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IPPPPI mm **H*v y-ji 6 THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. x \ - TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1902. CITY NEWS WEATHER NOW AND THEN M a x i m u m T e m p e r a t u r e T o - d a y 80 D e g r e e s a Y e a r Aar 74 D e c r e e s . B i t t e n toy a V i c i o u s The 5-year- old grand child of G. W. Nash, 2100 Irving avenue N, was knocked down and bitten by a vloioua dog this morning. The animal was killed by Inspector Eastman. J a c k s o n School ExhibitAn exhibit of the work of the pupils of the Jackson school will be made Friday afternoon. The exhibit will include the regular school work, as well as the Industrial, and parents are specially urged to be present. Sella to E o n Claire Stockholder* S. T. McKnight, of this city, has sold all his interest in the Northwestern Lumber com pany, of Eau Claire, to the Eau Claire stock holders, The consideration was $1,250,000. "Don't Spit*" ArriveHealth Com missioner Hall's antl-spittlng signs arlved to day and he announces that no time will be lost in geutlng thorn before the public. The signs are of sheet steel and carry the warn ing, '"Don't Spit on the Sidewalk. Fine $5. - G i v e n Sixty D a y * Harry Harlan . pleaded guilty this morning in police court - to stealing a bicycle from Andrew Sherman. As it iwae his second offense he was glvon sixty days In the workhouse without the priv ilege of paying a fine. . G r a d u a t e s W i l l Not SpealcGradu ation exercises in the graded schools of Min neapolis this year will differ from those of other years. The graduates will not deliver orations and essays, but will listen to ad dresses by those of maturer years. Gradu tlon exercises In the (East high school will be held June 9 in .the 'Central high school, June 10 in the South high school, June 11, and in ' the North high school, June 12. W a i t i n g W o r d F r o m IMinsNo -work Is being done locally toward raising addition al funds for the relief of Martinique sufferers. The public affairs committee to whom the - work was entrusted by Thomas Lowry, de- ' cidod that no further steps need be taken in ' the light of Consul Ayme's statement that no more money was needed. However, a tele gram of inquiry was sent to Cornelius Bliss, chairman of the general relief committee, and as no reply has yet been received, It Is sup posed tha Mr. Ayme was correct In his : statement.t P a r k B o a r d B o n d s Sold-^The . park board at Its meeting yesterday afternoon awarded its issue of $70,000 permanent im provement bonds to Dennison, Prior & Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, for $72,849. The next high est bidder was Vermilye & Co., of New York, - who bid $72,149. The Security bank and Min- ' aesota Trust company bid $73,000, but this ' did not include accrued interest. Proposals were received for the lease of the proposed Minnehaha Falls park pavilion. B. E. Lord offers to pay $1,500 for a two years' lease and ' J.rBarnett offers $800 for the first year, $1,00 : fo the second an d $1,40 0 fo r eac h succeedin0 g year. J u n e !* F l a g DayCommander-in chief Ell Torrance of the Grand Army of the Republic has issued a special order calling . upon all division and post commanders to - urge the observance of June 14, the nataiddaty : o f th e America n flag. Post s ar e ordere o display the colors on that day from their headquarters and comrades are requested also to fly the flags from their homes wherever . practicable, and to see that their neighbors do 'likewise. LOWCOALRATES James J. Hill Intends to Bring Illinois Coal Here - - Cheaply. NECROL.OGICAL DR. CYRUS SMITHThe funeral of Dr. Cyrus Smith will be held from the under taking rooms of Johnson & Landis Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The services vjiil be under the direction of Morgan Post G. A- R- GUST DAHI.STROM, traveling agent for the Napa Valley Wine company, died of heart failure at Grand Forks, N. D., Sundiy evening. The funeral will take place from the Unitarian church, Eighth street and Mary place, to-morow morning at 10 o'clock. Mem bers of Nora lodge, No. 33, K. of P., are re quested to attend. Floral tributes are to be sent to Hume & Davis. TIMOTHY' J. SULLIVAN died of pneu monia at 26 Sixth street S yesterday. The funeral services will be held from 1S13 First avenue S to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. THE MAYOR RETURNS R e p o r t O R e g a r d i n g R e c e n t T r i p t o W e s t B a d e n , Ind. Mayor Ames returned from his brief so- - Joui^n at West Baden, lid., this noon. He was gone only three days, and the inference is that business rather than the pursuit of stealth was the main object this time. The J mayor was late in showing up at his city I aall office this afternoon. It was learned that Dr. Ames has been in conference with L. W. Sinclair, manager of the new hotel being built at West Baden, relative to assuming the duties of house physician of the new house. To a Minne apolis friend of the mayor's, now at West Baden, Mr. Sinclair declared that there was positively nothing in the talk that Dr. Ames had received an offer to become manager of the new hotel. Mr. Sinclair would be his own manager, he said. But from other sources at West Bad6n it was learned that Mayor Ames was being considered In con section with the position .of house physician, -which, in a hotel of such magnitude, would be A good thing. :. Throygh the Burlington road and the coal properties adjacent, J. J. Hill intends to make southern Illinois soft coal a much more important factor in the northwes tern market. The coal rate from that territory is to be lowered and other means employed to increase its consumption in twin city terirtory. By this action Mr .Hill and the Bur lington road come to the front as ac tive and important factors in the coal trade Of the west. -The Great Northern president has explained that one of his purposes in acquiring control of the Bur lington was to become independent of the east and other sources for bis coal supply.' He is understood to have positive opinions on the general policy now followed in the coal trade, whereby the operators' pool names its terms and the consumer has ho choice. Mr.. Hill's roads are the biggest con sumers of coal in the Jiorthwest. The Great Northern is taking the lead in par tiality to Illinois coal. For the mse of the properties in which he is interested, Mr. Hill will bring 250,000 tons of soft coal from Illinois this year. This is a large percentage of the twin city con sumption. He also intends to encourage the use of Illinois coal by all other con sumers in order that the Burlington may increase its importance as a coal carrying road. The Great Northern president has been carefully investigating the situation for several weeks. He has arrived at the conclusion, that if the coal in southern Illinois is mined according to the best methods, it is as good as most of the steam coal from Pennsylvania and Ohio mines. Illinois coal men have been here to confer with him and the result will be a change of methods for the better in southern Illinois mines. By improving the quality and lowering the rate it is expected that they will bring the Illinois product rapidly to the front. Illinois coal can be mined much more cheaply than the veins in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The coal in southern Illinois is superior to that fourffl north of Springfield, but Mr. Hill regards the methods of mining it as prim itive. T h e G r a i n R a t e S i t u a t i o n . Whether there is to be a reduction in grain rates this year from points in Min nesota and the iDakotas to Duluth and Minneapolis is still problematical. It is understood that the traffic men have reached no decision. When the reduction in merchandise rates was made several months ago it was intimated that before the next crop was ready for shipment grain rates would be lowered. Since that time there has been an advance in wages to some classes of employes on the Great Northern and other advances are to come within a short time. In discussing the possibility of a reduction of grain rates a man high in authority said to-day: We have been seriously considering a re duction in grain rates to Duluth and Minne apolis, but as the matter stands now we do not know whether we will make It or not. The wages of a large number of our men have been materially advanced in - the past few months. More advances are coming. This increase In expense may deter us from mak ing the reductions in grain rates this, year. It is well understood that when grain rates were reduced a few years ago from points in Minnesota and North Dakota, Mr. Hill gave his officials a surprise party. This reduction on the grain ton nage of the Great Northern from that district amounted to about $1,200,000 a year. Mr. Hill may give another such surprise party this year, but at this time there appears to be no foundation for the report discussed toy "insiders" in traffic that a reduction in grain rates effective July 1 is already planned. A WAR OF THEATERSTRAINviSfeDELAYED Five Houses Will Probably Be Run ning Next Fall. * ' THE SYNDICATE VERSUS SCHUTZ L y c e u m t o B e O p e n e d W i t h a S t o c k C o m p a n y t o Meet a N e w ^ -- R i v a l . Good Roads Traveling School Not Coming Till Fall. " A BIG CONVENTION POSSIBLE M i n n e a p o l i s May Get M e e t i n g of t h e N a t i o n a l Good R o a d s Anebofation. Minneapolis is to- have a rather lively time of it, speaking from a theatrical standpoint, next season. In all probabil ity five theaters 'will open for business the first week in September, the Metro politan, the Lyceum, the Bijou, the Dewey and a new theater to be erected in some central location, probably on Washington near First avenue S, by the Schlitz Brewing company of Milwaukee. Both the Lyceum and the new house will be run as stock theaters of the first class and prospects for a theatrical war are of the brightest. Yesterday the Syndicate Opera-house company which controls the Metropolitan theater in St. Paul, and the Metropolitan and Lyceum here, and whose president own* the Minneapolis Bijou and St. Paul Grand, leased a strip of ground fronting on Hennepin avenue and adjoining the Lyceum on the south. 'Jacob Litt, presi dent of the company, and his,associates in the twin cities have decided that they can no longer afford to ignore the inva sion of the Schlitrj company aT C have de cided upon retaliatory Measures. The Dewey theater, controlled by the Schlitz people, has been competing strong ly with the Bijou. Over in St. Paul the Star ha3 similarly affected the Grand, an other Litt house. Recently the announce ment was made that Schlitz would, this summer, erect theaters in each of yie twin cities, to be run in connection with houses in Milwaukee, Omaha and else where. That Mr. Litt and his associates are preparing for a fight to maintain their grasp upon the local situation can not be doubted . , It is said that the Lyceum will be com pletely renovated, and provided with ad ditional exits this summer. Manager L. N. Scott has made a definite proposition to Daniel Frawley to open the theater in September with a permanent stock com pany. Mr. Frawley says he will probably accept the proposition, if the business of the Frawley company at the Metropolitan this summer is satisfactory. " T h e SchlitE F l a n . The new Schlitz house will present stock plays of a high class, the various companies alternating through the sea son at each house in the circuit. . Mr. Frawley said this morning, that if he accepted Manager Scott's offer, he would probably start out with the inten tion of making the Lyceum the home of polite comedy in Minneapolis, producing the Daly line of comedies.. Unless these plans miscarry, the Met ropolitan will present traveling combina tions next season. . The Lyceum will have a resident stock company. The Schlitz theater will offer traveling stock, while the Bijou and Dewey will continue to be run as they have in the past. W h y Stars Don't Come. It is reported, too, that the Schlitz in vasion has just begun and that the plans now under way are designed simply as a feeler. St. Paul has hitherto prevented Minneapolis from getting the best road attractions, because first-class theaters in both towns are under the same man agement, which has steadfastly refused to book a company here unless a St. Paul booking could be secured also.. St. Paul is by no means as good a theater town as Is Minneapolis, and the result has -been that many stars of the first magnitude have refused to come here^: '- : v V - AFTER THE LEAGUE M i n n e a p o l i s W i l l P r e s e n t a n I n v i t a - t i o n t o E p w o r t h i a n s . Minneapolis will make a strong bid for the Epworth League convention in 1903, and with flattering prospects of, success. The league hold biennial conventions. Last year it met ! in San Francisco and drew 40.000 visitors, i half of whom were delegates. At the 'Frisco -meeting no convention cHfcr was selected for next year, the choice being left to the execu j tive committee, which meets in Chicago to I jndrrow. Wallace G. Nye, of the Commercial | Club convention committee, and C. R. Ellis, ' - president of the Minneapolis district league, . leave for Chicago to-night to urge Minneapo j lis' claims. MUSIC FUND GROWING i t Is R a p i d l y N e a r l n g Marie. t h e f l , 4 0 0 Subscriptions to the fund for free music in the public parks had reached $1,346.25 at noon to-day. Yesterday telephones were set to work and requests were sent to many firms which have not yet re turned their subscription blanks to do so at once. This move resulted in the dis covery that a large number of the blanks have been lost and the committee con sequently asks that contributions be sent in to the secretary without the lists, vrherever it is impossible to find them. The work of telephoning is still going on, and it will be several days before nil the firms and individuals holding lists have been reached. The report, up to to-day, is as follows'. Previously reported ?1,304.45 Uncle Sam's traveling school for road builders will not come to the northwest until 'next fall. Colonel W. H. Moore makes this announcement in a letter to President George W. COoley, of the state good roads association. He says that the authorities had considered bringing the good roads train to the northwest in the spring and summer, but the threatened drought led them to believe that it wovld not be an opportune time to make the at tempt io interest farmers. Colonel Moore, who is president of the National Good Roads association and Martin Dodge of the government bureau realiee the im portance of sending the school through this section and hope to have it here in the fall. This is in accordance with the original views of Mr. Cooley, who urged that the spring and early summer was the poor est of all times foi- good roads conven tions and schools if it was the intention to reach tihe farmers. He advised that the train be made up in the cities fair week and started on its. travels imme diately after the hlz show Should this arransement be made, Mr. Cooley will seek to have the National Good Roads association hold its conven tion here at the same time.. Congress man Beidler. of Ohio, has introduced a bill in congress providing for a good roads convention under government auspices, Should the bill be passed, the meeting of the national association would be merged "with the convention. On account of northwestern interest in the movement Mr. Cooley believes there will not he much difficulty in holding the meeting in this city. There are some "ifs" in the road just now, but they will doubtless be overcome. Special Sales this week on all lines You will certainly miss these great bargains If you stay Removal sale Extraordinary^ . , jMCostl , Store Furniture and Carpets South or Come in away^ *3^ Fsncy Rockers, Roman Seats, Office Desks, Dining Room Sets, Iron Folding Beds, a large assort ment New and Second-Hand Housefurnishings. Town Market Furniture Co J T. Ranger. Manager IHBSPARROW ABIRD How the Little Fellows Won in a Battle of Wits. WIRE SCREENS DIDN'T BAR THEM MANY BAPTISTS ARRIYE F O R MISSIONARY UNION MEETING NEW FIRE ENGINE HOUSE F o u r t h Street N. Q u a r t e r s W i l l B e R e a d y T o - m o r r o w . ra_ engine house on Fourth l b e completed to-morrow D. C Bell Walter A. Eggleson James B. Sutherland :... Hooker Cigar, Mfg. Co Hooker Cigar Mfg. Co. employes.... Minneapolis Gas-Light Co Cash * Martin Gun A. 13. Haynes .. Total CARD OF THANKS 1.00 1.00 1.00 5.00 1.80 . 25.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 .?1.346li We wish to thank our friends sincerely for their kind assistance and warm sympathy ex tended to us in our late bereavement. Mrs. J. W. Moore, Mrs. H. L. Steinhauseiv S. S. Thompson. ! t afe- , ***" -v ^ ' t*v~ v Do You Wish tke Fittest Bread ea\d CeJke It is conceded tliat - Royal Baking Powder is purest and strongest of all baking pow ders,absolutely free from alum, ammonia and every ^adulter ant. "Royal" makes the besj and most wholesome food. ,The new fir_ street N. "wil^ f and ready for service. The fire depart ment committee of the council will meet in the morning and probably will give the word then for the department to move in immediately. The present plans call for the location of Chemical No. 1, Truck No. 1 and the water tower in the new building. Truck No. 1 is now at the old headquarters on Second street N. Chem ical No. 1 is at the sewer barn in the rear of the building and the water tower is at the Holden street house. Later one of the large type of englnes,vwith its'hose cart, will displace the water tower at the new building. - The Fourth street house is the largest and best equipped engine house in the city. It has accommodation for four pieces of apparatus, fourteen horses and twenty-flve men. It is provided with the lateat sanitary devices. [ State Capitol News i NICOL.IN GETS NO LICENSE W i n M a y o r a n d Cleric of J o r d a n Case In S u p r e m e Court. ' A decision was banded down by the su preme court to-day in the quo warranto action brought by A. M. Nlcoltn against the mayor and city clerk of Jordan. The relator was granted by the council a license to sell liquor, having filed a bend. But later he withdrew the bond, and the city officers refused to "issue the license. Their action is upheld in the decision, which is summarized as follows: "the filing of a sufficient bond is a neces sary part of the application for a liquor license, and where such bond, after its ap proval and the granting of the application by the city council, has been withdrawn, the municipal officers have no authority to issue the license. Order affirmed. . . . . . . Lewis, J. F i r s t B u s i n e s s S e s s i o n of t h e W o m e a ' i H o m e M i s s i o n , Society. Baptists have been gathering rapidly to-day.at St. Paul. It s expected that the enrollment will reach 1,000 by night. To-morrow, however, will see the largest influx to attend the meetings of the American Baptist Missionary Union which will osen at 10 a. ro. The large auditorium, of the First Bap tist church was filled this mornine^of the first busines session of the Women's Home Mission society. The opening praise service, led by Mrs. .C. Swift, the first corresponding ..secretary,, was fol lowed by a graceful\:\i[e/leome.. extended toy Mrs. H. i. Gates,' whd\enumerated some of the 'blessings' experienced by the so ciety, emphasizing especially the im portance of the twenty-flve years of un broken and self-sacrificing service given by Mrs. Crouse the president. Mrs. Gates announced tba her -greeting was also a personal farewell as the Minnesota repre sentative c the society . Mist Crouse re sponded briefly and happily. . .v.'.. meports. ot Offlcerg. -:'':'- - "The Story of the? Twenty-fifth Year," by Mrs. Mary, (&.-,Burdette corresponding secretary, was*i.sh%aanayrj: of her rep.ort placedHn_-the= delet^teBVTftands in pointed form. Tre report''showed 2K775 auxiliar ies, of whlchiSfi are children's organiza tions. Mrs. A." $. -fii&rber, as: treasurer, reported ^receipts offl&.oe&se, and a bal ance of "nearly $4,001)0 the expendituresi with the exception 6f $1,669.83 for ad ministration, went directly itno mission ary effort Music and a brief memorial exercise fallowed. The committee on the report of "the executive board, embodied in the secretary's report given by Mrs. Walter aBrrett, indorsed all of the recom mendations " emphasizing especially those for increased attention to children's organizations as vital to the future of the work. The gifts for the year were $19,000 more than "for any previous year. Mrs. Jeffery for the resolutions com mittee reported in favor of pressing the plan, of work for young women and gave thanks for the enlarged fields of work. The action of the Presbyterian women in opposing the admission of Arizona and New Mexico to statehood on account ot the illiteracy of their people and the stronghold mormonism has in these ter ritories was indorsed. T o - n i g h t ' s Progrram. At the afternoon meeting the president gave her annual adresa and officers were elected. To-night the society will listen to addresses from its missionary represen tatives, J T h e y E n l a r g e d t h e M e s h e s b y S q u e e z i n g T h r o u g h a n d N o w L a u g h Last. T H E OPENING SESSION " B o x c a r M a n " E s c a p e d . Dairy Commissioner McConnell has returned from Elmore, where he chased George B. Sexton, the "box car man," over the line into Iowa. Sexton is the man who was caught with contraband groceries at Hallook, some months ago. Mr. McConnell, at Elmore, swore out a complaint against him for sell ing vinegar and baking powder improperly labeled, vbut the local officers allowed the man to .get across the state line. -, '-rsM --, siwk' ftOYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100"WILLIAM ST., NEW Y O R K . \ F . S h r e w s b u r y a n I n s p e c t o r . Frank Sehrewsbury, of Long Lake, Henne pin county, has been appointed a creamery inspector by Dairy Commissioner McConnell. Mr. Shrewsbury is an expert butter-maker. N e w C o r p o r a t i o n M. The Wlllman Milling company has been in corporated bygIw'0.-ThoToe D N. Tallman, Peter Hang, T. O.Kiiana-and W. R. Tate. The capital stock is $2,500. The Bee Hive Store of Owa/tonna has incor porated with $26,000 capital, ot which $10,000 iBjjaid up. The 'Ha.wley Rolling Mill company has. in corporated With $6,000 capital. Andrew John son is president, Fred. J. Soutsbwell secretary nd H. !L. Mensing treasurer. ^., - Q n e n t l on Of a B o n u s . ^gS^i Former Governor John Lind appeared be fore the supreme court to-day as counsel for the village of Birc Coulie, Renville county, In its suit against the Minneapolis & St. Louis railway. The company engaged to *uild a spur track into the town on payment of a bonus of $5,500, but, .the town' says vthe track was not built as specified, and refuses to pay the bonus. * - - Mmm .' -v -^.S F o r e s t R e s e r v e P l a n s , f l ^ f The state forestry board met atTh&.capltol this" afternoon 'to arrange for surveying the lands in Cass county donated to the state by the late John, S Eillsbury- ' They comprise 1,000- acres of standing timber and will be devoted to forest reserve purposes. W o m e n H o m e M i s s i o n W o r k e r s H e a r F r o m V a r i o u s States. The opening meeting yesterday of the Women's Baptist home mission society was presided over by Mrs. J. N. Crouse, president of the society* At the "work ers' Conference" in the afternoon ex tempore reports from various -states were given by the vice presidents representing the states or by others, the purpose be ing mutual encouragement and informa tion. Tbe ryoakers were Mrs. Mary S. Smith, of Wisconsin Mrs. Reuben Jef fries, Indiana Mrs. H. D. Gates, Minne sota Miss Martha Van Ness, Nebraska Mrs. Alexander. Ohio (Mrs. Walker, Philadelphia Mrs. Mapiesden, Brooklyn Miss Joannia P. Moore, Chicago Miss El len Sprague, 111. Miss Barclay, Ouba Miss Susan Jones, Mexico Miss Elliott, Richmond, Va. Miss Agnes Ostergren, Minnesota and Miss Mary Burdette, sec reary of tbe society. Several of the speakers were missionaries or women in terested in city mission work. The silver anniversary idea dominated the evenrtng meeting and the speakers told of the beginnings of the "five elder daughters," the city unions ot Chicago, Pittsiburg, Philadelphia, New York and Long Island. It was intended that Mrs. James Dikerson, the first chairman of the executive board of the home mission so cietv should saeak on the beginnings of the national society} but in her enforced absence, the topic: was taken by Miss Laura T. Thyng of Chicago. This his torical sketch was quite a detailed One and showed that Mrs.Crouse has served as president from the beginning. Mrs. R. R. Donnelly spoke for the Chi cago UE ion, Mrs. J. G. Walker, for Phila delphia Miss Mary Burdette read the sketch of the New York union- and the Long Island contribution was also sent to be read in the absence of the presi dent, Mrs. William R. Taylor. Rev. William Lawrence, pastor of the Second Baptist church of Chicago, paid a high tribute to the efficiency of the so ciety" and the high character of the work. EARXY POI/ICE TRIALS X^S J u d g e H a r r i s o n W i l l P r o b a b l y T r y H o w a r d a n d M o r r i s s e y . The trial of John Morrisey and- James Howard, the detectives, will not begin to day. Welch and Hubachek, their attor neys, are tied up with another case in court.and could no't begin the trial. Jt will stand on the calendar and will be taken up as soon as. the. attorneys are. free. Judge Harrison tORday^hegan the trial of a criminal oase. " * This means that ho will share.the criminal calendar with Judge Simpson and that Howard and Morrissey will probablyt soon 1 tried before him. V.Michael Breslauer has a new story about the English sparrow: itls a bird. Anl the wherefore is thus: Siuct' Mr. P.res lauer purchase! a handsome residence at Douglas and Irving avenues, he has been one of the best householders in. all the Green's additions. His lawn has been carefully kept his trees and hedges well watered and trimmed and his house well painted and shipshape. Last season he conceived a severe "grouch" against the sparrows. They built nests in every avail able nook about the eaves, tbey sputtered and scolded on his piazza roof and to make matters worse they came for blocks around about 4 a. m. every day to whet their little bills on the crook, of a con ductor-pipe, just over Mr. Breslauer's bedroom window. A sparrow whetting his bill On a conductor pipe sounds as if he were shaking a pint of dry beans in a ten-gallon milk can. It is not con ducive, to early morning repose of mina or body. Mr. Breslauer first tried air guns. He recruited and equipped an anti-sparrow league but the boy. marksmen found it lots easier to hit window lights than spar rows and the corps was disbanded: Wheat boiled with stryennine proved destructive for a day but was abandoned because it seemed really pitiful to see the birds fluttering helpless to the ground. So the sparrows were tolerated through the sea son and Michael put in the winter figur e s - By spring he had the problem most hap pily solved. Last week an army of paint ers with Jong ladders descended upon the place. and put on a brand hew coat of paint.' At every angle of the eaves where the conductor spouts turned, they erected a barricade of wire netting and Mr. Breslauer chuckled as he thought about the sparrows'- discomfiture. Early next morning, however, he had an evil dream and awoke to the horrid reality that it had come true. There was the same, old familiar rat-a-tat-tat on the conductor spout Hurriedly dressing he hastened to his lawn and found that a small flve-and-three-quarters sparrow had pushed his way through the meshes of *the wire and was working his bill down to a needle point with the dexterity of a barber stropping a razor. The tele phone wires over the lawn were black with chattering birds applauding the operation and making mean remarks about people who thought they were cute. However, Michael consoled himself with the thought that the bird was a little one and probably couldn't find his way out. through the netting again anyway. This latter theory seemed correct for the bird remained inside a long time and all day the sparrows held their councsil of war on the telephone wires. Finally they seemed to evolve a plan and the smaller birds began to squeeze in and out of the wire screened nook. while the bigger ones stood on the side-lines and coached. Gradually the mesh began to expand un der the pressure and bigger and bigger sparrows began to take a hand in the game. They worked all day. That night, when Mr. Breslauer came home, the thought he saw a suspicion of a straw behind the crook in the conductor spout. The apparition gave him such a Jolt that he stood on his lawn for half an hour staring upward and pretending he was watching the clouds. There wasn't a sparrow in sight. He did not rest well that night again for he knew what to expect. Sure enough, the next day re vealed behind the wire a nest as large as a bushel basket. It had been made ridiculously large to emphasize the spar row's victory and the birds had then gone t o work on every screened angle about the eaves. s As matters now stand, the screened angles are most in demand for nests for the netting was so well put up that it defies clothes poles and garden rakes and the nests are perfectly safe from de struction. The joke on Mr. Breslauer is so palpable that the sparrows can all see it even if they are English, and they revile him on sight in shockingly bad sparrow talk. There will be another win ter along pretty soon and he can sit up during the long nights and do some more figuring. 307 NICOLLET AVENUE. Oxfbrds. Don't suffer in a hot high shoe. Let us fit you to a pair of comfortable Oxfords for the coming Ladies* patent leather bxfords, Goodyear welt, inedium weight extension soles-latest up-to date toes. Special. See our new Blucher Oxfords for ladies. Patent leather vamp, dull kid quarter extension sole, a beauty at...._ -. .......... '2.50 '3.00 WILL MEET HERE State M u s ic T e a c h e r s ' A s s o c i a t i o n Coming to M i n n e a p o l i s . The- Minnesota State Music Teachers' Association this morning decided to meet in Minnaapolis next year. Duluth, Man katd.and Winona all fought t h ^ c j n y e j ^ ticn. .. .. ,T*' .. The report of the nominating commit tee, recommending the -re-election of all the present officers, was adopted. In appreciation of the services of Miss Pinch ,the faithful secretary, it was voted to pay her $50 for past work and $75 for the coming year. A fine program by G. H. Fairclough, or ganist Mrs. Inga Olund, soprano and Arthur Bereh, violinist, was given. The closing paper was by W. M. Crosse, who pronounced systematic fingering the most important factor in riano fort technique. He advised mature players to chose the fingering nrost simple for their hands. The convention will close with a con cert to-night by the Kneisel quartet of Boston. , SHOULD K S O W M O R E MUSIC C r i t i c i s m of Miss S m i t h R e g a r d i n g S c h o o l T e a c h e r s . The report of the secretary of the State Music Teachers' Association yesterday showed a total membership of 132, fee6 from membership amounting to $265 and a bank balance of $175.'- Invitations were received from Duluth and Mankato for the next convention. Miss Caroline B. Smith, teacher of music in the Winona normal school, made a plea for better musical education of public school teach ers. She said that teachers who were supposed to teach music in the schools frequently knew practically nothing about it, many of them going out from normal schools with not more than_ eight or nine lessons on the subject. A com mittee consisting of Miss Elsie M. Shawe, Mr. Koerner and Miss Fenton, was appointed to look into the matter. In the evening a concert was given by Hamlin Hunt, Minneapolis Miss Kath erine Gordon and Lewis Shawe, St. Paul and Miss Marie Geist-Erd of Duluth. In the afternoon musical selections were given by Heinrich Hoevel, Minneapolis D. F. Colville and Mrs. Hermann Scheffer, Sfe* Paul. GEO.,, H. DAGGETT SWORST He'll Act- a s . J u r o r i n tine Me g a a r d e n Case. George H. Daggett, the well known grain man was sworn as a juror in the Megaarden case this morning. That a man . of his business responsibilities should calmly allow himself to be placed on the jury without even seeking to evade this duty gave court attaches a novel sensation. The only other juror secured at the morning session was C. Colburn Lynn, a driver for the' Minneapolis Milk company. John C. Lund, an iron moulder, was sworn as the eleventh juror. L e c t u r e o n E l e c t r o T h e r a p e u t i c s . " C. S. Neiswanger, of Chicago, president of the Illinois School of Electro-Therapeutic* will be here to-morrow to attend the session of the State Homeopathic Institute, and will lecture at the afternoon session. CANADIAN NORTHERN SHOPS Half a M i l l i o n W i l l B e S p e n t a t W i n n i p e g . Special to The Journal. Winnipeg, Man., May 20.The Canada Northern railway has decided to erect general railroad -workshops here. U cost iu the neigh borhood of half a million dollars. Plana hav* been prepared and work will be started imme diately. GRANDCHILDREN CONTEST WILL. La Crosse, Wis., May 20.The will of th late John Bradley is contested by his grand children, Horace and Nellie Bradley, on the ground of undue influence. The estate, valuet at $40,000, includes much property at Ban gor, Wis., besides valuable farms through out this county. CASE IS DISMISSED -'' Street O b s t r u c t i o n F i g h t A&ainst ^Messrs. McLeod a n d W u n d e r . John A. McLeod and John Wunder iwere arraigned in police court this morning on a charge of obstructing a street, * based upon a complaint by iAlderman McCoy. The case was the culmination of the trouble over the stone quarries in North east Minneapolis. After hearing some of the testimony, the case was dismissed upon motion of the city attorney. It grew out of an attempt of property hold ers in the vicinity to prevent the working of stone auarries nd the ruining of land for residence purposes thereby. The de fendants in the case built a spur from the Wisconsin Central tracks to the quarries and in doing this It was claimed that the? obstructed the street. *4 KNEISEL QUARTET, ^ C o n c e r t a t L y c e u m T h e a t e r T o - m o r - r o w Evenlngr. The concert by the Kneisel quartet'of Boston at the Lyceum Theater tc-morrow evening will "he a 'brilliant finish to an exceptional musical season. 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