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The Cat Out of the Bag.
Senator Foraker, in he course of his
argument against the rate bill, stated
the case fort he bill as it stands better
than any friend of he bill has or prob
ably will state it Senator Foraker
j. said:
"Between extortion on the one hand
and confiscation on the other, there is
n roost cases, considerable latitude
.vithiti which an action of the commis
sion,'without a special statutory pro
jrision for its review by the courts
Would be final and conclusive."
That is to say th at in many cases the
,ction of the commission in overthrow
ing an unfair rate and replacing it by
i fair rate would be so manifestly re
moved from the realm of confiscation
.tat the courts under the Hepburn bill
it stands would have no occasion to
^terfere. tOn the other hand, one has butt
jrn Senator Foraker's sentence around
$ see why the railroads are so anxious
pr an amendment providing for court
oview in advance of a rate going into
meet. I would then read, "Between
axfcortion on the one hand and con-to
I pation on the other, there is consid
liable latitude in which an action of
commission with a statutory pro-
sio for its review would never be
HiJwe final or conclusive." The friends
!'of he Hepburn bill in the senate should
be greatly obliged to the brilliant sen
ator from Ohio: for this elucidation of
C*"' the railroad position. I clarifies the
issue. I makes it very plain what the
S V, railroads expect to gain by the review
amendment.
No more free seeds! delenda est
committee on appropriations.
fraction of its value.
The Mizner July option opened higher,
i|J|| with a tendency to sag toward 10 o'clook.
The Law's Belay.
The Patrick case certainly fills all
the conditions attaching to a "fair
trial.'' Th case has been in all the
courts of the land and for five years a
man under sentence of death and three
times on his way. to the electric chair,
has been carrying on a vigorous law
business from Sing Sing with himself
..for his client and his life for the fee
y.-|?is Some time late in the last century,
1& Albert T. Patrick was charged with
&%i the murder of William Marsh Rice, an
eccentric Texas millionaire. Patrick
SiS was convicted largely on the testimony
jL of one Jones, who was Bice's servant,-
~"Uf. and who swore that he had been hired
by Patrick to snuff out the waning life
of the millionaire by means of chloro
form. Patrick had -previously induced
r_.Rice to make a wiE.-in his favor.
Every court in New York has passed
upon Patrick's various pleas, and every
court has declined to take any stock
in them, but Patrick is still alive in
venting new pleas. His latest motion
for:a new trial is based on affidavits
that Jones confessed that he had no
told he truth when he accused Patrick.
isThe\ state has brought counter testi-
moy to show that the people -who are
now testifying for Patrick have been
jtjiired to do so.
fl The case illustrates in an extreme
measure what can be accomplished by
roney amd taleni toward prolonging /the
of a tnan who ha* beenr-convictedftdf'
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Poor Business Policy.
The Hill ore properties on the Mesaba
range are said to be leased to the steel
trust on a royalty of 70 cents a ton
which is to be increased every two
years till it reaches $1, and the Great
Northern is in addition, guaranteed
10,000,000 tons of ore a year to haul
to the docks.
he state of Minnesota gets a flat
royalty of 25 cents a ton for all ore
mined from school and institution land
under fifty-year leases. Much of the
ore on state land is just as valuable as
the Hill holdings. While a large part
of it is low-grade are, the lessees are
willing to pay 25 cents a ton," or they
would not make the contracts. On the
^vl, high-grade ore the state is losing thou-
"""'& sands, and eventually millions, by fail
ing to demand the royalty that should
be pailjl. I is too late to change the
terms on contracts already made, but
it is not, too late to make a new rule
for future leases, and either raise the
y.3? royalty outright or provide for com
$t"'' petitive bids, with 25 cents as the mini-
h' mum N private business interest
would* let such va st weal th go for a
a capital "crimed If Patrick had. been
friendless and poor he would have been
in a felon's grave "long ago, He owes
his extraordinary lease of life to a per
sonal knowledge of law and "io money,
but more to a tenacity of purpose which
has become the admiration of all who
have come in contact with the man.
Nearly everybody who has had any
thing to do with Patrick except the,
lawyers wiho convicted him, have about
concluded they would like to see himfacturer
win his fight.
Whether the Patrick case illustrates
a bad or a good tendency in American
courts will remain an open question.
Secretary Taft would probably say the
former. He is for cutting off appealB
and giving the trial courts more author
ity to finally dispose of cases. On the
other hand, the delays in Patrick's
case have done no harm if the truth
is finally established.- If he is inno
cent, the state does not want his life.
If he is guilty and is punished, the
majesty of the law is only heightened
by the fact. that it waited patiently
until the accused had had every oppor
tunity to show cause why he should not
be punished.
Professor Wiley's imitation whisky is
said to be about three whoops from 40-
rod.
Lawyers in the Dark.
you know the law today!
You may think ybu do, and perhaps
you do, but there is a strong chance
th at you are mightily mistaken. Th
revised statutes which became effective
at midnight last night are supposed to
be a condensation of the statutes of for
years, but they are full of new mat
ter, and it will be months before the
bar of the state can get acquainted
with all of the changes made. I will
be years before the courts get thru con
struing them. Just now, however, the
state is full of lawyers who do not even
know how the law reads. Copies of
tho code turned out so far have gone to
judges, state and county officials. I is
now he turn of the lawyers, but at the
slow rate of publication it will be
weeks before all are supplied. N mat
ter how badly a lawyer wants to know
the law of the state, he must sit and
twirl his thumbs till his turn arrives,
unless he is lucky enough to borrow a
code from some judge or county officer.
I is to be hoped that no more serious
mistakes lurk in the code, but the first
look has not been reassuring. Only
two copies had left the printer's hands
when it was found that $502,000 in ap
propriations for ten state institutions
had been left out. Th revisers left
them out on purpose, and the legislature
.intended to put them back in but no
one happened to attend to the matter.
So the statehouse was turned topsy
turvey, an extra session was threatened,
and state officers were in council two
days before they devised a makeshift
carry the institutions thru the year
and avoid the extra session bogie. That
omission was big as a barndoor. There
probably are others, less patent at first
glance, but just as important and less
easily corrected.
I is a big risk to run, but we have
our code, and the lawmakers and other
citizens who were code-hungry will be
satisfiedas soon as their turn comes to
possess a copy. Our legislature will
meet again in ten months more, and may
be able to repair the greater part of- the
damage by passing a few dozen cura
ti ve acts and applying a layer of
patches to the code.
W are on a level today. There are
no men learned In the law amongst those
present. The Campaign for Free Alcohol.
One of the great essentials to the
success of a nation in manufacturing is
fuel. Th United' States has abund
ance of fuel and also an abundance of
ignorance in the art of protecting it
from monopoly. Th coal fields have
been seized and made to. pay tribute to
an excessively cheeky and.disgusting
combine of the coal-carrying railroads,
which have no moral pr legal right to
own coal fields at all. The whole pop
ulation has joined in a vicious and bar
barous assault upon the forests of the
country and has done practically noth
ing to repair the ravages of the pioneer
ing period.
Fuel to make steam power with whi ch
to turn the wheels of factories has been
so far absorbed that it is behind and
will remain behind the demand. Th
future of the country as a manufacture
ing center cannot depend entirely upon
them.
But there have come into use two
other forms of power dynamos which
gather electricity and distribute it in
the form of power and gas engines.
The latter can be run by gasolene or
by alcohol. Now gasolene production
in this country, by a conspiracy whose
history is being gradually revealed, has
become the exclusive function of the
Standard Oil company.. To legally oust
the Standard Oil company from its
place would be a work of years, but
there is another way to circumvent it
and. th at is by the use of alcohol as
power. There is but one thing stand
ing in the way of this, and that is^he
government tax upon alcohol. There
is now before congress a bill to remit this
upon alcohol to be'used in the arts.j
To make it effective, however, it is nec
essary to convince the people that the
alcohol withdrawn for use in the arts,
will not. be drunk. There are scientific
ways of making it unfit to drink* which
are comparatively inexpensive. Free
alcohol could be made for a few cents,
a gallon, whereas taxed alcohol costs
from $2 to $2.50, according to its puritjr.
I would seem as tho the government
would not hesitate to release this mag
nificent fighting weapon against the
Standard Oil monopoly.
I addition to its use in power, al
cohol has been shown to be essential in
a great many industries. The Jour
nal has heretofore alluded to the fact
that_the United States no longer manu
factures percussion caps. W import
them from .Canada, because the Cana
dians have the sense not to tax. their
'industrial aleohbl and'therefare^seli-ua
V^Tht^ylay Evening, THE"MiNNElPOLIS JOURNAL.
fulminate of mercury, which is the ejfcr
plosive principle of percussion capej,
cheaper than we can make, them our-,
selves. Another item may be mentioned'
here. Transparent soap is' clarified by
alcohol. Our people like transparent
soap so well that they import 15,000,000
cakes annually from an English firmj
which can manufacture it $5 a gross
cheaper than American manufacturers
can, merely because tfie English manu
has free alcohol and* the Ameri
can haB not.
From Cuba we have learned that al
cohol is as good to run gas engines as
gasolene. From Germany we are learn-,
ing that free alcohol is the cause of the
difference between our output of chemi
cal dyes and that of Germany, about
$27,000,000 a year in favor of Germany.!
We are also learning that the Germans
use American processes and American
devices in their chemical industries
which cannot be successfully applied
here because alcohol is taxed $1.10 a
gallon, while the German industrial al
cohol is not taxed. Altogether the case
for free alcohol becomes stronger the
more it is studied.
'Twas off the blue Canary Isles
One glorious summer day,
The drydock Dewey sailed the brine.)
And burned soft coal away.
And as the dense, black smoke arose
A horror In the air,
The Canary Islanders remarked,
"No smoke consumer there."
The Gross Earnings1
Tax.
With two railroads contesting the
payment of the 4 per cent gross earn
ings tax, the state of Minnesota has re
ceived from each one a larger revenue
than last year. Each system is paying
4 per cent on part of its line and the
Great Northern has paid $64,666.36
more than it would pay under the
straight 3 per cent tax Th Great
Western, which is paying only 2 per
cent on part of its line, pays 4 on the
rest of the system. From all^the rail
roads, without counting the two sums in
litigation, the state has received $958,-
252.24 more in taxes than it did last
year, and $620,671.97 more than it
would have received on the 1905 earn
in gs at the old rate. A 3 per cent the
state would receive only $2,249,287.96.
The roads have already paid in $2,869,-
959.93, and the two amounts in contro
versy, if they are collected, will swell
the revenue for this year to over $3,-
000,000. The long fight paid in the end,
but it would have paid better if the end
had not been so long deferred.
Editor Howe of the Atchison Globe,
whose father always made him go to
churoh and sit up straight, grew up with
a grouch against religion. All thru his
editorial career he has had a^ leaning
toward paganism ahd free trade. Re
cently he started on a tour around the
world and has been sending back letters
which took an occasional fall out of mis
sionaries. In Jafpan and Korea he could
not find anything good to say for them,
but his^ opinions have been undergoing a
change*. The missionaries in India, he
admits, are a kindly, helpful body of peo
ple who are doing all they can to ameli
orate the hard conditions which prevail
in that pagan stronghold. The mission
aries' and the churches will learn with
some satisfaction of the partial conver
sion of Mr. Howe. Heathen editors are
usually as hard to get at as other heathen.
Governor Folk insists that the tariff
is the mother of trusts. This is not
wholly true, as they have, trusts in Great
Britain, but the tariff, like the rathole in
Abraham Lincoln's office, "will bear
looking into."
China is due to have a revolution
about every 400 years, and the time is
said to be getting ripe. A Chinese revo
lution is usually mora atrocious than a
race war in Ohio.
Missouri has begun the hunt for
Rockefeller again. -Three process servers
are now out after him. A man must be
a pretty big man to dodge the law
alltions,
the time.
Alonzo J. Whiteman certainly has a
kick coming on justice. The courts re
fuse to believe- him even when he testi
fies that he is a scoundrel.
If there is- a strike the price of coal
will advance unsteadily. If there is no
strike It will advance steadily. You take
your choice. "i
Mayor Dunne says that there is no
crime in Chicago to speak of. The "Chi
cago newspapers seem to speak of it
quite freely.
The president presents his compliments
to Germany and remarks that our tariff
will be the same, and thank you kindly.
General Grosvenor need not despair.
Keifer came back to congress after he
had been forgotten, but not until then.
On weather this winter, the goosebone
seems to have led1
about two laps.
S
the government by
Senator Aldrich is oppressed by the ter
rible fear that the railroad rate law may
be defective.
THIS DAY IN HISTOID
David, patron
Natal day of St.
saint of Welshmen. ONE YEAR AGO
March 1, ^1905Honolulu Mrs.
Jane Lothrop Stanford of San Fran
Cisco, dies.
Monte CarloUnited States Sena
tor Edward O. Wolcott dies."
MinneapolisAuditorium' forrnally
opened. i
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS A60
I March 1, 1881Capitol of Mlntfcso
ta destroyed by. fire at St. Paul
while,
the legislature Is In session.
fMARCH 1 IN OTHER YEARstJl
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United I Injfethe 1780First bank
States chartered..
1837William Dean
thor, born.
1845Texas formally annexed.
1864Kllpatrlck's raid at Atlee,
Howells, ail-
1867Nebraska^rfadmltted* "tdT the
union.
Minnesota Politics
Legislative Candidates Being Put in the
Field by Antl-^elton Combination
Nationalities Badly MixedSome Leg
islative Gossip.
!:-/M^da,^.-..i!,
Senator Nelson has not been rushing
into print with his viewa on railroad rate
legislation. is not "a member of the
committee on interstate commerce, but
now that the Dolliver-Hepburn bill has
been reported by that committee- to the
senate, Minnesota's senior senator has
declared himself for the bill, and pre
dicts its passage.. That ought to put a
quietus on the "demands", for a state
merit of his position.'^ -"\:"V
The anti-Nelson campaign, however^ is
well under way, and some of the early
birds in the legislative' game are candi
dates of the Nelson opposition. The still
hunt' policy is being followed, and the
men who are trying to break into the
legislature and vote against Nelson Will
say as little as possible about their in
tentions. If pressed, they will probably
talk Nelson, but the senator's friends are
out to see that every candidate makes a
definite pledge over, his own signature.
Anyone refusing wttT Jbe counted as not
for Nelson.
-L
Speaking of the governorship situation,
a personal letter fijom a prominent re
publican at Luverne say's: "Jacobson
has some friends here, in fact, I think he
would have by far the largest following.
Personally I favor Lord. There is no
Somerville sentiment here, but it seems
to me that he fs the most likely of all
the candidates yet mentioned to receive
the nomination."
One Axel Hanson of Washington,
has been arousing considerable merriment
by a letter which he sent in duplicate to a
number of Minnesota papers. It was an
appeal to the Swedes of Minnesota to
elect one of their own people to the sen
ate instead of Knute Nelson, hut-the two
men Hanson suggested ,as good material
were Halvor Stee^ierson of Crookston and
James A. Peterson of Iftlnneapoils, Hanson
Is evidently mixed on the nationality of
Minnesota, politiciaiis. Some effort has
been made to find out.who the man Is, but
he Is not on the payroll of the* govern
ment department where he said he was
employed.
Charles J. Swansort of Fridley, head of
the Northwestern. Pireprooflng company,
is the object of a movement in Anoka
couy and other parts of the forty-fifth
district, where many, republicans are
trying to get him into the field as a can
didate for the senate. Senator Barker is
out of it, and Anoka county seems to
have the call. Representative George H.
Wyman of Anoka is already in the field
for senator, and the opposition to him is
anxious to bring Mr. Swanson out. If
he runs, the race will be confined to the
two, probably. If not, Prank White of
Elk River may enter again.
Frank A. Da is the only one of Gov
ernor. Johnson's advisers at the capitol
who has favored calling an extra session.
He has taken the position assumed by
many attorneys that there is too great
risk run by making the code effective
without a chance for the bar of the state
to study its "provisions.
The fifty-seventh legislative district is
going.to have an interesting1
mixup. 1 C.
Spooner of Morris' lias decided to run for
the house instead of for the senate. Sen
ator John T. SChaJn of Browns Valley will
ask for the renoritinatlon, opposed by Ole
O. Cariestorp of' Elbow Lake., Messrs.
Peterson* of Barrett and Hellickson of
Wheaton will also run for the house. This
will make'^t: candidates -"for the three
places: GraM couiilfy wfllhave Canestorp
for the senate and^.Peterson for the house
Traverse will have! Schain' for the senate
and Hellickson for the house, while Stev
ens county will have Bicknell and Spoon
er, both candidates for the house.
Charles B. Cheney.
AMUSEMENTS
BIJou-"Cardinal Richelieu."
As a further demonstration' of his
ability and versatility as an actor, Thom
as E Shea presented "Cardinal Rich1
lieu" yesterday afternoon before an au
dience which was thoroly appreciative.
Called upon for qualities' not displayed in
his vother productions, Mr. Shea ably
maintained the high standard of his pre
vious work.
The cunning of the earlier scenes, the
warmth and heartiness of his interest in
his ward and l5e Mauprat, and the
reurday
turn, of the cunning and strategy in the
closing scenes were all clearly and
sharply shown, yet with artistic shading.
Mr. Shea's interpretation as well as his
representation was. brilliant and intel
lectual. Made up with more, care and
to better effect than in his other produc
his portrayal was most realistic.
More than in his other productions,
Mr. Shea seemed to stand out from and
above his support, able as it was. The
closing scene of the. third act, when he
defies the court and king, and even the
state with the "curse of Rome" was
spectacula* and brilliant without being
overdrawn or rendered hysterical.
Charlotte Burkett as Julie Morte
mar was most effective. He perfect
poise and comeliness and her able work
have nowhere been better shown. Frank
G. Darlen' as Joseph showed
much.
ity.
abil-
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Foyer ^Chat.
Lew Fields and company have scored
a striking success in "It Happened in
Nordland" at the Metropolitan, and the
attendance has increased steadily since
the opening performance. It is small
wonder, for the piece contains many of
Victor Herbert's most effective compo
sitions, and in the stage management
and working out of color schemes, Jul
ian Mitchell has even surpassed his cap
ital work in "The Wizard of Oz."
"Rip Van Winkle" -will be given at the
Metropolitan by Thomas Jefferson the
first half of next we ek on a scale of
scenic grandeur that has never before
been witnessed in this city. Two car
loads of special scenery and mechanical
and electric effects are carried for the
production, and the storm in the
Catskills will be given with a vivid real
ity. Mr. Jefferson is also bringing with
him one of the strongest casts of play
ers ever engaged for this play, among
the well-known artists being Frank
Bangs, Ethel Fuller and Russell Bassett.
Seats for this engagement can be ob
tained today.
Kyrle Bellew's famous play, "Raffles,
the Amateur Cracksman," which comes
to the Metropolitan the latter part of
next week, is more than an intensely
interesting.and highly exciting stage per
formance^it is also a fascinating study
in ctlminalogy, and furnishes a fine me
dium for the investigation of the question,
"Is, Crime a Disease?" "Is Crime Con
tagious?" and ."Is., Crime Hereditary?"
In a dozen ways "Raffles" is something
entirely novel in stage presentation.
So pronounced a hit has been made by
the play "The Lion and, the Mouse," now
being produced at Powers' theater, Chi
cago, under the management of Daniel
Frohman, that during the remainder of
this week it- has been decided to give
three performances daily, one at 11 a.m.,
the second at 2:30 p.m., and the third at
the regular time fa\ the evening. It is
said by the 'management that the demand
for seats justifies t^e,extra performance.
veom*erence
MISS ELIZABETH WARE,
Valedictorian, East Side High School.
Photo by Miller.
MISS TULLIE WILL,
Valedictorian, South Side High School.
Photo by MiUer.
Already the valedictorians and salu
tatorians have been elected for the
East, the South and the North Side
high schools, and Miss Elizabeth Ware
of the East high, Miss Tillie Will of
the South high and Hyme Losse of the
North high will become the proud own
ers of the Journal medals, the prize
offered to the seniors securing the high
est averages and leading in their classes
Kyrle. Bellew, that Bellew will play
Armand Duvalle to her Camille in Chi
cago and in. New York.
The Brothers Byrne will bring their fa
mous "Eight Bells" to the Bijou Sunday
afternoon for a week's engagement, In
cluding the regular Wednesday and Sat
matinees. The brothers are acro
bats of skill and pantomimists of unlim
ited resources, while their use of trick
scenery and appliances keeps the audi
ence wondering and laughing without
cessation.
The most popular play in weeks is be
ing presented at the Lyceum this week.
It is a neve romantic drama called "A
Courier of Fortune," and was dramatized
by Ralph Stuart from Marchmont's cel
ebrated novel. "The Peacemaker," a de
lightful little, one-act play, written by
Mr. Stuart, is also in the bill this week.
A ftrst-class vaudeville bill is being
presented at the Unique this week, in
which Mr. and Mrs. Joe J. Dowling, in
their bright little play, "The Sagebrush
Widow," are featured.' Another high
dais act is that of the Greggs, sensa
tional trick and fancy bicycle riders,
who perform marvelous feats while rid
ing in a steel cage.
In "Sweet Kitty Bellalrs" David Bel
asco has furnished a comedy that spark
les with the wit of the days when George,
was king, and which shows the manners
of the period in most delightful style.
Miss Bertha Galland as "Sweet Kitty,"
has captivated all those who have seen
her work at the Auditorium this week
and her future appearances in Minneap
olis will be reckoned among the real
events of the year.
NONE OF YOU FELLOWS A#E SAFE'
Chicago, News.
"None of you fellows are safe," Con
gressman Grosvenor is quoted as saying
to some of his colleagues yesterday. "The
people are getting too independent with
their voting. They just won't line up any
more." Doubtless he is right about it.
The people, are "getting independent with
their' voting." They may not leave the
party lines, but they insist on thinking
for themselves, on freeing themselves
from organization rule and casting out
the bosses.
j|ylarchgk, 1906,
Altho they have never before appeared
at the Orpheum theater, the Ford broth
ers, who with their two sisters, do a
whirlwind hard-shoe dancing act with
the Orpheum Road show this week, have
been seen by Orpheum audiences in their
dancing specialty. They were the "end
men" whose likenesses were produced in
the moving,picture which was ,tbe feat
ure of the "Spook's Minstrels," seen
here early this season. The four Fords
are "stair-stepped," there being but a
year's difference- between any two, andtoday
the "oldest is but 25 years old.
Julie Ring, sister of tMe ^'"fariious
Blanch, will make her first appearance
here, at the Orpheum next week in a.
sketch. Le Brunin,. "billiardists mod-
ern," will also appear for the first time
in this city.
Thomas B. Shea, the noted character
actor, is receiving splendid patronage at
the Bijou, and it is safe to say that he
has firmly established himself with Min
neapolis theatergoers as one of the best
exponents of the higher drama. Tonight
and Saturday night' "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde" will be the bill tomorrow night,
"Napoleon the Great" will be given, and
Saturday matinee "The Bells" will be
repeated.
EVER-BURNING CAKE
Chicago News.
Especially annoying to the food adul
terators is the consumer's ingratitude in
overlooking the fact that by running a
wick into his "chocolate cake", and light
ing-one end of it he might save on his
gas bills.
BOUND TO HIT ALL THAT HAPPENS
Chicago Journal.
General Grosvenor says he said right
along that Nick and Alice would be mar
ried. Very likely he has talked so much
all his life that there are very few things
he hasn't said.
Sfig, jj-^y
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-Mme. Sarah Bernhardt said .last'hlght, I Imagination is capable of conceiving-
Sftjgr a In. Kansas City .wi$|i
HURRIED LEISURE
r&m
Kansas City Star.
Pfbhably -the most hideous thing the
THIS YEAR'S HONOR PUPILS IN
THE MINNEAPOLIS HIGH SCHOOLS
MISS MASXHA WASHBTOir,
Salutatorian, East Side High School.
Photo by Millar.
MISS MARTHA BBIKSMAXD,
Salutatorian, South Side High Tied with Miss
Swinburne. Photo by Miller.
as valedictorians for the June com
mencement. A the Central high school
there is a heated contest between sev
eral of the seniors for the lead in schol
arship, and the announcement of the
names of the valedictorian and saluta
torian cannot be made until the close
of the week.
Miss Elizabeth Ware heads her class,
with' 97.58, and Miss Martha Wash-
STATE FUNDS CLIMBING
SHORTAGE IN REVENUE FUND
CLEARED UP AND TBUST FUNDS
HAVE MONEY TO LOAN.
The last day of February finds state
finances recuperated, from their hard
times period. At noon today the over
draft in the revenue fund had been re
duced to $130,000, and payments due
will give it a substantial credit
balance.'
There were $811,000 in railroad taxes
unpaid tt noon, of which $671,000 will
be paid without contest The state
treasurer has $150,000 in drafts for. in
surance taxes to be collected, and $50,-
000 are expected from that source.
Drafts for telegraph company taxes
and other corporations are to be paid,
amounting to $100,000 more. The reve
nue fund withdrawals during March
will be balanced by the March tax col
lections, amounting to $300,000, so by
April 1 a balance of nearly $800,000
may be looked for. April 1, 1905, there
was only $205,000 in the revenue fund.
Jan. 1 the revenue fund was over
drawn $419,083.77 and there were war
rants outstanding for collections
haveall been paid andthe^interest on
the'deferred warrants, which amounted
to loans, has been paid. I amounted to
$24,315.15,
TO COOK FOE JACKIES
Minneapolis Bakers Enlist in the
United States Navy.
MISS FKANCES DUTIT,
SSHf*i5F J?J}&f ^."SSSLtl worikc onB thperpart ofnsuch^ organizationsbtTseret^
deficit of $2,154,582.8,4.
State trust funds have also recovered .j
applications for loans then pending.
Since that time $559,987 has been
loaned, and there are balances of $172,-
000 in cash waiting to care for other
applications. Th school fund has
loaned $416,187 and has a cash balance
of $134,000. The permanent university
fund has loaned $53,300 and has a bal
ance of $15,000 the state institutions
fund has loaned $75,000 and has a bal
ance of $8,000, and the swamp-land
fund, which has loaned $15,000, has a
$15,000 cash balance.
The general university fund used for
current expenses is in much better
shape than last year. There is' a bal
ance of $41,589, and all back Accounts
paid. A year ago the fund had only
$28,823, with some outstanding war
rants.
Hot biscuit instead of hot shot is
what two Minneapolis boys have agreed
to hand out for Uncle Sam. Incident
ally they will construct such other dain
ties as. baked beans, boiled potatoes,
roast beef, apple pie and plum duff for
the bold sailor men of the United States
navy.
Claude Sorenson and John Johnson
enlisted in the navy today as bakers.
They will draw $3 5 a month from the
start besides their "keep." A aver
age shore baker gets about $65 a month
and has numerous opportunities to
spend it Sorenson and Johnson fig
ured out that while the navy pay did
not sound so big as that which they
might get in Minneapolis it would
amount to more in the end.
NEW CREAMERIES
Nearly 800 Shown in List of Minnesota
Butter Factories.
There are now 797 creameries in Min
nesota. The list shown in a booklet
just issued by the dairy and food da-
fy-sevent
iartmen indicates an increase of twen
establishments since the last
annual report was issued. As several
have suspended operations, there are,
more than twenty-seven new creameries.
Stearns county has the largest number,
35$ Wright county has 28 JTreeborn 27
and Eenville 24.
126.00 to the Pacific Coast Via the
Soo-Paciflc I-lne.
The best of service via the "True
Scenic Route" through the Canadian
Rocky Mountains. Tickets on sale
every day. For further information
and tickets inquire at ticket office, 119.
Third street S.
"Git-l*a Grippe Cures the worst cold in
__~_..w.-,~w a day, It contains the proper remedies
would be a-lifer of leisure in Chicago., **t k-ft~tbe grippe germ. No quinine. 26c'Pioneer Press Bldg., St. Paul, Mian.
Salutatorian, North Side High School.
Photo by Millar.,
Th warrants "l"
tha
**t
MISS GERTRUDE SWIKBTTRHE,
Salutatorian, South Side High School.
Photo by MUler.
burn, the salutatorian, has an average
of 95.80. Miss Tillie Will has a stand
ing of 96.04, and Miss Martha Brins
maid and Miss Gertrude Swinburne are
tied for the places of salutatorians, both
having an average of 94.12. Hyme
Losse, the valedictorian of the North
Side high school, has an average stand
ing of 92.48. and the salutatorian, ^Miss
Frances Duffy has an average of 92.42.
GET TOGETHER, HE URGES
GREAT POSSIBrLITIES SUGGEST-
ED TO W. L. HARRIS BY ENTHU-
SIASTIC MEETING AT GLENCOE.
I hope that the meeting in Glencoe
Tuesday evening will prove to be but
one of many similar meetings to be held
in other cities-thruout the state," said
W. Harris today in speaking of the
rousing get-together fathering in Mc
Leod county. "I believe that such
meetings, accompanied py.plwfcy^
th fo8t
Th
eit
0 get-
together doctrine swill RTfnre #f' mmense
and lasting value to theTSnsiness and
community interests of the state.
"There is no reason for useless and
senseless sectional feeling between the
people of the country and the people of
i ies. A I said last night" it is
ered by politicians and the selfish,
merchants and the country
merchants, .business men, and all inter
ests generally can be brought together
and organized forth common good of
the state in no better way than by such
gatherings as that in Glencoe.
"The commercial clubs of the state
have a work presented to them which
they should not neglect. Thru active
legislativ j^
means. The work of these commercialevicreoca
clubs is not wholly local and social.
holding many such meetings under sim
i
from the situation last October, when hrmd n-P intprAst linking tfio solid
they lacked $225,000 of taking up, the ^^f^SSaSt^ fatoM
J^xAzeB all over the state a com-
of the Btate will be formed that will
be far-reaching in its good results.
"Tho acquainted in a way with the
interests of our smaller cities, it was a
revelation to me to find wh at real busi
ness activity exists in Glencoe. A Glen
coe is but a sample of other cities thru
out the state-, a get-together movement
entered into by the commercial inter
ests of the state from the smaller vil
lage to the largest city would assure the
bringing about of results for advance
ment and good that could be accom
plished in no other way."
DIG INTO MOULDY PAST
Old Office Books of Amfcerst Wilder
Opened for-Evidence. I
Musty and yellowed office books of I
Amherst Wilder, covering his bnai
ness career from 1873 to his deathl in
1894 were yesterday dug out of *h
basement storeroom of the Merchattts'
National bank, St. Paul, and the vaults
of the office of the Wilder estate.
Attorneys for Dr. E Appleby, jiko
is appealing from a decision of the pip
bate court respecting his interest fn
the estate of his deceased wife, a daugh
ter of Wilder, insist that the books
of Mr. Wilder are better evidence as
showing the value of the property than
the report of appraisers appointed af
ter the father, mother and daughtei i
were dead. Th appraisers/ schedul
showed the value of the estite to ba 4
$1,897,569.20. Mr. Wilder's la#,t inven
tory showed property worth $2,250,-
005.20. ,,._.
Dr. Appleby's attorneys believe the I
two estates should now be worth be
tween $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 instead
of $2,500,000. The purpose of the defer-*!
ing into the musty records was to show^
that Mrs. Appleby's one-third interest
in her father's estate at the time of
her marriage to Dr. Appleby should
have been more than $750,000.
The hearing yesterday was largely
devoted to arguments by opposing coun
sel .on matters of detail and assumed
points, and to testimony of Wat*
kins,' formerly confidential man of Mr
Wilder and later manager of the estate
for the heirs and executors. Th ease
will be resumed this afternoon/
v.- \Mf3.i
'H%'
Their gentle action and good effect
on the system really make them a per
fect little pill. They please these wbot,
use them. Carter's Little Liver PiU*f
m$jr well be termed Perfection."
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Valuable Information.
The rate to New York or Boston vh
the Michigan Central is as low as bj
any other road. Snlendid train service.)
Tourist sleeping car Chicago to Bostoi
every day except Friday. Stop oyei
allowed At Niagara Fall on through
'tickets. Inquire of Local Ticket Agent
or address V. BusselL, N W.kP.