The Saint Paul globe., July 16, 1901, Page 2, Image 2

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Refreshing Sleep
<£,ake
Steamship "Miami" sails from
Duluth twice a week, con
necting at Mackinac Island
with "North West" and
"North Land" for Chicago
and the Pan-American - Ex
position. Information and
tickets at Great Northern
Railway Ticket Office, 332
Robert Street, cor. Fourth.
Excursion rates to Mackinac.
CITY NEWS-
,-,. Mr. and Mis. C. M. Brown, of 103 Wilkin
• 6treet, left for Duluth to be gone two
months.
A delegation of the Minneapolis Build
ing Trades council win visit the local
council tonight. „
Robert 11. Munger, judge of the Sioux
City police court, occupied a seat on the
bench in the police court yesterday.
A meeting of the assembly committee
on streets was to have been held yester
day afternoon, but owing to the absence
of a quorum adjournment was taken.
A party of a hundred Foresters of Red
"Wing arrived in 'his city at 2 fo'clock yes
terday afternoon on the steamer Colum
i la and barge. The party returned last
night.
Gus Rogers, 3053 Charles street, in
formed the police yes-?rday that a pug
dog. apparently mad, which he had secur
ed m bis <■ liar, had gotten away and was
at large.
Deputy Collector Vara, of the Internal
revenue department, reports that he is
now up with the work of issuing the
special stamps to beer, liquor and tobac
co dealers, ; ■'-*
Clara Steenerson, aged twenty years,
died yesterday at St. Luke's hospital,
where she had been confined for a short
time. Her home was in Crookston, Minn.,
where the remains were sent last night.
People in the vicinity of Broadway
and Mississippi streets were frightened
•yesterday morning by a dog running
amuck. Patrolman Scannell chased th©
dog for several blocks, but before he
reached it It dropped ucad in tne street.
Grand opera house ushers will give an
excursion this evening on the steamer
LoraT leaving the foot of Jackson street
at S o'clock. Selling's Grand Opera
House orchestra will go to furnish music.
First Lieutenant Harry A. Eaton, who
has been judge advocate of the court at
Fort lima, has been given a place as
a member of the court, and Lieut. Jo
seph F. Junda succeeds him as judge ad
vocate. :; .•_-,:-:'-'
State Treasurer Julius H. Block states
with evident pleasure that the June tax
and land collections were unusually
large. He yesterday placed in various
state depositories $500,000, received from
the June settlements.
J. P. Ryan yesterday secured from
the board of public works the contract
for a sewer on Thomas street, from
Arundel to Kent. He bid $2,390, against
the city engineer's estimate of 92,290.
Th* re were five bids in all.
I John Steenerson, arrested early Sunday
morning on a charge of drunkenness, was
given a continuance In police court until
today. Steenerson is the young man who
got into trouble several years ago by
killing a woman on East Ninth street.
William Hurley, one of the pioneers of
St. Paul, died, aged eighty-three, at his
late residence, 736 Marshall avenue, yes
terday. The funeral will lake place to
irorrow at 9 a. m. from the late resi
de!.ce, and services will be held at St.
Luke's church. Interment at Calvary
«
The free •lay nursery on Harriet island
is being rushed to completion. A force
YERXA
Of T
Housekeepers have spoken
very decidedly, for we have
never sold such quantities of
dependable groceries as dur
ing the last 30 days.
"M©NEY TALKS."
"New Potatoes, per peck, the best ISc
Pure Lard, fresh rendered, per
pound , joe
Cream Cheese. mild. new, full
cream, per pound c
liip<- Pineapples, very fancy, each
only . SCf 10c> 12c
Hour, fence's Extra, the best in
.the country. 9S-Ib sack $2 00
.4-4-lb sack "...SI.OO
-'4*»-lb sack 50c
Etrained Honf-j*, absolutely pure-
Strained .White Clover, per lb 12c
Bring your dishes.
Every variety of seasonable Berries
nnd Currants—plenty—cheap. -
Gil ger. Snaps—We will have them
baked this. Tuesday, morning and
placed on Bale at 10 a.m., at,. per lb 5c
Deviled Ham. per can 5c
S-Ib Cans Pork and Beans ... 10c
Mustard Sardines, can ..'. C
10 lbs Wasning Soda ".' ]0c
Clothes Lines, each ..,][ 7 C
2" Bars Laundry Soap ..." ' 25c
Good Rice, per lb '.'.'..'.'. 4 C
Kelson's Gelatine, package"""','.!!!!'.."* 9 C
foil- bag Hominy, either coarse or
line, for 7c
7 lbs Good California Prunes." 25c
Quart Bottle Ketchup 12 c
Freeh Salted Peanuts, per box!'!!'"" 5c
1-lb pkgs Corn Starch "" 2ftc
Large Salt Mackerel ..„*....". "" ioc
"Large-Olives, per quart ... ..'" "* «»
New Farina, per lb - * '.'.'.'.'.'. 2c
j^ ,., -\ . ..*.. 01.
Sew Drag Slept,
We have made a palpable hit in the
I'run- Trade. .. c
Business can never get away from the
tv,*o giants:
Low Prises-High Quality,
They pull together. You often pay your
drug store 100 per cent on prescriptions.
I hat's too much, and we don't want It
or need it It would be a wise thing
tor every buyer of medicines to inform
himself as to tne drug grades. .- --.--
F. R. YERXA & CO.
SEVENTH AND CEDAB STS.
of - eight • men . are » now v employed. their
work being principally . the driving of
piles on which the building will stand.
A"large number of "I have, Have You?"
badges ' have been sold. Two weeks should
Bee the building.completed.' i
State Auditor Dunn received yester
! day from the United-States government
{0,890.31 for the aid of the state soldiers' *
home.'. 7 "7 77-77!:7;7"'';**-7"
The new board of equalization will hold
its first business meeting. this morning.
At its session yesterday the board was
organized by making Mayor Smith chair
man and Auditor W. R. Johnson secre
tary. ."„ :..-;..;;'' --i 7777-/; J.;--:;]
•The si-ate board of correction and char
ities will make an effort to once more
deport from this country to Norway John
Steenerson, of state reformatory fame,
v*ho was arrested in this city early Sun
day morning 77
State teachers' examinations for second
and first grade certificates will beheld
in et-ch of the counties of the state Aug.
5, 6 and 7. . Examinations for professional
state teachers' certificates will be held at
the university Aug. 8, S and 10.
In a note made public yesterday Presi
dent Boardman, of the Commercial club,
disclaims any connection on the part
of the club with the fund raised by the
citizens' committee for the care of the
baths and the several conventions held. '
The board of public works yesterday
granted to the Barber Asphalt Paving
company the contract for paving Jack
son and Decatur and Beaumont streets
with brick." This'will be the first brick
contract the.Barber people have ever se
cured in St."Paul. ' A ' - .7*.
A meeting of the city hall and court
house commission will not be' held until
the 26th, this announcement having been
made yesterday by Mayor Smith. Candl-^
dates are still hustling after Custodian
Battley's job, but it is a question If
he Is to be displaced.
Articles of Incorporation were filed at
the office of the secretary of state yes
terday by the Elk Valley Mill com
pany, of Minneapolis. The capital stock
of the company is $25,000, and the incor
porators are Pierce L. Howe, Albert M.
Sheldon, Lewis M.. Baseball, Edwin I.
Howe and William S. Bennett, all of Min
neapolis. '-'■
A large delegation ,: of members
of the Improved Order of Red
Men came up to St. Paul on a
chartered steamer yesterday afternoon.
The visitors composed the councils ot
Wabasha, Lake City, Red Wing, Good
hue, Zumbrota and Hastings. They were
accompanied by a brass band. The dele
gation returned last night.
The St. Paul and Minneapolis I. O.
O. F. lodges have arranged for their an
nual outing at Odd Fellows' Home,
Northfield, Saturday. Special rates and
two -special trains have been arranged
for with the Chicago Great Western
railway. Trains leave in the morning
and return in the afternoon and even
ing. A musical programme will be ren
dered on the grounds.
T. F. CONROY IS CLERK
ELECTED TO .SUCCEED JOHN 11.
SCHULZE, WHO RESIGNED.
Former Abstract Cleric Submitted
Check for JfIJOS of Ills
$700 Sbort
use.
Thomas F. Conroy, late ' clerk of the
municipal court, will hereafter officiate
as county abstract clerk. His election
took place yesterday afternoon at the
meeting of the county commissioners, fol
lowing the resignation of John H.
Schulze. 77-;.7'7 ••7
Mr. Schulze, in tendering his resigna
tion, accompanied it with a check for
$395, representing the collected portion of
his alleged shortage of $700. The remain
der, in the shape of uncollected accounts,
he was unwilling to make good, but by
a vote of the board the county attorney
was instructed to bring suit against his
bondsmen to recover the amount.
This action was taken at the meeting
held in the morning, but during the after
noon session Mayor Smith again brought
up the matter and succeeded in securing
an expression delaying summary action.
It was decided to give Mr. Schulze a
chance, and to this end a resolution
was passed authorizing Mr. Conroy to
make an effort to collect the accounts
and turn the same into the county.
Mr. Conroy's election to the office only
came after a lengthy caucus and con
siderable discussion, in which County At
torney K*ane was involved to the extent
of giving an opinion as to whether the
office could be abolished or not. The
board was inclined to wipe the office out
of existence, if it could be lawfully done,
but the county attorney refused to give
an absolute opinion off hand, and the
election followed. Of the six members
present Mr. Conroy received four votes.
The existence of an abstract trust and its
attempt to abolish the office also entered
into the discussion and did considerable
towards the determination to keep it go
ing. . :-;r-'.v-.'•'"."■*-- '":,•;. : V
DEATH VICTOR AT LAST
YOUNG WilL,l>lE ICOXZEM SUCCUMBS
AFTER LONG FIGHT.
After a heroic struggle for life, Willie
Konzem,'the Commercial club bell boy,
who has been suffering from lockjaw at
the city hospital; died at 5 o'clock yester
day afternoon.
While celebrating the Fourth of July,
young Konzem had his hand badly lacer
ated by a cannon cracker that. exploded
while he was holding it. " The injuries
were painful, but were not considered
serious until several days later, when
he was taken with such violent pains in
the jaw that he was obliged to cease
working. He consulted a physician and
was removed to the city hospital, where
it was decided that he was suffering
from lockjaw and could not live. The
carbolic acid treatment was started, but
with little hope for results. He grew
gradually""worse, and for the last three
days his death has been hourly expected.
To the surprise of the attending physi
cians, however, the young fellow, with
astonishing pluck, passed safely through
a series of violent convulsions, and clung
to life. His jaws were almost set, and
he gradually declined until the time of
his death. --^7 '7::7~ ~
Konzem was eighteen years old and
lived with his parents at 226 Grove street.
Jarvis repairs your shoes while you
wait. Soles, 50c and 75c; rubber heeels 40c
343 Minn., between Fourth and Fifth sts'
Study Torrens Lnw.
The Ton-ens law, which goes into effect
Sept. 1, contains a number of knotty
points and that the officials in the three
counties affected—Ramesy, St. Louis and
Hennepin—may post themselves," a meet
ing has been called for :todav at Minne
apolis. Clerk of the District Court E C
Rogers and Register of Deeds M w'
Fitzgerald will be in attendance.. ' The
Torrejis law provides for an official ab
stract of title to be issued under author
ity of the court and which also serves as
a title insurance."£^^gfl)g^2Mg9g
Soo Line Tid, Bits.
Buffalo, N. V., and return, $20.
Sault Ste. Marie and Mackinac Island
and return, $13.50, Tuesdays and Fridays.
Ste. Anne de Beaupre, Que.,- and re
turn, $30. Leave Minneapolis and St
Paul, July, 21st".
North Dakota points, $10 for the round
trip, . July 23. Return limit,- ten days
Banff Hot; Springs ;:-' and ' return $50
Sleeping car and meals en route includ
cd..
Personally conducted excursions to
Pan-American weekly. :.'.~"
A choice of routes, itineraries, and full
particulars at ticket office. * 379 Robert
street.! ; • -. .- ...
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE?, TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1901.
KILLED BY LIVE WIRE
JOHN CORCORAN, WHILE AT WORK,
MEETS A HORRIBLE
DEATH
""■'' ' ■ '
FALLS FROM TOP OF A POLE
His Knee Its Crushed Into a Pulp,
and. Numerous Bones Are.
I'l'act 111 ed and " '
7- Broken. ,
John Corcoran, an. employe of the St.
Paul Gas Light company, received in
juries by falling from a pole at Third
and Robert streets at 5:30 o'clock yester
day afternoon from which he died four
hours later. Corcoran was at work on
the top of the pole when he grabbed a
live wire and was thrown violently to
the ground feet first. He was fright
fully mangled on the pavement below. .
He was taken to St. Joseph's hospital,
where it was found that both legs had
been broken," and the .nose \ and ,' a
number of smaller bones fractured. His
face was almost a pulp and the frontal
bone was caved in. He died at : 9:45'
o'clock. " . 7"*77^~*7" .7;-•
Corcoran was thirty-two years old and
unmarried. His home is in Rosemount,
but he has been boarding at Seventh
and Walnut streets. The remains will
be taken to Rosemount for burial. ...
On removing Corcoran's body it was
found, that his thigh bones had been driv
en two inches into the cedar block pave
ment. They were pulled out with tweez
ers. 7 7;'; 7~7?7*7^ '*-'*
DEATH FROM A FALL
CHILDREN SEARCH FOR THEIR
FATHER AND FIND HIM DEAD
John Dnn,ier "Went to Sleep on a
Roof and Fell a Distance
of Seventy-Five
Feet.
Shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday morn
ing the two young daughters of John
Dunser, night watchman at the factory
of the Earhuff Organ company, went to
the factory with their father's, lunch.
On searching for him they found him
lying dead on the cinder path in tiie rear
of the factory. The frightened girls no
tified some of the neighbors, and Coroner
A. W. Miller was called. It was found
that Dunser had been dead for some
time. =- .77 ■;:-■-■ UHE&gBSi
It is thought that Dunser became over
heated while at work and went up' on
the roof and lay down. Dropping to
sleep he fell to the ground, a distance
of seventy-five feet. His body was badly
mangled and many of the bones were
broken. Coroner Miller decided that an
autopsy was not necessary.
John Dunser was forty years o!J and
Is survived by a widow and five children,
the eldest of whom Is fourteen years of
age. He was a member of the Catholic
Order of' Foresters, from whom the
widow, will receive $1,000 insurance. .7!"'
LIFE IS CRUSHED OUT
OLD ROY RUN OVER BY
A 'WAGON
Was Riding With His Uncle, Whom'
Eye Witnesses Say Was Un
der Hie Influence of
Liquor.
Louis Roy Lawrence, five years old, was
fatally Injured by being run over by. a
stone wagon at Kentucky and Minne
tonka streets at 5:80 o'clock last evening.
He was riding on a stone wagon that was
driven by his uncle, Frank Lawrence,
365 Tennessee street. It is claimed by
witnesses that the uncle was. drunk, and
that when the boy fell from the wagon
he drove on without paying any atten
tion. The wheels"passed over the child's
body, crushing the life from him. He
was picked up unconscious by James
Gilbert and carried to his home at 76
Tennessee street.- \
Drs. Gllilllan and Brimhall were sum
moned, but at 7:30 the boy died. He was
the son of Louis Lawrence, a peddler.
SOLDIER IS DROWNED
PRIVATE HARRY ROSE SEIZED
WITH CRAJH.P"*.
Win .Bathing In the River at Fort
Snelling-—Comrade's Narrow
Escape From Same
Fate.
Harry Rose, a private in the Eighth
regiment, Company A, stationed at Fort
Snelling, was drowned while bathing in
the river just above the bridge yesterday
morning. He swam in among ifJc logs
near the Island ana was seized with
cramps. Private Heitzenburger, who
was also bathing at the time, saw Rose
go down, and in a heroic attempt to res
cue him nearly lost his own life. . '■ "
Rose drifted rapidly down the stream
and seemed to make little effort to save
himself. .When last seen he was just
be! »w the bridge. Soldiers were stationed
at the St. . Paul boom to watch for the
body. -
Rose was thirty years old and enlisted
at Indianapolis, Ind., June 13, 1900, it be
ing his first enlistment. His home is at
Mount Vernon, Ind., and - his relatives
have been notified. - -.7^77
WARRANT WAS ILLEGAL.
ll!uf.-Kin:t lis Who Disregard Regis
tration Lavr Are Dismissed.
William Garthoff and Joseph Henry,
arrested for violating the law requiring
blacksmiths to register'with the state
board, were discharged in police court
yesterday, as vit was shown that the"
notice to appear before the board was
issued on Sunday and therefore illegal. .
. Secretary Winkle was not on hand to
prosecute, the case, as, he has resigned
from the board. His . resignation is due
to a fight that is on among the old and
new board members. . .-. •.
Drove Too Beckleftftly.
Frank Leiner, a boy living at 919 Ran
dolph street, was arraigned in the police
court yesterday on a . charge of reckless
driving. He was arrested at Seventh and
Robert streets by Patrolman Hinton af
ter running down Otto Windor, five-year
old son of Ja«ies Windor. The child' was
badly bruised, • but. not; seriously injured
Owing to the fact that Mr. Windor was
obliged to leave the city for his homo
in Webster, S. D.,.he could not remain to
prosecute. ■ . , . ■ , ; -
CASTORIA
-7>; For Infanta and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of Out/^f/^C^i
DIES FROM THE HEAT
ONE-:w FATALITY AND SEVERAL
//MINOR PROSTRATIONS IN
.-' Id ST. PAUL "., "..'",.
PROMISED f. ; . RELIEF..-. ■ ARRIVES
Weather Was 'Oppressive j Yesterday,
bnf Mercury Lacked Four De
;*v..-,BTrees:of Reac'iing" San-'
:-7:.17* day's Mark. 7-
There Was one heat fatality in St.
Paul yesterday. Nicholas Didier, an em
ploye of the People's Ice company, was
overcome on Wabasha' street at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon. He was taken to his
home. Sycamore and Woodtoridge _ ave
nue, and every measure*to revive him
was resorted to. 7He did not regain con
sciousness, however, and at 7 o'clock died.
-Didier., had only been. in the city three
weeks.-and very little is known of his
connections. -; He ; Is- a native of- Luxem
burg ; and thirty-four years old. His
naturalization papers were taken out in
Lemars, lowa, and. for some time he. was
at Greenville, lowa.
John Foley, employed in the St. Paul
Gas Light company power house on Ce
dar street,- was i overcome by heat' at 7
o'clock last night, and " in los.ng con
sciousness fell to the iron floor, sustain
ing a bad cut on the head./, Dr. . E. H.
Whltcomb was called and ordered the
man removed to St.—Joseph's--hospital.
He will recover.--.
'" J. Vaugha'n, a ninety-year-old" man,
whose home is in Minneapolis. was pros
trated by the heat while walking on West
Seventh street yesterday afternoon. Ho
was taken "to the city hosp.tal In \ the
central station patrol wagon. His con
dition was much Improved, last night.
I There a" slight improvement in yes
terday's weather, .and relief -seems in
sight. Yesterday's maximum temperature
was 4.degrees less than that- of the two
preceding days. There was a high hu
midity, though that helped to make
,things unpleasant. The. .mean tempera
ture was 84, with the minimum 73 de
grees. .At 4 o'clock the maximum. 94 de
grees, was reached, hut three hours later
the mercury had dropped 4 degrees. At
midnight a -cool breeze sprung up that
came from the cold area in Northwestern
Canada. This brought a heavy rain that
cooled off the atmosphere several degrees.
TO CONTEST THE LAW
RESULT OF ELEVATOR EXAMINA
TIONS IS.VEIRY UNSATISFACTORY
■ . ./■-. ..- „,.... ...,.,'.... - v
Filial Report Shows 103 Successful
•Applicants, Shutting- Out .-
Many Old. Reliable 7
Men.
As a result of the late ■ examinations
held under;. the direction of City • Engi
neer Claussen and Building Inspector
Wheeler St. Paul is credited with 105
persons who are entitled to certificates
permitting them to run ..elevators. 7
-'This' number was •" selected from 144
who took the examinations, and in every
case where a failure was noted the can
didate's unfitness was too prominent to
admit of doubt. Every leniency possi
ble was given,' and this, It is held, is re
sponsible in -a ' large measure ..for , the
small number of failures. 7 >
The following are the successful can
didates: .-■••", • . • .:'
' IS; A. Harrington. Alfred Johnson", Cor
nelius Vader, Frank- M. Murray, Holden
Magnussen, Cornelius.Pierson, E E Jen
sen-, O. J. Bjornstad, A. Bondin,' Arthur
Neubauer, J. Devlin, William ELmquist.
George • Johnson, Harry Dou'nie, F F
Pickering, George-. C. Jensen, . Joseph
O'Brien, J. G. Reiss, ." Frank Swanson,
Martin .L. Carey, . Lloyd [ l Sherman,
Charles O. Carlson, Matthew C. Byne,
John W. Sell, R.,.Cashmore. M. Whelan,
Albert H. Gammons, Joseph Pepin, Wal
ter Porter, W. B. Mathes, William Kelly,
Elmo Turner, John Sauter, William Hoff
man, C. hi.. Szostrand, Alfred Gurney,
Hans Anderson, John C. Jahnke, Henry
Hansen, G. B. Thomas, Patrick Galvin,
Thomas Cashmore, A. C. Basel. George
Thomson, R. H. Sherry, John M. Krau."".
J. P. Peterson*, Michael Golev, Jo£u B.
Derrick, Howard H. Hamilton, JoW M.
Cosgrove, Ole Olson, Joseph PeVrson,
John Young, Ivor Jensen. E. C. Hosnell,
N. Krasen.'W. C. Peglow, M. W. May,
Louis Swart, - Arthur -L. Stoven, Philip
H. Stickles, Gust Oberg, Philip C. Bunr'e,
Emil Peterson, Olof'H. Peterson. Helmer
Halten, Hubert A. Chreiman, Alfred Nel
son, William Clifford,K? Frank Ccrverka,
•Alex Burns, Otto Blald. R. Arndt, John
Connelly, A. : French, M. Early, Carl J.
Fristed J. M. Grisom, Thomas Galvin.
Jacob B. Grof; Christ Jorgenson, John
Herman, M. J. Kerst. Mathias Leitner,
James XV. Milton. Charles L. No Wen,
A. A. Rich," Neis Robertson,' Carl Rass
mussen. W. H. Simonds, Joseph Young
quist, Clarence M. Tibbs.A. C. Worden.
L. A. West, George Hentzel, Louis H.
Lindquist, Niels P. Damsgaard, Andrew
Dahlin, Swan Holmgren, Charles Foquer
strom, "Edward, Johnson. Henry Giles,
James Treanor, Albert E. Neumann. .
How the "defeated candidates will ac
cept- the verdict of the -inspectors is
largely a matter of conjecture. Uhd<-r
the law they. will not be' permitted to run
an elevator, but several of them say they
will not relinquish .their- jobs and they
are backed by the parties for whom they
are working. .'■■ 777-7777-*-7
The whole thing promises to result in a
suit in. which the constitutionality of the
law will be tested.
ELECT THEIR .OFFICERS.
Rev. H. F.Still-ivell' President of
Baptist Young; Men's' Club.'
■ The semi-annual business meeting of the
Young Men's Club of' the Baptist Church
was held last evening.in the church par
lors at Ninth and Wacouta streets. .
'■■'■ The election of officers and reports of
the various committees comprised, the
most important business. j A mot ion was
adopted to '^ close- the reading room on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.
The committee appointed July 1 to re
vise the constitution reported, and its
work: was unanimously." accepted.
•;.The election of officers for the next six
months resulted as "follows:'
-.. President, , Rev:. H. ;F. jStillweil; \ vice
president,'.* George E. Ross; secretary,
John E. Johnson; treasurer,* Chas.-; Still
well; sergeant-at-arms, E. F. Sands; ex
ecutive committee, E. M. Van Duzee, H.
Eidsoh, E. Anderson;. ....7 .... ,;:<
A lecture will be given at i the church
this j evening by a celebrated- Japanese
clergyman.- It will be* a discourse on
the customs*^ no** manners of the Japan
ese people. --. "" .. ■
An ice creamTkociar",will be-"given on
Thursday * evening next under v the aus
pices of the Park Avenue chapel. The
proceeds are for the 7 chapel fund, and
an admission of? 10 cents j will be charged.
Men's Py. .soles, cOc; sewed, 45c; rubber
soles, 40c. 343 Minn., bet. 4th and sth.
WINNING BILL AT EMPISE.
iMTgc . Audience, in*. Comfort, Wlt-
.... nesses - Interesting Programme..
The Empire" theater was t ,well filled last
nigh/ despite the ' hot 7:weather! The
olio - embraced a series 7 of"; good . va
rieties. - Not the least entertaining of
these..v is Miss Ruth' Hayden, -7v0,
--calist. .The 7 contortion „,,, acts ,7 of
Kittie De Rea, Debbie Vedder's amusing
features, the . Hortons' expert rifle ; dem
onstrations, the dialect' work . of Lillian
Hayden, -and- coraet«solos by W. 'E. Du
rand.are all winning featuress. ._; .7
7 Last night's performance,'; in the "main.
Will be repeated throughout this week.
"Gas ranges "do. not heat up like coal
ff~^;'.';^|.&^;,
MEETING WASWARM
MAYOR SMITH AND MR .GRAY BAT
;'.': TLE REST OF COMMIS
SIONERS
ROAD REPAIR PLAN DEFEATED
Commissioner Powers Flinches at
the Business Method Proposed
■tor Accounting- for
. $50,000 Fond.
; The distribution of over $50,000 In the
repair of Ramsey county roads and
bridges, "and an attempt on the part of
Commissioner Gray to demand that the
taxpayers "be permitted to know \ how it
was spent by having each expenditure of
$200 and over authorized only by a con
tract, - turned the session of the county
commissioners yesterday into a lively in
dignation meeting.
Mr. Gray introduced a ; resolution. to
this effect, but the scoring he received
practically precluded any possibility of
its passage, despite the fact that he was
ably seconded by Mayor Smith, who held
that it was a business rule which ap
plied to all cities and counties where any
amount of the people's money was being
spent. I 7^7'7-'-5.'-*7'
Commissioner Powers thought that a
reflection had been cast on the board by
the Introduction of the resolution, and
proceeded to call Mr. Gray down for his
"audacity," coupling It with the ques
tion, if he thought the board would steal
the county's money if the work was done
by day labor.
Mr., Gray denied any such Idea, giving
in support of his argument that the prac
tice was in vogue In other comities
throughout the state.
Mayor Smith said $r>o,ooo was a large
sum to distribute by day labor and only
a pay roll and the "O. K." of a commit
tee to show for it, but his remarks fell
on deaf ears. The vote was called, and
it found himself and Commissioner Gray
the only ones in favor of the new sys
tem. - For some unexplained reason Com
missioner Webster did not vote, asking
to be excused.
MORE GARS FOR COMO
(SERVICE HAS BEEN INADEQUATE
TO MEET REQUIREMENTS.
The utter lack of cars to accommo
date the crowds that weekly throng
Como park has called forth considerable
censure, and that the trouble may be
removed the park board has called upon
the street car company to furnish ade
quate service.
Commissioner Willius is responsible
for the agitation, a visit to the park last
Sunday furnishing him with sufficient in
formation to show that lack of cars was
not by any means*imaginative. With a
string of from three to six cars on the
tracks, he told the board last evening,
only one car at a time was drawn up
for the use of the waiting crowds, and
the rush in consequence was so j great
that children and the aged were in
danger of being trampled upon. An at
tempt to get some information from an
official in charge as to why the other
car 3 were not -opened and the crowds
allowed to board them, brought, he says,
anything but a civil answer.
The company has been informed that it
must furnish an adequate service from
noon until closing hours at night, other
wise some of its privileges will be abro
gated.
CEN. OTIS LIKES ST. PAUL
HE SAYS THE WEATHER IS FINE
COMPARED " WITH OTHER
LOCALITIES.
- Gen. Otis came up from Chicago yes
terday and plunged into a large accumu
lation of routine business at his office
in the army building early in the day.
He was detained at his Chicago head
quarters by reason of additional work
and was ten days, later in . reaching St.
Paul than he expected to be.
The general had planned to return last
night to. the Lakes department, but he
will not toe able to leave until tonight,
and probably not before tomorrow.
"I don't know," said Gen. Otis, "but
that -I- would just as soon stay up here
still longer, for, although I find your
people as general in their complaint of
the hot weather as down at Chicago, I
must say' that I think they have little
cause to be fretful. It's v not cold up
here at all, tout then, when you com
pare this with what other places have
been getting in the shape of weather,
It is certainly choice."
IT'S A CUNNING SCHEME
RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY EVADES
.COUNCIL'S VETO.
The action of the Rapid Transit compa
ny in running through cars from Minne
apolis to Wildwood and Stillwater and re
turn may call forth an official -investiga
tion at the meeting, of the board of al
dermen this evening.
The move on the part of the company is
said to be a method of quietly getting
around the veto of the council prohibit
ing an express service between Minne
apolis and St. Paul and at the same '.in;
to make Minneapolis and Stu-water ter
minals, with St. Paul as a midway sta
tion.. - -o .■: „,-.:.
Officials who have Inquired into the
matter say the city's hands are practi
cally tied in any scheme that would tend
to prohibit the latest move of the com
pany. The only thing that might have
any force would be to refuse any conces
sion to the company until St. Paul's in
terests are taken care of. * The
fare from Stillwater .to St. Paul
is 30 cents, with an addition of lv
cents more if a transfer to Minneapolis
is desired. Yesterday, it is said, the
through trip could be made for 35 cents
practically making a 5-cent rate between
the two cities. ■ •-•
City. Engineer Claussen says he knows
of no method by which the new traffic
might be stopped except to order the re
moval of the Cedar street loop. Even
this, he says, would not hamper the com
pany to any great extent. The commer
cial interests of St. Paul alone, he thinks,
can remedy the situat.on. They are af
fected if the new route becomes" perma
nent, as as Minneapolis will realize from
business that otherwise belongs to • St.
Paul.
"Meals are prepared quickly on gas
ranges; hence less heat." -
Permit for New ( linrch.
The trustees of the Arlington Hills
Presbyterian church yesterday filed plans
with Building Inspector. Wheeler for a
new church. that the congregation will
erect on Case street, between Edgerton
and Payne avenue. It will be a frame
structure. 40x03 feet, and will cost when
completed, about $5,000. "A permit for its
erection was granted.
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OFFERS A SOLUTION
dIAN.YIXG SEABURY" HAS A SCHEME
TO BEAUTIFY SEW CAPITOL
SURROUND IX US
WOULD HAVE A LARGE PARK
Proposed Plan Involves Co.it of .-"CO,-
OOO—It Would Reclaim Waste
Land Adjacent to the
Edifice.
With the handsome state capitol as
suming symmetrical shape, attention has
been directed to the waste of land and
shacks that surround it, and the latest
scheme to be evolved is a handsome park
that would face the big marble structure
from the west. '•
Charming Seabury, the resident member
of the.capitol commission, has probably,
given the park idea more attention than
any one in St. Paul, and to the park
board at its meeting last night Mr. Sea
bury unfolded his scheme.
Mr. Seabury's idea is the absorption of
the two triangular blocks extending from
Park avenue to St. Peter street and
bounded on the north and south by Uni
versity avenue and Wabasha street, the
removal of the present shacks that cover
them and the turning of the ground into a
magnificent park.
Fronting the capitol on the west Is
Park avenue, a thoroughfare scarcely
fifty feet wide, yet north of the capitol
branching out into an avenue nearly one
hundred feet in width. To make the
street uniform its entire length would
require the purchase of a strip on the
oast side SCO feet In width,, and as this
would leave the remainder of the block
practically unfit for building purposes,
Mr. Seabury proposed the purchase of the
remainder and the turning of the whole
into a large park. As compensation for
a strip that would be necessary to bring
the street north and south of University
avenue in alignment. Mr. Seabury of
fered a lot on the block to be condemned
which the commission had purchased for
power house purposes. From values ob
tained, Mr. Seabury placed the cose of the
improvement at J50.0C0.
For years the board has bad under con
sideration the parking of Como avenue
between Rice and Western avenue and
the construction of. a boulevard that
would connect the center of the city with
Como park, and to this scheme Mr. Sea
bury's Idea -lent additional attraction.
This was to make the state capitol and
Como park- the terminals of the drive
way. Park avenue to furnish the en
trance. The cost for the two Improve
ments, about 1*70,000, somewhat staggered
the board; but this was relieved by
showing that the assessment for the Im
provement could be spread over a largo
territory, even to'the parking of Como
avenue, for which a forty-foot strip its
entire length would be required.. The
board seemed to be favorable to the pro
ject, and In order that public opinion
might be secured, laid the affair over un
til Its next meeting.
Mr. Seabury informed the board that if
the land was bought St. Paul would have
to furnish the money. Up to date a trifle
less than eight acres of land have be*n
bought, and this must eventually be
swelled to ten acres in order to take care
of a strip that the property owners orig
inally asked prohibitive prices for.
GRADE OF BUTTER HIGH
THERE WILL BE NO AM.IST ('(MI
PETITION AT BUFFALO.
. XV. XV. P. McConnell, state dairy com
missioner, received a letter yesterday
from James A. Harris, who has c"hargi
: of the Minnesota dairy exhibit at the Buf
falo exposition, in which that gentleman
; states that the butter shipped thus far
for the August competition has all ar
rived in good shape and that experts have
predicted that it will score from 9Sii to
96ft points out of a possible 100.
He says further, however, that It has
been rumored that there will be no Au
gust scoring of butter there. This is dis
appointing to Mr. McConnell, as he has
sent out circulars to buttermakers of the
state inviting entries in this competition
and instructing them that all butter to
be entered for the August scoring must
be shipped from here by Aug. 5, as scor
ing will begin Aug. 10.
All butter to be entered In the next
state contest should be shipped to arrive
in St. Paul not later than July 31..
"Cook with gas and keep cool."
EXPENSE OF SMALLPOX.
Resident County Mukl Benr the tost
'. Of Treatment.
W. J. Donahower, assistant attorney
general, has prepared^-, legal opinion to
tihe effect-that the expense incurred in
preventing the spread of smallpox should
be borne by each county, but the cost
of caring for persons afflicted with the
disease should be borne, when possible,
by the individuals themselves, "and when
they .are unable to pay by the county of
residence: or, If the patient be non-re*U
dent, by the state
DEEDS OF CHILDREN
TRIBUTE. of VOl \<- MIXNBMOTAH9
to TWO LATE bishop
GILBERT 7
MONUMENT IS DEDICATED
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Pretty Services Attend the Unveil
iu« of tin- Large Celtic *
Cress m Oakland
Cemetery.
With appropriate ceremonies the sim
ple monument which Is the Episcopal
children of Minnesota's tribute to
Bishop Mahlon N. Gilbert, was unveiled
yesterday at Oakland cemetery The
monument Is a Celtic cross, of plain ,1 -
sign, supported on a base of grayish
brown Barre granite The cross Is of
the same material, the whole monument
being seven feet in height. On the face
of the stone is wrought in unique design
the pastoral stair. The inscription.
"Whosoever shall lose his life for my
sake and the gospel's shall be saved,"
is engraved on the foundation stone.
A second Inscription informs the reader
that the stone was erected by the Sun
day school children of the diocese in
memory of Mahlon Morris Gilbert.
The services were conducted yesterday
by Rev. C. D. Andrews and Rev. Ernest
Dray, assisted by Rev. C. C. I lamp, of
Faribault, and Rev. F. W. Webber, of '
Minneapolis. Twelve choir boys from St.
John's church and St. Paul's church
sang. Miss [Catherine Richards Gordon
and B. F. Forster assisted the choir.
Many of the deceased bishop friends
and associates, as well as a number of
the children of the diocese, were present
during the service.-,-. Dr. Andrews dedi
cated the memorial cross "To the gliry
of God and as a witness of the resurrec
tion "i the just." Selections from the
psalter, the creed, the Lord's prayer
and the singing of hymns made up the
simple service which preceded the un
veiling of the monument. The Misses
Frances and Lucy Gilbert, daughters of
the late bishop, drew from the cros3 its
white covering while the surp] choir
boys sang a hymn of praise.
The monument stands In the center of
the headline of two graves the grave
of Bishop Gilbert and that of his wife,
Fanny Pierpont Gilbert, whose death
occurred soon after his own.
It was shortly after Bishop Gilbert's
death that the Episcopal Sunday school
children of Minnesota undertook the task
of raising money to purchase the monu
ment. a number of the women of
Christ church took charge of the con
tributions which poured in generously
from ill parts of the state.
OMITTED A FORMALITY.
Demurrer of Defense Sustained in
Baxter Cnse \khli;.( Government
In tho case of George N. Paxter against
the United States, Judge L,ochren yes
terday filed an order sustaining th- de
murrer of the defendant to the com
plaint in the suit. The case is one in
which Mr. Baxter, who was a United
States district attorney in 1897, brought
suit against the government for extra
compensation in the sum of $1,500. The
defendant's objection In the demurrer Is
that the plaintiff failed to file a certifi
cate from the attorney general affirming
the services, for which the extra pay i.-* "
claimed, had been performed. Under the
rule of the federal le^al department
such certificate is necessary. .
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