed six of them yesterday, and we found that each lost five minutes smoking during a given period.' That meant half an hour, and as this happened four times we figured that they wasted at least two out of the eight working hours during the day. TO FIX UP DETAILS Sash and Door Trust Has Won Its Main Battle. BIG LA CROSSE CO. IN THE DEAL An Official Announces the Fact—An other La Croaae Company Won't Go In. With few exceptions Minneapolis sash and door manufacturers decline to admit. that they are pledged to sell out to the trust. Some deny point blank, while one says he is not in position to discuss the matter. It is a fact, however, that the local manufacturers were never before so nearly unanimously favorable to the trust. and inasmuch as the Minneapolis interests bear a pivotal relation to the combine their acquiescence assured its success. That some deny is not surprising, for sev eral have been promised larger stipends and naturally wish to promote the most favorable conditions for the combination. There is still much work to be done be fore the combine can be put on a working basis. Plants must be carefully appraised, the proportions of cash, preferred and common stock to be paid for them must be determined, the trade must be dis tricted and the status of each plant de cided as regards operation. The real bat tle, however, has been to secure the pledges of the various companies and this has practically been accomplished. La Crosse, another of the western sash and door manufacturing centers, has felt the Influence of the movement toward a centralization. A dispatch from that point to The Journal says that the Segelke-Kohlpafis Manufacturing com pany, one of the largest sash and door concerns in Wisconsin, has joined the trust. C. F. Segelke, treasurer of the company, admits that the company has Joined the combine, but declines to say whether or not the company's action will affect business in Le Crosse. William Luening. secretary and treasurer of the R. C. Kuhn Sash and Door company of the same city, says his firm has not Joined the trust and will not unless forced into it. SAMUEL E. ADAMS HONORED Made l.t. Commander 33d Degree Scottish Rite Mumotin. Alderman Samuel E. Adams has been elected lieutenantcommander of the thirty third degree Scottish Rite Masons, and thus becomes the second ranking Masonic officer of the world. He succeeds Repre sentative James D. Richardson, formerly lieutenant commander, who has been act ing as grand commander ever since the death of Grand Commander T. H. Caswell, and who has now been formally advanced to that position. Martin Collins of St. Louis has been chosen grand chancellor and R. E. Fleming of Fargo, grand minis ter of state. Samuel E. Adams was the first Minne sotan to become a thirty-third . degree mason. Prior to his election as lieutenant commander, he was chairman of the finance committee, and in that capacity has done much for the order. He was born in Vermont, but came to Minneapolis in 1855 and has since made this city his home. He is a member of the city coun cil, having been elected alderman from the fourth ward. AT HOME IN ISHPEMING Mary Allenen, Charged With Killing Her Child, la There. A telegTam from Ishpeming, Mich., says that Mary Almen Allenen, who is charged with the murder of her 2-weeks-old babe which was found In the river just above St. Anthony Falls last Friday, is at her home in that town, 554 Jasper street. She arrived there last Friday. In the verdict of the cornoer's Jury the woman is called Mary Almen, that being the name she gave the hospital people. It Is said that a letter was rgfceived in Minneapolis from her yesterday in which she said that her child was quite 111 having caught cold on the train. Coroner Williams and County Attorney Boardman have been in consultation re garding the crime, but it is not known what steps have been taken to arrest the woman and bring her here. It is sup posed the Ishpeming police will watch her movements in the meantime. adjutant general at St. Louis asking that they be forwarded immediately. In another week the records arrived, packed in the strong box of the army. Then a search was instituted for the key. The adjutant general asked the command er-ln-chlef, but he had not seen the miss ing article and knew nothing of its where abouts. The express company was in terviewed, but denied all knowledge of the key. It had never been delivered to their company. Mr. Towlr wanted to get at those records, but he didn't like to break open the strong box; so he communicated again with his predecessor in office. After another delay the key arrived, the strong box was unlocked and the organiza tion was once more put on a business ba sis. Missing keys have caused much trouble before this, but it is doubtful whether the loss of one key ever before succeeded in tying up completely the busi ness of an organisation having on its rolls several hundred thousand members. THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1901. 15 Minutes sufficient to give you most delicious tea biscuit using Royal Baking Powder as di rected. A pure, true leavener. HIS CHARGE FALSE Kennedy Dougan Withdraws Suit for Divorce AGAINST MRS. EMMA E. DOUGAN The Witnesses Were Private Detec tives—Plaintiff Says He Had Been Misled. Stricken with remorse and penitence, Kennedy Dougan this morning called off his divorce suit against Emma E. Dougan after the trial had been in progress sev eral days. He had accused his wife of in fidelity aud was relying on the evidence ot a number of private detectives to prove his case. The main witness was to have been Charles S. Va.ugh.an, who had been "shad owing" Mrs. Dougan for weeks. He was sworn last Friday evening, but as the hour was then very late, court was ad journed before any evidence was taken. When the trial was resumed, Mr. Vaughan had left town, ostensibly on some very important business. The charges of in fidelity were based on the reports of other private detectives, who had seen Mrs. Dougan go to the residence of certain well-known people. Dougan himself, on the stand, said that he had seen his wife riding with another man and one time had caught her talking with a stranger in a public office. Mrs. Dougan, who is the daughter of a professor in some college in Sweden, admitted having gone everywhere that the detectives claimed, but she declared it was simply to make social calls on her friends, whom she had known for a great number of years. She admitted having ridden with an old friend, and the stranger she was talking with in her office was an insurance agent. There were swarms and swarms of witnesses of the utmost respectability to testify to Mrs. Dougan's good character, some of them being well-known ladies in society. When the ease was called yester-' day Attorney Xye, appearing for the plaintiff, moved that the case be dis missed, stating that the charges were false and that Mr. Dougan had been mis led. Mr. Dougan wanted to speak also, ap parently to make a penitent confession and apology, but Judge McGee per emptorily dismissed the case and left the bench. Mrs. Dougan was quite overcome by her emotions. DAMAGE CASES ARGIED Verdict of SS.OOO for the Maren- goea Wax Set Aside. The damage cases of Agno and Camille Marengo against the Great Northern rail way were argued in the supreme court this morning. The boy Camille was run down by an engine between Twenty second and Twenty-third avenues XE, and father and son together got verdicts for $8,000 damages. Th,ey were set aside by [ the court. Frank T). Larrabee, for the plaintiffs, appealed from the order, his contention being that the company was negligent in not fencing in its tracks. SEXSATIOXAL CASE >lr*. Rose McGregor Sues Jos. J. Mc- Gregor for Divorce. Joseph J. McGregor runs a saloon at 104 Henenpin avenue. His wife, Rose McGregor, lives at 2906 E Twenty-sixth street with their four children. Mrs. McGregor has brought an action for di vorce alleging cruel and inhuman treat ment and infidelity. It is charged that j Jan. 18, of last year, Mrs. McGregor and ! her son Joseph went to the saloon and ; found the proprietor and a certain woman i who is named as co-respondent in the | case, in scanty attire. There was a ! stormy scene and according to the allega tions in the complaint McGregor drew his revolver and fired three shots at the in truders. ! Mr. McGregor has applied to the court for an injunction against Michael Kelley and Thomas Callan to restrain them from going to his house and conveying liquor to his wife and children. They are ac cused of singing ribald songs about the premises, using profane language and de moralizing the whole family. Kelley iis McGregor's son-in-law, and Callen is Mrs. McGregor's brother. Dobbyn Mandamus Dropped. | The mandamus proceedings instituted by i William R. Dobbyn to secure the admission of his son Into the public schools without j submitting to vaccination, have been quashed by Judge Elliott on the presentation of a stipulation between Mr. Dobbvn and the board of education for a dismissal of the case. * Bers Cane \olled. County Attorney Boanjman has nolled the case against Ole J. Berg, indicted at the instance of the state medical board for prac ticing medicine without a license. The case is a relic of a former administration and has been continued from term to term, but no satisfactory evidence has been brought to light. NORDICA *^3^r^—^flL in her drawing-room abroad is ffl Sfffl 4 surrounded by many souvenirs Il!)sSUi^kj of her native land. WKll Prominent among these is * kM-MbilufHi KIMBALL |ji\ PIANO liSI to the accompaniment of which vmJm&SS^S^' ' ■he studies her roles. W. W. KIMBALL COMPANY Established 185T Factory Branch, 715 Nicollet Ay. c- AS;S ORPt BEAUTY. No Other Word Describes This Chafing Dish. We h»vp .iie finest lint* in the city — ; see a few samples {£* /-* mm mm ~ in the window— rh^ /j Up prices from * " v-r TABLE CUTLERY. !We have always been head- g^ ! quarters for these goods; stag Cl r#C i handle warranted steel, only w.H.MorisoDsco. HARDWARE, 247-240 Mioollet Avenue. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FLESH, WHITE OR BRUNETTE SHADES are supplied In that useful, exquisite toilet article, Satin-Skin Powder. Sr WANT TO BUY SECOND-HAND OVER coat in good repair; 40 chest measure; also business suit. Address M. Jerome, ?sti 6th ay S. ALL KINDS REPAIRING. SOLDERING, light job work; stoves remounted, etc., at in shop, 256 6:h ay S. .1. Lathrop. NELSON SPEAKS IN IOWA 2.000 HEAR HIM AT \ORTIIWOOD Policies and Failures of the Party of Bryan Reviewed at I.eiiKtli- Special to The Journal. Xorthwocd, lowa. Oct. 24.—Upward at 2,000 people greeted Senator Knute Nelson here yesterday afternoon when he opened the republican campaign in this city. The senator arrived on the lowa Central from the north and was escorted to the, stand by prominent republicans. He was intro duced by Congressman Q. N. Haugen. who spoke of him as one of the most useful members of the upper national house, a man of high ideas and noble purposes, with wide experience and broad, states manlike views. Mr. Nelson paid a pretty tribute to lowa, her material resources, intelligence and loyal republicanism. He referred to the great sorrow which the nation had just passed through, and eugolized the dead president and his life and work.. The senator then passed in rapid review the conditions following democratic as cendency in 1892, the financial stringency and industrial prostration as the result of tariff meddling, contrasted conditions then to present ones, referred to the free silver issue of 1896 and the bugaboos of imperi alism and militarism of 1900, all dead and buried with Brother Bryan. .He paid a touching tribute to the com rades of the G. A. R. The day was ideally beautiful and the exercises were held in the park. The speech made a fine impres sion and the crowd was enthusiastic. GRAIN TRADE HAMPERED Scarcity of Cars the Came—Heavy; Floor Shipments. The scarcity of cars is being, felt se riously in the grain trade. The railroads are being importuned by grain men on eveVy hand for more cars ■to move In wheat and flax, and while some relief is promised soon, the situation at the mo ment is very trying. One reason for tha shortage is found in the increase in gen eral shipments out of Minneapolis east. Nearly every leading line of merchandise shows a heavier outward movement. This takes numbers of cars out daily, the bulk going eastward. This tends to aggravate the situation. The heaviest Increase ts in flour. A week ago Monday the mills ..sent out over 100,000 barrels, and on Mon day last 85,000 barrels were shipped. Flour shipments to-day were 80,371 bar rels.. Railroad men say that the grain movement ordinarily should make car load receipts at Minneapolis at this time run far in excess of car shipments. At present, however, the general outward movement of merchandise is nearly equal to the Inward movement. For the week ending Oct. 19, receipts were 6.717 cars, and during the same period 6,220 car* went out.