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CITY NEWS.
The Socialist Labor party Vviil hold an
open air meeting this evening at Payne
avenue and York street.
The degree team of J^prth Star Camp
No. 1637, M. \V. A., will give a danca
and fancy drill Friday evening at Cen
tral hall.";
The Junior Pioneer association will taKo
part In the Memorial day parade and will
also attend the Memorial exercises at the
auditorium.
N.i action has as yet been taken by the
«>xtra city hall janitors to compel City
[roller McCardy to audit their pay
roll. The janitors have asked Attorney
J. C. Mlchac-lH to conduct their case.
The fire department was called to the
residence of \Y. L. Agn*-w, t9) Iglenart
street, ehortly after noon yesterday to
extinguish a small-sized fire. The blaze
■succeeded In doing about $£00 damage.
The young people of the Arlington
Hills Presbyterian church will gi\e a
lawn social Friday evening", June 7, at
the reaid«?nc( of Mrs. L. A. Blodgett.
T< nth and John streets. The M-.ndel'a
Mandolin orchestra will be hi ateidance.
Mrs Mary Xiemezyk, arre&t* i on the
eharg <if shoplifting ar.d charged with
]>c-tty larceny, was yesterday given sixty
days In the workhouse. Judge Orr. how
ever, suspended the sentence until July
6 on the promise of the defendant, to go
home and be good in the future.
County Treasurer Metzdorf's office was
filled all day long yesterday. Real estite
taxes will become delinquent M ty 31, and
f.»r this reason until then the office will
be open until 9 o'clock every night, with
the xception of Thursday, Memorial day,
■when it will close at the Usu.il hour.
T-iast night ('hi»-f O'Connor received a
telegram from Mrs. Moses Fcrbe3, Ct
O.shkosh, Wis., asking him to notify John
H. Forbes, a horse trainer, who former
ly lived at 541 Rroadway, of the deith of
his father at Oshkosh. The fun-era 1, ac
cording to the telegram, will te held to
day.
Dr. Jacques W. Redway, of Xew York,
Ruthor of Redway's school geography,
and a noted scholar, is in St. Paul, mak
ing a tour of the schools. He is a grad
uate of two Eastern colleges, and has
studied in Europe for several years. He
ia looked upon as an authority on geog-^
raphy. "
Frank C Vanderwarker, aged twenty
four, died al St. Luke's hospital Monday
evening of sarcoma of the lungs. The de
ceased was the son of Silas W. Vander
warker, local agent of the Northwestern
Fuel lompany, and resided with his par
ents at 520 Marshall avenue. The funeral i
will take place at the Vanderwarker res:- |
denee this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The i
interment at Oakland cemetery will be
private. ■]■:
A horse belonging to Abe Lizowsky, of
2)2 Fairlleld avenue, ran away from the
market sheds on Wesi Third street yes
terda morning. During its flight up
Third sir.'.; tho wagon to which it was
hitch struck wagons belonging to A.
Tyindstrom, 117 West Third street, and
Isaac Chanisch, JSI West Third street,
and in the collision Lizowsky*s rig was
demolished. The horse broke away and
ran to Seven corners, where it fell on
the Idewalk exhausted, and was caught
by Officer B( n Morris.
OPPOSE OMAHA TRACK.
CITY ATTORNEYS CLAIM LEVEE
aiGHTS WOULD BE] I.M'RIMiED.
Before Judge Kelly yesterday, was
continued the hearing in the petition of
the Omaha road for the appointment of
a commission ,<> condemn land desired
on the "West side for trackage purposes.
Tho hearing yesterday was taken up by
ihe representatives cf the city, who of
fered objt clions on the ground that the
land desired was obtained for levee pur
pbsrsjahd th*t it would interfere witlr
Improvements opiated in behalf of
I in- public baths.
In ■ nti m that the
track ruler dangerous the en
•' ; " baths, fiiy En
ated that a sixtei n
■ii < m
1 Mll a bridg with tho
n Id era t lon, besides
I secured by the
: -'■ ■ This
if the tracks were
. lid along the route pro-
As '" the contention that the ground
desired was acquired by the city for
levee purposes, Judge "Wilson, who rep
resented tho Omaha interests, r.tated that
the leve • was no lev< at all. as only a
portion of Lhe lots necessary had been*
secured by the city under the condem
nation proceedings instituted ai the time.
Today Health Commissioner Ohagc will
go on tho .stand and endeavor to show
tho laxnagc that the tracks would do
to the baths if laid thers.
YERXA
We Clcss at Noon Decoration Day.
I '< partracnt is the best.
Water with ('rushed Fruits
Purest rce Cream, per glass... Be
In ike city, per dish. 6c
Staie lutter (Centost.
We have received another lot of fresh
Creamery Ruttcr from the state dairy
department In 20-lb tubs. This is very
superior butter, being the best product
that fne besi buttermakers can make
contesting for the prizes offered by the
state dairy department. Price in 20-lb
tuba, per lb, 31c; less quantity, per lb
tic, '
Jjew Cabbage] fancy, pee head . c
Cieyi Turnips, per bunch * 3c
Green Pc-aa, per quart 6<r
COFFEE! COFFEE!
You nee not pay over 30s per pound to Ptt
ene of ths very b=s» irlnking Coffees in this
ccuntry-We rior to ths Hoffman House. Ofl«
pound "' jyQ
Hobal Blend KBK2*K£*| 22c
Golden Rio and Santos %a 15c
BLOOMING PLANTS.
t -\ n, ,excril<-nt assortment of thrlftv
budded nnd blooming plants. iar 5e ones
-Agera.li.ms. Rose plants, Datejpa Pan
Bies. Heliotrope, Goranlums-low' prices
Tomato. , -„,,.,.,_ Cabbngo plants per
dozen x ,-
ioc
MEAT EBARKET.
Legs of Mutton, fresh, per lb 12 C
Fresh Umh Leas, per Ili-i^t~'~~^lte
Fresh Mutton Cliop* per lb 12p
Fresh Stewing Mutton, per lb;I:.\**;~ 50
Fresh Stewins Lamb, p«r lb. 6c
GIGAH aEPARTRSEfaT.
Cuban l.ar.d-made Cigars
Terxa-s broad leaf Conchaa, s i 2e 5c
each, per box of 50 ;.... $250
Yerxa's broad leaf. 10c size, per box
v of * ••" ■ $1.60
Yerxa Opera Cigar, each for 6c,
T>er box of GO. $2 70
Choice of French Briar Pipes each
for " 35c
Oui-Af-Tewn Customers.
I^^' 0", want groceries at low wholesale
cash pro «. „! ;, i a„* nt your vvnn ~™
us and let us price it for you.
F S e 9 YERXA & 00.
SEVENTH ASD CSDAiI. Rf.
11l AH IS
EVIDENCE IX COUXTY TAX RE
FIXDMEXT rXVESTIGATIO.V
IS ALL JX
JOHNSON ON WITNESS STAND
IK AXYTHIXG HAS BEEX IRREGU
LAR, HE SAYS HE WILL
RIGHT IT
MANY MISSING CERTIFICATES
The Rams&y county tax refundment in
vestigation before Gov. Van Sant may be
closed today. The hearing was in prog
ress all day yesterday and all the testi
mony was taken, except some which Gen.
Pope may desire to sumbit today. The
public examiner was called out of the
city yesterday on business and may not
return before tomorrow. In that event
the hearing will be continued until such,
time as w.ll be mutually satisfactory to
both sides.
County Auditor Johnson was himself on
the witness stand yesterday morning.
Replying to a vital question from At
torney Somerby as to whether or not he
would tolerate such lax methods as seem
to have be?n in vogua by the officials
under him in the county auditor's office,
Mr. Johnson said:
"1 do ri3t care to give any opinion as
to the conduct of Mr. Griswold or other
of my deputies in advance of the court.
When this hearing has been completed
and both sides have had ample time in
which to fully set forth their case 3, I
will determine what is right and wrong,
and if I find that there has been anything
wrong In the affairs of my office 1 will
not stan.i for it."
Thus far in the investigation no speci
fic charge of a criminal character has
been made against Mr. Johnson. In fact,
no charges have beon formally preferred.
It is the plan of those conducting the
investigation for the state to complete
their investigation first, and if they suc
ceeded in demonstrating that Mr. Gris
wold or any other official in the county
auditor's office has bet n guilty of mal
feasance in office it will then be time to
turn the matter over to Mr. Johnson., As
the principal of his deputies he will, of
course, have to either ratify or reject
what they have done. Should he ratify
what shall have been proven unlawful, It
will then devolve upon the state to pre
fer a charge agalnsl the county auditor.
ADMITS GBISWOLD WAS DERELICT.
Mr. Johnson admitted that according to
the testimony given the day before by his
deputy, Mr. Griswold, the latter had been
derelict in his conduct of the office,
which was under his charge in the ab
sence of the auditor. He further stated
that he would not knowingly permit an
employe to grant a wararnt without hav
ing the certificate in his possession. This,
according to the testimony of both Mr.
Griawold and Deputy Drummond. has
been done in the absence of Mr. John
son by his deputy, Mr. Griswold. It
appears that Mr. Griswold is placed in
an unfortunate position, as his principal
has stated that such methods "would not
be tolerated by him.
With reference to the seventeen missing
tax certificates upon 'which warrants
have been issued, which certificates wera
called into question by Gen. Pope day
before yesterday, Mr. Johnson testified
that four had been later found in his of
fice and that one was discovered among
the array of papers and documents
which Gen. Pope obtained at the county
auditor's office. This still leaves twelve
certificates unaccounted for. Johnson
persists in saying that th?y will yet be
unearthed and produc d.
Former Asisstant . County Attorney
ZolLman then called G. YV. Blood, \V. O.
Denegre, Frank J. Obst and Albert M.
Lawton, who were examined as to the
extent of their dealings in tax certificates
and their knowledge of the conduct of
affairs at the county auditor's ortice.
Their testimony was practically the same
and was not particularly important.
They testified that they have bought a
good many void tax ceitiriciVUs and have
obtained refundments at the auditor's
office. They said that, so far as they
were aware, they had always been ac
corded the same privileges and rights as
had James H. Burns, adding that if
tIK-y were being deprived of. any special
privileges which Burns had been given,
they would make the discovery and
register a pretest. The object of this
evidence was to prove that Burns had
not been accorded special favors by the
county auditor and his force of clerks
and deputies in his dealings in the tax
refundment cases.
DISPOSITION OF S-i.SOO.
Before starting on the hearing again
yesterday afternoon it had been con
sider-, d wise by the Pope faction to intro
duce th;it part of Gen. Pope's report in
which testimony is offered to show what
disposition was made of the $4,500, the
amount received in warrants in the so
called Lightner deal. But. this was later
dispensed with,as it appears in the sworn
testimony in the report of the- public ex
aminer and is equally available for use.
The facts are, as the report shows, that
on April 30, Schoonmaker, the attorney,
went to the county auditor's office and
appUed to either Dmmmoi.d or Griswold,
he had forgotten which one, for the war
rants on the Ducius' certificates. They
were made out and delivered to him. He
drew tho money from the- county treas
urer, took it to the American Exchange
bank and turned it over to James H.
Burns, publisher of.the St. Paul Herald
and former county auditor, whom he met
at the bank. The amount was that item
so often mentioned in the investigation,
$4,800.
Burns, the report says, deposited this
nmoimt to his own account as agent.
He then had a cashier's check for $3,700
drawn and this he' gave to E. B. Young,
of the lircn of Young & Lightner. Young
then delivered the certificates and the
mortgage to Burns. Burns states, in the
report, that he then took the certificates
and put them on a desk in the office of
the county auditor, where Griswold said
he afterward found them. —
Tiie session yesterday afternoon began
with H. P. Farwell on the stand. Mr.
Farwell does considerable buying of city
and county certificates for himself and
his clients and was called by Zollman to
disclose whether or not he had ever re
ceived any special privileges at the coun
ty auditor's office or knew that Burns
had. He stated that he had rot received
smb. favors and had no reason to believj
that Burns had. He also stated that he
believed he would have found it out if
Burns was being specially favored and in
such case he would have made a com
plaint.
Regarding what was done with the cer
tificates after he passed them in for the
warrant, Mr. Farwcll said he did havo
any way of knowing. He corroborat
ed the testimony of the day before of
Burns, that it was a common practice
to assign these certificates in blank and
that he had often taken certificates
brought to him assigned in this manner.
This method, he said, hud been in vogue
in the city and county affairs for four
years.
On cross-examination by Somerby, Mr.
Farwell stated that never has he re
ceived a warrant without first surrender
ing the certificate, and he further stated,
unlike some of the other who gave
testimony upon the subject of the Light
ner deal, that he has frequently seen the
certificates stamped or canceled after he
had surrendered them. He also stated,
unlike one or two of those who gave
their testimony the day before, that Gris
wold had frequently questioned him
about his certificates to see that they
were all right before Issuing the f*ar
ranta.
Py "special privilege" Mr. Farwell stat
ed to Attorney Somerby that he meant
THK ST. P^Uk GLOBE, WEDNESDAY, M^Y 29, 190
in the matter of having free access to
the county records. As far as the
methods of getting hold of the money
were concerned, he did not presume to
apeak.
REMEMBERS LIOHTNER DEAL.
Deputy Auditor Drummond was the
next man upon the stand. He outlined
the duties of his position, testifying that
he acted as clerk of the various boards
under the county auditor, and had chargs
of the register of redeemed warrants.
He said Mr. Burns la a familiar visitor
around the auditor's office, and la en
gaged to a considerable extent in pur
chasing tax certificates for himself and.
others, whom he represents.
Regarding the Lightner deal, he said
he remembered the application for tax
refundments by Ducius anJKSassidy, but
was ignorant of the fact that Burns was
the principal in the transaction. He re
called that Sehoonmaker and "Weiss pro
cured warrants at the office, and that
they get the warrant for $4,800 on the
applications of Davis and Ducius.
Mr. Drummond said that the large
amount of this warrant caused h!m to
ask Deputy Griswold if the
vvere all right. Griswold told him they
were, and he forthwith drew, the war
rant, and again asked Griswold if it was
all right to give this warrant to Schon
maker. Upon being told that" It was, ne
delivered the warrant to Sehoonmaker
when he called for it.
"Did Sehoonmaker deliver the certif
icates when he got the warrants rrom
you?" asked Somerby.
"No, not to me. I supposed that since
Mr. Griswold had said it was all right to
give him the warrants, and that the
certificates were all right, as Griswo!a
had also stated, that everything wai in
proper shape, and I knew enough to kno w
that they would not be In proper shape if
the certificates were not in possession of
thf> office at that time."
Proceeding, Mr. Drummond eaid he re
membered distinctly of drawing the war
rant payable to Sehoonmaker. He knew
that the application for this warrant waa
made by Ducius, but gave the warrant
to Schoonmaker because he was Ducius'
attorney.
Mr. Drummond testified that he kept
all the reports of the tax committee of
the board of county commissioners. Ask
ed if he remembered that the applica
tions for refundment of taxes of Ducius,
Davis and Cassidy were the subject of
one of the meetings of this rnmmttee,
he replied that he did not, but he said
the committee reported to the commis
sioners that there were regular applica
tions for refundment of the IS9I and ISS2
taxes, and there waa nothing kit for
the commissioners to do but si?n the
applications, making the drawing of the
warrants possible.
HOW WARRANTS ARE DRAWN'
As to how warrants can be drawn Mr
Drummond stated that they cou:d hot
be made out to persons whose names
were not mentioned in th« p t-ti n This
bore directly upon the case of Burns
in the Ughtner deal, and Mr. Drummond
further stated that, so far as Burns was
personally concerned, he had no recollec
tion of his ever having received a war
rant in rofumlment except once, when a
very small warrant was granted.
Mr. Drummond was unable to recall
any other instances of warrants having
been given out where the certificates were
not in the possession of the office. And
in answer to a question by Gov Van
Sant he said that it was the custom to
have the certificate on hand when the
warrant was made out.
On cross-examination by Attorney Zoll
man, Mr. Drummond stated that his in
quiry as to the certificates of the war
rants issued to Schoonmaker was made
of Mr. Griswoid two hours before the
warrants were drawn. He added In
answer to a question by Mr. Zollman
that his inquiry was made as a precau
tionary step, taken to satisfy himself of
the legality and safety of drawing the
warrant prior to the discovery of the
certificate.
Somerby asked Drummond if Mayor
Smith had not asked him at the time
if this was not a very large application
and if it was all right. Drummond re
plied that the mayor did ask this ques
tion and he told him that the law had
been complied with and that there wa-3
no other course 'but to issue the war
rant.
JOHNSTON TAKES STAND.
Auditor Johnson then took the stand,
and in answer to Attorney Zollman's
question, stated that no claim has ever
been made to him that the county was
defrauded out of one dollar through this
Lightner transaction. Further that no
claim has ever been made that any of
the certificates were owned by parties
not mentioned in the applications. Nor,
said Mr. Johnson, has any claim ever
been made that any money paid out on
thes-e warrants has been been paid to
the wrong parties.
Mr. Zollman then volunteered a long
statement regarding the legality of pay
ing 10 per cent interest on the tax r<s
-fundments of the taxes of 1891 and 1892.
He said that he and Attorney General
Childs concluded, after deliberate consid
eration, in 18i>7, that this rate was right
and legal.
Mr. Johnson asked Attorney Somerby
if the state claims that the county of
Ramsey has lost any money by the L"ght
ner deal. Somerby said he was not in a
position to say what the state claimed,
whereupon Johnson said that from some
of the newspaper reports some people
might derive the impression that such
has been the case. He said that the
charge that th<?re are seventeen certifi
cates upon which warrants have been is
sued, still missing, had been freely cir
culated and would create the wrong im
pression.
"As a matter of fact," said Somerby,
"you, yourself, admit that there are still
twelve of these certificates missing, and
I can say to you now that unless these
twelve certificates are produced very
soon there certainly will be grounds for
some serious charges."
Attorney Zollman, who is representing
Johnson, admitted the truth of this state
ment, and so did Johnson.
Before the hearing closed for the day
James H. Burns made the following
statement:
BURNS MAKES STATEMENTS.
"The tax certificates, both of state and
local assessments, which I have handled,
amount to between $20,000 and $21,000. Of
that amount less than $7,009 are of the
void certificates of the taxes of 1891 and
189*. The remainder of the certificates
mentioned included Jocal assessment and
state tax certificates and certificates sold
by the state at the last forfeited tax
sale. All of those outside of the $7,000
which I mentioned are certilicates that
are good and are a valid lien against
the property and are held and owned by
my wife as an investment The certifi
cates amounting not to exceed $7,000, cov
ered by the April refundments, in which
the Lightner certificates, amounting to
$1,800 are a part, are the only void cer
titic-atee I have ever held or hold at the
present time, and are the only certificates
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on which I ■ have ever received refund-'
raents from the county of Ramsey.'
"I want to say further,.!regarding trio
so-called inner certificates, that these
certificates were deposited by Lightner
as received. in the American Exchange
bank, on April 25, subject to my order.
That on April 3Q I went there for the
purpose of taking those certificates to
the county auditor's office and securing
the refunding warrnnt. On Saturday,
prior to the 30th,' which was the 2Sth,
Mr. Edward Young, of the firm of Young
& I.lghtner, called at the American Ex
change bank and /asked i<" I had taken
up these certificates. Mr. Ickley said
that I had notptftat I was taken sick oh
the day before* and had not been down.
Young told Tclcler that : Lighitner w«i.?
cut of the city, arid that as I had not
paid for tho certificates T and was sick
and that they could net tell how soon I
would be around *lie preferred to taka
the certificates-back to their office. That
when I called afc the bar.k for them the.v
were to telephone Young & Lightner anl
they would immediately send certincfites
to the American Exchange bank. When
Ickler told me this* on the afternoon of
April 29, I telephone Lightnor to
send the certificates back. The .response
from Lightnor's office was that he had
left for the day. I went there April 30, to
get the certificate:-! to take- them to tin
c<unty auditor's r.ffice. Ickler, the cash
ier, telephoned to "Litthtner's office to
bring the certificates there, that T" was
ready lor them. They replied that Young
would start with their, al once.. We wait
ed there and in twenty minutes Younsf
came in with the certificates and Sshooa
maker arrived with the money. He stat
ed, as I recall it, ; that he rstood me
that all was all right to draw the money.
I did tell him the warrant was all right,
but did not know at tho time that. he
would go to the eouwty auditor's office
for the warrant.3 vntil I reached there
with the certiUca.tfs.
"There was no reason wjiy, the cer
tificates could not have been. t:iken by
myself or some one . representing tb"
bank-directly to the county auditor's-.of-
See and surrendered before, the warrant
was turned over. ■
"The delivering of that warrant to
Sehoonmakcr did net in any way facili
tate my transaction with L!ghtnerin se
curing the certificates. And those cer
tificates were taken at once by me from
the bank to the county auditor's office.
In my examination by the public ex
aminer, 1 disclosed to him all my private
affairs in connection with my deal with
the American Exchange bank, without
reference to whether they had any bear
ing upon the transactions in this connec
tion or not. I refused to answer what
disposition was made of tha.t $570 chs-k
that I cashed at the bank for the sim
ple reason that it -was a private trans
action that concerned neither the«teta,te,
city nor counly officials and wa3 none of
the examiner's or anybody's else busi
ness. I take ; ,the position that the
money was use<i - partially in a private
transaction st.}H pending and am ready
at any time the governor says it has any
bc.arlng upon investigation, to dis
close to him wliero every dollar of this
amount is at thf; present time and what
has been done with- it."
WOMEN ELECT OFFICERS
AXXIAL MEJEjTriNG OF CONGREGA
TIONAL WOMEN'S MISSIONARY
UNION held.
The following: officers were- elected at
yesterday's annual meeting: of theCor.g;'--
gational Women's Home and Foreign Mis
sionary union held In Plymouth church:
President, Miss Comings, St. Anthony
Park; vice president, Mrs. H. A. Kisser,
Merriam Park; secretary and treasurer,
Mrs. Norval Marcband, Park Congrega
tional church; chorister, Mrs. G. H. ILu.s
mer, Bethany church.
The women of Bethany church had
charge of the programme. Mrs. March
and read a paper on "Porto Rico,'" and
Mrs. C. J. Hunt, in a, fifu en-minute ad
dress, presented the children's State
work and gave seme' facts about the
work in the colored mission school at
Talladega. Mrs. Bono read a paper on
"Booker T. Washington," ;>nd Mrs. Ris
sor oonducted an hour's view of. borne
missions. Rev. H. A Kisser spoke brief
ly in "City Missions."
At the business : meeting it was • decid
ed to serve simpler luncheons hereafter
at the missionary meetings so that. the
society serving would net feel unduly
taxed. A committee composed of Mr 3.
Marchand, Mrs. Humphrey and Mr 3.
Barber was appointed to dtcide upon a
stated menu for. the luncheons served at
the fall meetings. ■ Reports were given
of the recent Anoka conference and dele
gates representing '■ the societies in the
following churches also grave their re
ports: Park, Pacific, Atlantic, Bethany,
Plymouth, St. Anthony Park; Olivet,
Hazel Park, [*ni\-<-isity Avenue, South
Park, and Forest Avenue mission. Over
100 women were present at the meeting.
DANGER TO STABLE WALL.
Work of Hav.li.s.-. ttuililiußH for Xeir
Jail Teiiii»oi-ui"ily Susi»en«led.
"Work on the renewal of the buildings
from the new, ja 1 site was partially
stopped yesterday because of danger :o
the west wall g>f the Schroeder livery sta
ble on Fourth street.
The building is ptattlcally a mere shf-li,
and the wall, on examination, was found
to be badly bulged. There was som-j
talk of an injunction to prevent the
county from fitrth*r tnterfarrig with the
wall, but nothing came '>fir. A com
promise will in all probability In- effett
ed, by the county either putting in a
retaining: wall or else purchasing ti»e
building.
As th« buildin? now stands it will
greatly detract from tho appearam-3 of
the new jail. It is sa:d that t can le
obtained cheaply.
CLAUSSEN SEEKS LEGAL AID.
< iii-ions to Know" How Far, ile-Cnn
Go iit Evading Paving Resolution.
In order to determine his rights In the
premises, City Engineer Chvuwen w:!l
ask the city kgul department i«»r an
opinion as to how far he can gi> In evad
ing the paving penalty resolution passed
by the common council. Mr. CJaussen
i 3 not In sympathy with some of its
provisions, and contends that the council
cannot dictate in the matter.
When the resolution was up I'or pass
age the corporation attorney, una3ked,
informed the council that It could sug
gest, but not make mandatory, the pro
visions of th-e act and it is b'.lew.i that
the opinion whr-n given will sustain his
contention.
Grand Decoration Day Excursion to
Chisagro l.nkts and Taylorn Falls.
On Thursday, May 30. the Northern
Pacific railway will run a special train,
leaving Minneapolis 5:25 a. m., St. Paul
6:06 a. m., to I«>rest I.ako, Chiaago Lakes
and Taylors Falls; returning leave Tay
lors Falls 7:05 ». m. Ifalt" rate excursion
tickets. Fine onnortunity to visit In
terstate park. "Dalles of the St. Croi>^,
WAITT COUEt BOOM NO. 5.
City Hall anil Conrt Hmuir Coimuis-
sioii >+n JHeet Today.
A meeting oMKe city hall awi eouxt
•house commlsion Jhas be;n called ?rr
Friday, and scory is again going- the
rounds that steiisJ-will be taken to tost
the right of tlie distri:-t ju-Jges to hold
court room N<v 5 .-without tho authority
of the commission. ..
According to a statsccn? of Mayor
Smith, the only thing that will be done
will be to ask the corporation and thu
county attorneys for opinions as to the
commision's rights In the matter.
Hi.it'l-.-Hretl Horses.
L. A. Legg arrived a load of high
bred drivers, coach hor&es and saddle
horses, all with superior quality and fin
ish, Barrett <fc Zimmerman's Midway
Horse Market. St. Paul.
w iv nil
HE WILL PROBABLY SUCCEED UIM
SELP AS PRESIDBXT OF COM
MOST COIXCIL,
CAUCUS HAS PICKED ON HIM
Holt, Beimon and Craig Are Candi
date.*, but Can Hurilly Win—
Dobnev Picked for Board
of Aldermen.
Tne general opinion is that Dr. Ru
dolph Sehiffmann will succeed himself
jas president of the common council de
spite his refusal to be a candidate a sec
ond time.
A caucus of the Democratic- members
of the council with the exception of Ail.
! Hunt and Aid. Bantz, was h?ld In the
. mayor's office at the city hall last night,
j but only fragmentary information was
I given out as to the c-onclus.on arrived
! at.
| Assemblyman Haas, who was among
j the number, reiterated his statement of
a few days ago that he would not allow
j the use of his name, although consider
: able pressure was brought to compel him
to reconsider his decision. This praeti-
I ealry allows the majority only one course,
J and that is, either the re-election of Dr.
I Sehiffmann or the selection of Dr. Whit
j comb.
Dr. Whiteomb, it is understood, v.ill
| not accept the position unless it corses
■ unanimously; in fact, he has expressed
I himself as Cesiring not to be considered
j in the race, claiming that his profession
al unties are of such a Urga and exacting
nature as to demand his entire atten
tion.
The absence of Aldermen Hunt and
Bantz from the conference is only in
line with their past utterances and stand
and received Little comment at the cau
cus last night. What their position in
the selection of a president will be is
only surmise, but one Democratic alder
man last aight was confident enough to
assert that Dr. Sehiffmann would receive
their sanction mxt Tuesday, the day set
by the charter fur the election.
With the Democrats having only tlv?
best of the argument by a. majority of
one, the contest is naturally exciting,
but a ludicrous feature has been lent to
the race by the number of candidates
which the Republican end of the bunch
has developed. Alderman Holt is sup
posed to be the caucus nominee, but de
spite this Assemblymen Craig and Ben
son, who are avowed candidates, will net
down, and when the time comes will lie
found /naking a lively fight for the hon
or. Another Republican caucus is
scheduled for the end of thf week.
With the election of * president <>f i\\.
common council also comes the selection
of a head for the board of aldermen and
the assembly. Warner will undoubtedly
be president of the assembly, while as
to the board of aldermen Mr. Dobner
has been picked as a winner. Th« gen
eral procedure ia to a have a free-for-all
on the first one or two ballots, and then
to bunch after that on the on-3 who
leads.
W. J. BRYAN MAY COME
FAMOUS XEBRASKAX MAY BE PRES
ENT AT W»0D»BX < ONVENTIOX.
There is a probability that William J.
Bryan may be numbered among the dis
tinguished men attracted to St. Paul dur
ing the Woodman convention week. A
letter from him was received yesterday
by a St. Paul friend in which he express
ed the hope of being present for at least
one day. Mr. Bryant before he becam^
a congressman was a Woodman organ
izer and attended several national con
ventions as a delegate. Two years ago
at Kansas City his addre&s was the fea
ture which attracted the most general
public attention.
Charles S. Tarbox, a St. Paul composer,
has written a "Modern Woodman of
America" march, copies of which have
been sent to a number of the seventy
live bands which are expected to accom
pany Woodman delegations and Forester
degree teams. Among some of the nota
ble bands that are coming are those from
Elgin, 111., Indianapolis, Omaha. Kansas
City, Duluth and the Woodman band, of
Minneapolis.
A Kansas band is to be composed en
tirely of young ladies, . and there is a
lively rivalry as to which division shall
have its services for the parade.
Eight teams attached to St. Paul
Woodman camps are to participate in
the Decoration day parade Thursday.
The Forester drill team of Copeland
camp is to give an exhibition drill at
Stillwater.
STRUCK BY STATE STREET CAR.
Max Cohen and John Comniiwky
Painfnily Hurt While I>rivinß.
Max Cohen, living at IGS Robertson
street, and John Commisky, living ait 269
Kentucky street, were Injured In ai. ac
cident caused by a collision with a Btate.
street car going south at South Robert
street snd Indiana avenue, about 6:30
last evening. The men were driving
along In a buggy wh.-n they wore hit
and were both rendered unconscious by
the fall. The injured m<:r. wen: taken
to their respective homes in the Ducas
street patrol wagon and Dr. Tesster was
called in to dress their wounds. Cohen
was not hurt much, but Commisky was
sorto'isly injun-d ;;n<J remained un
conscious for some time. Cohen is forty
years old and Commisky thirty-two.
Both «re married and have families.
PERMITS FOR NEW BUILDINGS.
Pintsck Gas Company to Erect One
to Cast i?I(»,r,(>O.
The Pintsch Gas company, with head
quarters in New York city, yesterday se
cured a building permit for the erec
tion of a brick building at the corner of
Third and Canal streets. It will have a
frontage of 106 feet and a depth of 2S
teet and will cost $10,500.
Albert Iham also secured a permit for
a frame residence to be located on Mar
shall avenue, between St. Albans and
(irotto. It will cost $4,500.
To Zette Paldmann was given a permit
for a frame residence to be located on
the north side of Laurel avenue near
Fish street. It will ccst $4,500.
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i Always bear one fact in mind when
| thinking about the advantages of a Gas
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! You Only Pay for What
i You Need*
\ It Casts Nothing to Make
[ a Fire.
! it Costs Nothing to Get
; Rid of One When You Are
; Done With It.
; There Is No Waste.
I ST. PAUL"GASLIGHT CO:
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tijr & 9 %& § B SJj IS %Sm Ord e**s Filled.
Bradshaw Bros.
'sjafty Kg
Fine Millinery
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Ladies' Trimmed Hats.
Today and Tomorrow we will close out 150 Pattern hats. These were
marked to sell at $18.00. $15.00. $12.00 and $10.00. »F f%tf\
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Grand Summer Opening June 5 and 6.
67, 69, 71 2nd 73 East Sevenlh Sinet, Corner Minnesota.
ADVANCE ill Hi
DELEGATES TO ASSOCIATION Ob' >
MII.ITAIIV SITRGKOXS RBACII
ST. I'AIX
EMINENT MEN AMONG THEM
Surgeon General!) Sternhe-rj; anil
■ Wjinnn Aiuoiik Them, Ueu.
Senn, (Jrnnt mill Other*
Will Attend.
The advance guard of those who will
attend the tenth annual meeting of the
Association of Military Surgeons of tha
United States will arrive in the city to
day, and tomorrow the 1 all will be roll-
Ing. Tho association now has 514 mem
bers and it la expeclei that al »ut 150
or 200 delegates will be in attendance.
Those will Include men whose nam arc
illustrious and who have records for serv
ice that have been well earned.
The mo.st prominent figure amoni the
surgeons will be aurg i genera] of the
United States army, George • M. Steru
berg, who Is known throughout the coun
try. Then there will be Supervising
Surgeon General "Walter Wyman. of. ih ■
marine hospital corps, Washli and
Gen. Nicholas Senn, \\\- famous urjfeon
of Chicago, who was the founder of the
association. Maj. Van R. Iloff, from
Washington, will be present, and so, too, j
will Col. J. D. Griffith, of Kansas City, j
one of the most promliwiit members of
the association since its organization.
Assistant Surgeon General \V(*rr<.'n
baker, of the marine hospital corps, will i
be one of the first to be sren in 3'i. Paul. !
He is now stationed at New Orteana At |
the last meeting in Now i'or'.i he read a j
paper thai attracted widespread interest j
over the whole country. The strbject I
was -The Bubonic Plague." Surgeon j
Generals Grant, of Colorado, and Blood,
of Massaco are expeel I to arrive
in the city today. The association has
any number of widely known men on its
lists and, in view of the small mem ■• r
ship, as compared with other organisa
tions it feels proud of this fact.
It is expected that all of the members
of tne executive committee will be in the
city by this evening, when a meeting
will be held at the Ryan for l!! purpose
of arranging the preliminary detai of
the work In hand for the week. Follow
tng are the rtamea »f those on the com
mittee as far aa known by local members
of the association: Col. Charles Adams
of Chicago: secretary; Lieut. Stanton^ of
Chicago, assistant secretary; L.l^ut. Her
bert A. Arnold, of Pennsylvania, treasur
er' Maj. A. H. Briggs, of Buffalo, chair
man of the. committee on ra»asportat»on.
BEG-IN WORK THI EtSDAY.
The programme of th convention be
gins- Thursday with a mooting of the
members of the association at the house
of representatives in the capitol build
ing. In the evening, befw S) and 11. a
reception will be held at the Aberdeen.
Friday evening mo annual dinner will be
given at the Aberdeen, and Saturday aft-
Irnoon a carriage ride to Fort Snelling
will be in order.
The business session at the capitol win
bo called to order at 10 o'clock by Brig.
Gen. John F. Fulton, retired. Tre invoca
tion will then be given by Archbishop
Ireland. Three addresses of welcome will
I,p delivered by Gov. Van Sant, Mayor
Robert A. Smith and Judge B. A. Jag
gard. respectively. President A. J. Stone
will then deliver his address. The second
business s< .s-ion wl.l be held Friday morn,
ing and the third in the afternoon of
the same day. The last session will be
held Saturday forenoon. .
The surgeons attending the convention
will come from the army, the navy, the
ma- hospital corps and the volunteer
surgeons. The surgeons who have ar
rived in the city thus far are reticent as
to what will come urp at the business
session of the convention. It is known,
however, that at least one important
Question will be considered, and that is a
proposition to admit surgeons of the Con
federacy. This has often been discussed
before, but nothing has ever been done
relative to it. .
An interesting fact in connection with
the Association of Military Surgeons not
generally known Is that when the Span
ish-American war began the annual
meeting was being held at Kansas City.
The trouble broke so unexpectedly that
the meeting was calTed off before the
business of the year had been completed,
and the surgeons, or many of them, re
sponded to the call of their country.
Fi»h. to Fry.
(!o fishing on Soo Line Decoration
Low excursion rat.:a. Ticket ofti'
Robert stre'.t.
BaslneiM School Club* Outliis.
The Pioneer Business School club, in
co-operation with the St. Pp.ul TliKii
school students, will give an all-day ex
curslon from St. Paul to Sti!lv. Sat
urday, June 1, on the steamer Columbia
and bararc Chippewa, The boat will PSav
the foot of .laeksm street at 8:15 a. ra.
anct arrive at Stillwater at about 2 p. m.,
where about two hours will be spent in
visiting the state prison and other point
of Interest. : "■
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EX-GOVERXOU VISITS >||\M 1
I.IS SHORN Ol,' M tI.MI h 1; . 1
UIHSi n; AIMJItNMICVr
OLD FRIENDS PASS HIM BY
flcmovnl of ills i'iiiii(t:is Crop Canned
Him Trouble Among Ills Own
ESmployeN—Here on v
.Short Visit.
Former Gov. David M. Cloi.-gh is In
the Twin Cities on a visit, and is stop
ping at the residence of his daughter,
Mrs. Rolan 1 H. Hartley; UIU Seventh
street southeast, Minneapolis.
-V»t even his most Intimate friend.-*,
however, would know him, for he no
more resembles the oM "Dhv«" that
Minnoapolituns know, than darkness re
sembles .ight.
A reporter who called to see him last
evening suffered a nervous shock when
he first saw the former governor. Mr.
Clough seemed to enjoy the consterna
tion he had caused and he pru< !•• i
at onco to console his visitor by <_-xplain
fng that ho had not met a singl- x^nson
in Minneapolis who reco^nizel him.
Even his old friend, J. T. Wyman, ha
said, who had lived within three blo<-k;«
>if him for a score of yvard. didn't rvcojf.
iiizo him.
"Oh! I have had 101 -■ of fun since 1 dis
pensed with my whiskers," said Mr.
Clough. "Whj , today I was riding on
the street car, and Mr. Wyman stood di
rectly in front of mo fcr about half tho
distance up town. He looked at me tw >
or three times, but failed to find any re
scmbl ■ to anyone lift had ever known.
"Finally the conductor called out,
'Hove up in the car, please,' ami then I
said: 'How can we. Wyrnan takers up
half the car.' Of course, after I had
•spoken, Mr. W'yinan kii-.w mo, for he
remembered my voice."
Mr. Clough informed the reporter that
he had shaven off the last remnant <>f tho
magnificent facial ornament that tin for;
morly wore about last Christmas time,
and that it nearly resulted seriously for
him. rre went down to the sawmill to
see if anyone wouM recognize liini. Hi
found the disguise was perfect, and then
commenced to worry the men, and t'.nally
a number of them went to ins brother
and informed him that lie had better call
the police and have "that crazy man !',-;k
ed up," for if he kept up his antics i-.e
would hurt s*>mebo<ly or would bo thor
oughly ' li'-k- d' himself.
The former governor didn't stay in thnt
vkjlni any longer, but went to his of
fice and began to raise a row. Help was
summoned, but no one -was prepared to
throw him out. The office men armed
themselves with clubs and were abuut
to inalw a rush for him, when he stepped
out and declared himself.
Just then his partner, Mr. Nlekerson,
came in. Neither he nor the office em
ployes would belive he -is the chief of
thft works, and Mr Nl-I<erson made a
rush for him In rougii-jnd-tunib'e style.
Peace was declared at fast. -„ ,
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