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BEFORE DURING AFTER General Debility^<rt| jjC\\V World Famous Atariani Tonic I|^^^ FOR BODY AND BRAIN *"""~" Since 1863, Endorsed by Medical Profession. immediate lasting efficacious agreeable At Druggists Everywhere. Refuse Substitutes. IS 1 SI Of HIMSELF IMPRESSION PRODUCED BY YON BI'ELOW'S SPEECH IX PRUS SIAN DIET TALKED CANAL AND TAXES German Opinion Is That Yon Wal dcrnee Will Remain ln China With HU Troops for _____ Year Yet. . BERLIN, Jan. 12.—The opening of the imperial chancellor. Count yon Buelow, ln the Prussian diet Tuesday, •which was largely programmatic, is here considered the leading political event of the week. The entire press is still busy commenting on and interpreting his re marks. Only the extreme Leftists are wholly dissatisfied therewith, claiming th chancellor has gone over, bag and bag gage, to the Agrarians, while the Moder ate Leftists, Center and Nationalists point out that the chancellor carefully avoided definite terms in his speech and that later he probably intends to shape his Prussian policy, especially during the forthcoming diet session, according to how and where he finds the majority fa voring the canal bill, about whose ulti mate passage, Emperor William ls still as anxious as ever. The Conservative and Agrarian press handle Yon Buelow's speech with extreme caution. They avoid pledging support of the canal bill *n exchange for any possible bargain. The Agrarians continue to distrust Yon Buelow. The Kreuz Zeitung, while pleasantly complimenting the chancellor, warns the latter not to repeat Prince Hohenlohe's punitive methods towards members of the diet who are also government em ployes for voting against the canal meas ure. THE CANAL BILL. The enlarged canal bill introduced in the lower house of the diet today, pro vides for the Midland canal 260,000,000 marks; for the Berlin-Stettin canal 41,000, --000 marks; for the improvement of the Warthe and a connection with the Vis tula, 23,000,000 marks; for the Oder tide water canal, 41,000,000 marks, and for the Havel and Spree canal, 19,000.000 marks, i a total of 384,000,000 marks. The finance | minister is empowered to sell bonds to j raise- the necessary funds. ] A significant little incident is this: i Yon Buelow's speech, as actually de- | livered In the diet, spoke of Increased j cereal duties, protection of German agri- : culture, while the corrected manuscript j several hours later, as it left Yon Bue- I low's hands, mentioned only "gesicherter I zolschuts," meaning "assured duty pro tection." This manipulation has not es- | caped attention and there are all sorts j of surmises connected therewith. ' In the best Informed parliamentary cir- j cles the opinion is now held that Yon Buelow himself hardly knows where he stands and that he will skillfully endea vor to push the canal bill through the diet with what not too exacting allies he can find. It would be very unlike Yon Bue low to conclude a fixed bargain thus early with any party or set of parties. THE CHINESE QUESTION. The China bill will not be disposed of by the reichstag for some time, as the bundesrath has only just received the government bill fixing the China soldiers' pension. Political circles opine that the Chinese problem Is still a long way off from definite solution as the question of damages will occupy much time in Pe kin. Nobody believes that Field Marshal Count yon Waldersee or the German - troops will be withdrawn by March. The CHANGE OF CLIMATE _\ot -\eec*i«nry In Order to Cure Catarrh. The popular idea that the only cure for chronic catarrh is a change of climate, is a mistake because catarrh is found in all climates in all sections of the country; and even If a change of climate should benefit for a time the catarrh will cer tainly return. • • '• Catarrh may be readily cured in any climate, but the only way to do lt Js to destroy or remove from the system the catarrhal germs which cause all the mischief. Th-u treatment by Inhalers, sprays, pow ders and washes has been proven almost useless in making a permanent cure, as they do not reach the seat of disease, which is in the blood and can be reached only by an internal remedy which acts through the stomach upon the blood and system generally. A new discovery which is meeting with remarkable success in curing catarrh of the head, throat and bronchial tubes and also catarrh of the stomach, is sold by druggists under the name of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets. These tablets which are pleasant and harmless to take owe their efficiency to the active medicinal principles of Blood Root, Red Gum and a new specific called Guaiacol, which together with valuable antiseptics are combined in convenient, palatable tablet form, and as valuable fo r children as for adults. Mr. A. R. Fernbank of Columbus, Ohio, says: I suffered so many winters from Catarrh that I took it as a matter of course, and that nothing would cure It except a change of climate, which my business affairs would not permit me to take. My nostrils were almost always clogged up, I had to breathe through the mouth causing an im flamed, irritated throat. The thought of eating breakfast often nauseated me and the catarrh gradually getting into my stomach took away my appetite- and digestion. My druggist advised me to try a fifty cent box of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, be cause he said he had so many customers who had been cured of Catarrh by the use of these tablets, that he felt he could honestly recommend them. I took his advice and used several boxes with re sults that surprised and delighted me. I always keep a box of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets in the house and the whole fam ily use them freely on the first appear ance of a cough or cold in the head. With our children -fro think there is nothing so safe and reliable as Stuart'? Catarrh Tablets to ward off croup and colds and with older penile I have known of cases where the bearing had been se riously impaired by chronic catarrh cured entirely by this new remedy. opinion here rather inclines to another year elapsing before that happens, al though it is well known that Russia strongly desires "Yon Waldersee's retire ment and that of the German troops. The coming week begins the season of court festivities, the emperor and em press having moved to the Berlin schlo&s. The last season was greatly subdued be cause of the death of the. empress' mother, hence this winter will be doubly festive. The festivities commence Thurs day and Friday next with the bicen tenary of the declaration of the Prus sian kingdom, which the emperor intends to make a great event. The preparations therefor are nearly completed. PRUSSIAN 81-CBNTENARY. They are most comprehensive. The army will have a holiday. After special divine services at the Protestant, Catho lic and Jewish churches, each garrison will Are a salute of 101 guns and the of ficers and men will banquet. The pub lic schools will have the same. The main hall of the Berlin schloss, to which dele gates from everywhere in the kingdom will go-to congratulate the emperor, who has Invited a number of members of no ble families of East Prussia, who were there settled when Frederick L became its king in 170 L Austria sends its crown prince, Italy the Duke of Aosta and Great Britain the Duke of York. Winter maneuvers for the guard corps have been planned for the end of the month in the vicinity of Berlin, Potsdam and Spandau, including bivouacs in the open air. The crown prince and the em peror will both participate. An official of the foreign office informed a representative of the Associated Press that those who are thoroughly acquainted with the Chinese hold that while they are most crafty, still when, the note is signed, they will consider themselves bound. Tha foreign office . also hopefully . considers the dowager empress* case, remembering that she showed Prince Henry of Prus sia unusual courtesies. It believes that While the dowager empress is still mora or less under anti-foreign influences she will eventually change her attitude and return to Pekln with the whole court probably at the end of March or the be ginning of April.' * *~ -. !T" •,"_ . ■■■■■■■•■ '■-.;■ ;»• -'■-■-• -. .ma , p ••••WW ■ ' " « '. //WWBtJmX CLARENCE H. S'tIEDD, Student at Shattuck Military School, Faribault, Who Was Found Dead in Chicago. ;-.-'.■..'.;;. -____^- WEATHER FOR TODAY. For Minnesota— Sunday; warmer: winds becoming southeasterly, fresh on lakes; Monday rain or snow. For Wisconsin— Sunday; winds be coming southeasterly; fresh on lake; Monday occasional rains or snows. For lowa—Fair Sunday; warmer in northern and western portions; winds generally southeasterly: Monday occa sional rains or snows in northern, fair In southern portion. For North Dakota—Fair and warmer Sunday; southerly winds; Monday local snows. For South Dakota— Sunday; warm er in eastern portions; southeasterly winds; Monday local snows. For Montana—Local rains or snows Sunday; southerly winds; Monday local rains or snow. ST. PAUL. Yesterday's observations, taken by the United States weather bureau. St. -Paul, P. F. Lyons, observer, for the twenty four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night. Barometer corrected for temperature and elevation. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES. Highest temperature 22 Lowest^ temperature 6 Average temperature 14 Daily range 16 Barometer 30 07 Humidity 90 Precipitation , .0 7 p. m. temperature........ 21 7 p. m. weather, partly cloudy; wind, southwest. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES. ♦Sp.m.Highl *Bp.m.High Bismarck ... 16 2S,Montreal .... 18 24 Buffalo 30 80 Nashville ...34 35 Cheyenne .... 36 40, New York ..34 31 Chicago 28 28, Philadelphia 36 42 Cincinnati ..30 32 Pittsburg ... 30 30 Cleveland ... 30 30 S. Ste. Marie 22 23 Duluth 20 •24 Frisco . 50 52 Helena 46 48, St. Louis .... 32 42 Jacksonville 58 64] Salt Lake ..40 40 Marquette .. 30 321 Winnipeg .. 2 12 •Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul). ' — —■ -_*__>- ___ . OCEAN LINERS. NEW York Arrived: Covic, Liverpool; ! California Naples; Koln. Bremerha ven; Sardinian, Glasgow; La Cham pagne, Havre. .-.,..: LIVERPOOL-Sailed: Campania, New York. w^?mi N_T^?i ea: T. elmar- New York. York L'Aquitalne, New TILLAMOOK WRECKED. Alaskan Steamer Runs Aground on Wood Island. TOWNSEND. Wash., Jan. 12.-The steamer Senator, which arrived today from Alaska brought news of the loss of the steamer -Tillamook. On Thanksgiv ing day, about 5 o'clock in the after noon, with the sea perfectly calm, and the captain and both pilots on the bridge the Tillamook was run high and dry on the north end of Wood island, south of Kadiak Island. Her fifteen passengers and crew were all safely landed, together with their baggage and the steamer's freight. Tho steamer Aloha picked up the passengers, crew and freight of the Tillamook at Kadiak and brought them all to Juneau, arriving there on the 4th i Inst. The Senator brought down the officers and crew of tho Tillamook. tf HE ST. PAUt GLOBE, : SUNDAY, JAN 0A&? ig, IftOl. lilt \\ I 0! Continued From First Pave. . til he became chairman of the com mittee on foreign relations and our con troversy with Spain became acute that his great forum was found, and his great abilities were given the field of statesmanship and diplomacy for which he was so well fitted and equipped. In that place and in the field he was easi ly the first and our recognized leader and guide. No one "was better versed than he in the diplomatic history of the country, and- no one had studied more deeply and was more familiar than he with all the complicated and varied re lations of our country with foreign na tions. : • "'. His speeches and his reports in our relations with England, with Spain, in our war with Spain, and on the treaty of Paris, were epics of wisdom and elo quence scarcely ever excelled. He ex hausted and rendered clear and lucid the most profound and most Intricate problems of diplomacy and statecraft. When he had spoken there was little, if anything, more to be said on the sub ject. While he seemed listless to the mere routine work of the senate, yet when great questions were at stake and great problems were to be solved, he was always • vigilant and always on the alert. He studied and passed upon pub lic affairs, both at home and abroad, and with the instinct and purpose of a statesman and never in the spirit of a mere time-served or politician. His en tire heart apd whole soul were wrapped up in his great work, and he was so absorbed by it that he seemed at times oblivious to all else. He was an orator of the highest and best type, clothing the most profound thoughts in the most choice and most chaste of rhetoric. His speechas, jimlike most oratorys, were even more impressive, more captivating and more convincing in the reading of them than in the delivery. In his case the hearing served to whet the appetite for the reading of his speeches, and the reader always discovered beauties of thought and diction that had escaped him in the delivery. His oratory was classic, but of a modern tyue, fraught with facts and arguments of the most convincing and exhaustive, character. . STUDENT OF LITERATURE. "While his work at the bar and in the public service absorbed most of his time and attention, yet he always devqtod a share of his time to the pursuit and study of literature and history. He was a profound Shakespearian scholar, thor oughly familiar with the life and all the works of that great genius. His book, entitled "The Law ln Shakespeare,'' shows how thoroughly he entered into the spirit and how fully he mastered and understood- 1 the broad and profound range of human knowledge and human wisdom possessed by that t great high priest of tragedy, comedy and song. He not only discovered the "law" in Shakes peare, but he also fathomed that pro found analysis of the motives and main springs of human action so pre-eminent in the great poet. He himself of an heroic turn of mind, he naturally and Irresistibly became at tracted to that most wonderful and most startling of modern heroes, Napoleon. He was one of the most thorough and most profound student of the life, the mission and the work of this great man; familiar with every phase of it so far as known to human vision. There was scarcely a took upon Napoleon, in English or in French, that ho did not have In his library and had not read and mastered. The study of the life of the great, hero, in all Its varied phases, charmed him, chastened him and buoyed his spirit in the somber and perplexing moments of his life. MOURNED BY ALL. To me he was on all occasions most kind and helpful. I feel his loss most deeply. His death has left a void in my heart which none can fill. We all miss him in the senate, miss him for his good ness and great worth, miss him for his wisdom, his eloquence and noble example. His death was a great bereavement not only to his friends and to his associates, but to the entire country. There are some gaps in the line of battle that can be easily filled, but that gap in the line of battle he held when he passed away no one can fill as completely and as truly as he did. No public man had a warmer place in the hearts of the people than he had. I have never seen a larger fu neral than his. It was attended in large numbers by young and old. In all walks of life, from all parts of the state. They came in no perfunctory mood, but in a spirit of heaviness, grief and sor row, as though each had been bereaved of his dearest and most beloved of friends. There were many beautiful flowers placed as tokens of grief and af fection over his remains, but the most impressive and most inspiring tokens were the silent tears that trickled on the cheeks of so many sad faces on that day. His mortal remains have been laid away in their final resting place, but the spirit of his life, his mission, and the great work he wrought, will remain with us as a token, as an example and as an inspiration for all time to com?. "When can his glory fade? Oh, the brave charge he made." DID A MAN'S DUTY. Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, comment ing upon the fact that so many senators die in office, said that in the eulogies pronounced in the chamber the portrai tures have been true and faithful. In a young republic, he said, the greatest place for a live man was that of a soldier in time of war and a statesman in time of peace. Mr. Davis was both. He did a man's full duty in both. Mr. Hoar commented upon the literary attainments of Mr. Davis, and said: "There may bave been soldiers whose courage saved the day in great, decisive battles, when the fate of the nation hung in the scale, yet whose most enduring monument was the column of smoke which rose when their death shot was fired. There have been statesmen whose silent influence .have decided the issue when the country was at the parting of the ways, of whose service history takes no heed. The great Ohio territory, not six imperial states, was twice saved to freedom by the almost unnoticed action of a single man. With all respect for the man of letters, we are not yet quite ready to admit that the trumpeter is better than the soldier or the painter greater than the lion. There is no need of many words to sum. up the life and character of Mr. Davis. His life was in the daylight. Minnesota knew him. His country knew and loved him. He was a good soldier in his youth and a . great senator in his maturer manhood. What can be said more and what can be said better, to sum up the life of an American citizen. He offered his life for his country when life was all before him and his state and his country rewarded him with their highest honor. The great orator and philosopher of Rome declared in his youth and repeated in his age that death could not come prematurely to a man who had been consul. This man must surely be accounted ready to die. He had discharged honorably life's high est duty and his cup or honor and of glory was full." LEGAL ATTAINMENTS. Mr. Daniel (Va.) paid a high tribute to the legal attainments of Senator Davis, saying that whether in the lower courts or in International tribunal, he would have been the peer" of any antagonist against whom he might have been pitted. Erudite and indefatigable, his opinions were always the best results of a. thoroughly trained mind. The addresses of Senator Davis upon International law, delivered in his own state, were denom inated the best epitome of that subject in existence. Turning to the eloquence of his late colleague, Mr. Daniel read many pas sages from the Gettysburg address of three years ago, and characterized it as noble as the men in whose memory It was delivered. ' Closing, Mr. Daniel said a flower he would lay upon the tomb of his friend, was that in his heart was always love of country and of his fellows. Mr. Spencer (Wis.) said of Mr. Davis that while many men had great knowl edge of "case law," few men had reached such a thorough understanding of the science of the-law. In any bar or tri bunal he would have been prominent. Touching on the literary side of his nature, Mr. Spencer said the facility of expression, the perfection of use of words, seemed a natural attribute and that In no public utterance, perhaps, were there not at least - one sentence which might be taken as a model. Many of the best speeches the senator had made had been in the executive sessions of the senate, Mr.; Spooner said, : and many of them would have added to the prestige of the senate. Telling of a visit paid by himself to Mr. Davis when on his death bed. Mr. Spooner said that th last words of the late senator uttered to him were, when discussing the senate, "It's a great body, a great body. Good bye." Mr. Pettigrew (3. D.) spoke proudly of . Senator Davis as one of the men produc ed by the great Northwest, and paid the highest tribute to his mentality and per sonal ■ characteristics. 'He spoke _ especi ally touching of the long friendship that existed between himself j and . the dead senator. -• .., Mr. McCumber (N. D.) paid the highest tribute to Mr. .Davis' character and at tainments. He spoke. of the attachment of Mr. Davis .to his o^n state and nation, as well, and closed with an eulogy upon him as a man and an American. Mr. Poster (Wash.) who had been a close friend of the fete Mr. Davis, paid a tribute to his memory, bearing testi mony to the thoroughness of his prepara tion for his career and the wide range of his acquirements. by HIS Successor. \j ■ 7?- <-jyy.':■-; ■ ij*h& ..,.■ ■-•_■:, .- - Mr. Towne, who by appointment, fills , the seat In the senate occupied by Mr. Davis, was assigned to the duty of clos ing the services. His address was the first made by Mr. 1 Towne In the senate and it had been prepared with cars. Mr. Towne was unstinted in his praise of his predecessor, of whom he said that while his virtues were known and appreciated in Minnesota, he had hardly reached the full recognition due him when he died. Mr. Towne said: "Death found Cushman K. Davis at the zenith of his powers and at the summit of his opportunities. He stood at the head of the committee, which at the present critical juncture in our history is the most prominent committee of the highest governmental body in'the world. If the policy on which his party has entered is to be pursued, the unexpired portion of his current term comprising the next four years, must be all im portant in the, shaping and a3justment of that policy as related to numerous and complicated international Interests. Ihis was a situation calculated to ap peal to his highest ambition, to stimulate is greatest potencies, to spread before his mental vision - the • most satisfying product of worthy, and enduring fame. Yet, as he was on the threshold-of the consummation of his career, at the very entrance of" that fair field from whose delights and glories all his past seemed to have been a designed. preparation, inscrutable fate had ordained ■ that he should pause No one realized the traglo pathos of the past more fully than he did, yet he bore the sorrow -of it with a heroism equal to the physical courage which he opposed to assaults of pain. He might wince, but he did not cry out. He could express regret, but he did not complain." ■ , . / DAVIS* RELIGION. ' '" .v * Mr. Towne also referred to Senator Davis' religious convictions, saying: ' "And when his feet touched the waters of the river, beyond which lies that un discovered country, the glance that sought inquiringly . the farther shore was a glance that felt no shade of fear. Aa a young man, he had for a time yielded to the influence aof . that Irreligious skepticism which was often the too hasty refuge of minds impressed by the wonderful developments of physical sciences shortly after the' middle of the nineteenth century. "But as he grew old er and as his reading broadened and his habits of Introspection strengthened, the thought that all .the preparation of the centuries Is purposeless and that the end of innumerable -universes is mere nothingness, gave no comfort to his soul and found no . justification in his reason. Familiar with . the ancient philosophies and with the principles of recent science, he found In both of them that which, while it yielded to exclusive basis lor a particular creed, yet gave ample support to the sweet assurance of the Chritisan religion respecting the future Ufa. ■*? * ». • He quoted Senator: Davis as saying, not long before his heath: __V." _?.' kn?. w human history and I know that in the first century something hap pened that destroyed the old world and gave birth to the new. The resurrection of Jesus would account for that change and I do not know of any other "ade quate solution that has ever been pro posed.' " " "Thus it seems to me, the conclusions of philosophy, the rational of science and the teachings of revealed religion," said * »_. a "Wne" "Point unerringly to immor tality. ..',.'.-' '■■ In this supreme convicton, he said, he he knew that Mr. Davis was firmly grounded. At the conclusion of Mr. Towne's re marks, he moved" the adoption of tha resolution proposed bf his colleague, Sen ator Nelson, which, being carried, the senate at 3:45 p. m.'adjourned. ' l______ . . .'• \ .yr MAY TELEPHONE TO EUROPE. Valuable Invention of Dr. Pa pin Bong-lit by an American Company. NEW YORK. Jan. 12.-The Electrical Review, published today, announces the purchase by the American Telephone and Telegraph company (the parent Bell company) of the patents of Dr. M. I. Pupin, of Columbia college, which it states, covers the art of ocean telephony and which enables telephone messages to be sent over any length of land lines. It further states that the sum of $200,000 has been paid to Dr. Pupin for the invention, with an annual salary to him during the life of the patents of $7,500. The invention referred to and for whioh two patents were issued in June, 1900, is described at length, and it is character ized as one of the most brilliant ex ceptional inventions of Dr. Pupin. It was thought necessary in order to talk a given distance, say 500 miles, in under ground cables, to' employ large copper wires covered with insulating material. The expense of such wires and material has been sufficient to prevent the con struction of large underground circuits. Dr. Pupin's invention is declared to fur nish a method whereby conductors of relatively small diameter covered with insulating material of moderate thick ness may be used in: place of the large and expensive :* conductors formerly thought to be necessary. The Electrical Review, ln conclusion, states: ■•.. - Experimenting with artificial conduc tors. Dr. Pupin discovered that it was possible to telephone over vastly greater lengths of cable than had ever been pos sible before, and he is able to make any desired length of telephone circuit easily possible. He has shown a design for induction coils to be introduced at ap propriate intervals in a trans-Atlantic cable which would allow telephonic con versation to be held across the Atlantic ocean. It Is believed by those who have investigated the subject fully that the improvement which his inventions con template will enable telephony over land lines of any length that are In" use today and solves the difficult and attractive problem of ocean telephony." J^-~A *—: MILLS ON THE STAND. Tells Congressmen of His Efforts to Stamp Out Hazing. WEST POINT, Jan. .12.—C01. W. L. Mills, superintendent of the West Point Military academy, occupied the witness stand during the entire afternoon session of the investigating committee,, with the exception of a few minutes in which Hor ace Booz testified that the evidence given by him before the military court on Dec 26 was correctly reported on the records. Col. Mills occupied the attention of the court at the night .session. He made an exhaustive and detailed statement of his administration as superintendent of the academy since 1898 and went into de tails on every point "ion which the com mittee wished to be enlightened. Several times during the day the several con gressmen comprising the committee ex pressed themselves as being pleased with the efforts he was making to stamp out hazing at the academy. Once he showed some feeling when Driggs asked him if it were true that the officers of the West Point academy were so much im bued with the fighting traditions of the academy that they did not care to stop' it. The colonel put himself on record as being opposed to fighting, and cr.'d it was not a traditional institution at the academy. He said every officer at the academy was against : it, and It was no part of the training of the cadets. The committee will resume its investi gation on Monday morning and will hold three sessions daily during the greater part of next week. Rome—The Osservatore Romano i pub lishes a Latin poem written by the pope and dedicated to Christ, on the occasion of the beginning of the new century. j Minseapolis News, "jj m i ii TERRIBLE] MURDER DONE BY A CRAZY WOMAN IN MINNE APOLIS YESTERDAY BEATEN WITH HEAVY BOTTLE Sleeping Girl Wm Awakened Prom Her Slumbers by the Murder ou__fAs.-pa.ult and Died In a Short Time. Alice Helstrom, aged 16, was killed yes terday at her home, 914 East Nineteenth street, Minneapolis, by her mother, while the latter was In a state of acute mania, the deed being committed with a heavy bottle, which terribly mangled the girl's face and head. Louis Helstrom, the husband and fath er, Is Janitor of the Lincoln Court apart ment house at that number. The mother and her daughter had been sleeping together. ... The father was In- the furnace room. The mother awoke to find her daughter still sleeping. Securing the bottle, she dealt the sleeping child a frightful blow. It was not a fat£,l blow, however, but only served to awak en the child, who began a struggle for life. She succeeded in wresting the bot- j tie from her mother, but the mother quickly recovered it and continued to rain blow after blow upon the girl's head in a most horrible manner. Thinking she had accomplished her purpose when the girl sank down on the floor unable longer to resist, the Insane mother - went Into . the kitchen, where she met Mr. Helstrom. The lat ter saw that something was wrong, and rushed to the bed chamber. There he saw his daughter, apparent ly lifeless upon the floor, but the girl was roused enough to tell, before she died, the story of her struggle. The mother ls evidently Insane, for, according to the dying statement of the girl, she had attempted to kill her daugh ter two or three times before, and re cently her actions generally have indi cated that her mind was unbalanced. After these unsuccessful attempts, she persuaded the girl to say nothing, prom ising not to repeat them. So the girl said nothing. j.:",->^, Alice was a student at the South Side high school, where she was much liked by her companions as a bright and pre possessing girl. Mrs. Helstrom is a sister of ex-Sheriff Holmberg, of Hennepin county. A tele gram has been sent to Mr. Holmberg at Denver notifying him of the tragedy. The coroner was called upon the death of the girl and her mother was locked up in the county Jail. Mrs. Helstrom, to a reporter latcs, said her reason for killing her daughter was that she wanted to help her to heaven that she was too good a girl for this world. The woman talks freely about her act. AH her thoughts are on the girl and for herself she has no concern whatever and It has not entered her mind that the law will seek to hold her accountable. She regrets having committed the deed, but apparently not for fear of punishment nor because any realization of a crime has come to her, but rather her regrets seem to be based on personal sorrow in being deprived of the girl's compan ionship. She partially consoles herself however, by saying that God would soon have taken Alice away. , She recognized Matron Woodburn. al though the two had not met for several years and an old friend who called at the jail was received most cordially The first question Mrs. Heroin asked her era? WaS ,f She had Seen Alice's fun" The woman's face is bruised. Mrs «2? 0™ ayl that the bottle whlch she used flew back and hit her in the head. iTT A 6l? 3 J mprobable ' and it is be brlinV^ 3he tried to beat out her own brains when she saw what aw deed she had committed. .-....;.- IT PAID THE LOSS. Insurance Company Made Good the Claim. .^ & SlJ ove, president of the Millers and Manufacturers' Insurance company? said yesterday that the dispatch from Madison Wis., to the effect that his com pany had been prohibited from doing bus ted" State Was rossly exagger- The facts are that Jameson & Frellng huysen, insurance brokers in New York ™ w_ritteV Prides for the company on Wisconsin property, using New York standard policies Jnst^d of Wisconsin LJ£?£L?A nd without having them coun tersigned by one of the company's Wis consin agents Both policies were on the same risk and before the error could be cleared up a fire loss occurred, which the company paid. ' wui_.ii tne For failure to have the policies counter signed by a resident agent, the insurance commissioner suspended the company's right Jo transact business in the state for a perlfld of ninety days, and for failure tci «_? Wisconsin standard policies a fine of $50 was imposed. The company has accepted the penalty and proposes to sue the New York brokers for damages. * 5? stateme nt in the dispatch referred to that the company had issued a policy to the Fayette-Shaw Dumber compar and refused to settle a loss occurring thereunder was absolutely false. The company issued no such policy.Mr' Shove SHE HAD AJV AX. Mrs. Probst Held Off a Deputy Sheriff. Mrs. a John Probst held several of ™™_*at*£ay ? rida Y night and would not permit them to enter her home, 512 Gl rard avenue north. An attempt was made to serve a writ of replevin on her, but seizing an ax she dared Deputy Sheriff A. J. Wright to enter, and maintained a belligerent attitudte during the night Yes terday morning she capitulated. .Yickel Machines ' Are Stopped. Saloon proprietors who have been op erating nickei-in-the-slot machines have been notified by Mayor Ames that the practice will not be tolerated. This af fects only the machines which nay money. .-,.-..;>. MINNEAPOLIS BREVITIES. Mrs. J. B. Burdick surprised a burg.ar at her home, 2691 Lake oi' the Isles, Mon day night. She heard some one prowling around In the house, and taking a revolv er, started on a hunt for him. She found him, whereupon the man took a nasty departure. -••■-..■_:-_;•..■-"; Sam Owens, of Bloomington Prair'e. better known as "Old Sam" to South aid ers, fell from his wagon, while driving into town yesterday morning. Ho was taken to the city hospital by the South side wagon, but died on the way. E. E. Wheelock, secretary to Superin tendent of Police Ames, left last evening for Chicago, and will be gone two weeks Mr. Wheelock will devote his entire time to a study of criminal matters ln the Windy City, and will give particular at tention to the Bertillon system of Identi fication of criminals. GOES TO CHARLESTON. South Atlantic Naval Station to Be Transferred. S WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. - Secretary Long concurs in the recommendation of the naval board, submitted yesterday, for the transfer of the South . Atlantic naval station from Port Royal to Charleston, S. :■■ C, . and arrangements •will now proceed for the purchase of the site at Charleston and the carrying out of -the transfer. \ Already there is > available $227,000 for the general purpose of. the station, and of this- not to exceed Vsloo,ooo can be used in the purchase of the site. •." "' *________a^i.S**£_X___.*>i_KW_£.-*« ____tf_L__a_=__^__K__^_h_»__.:..- ... '-■:'■■ MONDAY, JAN. 14, WE START OUR EIGHTH PRE-INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE. The town la full of so-called sales. Can you buy goods cheaper at them now than In December? Price them and see, and then come to us and we will show you the difference. We Inventory Feb. 1, and until that date you can save from 23 to* 50 per cent Watch our specials. They will wake the town up. Iron beds M \Y* ha^ C h'? P hi <*?** to our first floor all our samples and lots of two and three of a kind, and will sell them at a straight discount of 50% / " from our former low prices. - . We bought some special lots which one of the mills desired to close out quick. During this sale we will sell new SPRING PATTERNS at 25% Discount. Note below: 10 new Spring Patterns in all-wool ingrains, per yard 45 0 15 new Spring Patterns in half-wool ingrains, per yard " ..... 280 Grass Rugs, 30x60... »,..".'."". 89a Moquette Rugs y ...*.*.".", Ql 79 Furßugs !!*"*""* $2.50 Tapestry Carpets (quantity limited) og 100 Fringed Rugs, made of short lengths of velvets and b'russeis *4 and 4J* feet long. gg MISFIT CARPETS. We have a large assortment of misfit carpets that we are making very special prices on. Call and see them. 6 7 . 40-Pound Full Weight, Full Size ttftlß MATTRESS. Best sateen ticking or old-fashioned blue and white striped ticking. The Mattresr_.es can be had either square or diamond tufted. Close stitched on edee so it will not lose is shape in use. Regular $16 value $9.45 Samples of mattress and hair shown on first floor. This mattress can be had in any size for either wood or iron beds. Quality guaranteed. StSSI Bsiil€J@S ß 1. A N°' 8 6"hol° Steel Ran Se' hiSh warming closet and water front, asbestos lined flues, size of oven 17x12x21^. Did you ever hear of such a price? v ', ' "" —■ ■i 15 ®/ Discount on all Coral • ■ ™ /© Steel flanges. Heaters China Closets at-.... 25 per cent off Couches at : 25 per cent off Sideboards at , 15 per cent off Office Desks at 25 per cent off Parlor Gocfds and Davenports at 33& per cent Off Sofa Beds at-- 33% per cent off Fancy Rockers at ;.; 20 per cent off Leather Goods at... 25 per cent off Folding Beds at 20 per cc» toff Odd Dressers and Commodes at 15 per cent off Child's Beds and Cribs at 15 per cent off Bedroom Sets at... 25 per cent off Center Tables and Extension Tables at 15 per cent off All goods marked in plain figures. Flgu re your own discount. 100 DRESSERS Hardwood, three large, roomy drawers, well' finished, has a French beveled mirror, each— $5.45. Good copper bottom Wash boiler 59 G ioo-piece semi-porcelain Dinner Set, nicely dec0rated.,.................... $5.95 8-drawer Cabinet Spice 80x.... 39$ 10-piece Decorated Toilet Set $1.76 American Family Scale, with 5c00p.......... 95 0 Eight-day Clock, oak case, 2 feet high.... $1.75 Glass Tumblers, per dozen f 2c 14-oz Copper Wash Boiler .V $1.95 Copper Teakettle, nickel plated LL 7g G Superior Clothes Wringer................... gg c Diningroom Chairs, nicely carved. .... \ ".... \ 54q WAiXBLOM FURNITURE AND CARPET CO. 400-408 Jackson St., ST. PAUL. »