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Ibe Royal is the highest grade baking powder
known. Actual tests snow it goes oa**
third further than any otter brad.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL BAKING POWOFR CO., NEW YORK.
WILL SPEAK IN ST. PAUL.
Rev. 11. L. DuhriiiK Will Be Heard
Sunday.
Rev. Herman L. Duhring, superintendent of
the Episcopal city mission work of Philadel
phia, and general superintendent of the Epis
copal Sunday school institute of the United
States, is registered at the West hotel. In
Minneapolis.
Rev. Mr. Duhring is on a tour of the coun
try In the interests of Sunday school mission
ary work generally, and for the particular
purpose of urging the Episcopal Sunday
schools of the country to make a large dona
tion to the foreign and domestic mission
funds during the coming Lenten season. Last
year $63,000 was secured from the donations
of the Sunday schools, and this year It is de
sired to raise $100,000.
Rev. Mr. Duhring will speak at 2:80 o'clock
(Sunday, Jan. 30, to teachers and children In
Christ church, and at 4:30 ho will speak to
the teachers and children in Gethsemane
church in Minneapolis. There will be a public
service in Christ church on Monday evening,
jmd on Tuesday evening he will speak in Min
neapolis in Gethsemane church.
TO CALIFORNIA
Via "The North-Western Line."
Tourist sleeping car through to Los
'Angeles via the North-Western Line,
leaves Minneapolis 7:40 p. m. ; St. Paul
8:15 p. m., every Thursday night in
charge of a competent representative,
Whose duty it is to look after the com
fort of passengers. Hundreds of the
best people have patronized these cars
during the past two years, and appre
ciate being accompanied by one of our
own employes, as it relieves them of
many petty cares of a long trip.
For tickets and information call at
City Ticket Offices, 413 Nicollet avenue,
Minneapolis; 395 Robert street, St. Paul;
405 West Superior street, Duluth, or
address T. W. Teasdale, General Pas
senger Agent, St. Paul, Minn.
BURGLARS WORK BY DAY.
Apartments of Mrs. Madlgan En
tered Isy Thieves.
Mrs. Edward Madigan, occupying apart
ments at 442 John street, notified the police
last evening that her rooms had been ran
sacked and Jewelry valued at $30 and other
articles carried off. The robbery was com
mitted some time yesterday afternoon, the
thief or thieves entering the rooms with skel
eton keys.
Something; New in Electric Lights.
Lemon colored brass electric light fix
tures with Moorish globes used on the
New Pennsylvania Limited are some
thing new in train lighting. The read
ing lamps in each berth, and in the
drawing rooms, compartments and
library of this train are also new and
Urique. For details apply to H. R. Der
lng. A. G. P. Agt., 248 South Clark St.,
Chicago.
*«wfcfck a^F BM fiSr^mMEL fig fffl JG[
The 10- Day List is still in force.
Fancy dry-picked Chickens, per Ib.,
Fancy dry-picked small Turkeys, per lb ,
11c.
Navy Beans, per lb ,
Ic.
Eggs, per dozen,
12c.
4 quarts (.'ape Cod CrauDerries,
25 Gents.
ftv*n«yAe Florida Russet, ffllM
UlCll^SS; per dozen |(JC
Sunfish, pefpound 2c
HavysMft 1 Fresh Lake Superior, A.
niSlTing; jer pound £©
Eaking PowderA he sr q S: 20c
(Biscuit Cutter Free with every can.)
Ipples, per'Ki $!.5Q
RtinlAe Finest, reddest Cooking Eft~
Hjjjpicsj Apples in the world, peck, QUO
Coffee, SSSpK IQc
Breakfast Food, SS B 6c
Poa^koe bcst ' lftrere Evaporated, ■»-.
rCQySSCS, per pound jQ
f^uefare Solid Meat - "° water, iap.
tt.J3ICI9, quart makes 2, per qt v3C
pE^Wfill'Al Fresh caught, f
ribftCiCM per pound QQ
H^bmc Sugar-Cured, H
GiilSd, per pounu yg
Taa - c -lb. Caddy L'ncolored Al A[
I CG; Japan dlibO
Ginger, S?K& Ho
Salmon Steak, S 7c
BlUe, "Ultramarine" OG
VEGETABLES.
I ef^iira Fancvbead. r»
LCI.UtfCj per head QQ
Lettuce, SUd 3c
Parsley, SSL* 2c
Kushrooms, ES^ond 45c
Onions, p 1 peck Isc
unions, Srlunch Ie
Rhubarb, Impend I2^c
Crisp Celery, Cauliflower. Radishes, Hub
bard Squash. Fancy Spinach, Celery Root
Horseradish. Red Cabbage, Cucumbers, New
Beets, Tonmtoee, Mint. Oyster Plant, etc.
BUTTER AND PROVISIONS.
Butter, c!^S n ! $1.10
Butter, i% J ™.***?. 90c
Eufter, Da^ ars . cho ! cc . 70* 80c
Butter, SS;:!,.. 15 — 17c
Cheese, perpoS: IQc
C'-'"t<aefl J-imburser, finest made, IC^
LIJSSC, per pound IDC
Simmer Sausage, SoU... 10c
Codfish, ;ach B :: ckß .: Ise
Honey, a 25c
Honey, &> He
The Andrew Schoch Grocery Co
GITY JBUST BUILD IT
JUDGE BRILL DENIES THE WRIT
OF MANDAMUS IN RAYMOND
AVENUE MATTER.
RAILROAD OCCUPIES A GULLY
OVER "WHICH THE STREET MUST
HAVE BEEN BANKED OR
BRIDGED.
THE CHURCH CEMENTICO CASE.
Sealed Verdict Returned, Which
Will Be Opened In Court
Judge Brill filed a decision yesterday
denying the application of the city for
a peremptory writ of mandamus, com
pelling the Northern Pacific Kailway
company, the Minnesota Transfer com
pany and the St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba to build a new bridge across
their tracks on Raymond avenue.
After reciting the facts regarding the
first occupation of the various strips
of land by the railway companies, the
court says that the railroad tracks are
constructed at the place designated
"through the natural depression or ra
vine in the surface of the earth, the
natural surface of the ground on each
side of the railroad properties being
from twenty-five to thirty feet higher
than the natural surface in the lowest
part of the ravine and being from
twenty to twenty-five feet higher than
the tracks of railroads as laid. The
depression of the earth at these points
is so great that a street could not be
constructed across upon the natural
surface of the earth, if there were no
railroad tracks, but, in order to con
struct a street across, it would be
necessary to build an embankment of
about ten feet in height, in the middle
of the ravine.
"No street exists or has at any time
existed across said lands and tracks of
said railroad companies.
"As a conclusion it is determined that
no obligation rests upon said railroads,
or either of them, to build a bridge over
their said tracks at the place in ques
tion, and said application for a peremp
tory writ must be denied and the al
ternative writ heretofore issued must
be discharged."
In the accompanying memorandum
Judge Brill says that "the descriptions
on the attempted condemnation pro
ceedings by the city are too Indefinite
and uncertain. If resort is taken to
j the plan furnished by the board of pub
lic works, and that is taken as a basis,
in connection with the conditions which
were supposed to exist at that time,
it would seem it was intended to con
demn only the two strips outside of the
thirty-three feet, and, if that is cor
rect, the award of damages must have
been made upon that basis.
"The city charter provides that the
city shall take the fee, but. it is certain
that the city could not by this con
demnation proceeding destroy the
right of the defendants to operate their
railroads. >»»i» p'wonHnf j,, n *-"**d9 'w
the city would be subject to the prior
public use. and, if the condemnation
were valid, it wo-uld not impose upon
the railroads the duty of bridging their
tracks."
Corporation Attorney Markham, when
asked what course the city would take
in view of the decision, answered:
"I cannot say as yet whether the city
will appeal from the decision, as I have
not yet even read his honor's opinion.
All that I can say now is that, if we
should appeal and the supreme court
should sustain the decision, the city |
will have to build a new bridge on
Raymond avenue entirely at its own
expense. At present T believe there is
about $27,000 on hand for this purpose."
SEALED VERDICT RETURNED
In the Case of Church Agrainat Ce
meniteo Company.
In the civil suit of Joseph Church against
the Church Cementico comnanv, the jury
returned a sealed verdict shortly after 7:30
p. m. last night. This is the case which de
veloped such warm personalities in open court
between E. A. Jaggard and Pierce Butler,
the counsel for plaintiff and defendant. It
is an action to recover money alleged to be
due Mrs. Church nn a claim for the value of
services performed, which was assigned to her
by her husband.
IT TOOK FIVE HOURS
For a Jury to Agree That Sullivan
Wri Guilty.
The jury in the case of J. H. Sullivan, who
was on trial Thursday afternoon and yester
day forenoon on the charge of grand larceny
in the second degree, returned a verdict of
fuilty after remaining out over five hours,
ullivan stole a watch from Rafael Macchio.
while the latter was mingling with a crowd
on an East Seventh street corner listening to
a patent medicine fakir. Sullivan will be
sentenced on Monday.
HANLEY FALLS FIGHT.
It Is Retiet In Supreme Court for
Feb. 2.
The Hanley Falls "V" case, or as it is
known on the docket of the supreme court,
the suit of Jacob F. Jacobson vs. the Wis
consin, Minnesota & Pacific and Great
Northern railways, was on the docket for
hearing yesterday, but was adjourned until
Feb. 2 for oral hearing or submission on
briefs, as the attorneys in the case may de
termine.
THEY SUSPECT BROWN.
Baldwin, Wis., Authorities Secure
Hlh Arrest Here.
A telegram received by the police yesterday
from Baldwin, Wis., stated that three bags
of wool had been stolen, and that Albert
Brown, at one time under arrest for alleged
complicity in the murder of Tom Curlin at
Lake Elmo, was suspected. As a result of the
dispatch Patrolman O'Neill took Brown in
custody, and he was locked up at the central
station, charged with larceny. The authorities
at Baldwin were notified of the arrest.
CONTINUED A WEEK.
Meantime the Grand Jury May In
vestigrate the Trio.
The police court tab yesterday showed that
the cases of Edward Steterstedt, Charles An
derson and Andrew Swanson, charged with
larceny, had been continued to Tuesday next.
The trio were arrested about a week ago
charged with having stolen a job lot of
buggies, harness and other articles found
stored on the premises where they lived. The
grand jury are expected to consider the case
before the time set for the hearing In the po
lice court.
HAMP JURY IS CHOSEN.
His Trial Will Begin In Real
Earnest Today.
The trial of the case of the state against
Robert Hamp began yesterday. Hamp is
charged with aiding and abetting Van Auken
in forging the check for $500 passed by the
latter on the Germania bank. After the jury
had been selected the case was continued un
til Monday forenoon. W. W. Erwin is defend
ing Hamp.
WANT NEW BUILDINGS.
State Agricultural College WIH A«k
for Them.
The State Agricultural college will ask the
next legislature for three new buildings.
An administration building, library, chapel
and dormitory are required and three build
itga will b* necessary to provide for these.
THE SAINT PAUI, GI^OBEJ: SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1898.
Of the 475 students In the college many are
compelled to board In private homes In St.
Anthony Park, and It Is to provide for this
overflow that the dormitory la needed.
ELECTION" OF OFFICERS.
Trades and Labor Assembly Trans
acts Important Business.
The attendance at the meeting of the
Trades and Labor assembly last evening warn
In Itself an Indication of an election of of
ficers or some other exceptional event, nearly
a full attendance being present. Credentials
were received from the barbers' union for G.
H. Becker, J. M. Fleck, C. J. Plcuski and
Fred Schwabel, and from the plumbers'
union for M. J. Murphy, M. J. Feehan and
C. F. Doyle.
A communication was received from the
National Tobacco Workers' union, congratu
lating the assembly for the demand it had
created for tobaccos bearing the union label.
Delegate O'Toole reported that the Minne
apolis council had secured a fund of $200 to
co-operate with the St Paul assembly in
conducting a series of mass meetings.
The secretary submitted his annual report,
showing the assembly to have Increased by
the addition of eight new unions, while three
nad withdrawn. He included a recommen
dation for an organization to be composed of
the wives and friends of union men, for the
purpose of patronizing only flrma arid pro
ducts favorable to the cause of the tollers.
The election of officers resulted in only a
few contests, that of recording secretary
treasurer, hall board and executive com
mittee. The officers elected are as follows:
President, C. Guiney; vice president, F. X.
Vernig; recording secretary, T. F. Thomas;
financial secretary, H. Giese Jr.; treasurer,
John Klaus; sergeant-at-arms, K. H. Beck
er; hall board, J. F. Krieger and Joseph
ORourke; executive committee, Thomas
Keegan, T. J. Conlin, M. Igo, Henry Feyder
John Krhoun, Frank Culver and Peter "Los-
It was decided to attend the mass meeting
Monday evening, and at the request of the
committee having the same in charge, the
president appointed J. J. Gfeason, of Typo
graphical Union No. 30, and Matt Bantz, of
the tailors' union, as speakers for the oc
casion.
POSITIONS FOR WOMEN.
Uncle Sam Has a Few to Dlxpose
Of.
The United States civil service commission
announces that an examination will be held
on Feb. 23, 1898, at Washington, D. C, St.
Paul Minn., and other places throughout the
United States for the position of assistant
microscopist in the department of agriculture.
This examination will consist of a very
light educational test, together wth prac
tical questions on the use of the microscope.
Only femalps are eligible to this examination.
1 ersons desiring to enter this examination
should at once write to the United States civil
service commission at Washington for appli
cation blanks, which should be properly ex
ecuted and promptly returned to the commis
sion at Washington. No applications will be
accepted after the hour of closing business
on Feb. 15.
Attention is invited to the fact that the
microscopic inspection service has been great
ly extended and that as a result of this ex
amination vacancies will be filled in the fol
lowing named cities: Cincinnati. Cedar Rap
ids, Ottumwa, Sioux City, East. St. Louis St '
Joseph, New York. St. Paul, Boston, Buffalo
Cleveland. Indianapol's, Chicago, Milwaukee
South Omaha and Kansas City.
WILKIN DADS ARE THRIFTY.
County Fathers Line Their ParaeH
With Fat Allowances.
County Attorney Ballentine, of Wilkin
county, had a conference with Gov. Clough
yesterday with the hope of preventing the
county commissioners of Wilkin county from
continuing their methods of overcharging the
county for their services.
The court decided that they were entitled
to mileage only for the shortest distance from
their homes to Breckenridge. the county seat
instead of charging for the full distance,
when they went arcund by Barnesville or
Fergus Falls to reach their destination. The I
court also decided that they had done wrong
in charging the county for three days' wor!:,
when the board met as the county commis- |
I sioners, as the board of equalization and as
the board of audit, nil in the same day, but,
according to Mr. Ballentine, the commission
j ers go right on charging up these accounts as
though no decision of the court had b"on ren
dered.
He wants to stop this without putting the
county to the expense of another appeal to
the courts.
TRIED TO GET AAV AY.
Municipal Court Prisoner Gives the
Officers n Scare.
Charles MoManus was sentenced to the
workhouse yesterday for thirty days, by Judge j
Orr. This was his second arraignment for
drunkenness and explains the rather long
sentence. On his way back to the "bullpen,"
McManus slipped past Bailiff McMahon and
in an instant was out of the court room.
McMahon and Blcdgett. the guard with the
workhouse van. were on the trail in a second,
and up Fourth street ran the prisoner with
the officers about twenty feet behind. Patrol
man Helmer saw the race and, surmising that
McManus was trying to escape, headed him
off. The prisoner was taken back to the
court room, but was so ugly that he had to
be handcuffed. As he was being put in the
workhouse van he made another break for
liberty, but this time went only about ten
feet before he was collared.
DE3IOCRATS OF THE EIGHTH.
Movement Looking to an Organiza
tion for the S;,i-inii.
A number of Democrats of the Eighth ward
held a meeting last night at University and
Western avenues and organized temporarily
by electing Joseph Matz chairman and' Joseph
McCauley secretary. A committee was ap
pointed to confer with the old Eighth ward
banner club to make arrangement for another
meeting. The committee consists of W. J.
Preston, M. Lux, M. Bantz, Joe McCauley
N. W. Round, Joseph Matz, W. M. Fitzger
ald, Thomas Martin, H. McLaughlin and
Messrs. Albroth and Delaney.
Another meeting will be held Monday even
ing at Dale and University avenue. The sen
timent among those present last night is
that it is time to begin active work for the
coming spring campaign.
DEMPSEY AND M'CLISKEY
Released After Being' Held for Sev
eral Days.
John Dempsey and John McCluskey
were arrested by the police in the Burling
ton yards on suspicion of b<=ing implicated
in a highway robbery or murder at La Crosse
several days ago. Yesterday the twain were
arraigned in the police court, and as noth
ing had been heard of the crime for which
they were taken in custody, Judge Orr dis
charged them.
SEIZURE AT BRAIXERD.
Its Circumstance* Are the Subject of
Depositions.
Executive Agent Fullerton, of the state
game and fish commission, and Executive
Clerk Angell, of the governor's office, put in a
busy afternoon yesterday taking depositions !
in the case of Hallett vs. Atherton, which In
volves the seizure of three barrels of ducks
at Brainerd last fall. Albert Atherton is the |
game warden there, and Hallett, the plaintiff
Is an old-time trader.
BAIRD MAY DIE.
Omaha Bridge Carpenter Suffered a
Bad Fall.
David Baird, employed as a bridge car
penter on the Omaha road, was brought to
St. Paul last evening suffering from a frac
ture of the skull and injury to his spine
Baird fell from a bridge on which he was
working, near Hudson, yesterday, to the ]
ground, a distance of twenty feet He was I
taken to his home, at 653 Canada street The
attending physician states that Baird's con
dition is serious.
Will Visit Rush City.
The faculty and students of the state dairy
school will go to Rush City on this morning's
train to inspect the dairy industry at that
thriving place. They will return tonight
The Ramsey County W. C. T. U. conference
will be held at the St Paul Commons this
afternoon at 8 o'clock.
THE GENTLER SEX.
Will the sister who suffers in silence permit
a word?
There are certain diseases peculiar to the
female sex. They prostrate the maiden,
wife, or mother, upon a bed of sickness;
perhaps never to rise again. Their cause
may be often traced to impurities in the sys
tem, brought about by a disordered state of
the liver or bowels. Constipation causes
more than half the sickness of the world,
and constipation can be quickly and painless
ly relieved by the vegetable laxative known
as Beecham's Pills. Consequently they give
health, happiness and long life to all who
use them. 23 cents at all drug stores.
STEVENS TO SETTLE
THE CONGRESSMAN WILL HAVE TO
PAY THAT WELZ & FRY
HOTS.
DIDN'T MAKE ANY FIGHT,
ALTHOUGH HE SET UP A FORMID
ABLE ANSWER TO THE
COMPLAINT.
SUIT IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
When the Case Was Called the At
torneys Said They Had Reached
an Agreement.
The case of Welz & Fry against Wil
liam F. Blckel and Frederick C. Stev
ens was set for trial in the civil branch
of the municipal court yesterday after
noon at 2 o'clock. At that hour Attor
ney A. B. Ovitt was the only occupant
of the court room. Neither judge nor
clerk were present and Mr. Ovitt said I
it did not look as though there would
be any appearance of either the de
fendants or their attorneys. A few
minutes later Attorney J. M. Haw
thorne, attorney for F. C. Stevens,
rushed in and after cordially greeting
Mr. Ovitt said he was sorry but he
feared there would have to be a con
tinuance as Congressman Stevens had
not returned from Washington. Mr.
Ovitt thought there must be some mis
take about the return of the congress
man, as he had met him three times :
within the last few hours.
Attorney Hawthorne, however, said j
he had not been able to find him and !
suggested a postponement of the case '
until 4 o'clock, and an adjournment to j
the office of Mr. Stevens. This was
agreed to and at 4 o'clock both attor- j
neys appeared before Judge Orr. The i
case was settled, the attorneys said, by j
judgment being entered against W. F. I
Bickel by default and against Frederick !
C. Stevens by stipulation. Mr. Ovitt
said this would allow Mr. Stevens to
recover from Bickel, if he had any
property at any time in the future, al- |
though it looked just now as though !
Mr. Stevens would have to settle for i
the $211 due the plaintiffs less about
I $50. It was to cover this last mention
j ed sum that the stipulation had been
i made, as it was claimed that this I
| amount was due plaintiffs by William I
Bickel and not William F. Bickel, and ;
would be paid by the former.
The suit was started in October, 1897, '
by the filing of the summons and com
plaint. These papers set up that W.
P. Bickel owed the proprietors of the
Ryan hotel $209 for board. That he to
gether with F. C. Stevens, executed a
joint promissory note for the amount
due four months after date. The note :■
| was not paid at maturity and plain- ,
tiffs were obliged to pay $2.06 protest '
fees. Judgment was asked for $211 03
against each of the defendants.
William F. Bickel made no answer :
to the complaint, but F. C. Stevens,
through his attorney, in his answer] !
denied that he had made or executed !
the note. He admitted that he had
affixed his signature upon the note, but j
that it was after the note had been ex- I
ecuted by Bickel and delivered to the '
| plaintiffs; that he had received no con- j
! sideration therefor and that no consirt- !
j eration accrued to plaintiffs therefor j
j from him and that his signature was
only placed on the note at the instance- i
and request of the plaintiffs. Further i
that after the execution and delivery j
of the note the same was fully p^id and
settled by Bickel and that nothing was j
due or payable on the note. This last
part of the answer was alleged upon
the information and belief of Mr. Stev
ens.
The reply of Welz & Fry to the an
swer of Stevens was to the effect that
Bickel was indebted at the time the
note was made for board and lodging
at the Ryan hotel; that Bickel, being
unable to liquidate, offered to execute
his promissory note; that the note was
refused unless Bickel should procure
the signature of some other person on
the note. Bickef offered to get Stevens
to sign, which offer was accepted, and
Stevens, in order to Induce plaintiffs
to accept the note, signed and it was
then accepted and Bickel's bill for
board and lodging was then cancelled
and released. Stevens executed the
note for the express purpose of giving
credit thereto and that the plaintiffs
claimed they would not have accepted
the note unless Stevens had signed it.
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.
Wlllard union, W. C. T. U., meets with
Mrs. Wiliiam, 252 East Winifred street, West
St. Paul, at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Kimball will have
her new talking machine present and enter
tain the union for a while with it.
Grace, the five-year-old daughter or Mrs
Mary O'Loary, of 979 University avenue had
a miraculous escape from serious injury
Thursday night. The child, while running
to meet her uncle, who had alighted from a
west-bound interurban car. ran in front of
an east-bound car. The basket or fender of
the car caught the little girl, and she escaped
without a scratch.
STJLLWATER NEWS.
County's Finances Shown to Be in
Good Condition.
STILLWATER, Minn., Jan. 28.—
From the advance sheets of the finan
cial statement of Washington county,
just prepared by County Auditor
Browne, it is evident that Washington
county's financial standing is gilt
edged. The receipts of money from
all sources for the year 1897, including
a balance on hand at the beginning of
the year, was $241,294.32. The amount
paid out aggregated $204,638.36, of which i
the following are the larger sums:
For the support of state institutions,
$26,845; county revenue, $27,054.44; for
the support of the poor, $10,227.54;
towns, city and villages, $46,734.91. The
several school districts in the county
were paid $83,933.87. The expenses of
the county revenue fund were reduced
$492, and the expenses of the county |
poor fund were reduced $982. Following j
are the balances for the fiscal year |
standing to the credit of the various
funds: Revenue, $8,152; poor fund,
$4,300; roads and bridges, $5,060, which
amounts will meet a number of claims,
such as salaries for December, unpaid
orders, warrants and outstanding
claims. The assets of the county, as
shown by Auditor Browne's statement.
are $191,023.20, leaving balance over ali
liabilities of $1«6,784.97. Residents of
the county take a pardonable pride in
the above showing and point to the
county as one of the wealthiest and
best in the state.
Judge C. B. Jack, of the municipal court,
met with a serious and painful accident near
his home on South Broadway Thursday even
ing. In some manner Jae slipped and fell and
fractured his rigbt leg near the ankle. As
sociate Judge A. E. Doe will officiate for
him at the city hall until he is able to be
present.
The total number of prisoners now out on
parole is 37, of which number 18 were sen
tenced to prison on the reformatory plan.
Warden "Wolfer said yesterday that he is
receiving monthly reports from all of them,
and that they are doing well.
John Connors has been received at the
prison from St. Louis county, to serve two
years for grand larceny in the second degree.
"The Merchant of Venice" will be present
ed by hope talent at the Grand opera house
in this city Feb. 17. A number of the lead
ing residents of Stillwater are members of
the cast. The proceeds will be devoted to
the high school library.
PLEA FOR HfI RPJIY
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD POPULISTS
TENDER FISIOMSTS AN
OLIVE BRANCH.
BUT THERE'S A STRING ON IT.
LIKE THE FABLED CELT, THEY
WIL.Ii FIGHT FOR HARMONY
LF NECESSARY.
COMMITTEE OF 21 IN SESSION.
Decides to Join Forces "With tlie
State Central Committee, "Sub
ject to Certain Conditions."
William Jennings Bryan's recent vis
it, and especially the few minutes of it
which he spent closeted with the good
natured bridegroom to be, Ignatius
Donnelly, were not entirely fruitless,
for they proved a factor in the meeting
of the committee of twenty-one, which
I met yesterday at the Clarendon hotel
to decree along what lines the People's
party should this year fight in the
state campaign.
Mr. Bryan is a fusionist. Mr. Don
nelly is or was a middle of the roader.
Nearly all those present at the recent
convention were of the same sort.
But the decision of yesterday's meet-
Ing, while it was for "independent po
litical action," a term that belies fu
sion principles, was really non-commit
tal when it got down to matters of de
tail, and the committee will go ahead
on the basis of getting all it can, flying
the true flag of the Omaha platform—
that ensign of orthodox Populism— all
the time, and making such dickers as
it may with parties which may be
ready to make sacrifices and accept
tributes, a practical and moral fusion,
it would seem, even though not a fusion
in technical expression.
The committee will meet again in
Minneapolis, Feb. 16, which is the same
date that the Populist state central
committee meets in the same city.
The committee, which met yester
day, consists of but twenty-one, three
from each congressional district, but
this lucky multiplication of three and
seven did not by any means cover the
number of People's party leaders who
were around the Clarendon yesterday.
Maj. J. M. Bowler was there to see
that the fusion element could not get
the worst of it, on the outside anyway,
and the major was ably seconded in his
efforts to keep the orthodox Pops in a
docile state by H. A. Swain, of North
field, who is equally enthusiastic over
the possible prospects of p victory for
a fusion ticket in 1898. STwain comes
fiom a hotbed of apparent Republican
dissension, down in that section of the
state where Jim Diment's soreness
seems to have cankered the whole soul
of Republicanism and promised a cheap
victory to the veriest show of opposi
tion, if it can be united.
But the Philistines who beset the
true and staunch exponents of the
Omaha creed only accomplished a par
tial victory, if, indeed, they may claim
it as a victory.
When the meeting opened there was
an hour of informal discussion as to the
organization. Many wanted P. H.
Rahilly, of Lake City, for chairman,
but finally Dr. Christian Johnson, of
Willmur was chosen. Dr. H. B.
Fay, of Minneapolis, was secretary.
There was no little speculation as to
the political status of the party, in view
of the fusion of 1896, but the consensus
of opinion was that if the Democratic
party got out of that deal with any
status, the people's party had as much,
and accordingly would get along all
right.
The original resolutions presented,
which aroused Donnellian opposition,
yielded to the state central committee
the detail work of the coming campaign,
but after a deal of patching, the reso
lutions finally adopted piovidtd that,
whereas the last state convention of
the Pops had elected the state central
committee as an executive committee
to have charge of affairs until the next
state convention, it b r : resolved that the
committee of twenty-one, in the interest
of harmony, which it desired above
all things, do all it could to help the
state central committee.
A resolution by M. J. Costello, adopt
ed, promised that the present committee
would relinquish all its claims in favor
of the state central committee, on two
conditions: First, that the state central
committee take steps to thoroughly or
ganize the party in the state, and sec
ond, that it call the state convention
at the earliest date practicable.
Even these qualifications. however,
did not sufficiently reassure Ingatius,
and Mr. Donnelly secured the passage
of still another resolution, which it was
recited, that the committee could not
satisfy its twenty-one consciences un
less the state central committee would
take steps at once to call a convention
and organize the party. If it failed in
this, the committee of twenty-one must
follow the dictate of the recent con
vention by calling a convention of its
own.
Yesterday's conference yielded a lit
tle, and the hope is that the next meet
ing will result in a complete unification
of the two factions on some basis which
can be made mutually satisfactory. Tho
Omaha platform will be adhered to, say
yesterday's conferrees, but there is felt
no obligation to cling to any heresies
which may have crept into the St.
Louis platform of 1896.
The text of the resolutions a^ adopted by
the committee yesterday, is ss follows:
Whereas, the Peop'.e's party at its last
state convention appointed a state commit cc,
composed of loyal Populists, with power to
perform all acts needful to preserve our
party organization until the next state con
vention shall convene,
Resolved. That we are most firmly im
pressed with the necessity of peace and
concord in the People's party and will do all
in our power to estab.uh cordial r^ations
between its members and to the faithful car
rying out of this purpose we pledge our best
endeavors, hoping for the earnest co-npera
tion of everyone who desires the restoration
in America of government by and for the
people.
Resolved, That while ready to do our ut
most for peace and harmony we cannot abdi
cate the function imposed upon us by the
convention held in St. Paul, Jan. 4, 1898. and
will stand ready, if necessary, to perform
the duties assigned us, and
Resolved. That the secretary be instructed
to communicate w.ith the state central com
mittee, declaring that this committee will
meet Feb. 16, at Minneapolis, wiih a view to
a full and fair conference on whatever dif
ficulties or disagreements may exist as to
the policy of the party in this state, and
Resolved, That the only conditions which
this committee attaches to relinquishing its
function are that the state committee shall
at once take steps, satisfactory to this com
mittee, for the complete organization of the
party, and further that it shall call a state
convention at the earliest practicable da:e.
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Tooth Powder
AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY,
Used by people of refinement
lor over a quarter of a century.
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SIXTH AND ROBERT STREETS, ST. PAUL.
Just Before Inventory.
Saturday and Monday the last days. The most wonderful re
ductions in every department.
Millinery Dept. Th F Y o d o, Hosiery and Underwear.
A Just-Before Inventory Sale. Last day of the Great Sacrifice
Saturday Specials. Reduction Sale of Women's and
A few more of those handsomely Children ' 8 Hosiery and Underwear,
trimmed Pattern Hats. fI»Z AO Women's Swiss Merino Vests,
Choice for \u UK the $1.25 kind, for 69c
Saturday V Women's Swiss Cashmere f)A
All- Wool Tarns, just the thing- Vests « the 51.50 kind, colors NUf
for skating. Prices have /)P and black, for *■" v
been 75c to $1.00. /■)£ Women's Extra Heavy Merino
For Saturday, only — vw Vests, the $2.25 kind, nat- if»| *n
One table of English Walking J?™ 1 and white ' tPI.Z"
Hats, that were priced at m
X^ 00 : 49C The Bestlu^loves.
All Millinery Trimmings regard- J«*t received. Another Shipment
less of cost for Saturday. of 2-stud Pique Gloves, in red, tan,
brown, black, white and (|»| /%r
Druggists' Sundries. g£j ; o h her c world ' s best $1.Z3
Medicated Rose Water and A Big reductions ' In" Ladies' and
IpeciaT^bTt'e 4 " 02 ' b ° ttleS> "C Children. Winter Gloves and £
special, per bott.e tens— just before inventory.
C^~Look out for our announcement of opening
display of 1898 Grenadines and Japanese bilk
Novelties.
CHARGES IT TO SPITE
S. C. STEDBINS, OF WINNEBAGO
CITY, TALKS ABOUT HAIL, IN
SURANCE SCANDAL,.
OFFICER NAMED HODGEMAN,
FORMERLY CONNECTED WITH THE
CONCERN, ACCREDITED WITH
SOME CALUMNIES.
VAN SANT MAY LOSE STRENGTH.
Senator Sperry Says the Next Few
Months May Change Sentiment
In a. Marked Degree,
Additional light was thrown upon
the affairs of the State Mutual Hail
Association of Winnebago City yester
day, by S. C. Stebbins, a prominent mer
chant of that place. The statement of
Mr. Stebbins, made to the Globe yes
terday afternoon, carries additional
weight, from the fact that he has re
sided in Winnebago City for a number
of years, has been actively engaged in
business there, and knows nearly every
man in the county. Mr. Stebbins claims
that the sentiment of the people of the
place and the surrounding country is
favorable toward the continuance of
the hail association, and makes the fol
lowing statement, which, he says,
would be indorsed by all the leading
men of the county. He said the dis
patch to the Globe, published yester
day, was prompted by a former officer
of the concern who was frozen out at
the last election of the association, and
who has, since his failure to secure re
electicn, been contriving, through the
agency of a newly organized company,
to secure the dissolution of the hail asso
ciation. "I understand," said Mr. Steb
bins, "that the nine stockholders who
requested that their names be dropped
as stockholders have sent a request to
Mr. Dearth that their names be con
tinued az stockholders of the compa
ny, as the request which they made to
be relieved was made under a misun
derstanding. Mr. Dearth told me that
he was going to Winnebago City today.
It is true that larger salaries were paid
than the business of the company war
ranted, but it is the biggest ehterjiri.se
in the city, and the people in our vi
cinity are anxious to see it continue.
To this end a petition has been circu
lated and presented to Mr. Dearth,
signed by State Senator George D. Mc-
Arthur, the sheriff, register of deeds
and nearly all the solid business nun
of the city. Both the local banks have
also signed the petition. W. H. Hodge
man, who was attorney and superin
tendent of agencies last year, received
a salary of $1,800 per year for his serv
ices. This is the largest salary paid in
the city, and a desirable position.
When Mr. Hodgeman failed in the elec
tion, and H. L,. Bullis was elected to
succeed him as attorney for the compa
ny, he became identified with another
concern, and I think the telegram
which was sent to the Globe was
prompted out of a desire to get back at
the company, as the company Is neither
under a ban, nor is there any indigna
tion on the part of the farmers in the
vicinity. They believe the Insurance
commissioner can adjust the matter,
and I think the fact that nine of the
stockholders or directors who signed
the communication to Commissioner
Dearth have requested him to have
their names on the directorship of the
company is evidence in Itself of the
circumstances, and the extremity to
which Mr. Hodgeman went in his
grudge against the company. I don't
doubt but what the article in the
Globe this morning has worked up
some of our people down there, yet I
think, when Air. Dearth arrives, the
matter of adjustment of salaries can
be arranged. Everybody down there is
anxious to have the thing straightened
out, which would insure them a full
payment of all losses, and a continu
ance of the largest enterprise in the
city.
State Senator W. A. Sperry, of
Owatonna, came up yesterday and
spent the day attending to some legal
business in the Twin Cities. Mr. Sperry
was seen at the Merchants in the after
noon and said, when asked as to the
sentiment of the people of Southern
Minnesota and Steelp county, especially
upon the political situation: "I think if
the next state convention were to be
held tomorrow, our district would go
for Van Sant solid. But there are sev
eral months intervening between now
and the Republican convention, and
during that time sentiment may
change. Or more probable still, there
may be other things enter into the
gubernatorial contest which we cannot
foresee. One thing to be said for the
First district is that we will support
any selection which the convention may
make. I think that the First will re
elect Congressman Tawney, although
it is yet early to make an adequate pre
diction. However, I think the First will
stand as a unit, and I don't think the
selection of Mr. Peterson as collector
of customs will make a split in the
delegations from the southern part of
the state. Mr. Diment and Congress
man Tawney and their friends will, I
think, all work to the same end, and
tha,t the election of the entire ticket.
"The southern part of the state has
never enjoyed a more prosperous sea
son than at present. We have scarcely
felt the hard times. Our people went
into dairying about ten years ago, an<J
have since made a great success and
progress In that branch of farming. A, :
man just told me that he averaged
twenty-two cents per pound for his
butter the year around, delivered la
New York. Minnesota, especially
Southern Minnesota, is fast taking ita
place among the leading dairy states
in the Union."
♦ * *
J. F. Reddy, of Spokane, Washington,
passed through St. Paul yesterday on
his way to the coast. Mr. Reddy re
cently married Mi«s Cowley, daughter
of J. M. Cowley, president of the Trad
ers' National bank, and reputM to Ixj
the richest man in the Pacific coast '
country. Mr. Reddy and his bride havo
just returned from a trip over the East.
Mr. Reddy is a prominent young busi
ness man of the town.
♦ * *
C. Stiles, of Lewiston, Montana, was
among the guests at the Merchants yes
terday. Mr. Stilts says the- open win
ter has been a boon to the stock men.
There are but few cattle left on the
ranges this year, as the shipmi nts last
fall were unusually heavy. This con
dition gives better grazing facilities to
the cattle now in the state.
♦ • *
W. Sorenson, of Chicago, is at the Mer
chants'.
A. S. Fischer, of Fort Pierre, S. D., la a
guest at the Merchants'.
Charles E. Jlaislny passed through the city
yesterday on his way to his home in Helena.
O. 1). Plllsbury, of Chicago, is quartered at
tho Ryan.
M. E. Shodd. of Boston, is at tho Ryan.
Joseph Dreyfuss, of Chicago, is at the Wind
sor.
J. H. Block, of St. Peter, Is stopping af tho
Windsor.
W. W. Fisko. an extensive mine owner at
Boise, Idaho, and family aro at Hotel Metro
politan, en route to Boston.
Mr. and Mr?. A. Kerr, of Amery Wis are
! at the Metropolitan.
J. B. McCormick and C. J. Harris, of Chl
c:i.;r.-), are at tin- Metropolitan.
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, DEATHS.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Edward J. Levin Bertha Warshafcky
Saiuut-1 H. Bernstein Hattie A.
BIRTHS.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bbel Girl
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Roberts ...Girl
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Fink Boy
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Buctow Boy
Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Amos Boy
Mr. and Mrs, Benj. Welnstein Girl
Mr. and Mr:;. Peter Kavanaugh Girl
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Andrew Girl
Mr. and Mr.". Sidney B. Snow Girl
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mull Girl
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zajonczek Boy
I Mr. and Mrs. J,niis Roth (; ir l
Mr. and Mrs. Charks Cutbbert Girl
DEATHS.
Mr?. Carl Borg, 527 Wabasha 27 yrs
Torkel T. Fosse, 69fl Sims street 84 yra
William Peter Stuck, 560 Fuller 13 yrß
Linka Leiberan, 615 Lafond street 28 yra
Mrs. Jeanette Hoffman, 4G>j University. .2} yra
DIED.
FOR FUNERALS— Hearses, ?4; carriages, $F
at Schroder's Livery, 20 West Fourth -st.,'
and at More-head & Ilorrigan's, 37U East
Ninth and 488 Selby ay.
AMUSEMENTS.
METROPOLITAN, L L MS? T
IATINIE TODSY-25&50C
Tonijiiit and Sunday Night
DO^SI3ELLY * GIBABD
In the Spectacular Operatic Burlesque
THE GEEZER!
Evening prices— :}f>c, s)c. 7.~>c and SI 00,
EXTRA-U/EEK Jan. 31
Wilson Barrett's Great Play,
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS!
Presented by Wm. Greets London Co.. includ
ing CIIAHLES DALTON*. indorsed by clergy,
press and public.
Seats now on Salo. Regular prices.
last times.
« ■lf»i 1 B»*« Today U -.;i\ tonight 8:15.
The Musical Comedy Success,
P^cFadden's
f^ow of Flats.
Tomorrow night. Augustus Pitou's Great
Prod action,
The Oherry
Pickers.
PEOPLE'S OHUBCH, BHS'SS
CHE9RO "££■£■ HANDS
Seat sale opens Sutarday, O «. m ,.
at Howard, Fanrell & Co. 'a.
Tickets 50e and 75c.
CAMBRIDGE HALL,
Seventh m.. bet. Robert and Jackson Sts.
Unrivaled Accommodations for
Social Entertainments,
LECTURES AND CJNC-RTS.
FOR TERMS APPLY TO
J. J. WATSON G;rmania UN Bld 3