The Saint Paul globe., February 12, 1902, Image 1

About The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905

Image provided by: Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN

                
VOL. XXV.—NO. 43.
TWO NEW TAX BILLS INTRODUCED
V Both Democratic and Republican Members of the House
j| Making an Effort to Straighten Out the
Tax Code Tangle.
DEMOCRATS AGREE ON PROGRAMME
Both sides of the house, from party
■Standpoints, yesterday introduced" bills
calculated to straighten out the tangle In
v f Which the legislature has become en
meshed by its preliminary wrestlings
."With the commission's proposed "tax code.
Representative Pennington, of Dakota
• County, the house leader of the Demo
crats, is the father of the set o_ bills
} ©greed upon by the Democrats ln caucus,
j end :W. W. Dunn, of St. Paul, is the
i Author of the scheme to which the ma
' jority is expected to rally. Both provide
for franchise, real, personal and income
taxes and constitutional amendments, but
the Dunn bill proposes a complete sub
stitute set of amendments for those of
fered by the commission.
Mr. Pennington's bill for a constitution
al amendment, is directed at section 3, of
i . the state paper, which the tax commis-
Bion says, is to be blamed for all the
evils of taxation, as suffered in Minne
sota. The amendment provides for the
J taxation of all franchises whether grant
ed by the state or other political suu
divisions, and in a general way for an
/ Income tax. The matter-of rates* and the
( machinery of the tax Js removed from
the constitution and the question of ex
emptions is left entirely to the legis
lature. This is in conformity with the
Ideas of the tax reformers who advocate
the theory "that only the fundamental
principles of a tax law .should be en
compassed by the ironclad constitution.. :
j** .GENERAL LAWS TO
BE AMENDED.
With his bill for a constitutional amend
ment, Mr. Pennington sent up a bill
amending the general laws of 1894 and
providing that the assessment of com
panies and corporations shall be based
On the money value of their capital stock
and bonded indebtedness, less .he amount
of their real and personal property. The
Dunn bill Is a substitute for the amend
ments offered by the commission entire.
The most striking difference between the
.Dunn aim Pennington bills In their gen
eral trend lies in the fact t.-at the Pen
tiiugton bill leaves all the power of ad
ministration with the legislature and is
BO framed that laws enacted under it
could be changed, If unsatisfactory, with
out another wrestle with the constitution.
The Dunn bill makes an arbitrary admin
istration by fastening the machinery of
his proposed" law in the constitution.
The particular feature radically different
from the tax commission's plan is the
proposed graduated tax of incomes.
, The bills introduced by Mr. Pennington,
in the house, and Senator Baldwin, in
the senate, are the first step in a com
plete programme.
It is claimed by the members who
have agreed upon this programme that
the two bills introduced yesterday will,
"with the addition of one other bill to
be introduced early Thursday morning,
be a complete solution of the present tax
muddle, and afford all the relief that Is
•j*-*'
LAYBOTJRHE, PTJGH AND MILLER,
necessary at this time. It is also said
that the only urgent necessity existing
at this time which can be met under the
constitution is for the proper taxation of
franchises and of foreign corporations.
BASIS ON WHICH
TAXES ARE TO HE LEVIED.
One of the bills introduced yesterday
provides for an amendment to section 1630,
of the Generfll Statutes 1594, which has
the effect of changing that section so that
hereafter the value of the capital stock
and the value of the bonded indebtedness
shall be added and from the aggregate
>**^
EX-SI..NATOR SAM P. BROWN
Looked In at the Senate.
thus obtained the value of both real and
personal property shall be deducted and
the remainder listed and taxed as bonds
and stock. The only change this makes
in the present statute is that the bonds
are added to the stock to obtain the ag
gregate' from which other property is de
ducted, and simple as the amendment is
so far as language Is concerned It makes
: a very radical change in the method Of
taxing corporate franchises." It is the
method proposed in the new tax code.
The bill to be introduced Thursday in
accordance "with this programme provides
for the taxation of foreign corporations in
fbe £t fatil §kh
practically the same manner—that is the
proportion of their capital which is de
voted to business in this state less the
aggregate of the real and personal proper
ty contained in the state is taken as the
valuation for taxation, and this tax is
paid directly to the state. . ...
It is claimed by the Democratic mem
bers that these two bills give as complete
relief as is possible to obtain -at this
time, and that their adoption will re
sult not only in benefiting the tax laws,
but will allay all of the present agitation
and fear that exists among business men
CHRISTIAN YON WOLD
Listened Attentively to Mr. Furdy.
that the.adoption of a radical and drastic
tax code will injure the present prosperity
of this state.
TAX ON INCOMES
TO RE IMPOSED.
The remainder of the programme is that
a constitutional amendment be submitted
to the people changing sections 3 of ar
ticle 9 of the constitution, so as to per
mit the imposition of an income tax and
thereupon the readjustment of the per
sonal property tax as far as that may
be necessary to preserve equal taxation.
Here, again, the Demo*-ratic programme
is to disturb existing conditions as little
as possible, and all the other provisions
of the constitution with reference to uni
formity of taxation, tax upon inherit
ances, taxes based upon the true cash
value, the gross earnings tax of certain
classes of corporations, and the exemp
tions of church, charitable and educa
tional property, are left untouched, it
The Duluth Bunch.
being Insisted that all of those provisions
have helped to build up this state, that
no crisis exists in the financial condition
of Minnesota at this time and that it is
bad business policy to experiment for the
mere pleasure., of experimenting. That
when such constitutional amendment is
adopted all of the mictions complain
ed of by the tax. commission will be re
moved and a tax code may be framed
which will meet the views of all of the
citizens of the state, but that while we
are waiting the doubtful issue of the ac
tion of the people upon this constitutional
amendment the two bills proposed fur
nish adequate relief. ,
In brief, the advocates of the present
movement insist that by their proposed
method the greatest possible good will be
accomplished and no possible harm can
result.
REPRESENTATIVE DUNN
OFFERS AMENDMENTS.
The Dunn amendments, in substance,
are as follows: -
Section All taxes to be raised in this
state shall be as nearly equal as may be,
and all property on which taxes are to
be levied shall have a cash valuation
and be equal and uniform throughout the
state, except as otherwise provided by
the constitution of the state. Provided,
that the legislature may, by general
laws, authorize municipal corporations
to. levy assessments for local Improve
ments upon the property fronting upon
such improvements or upon the property
to be benefited by such improvement, or
both, without regard to a cash valuation,
and in such manner as the legislature
may prescribe; and provided . further,
there may be, by general law, levied
and collected a graduated or progressive
tax upon the estates of decedents
Section 2—The legislature shall, when
-all other sources of income are insuf
ficient, provide for. an annual tax suf
ficient to defray the estimated ordinary
expenses of the state for each year;
and when it shall happen that such ordi
nary expenses of the state for any year
shall exceed the income of the state for
such -.ear, the legislature shall provide
for levying a tax for the ensuing year
sufficient, with other sources of income
to pay the deficiency of the preceding
year, together with the estimated ex
penses of such ensuing year.
. Section 3—Laws shall be passed
taxing all real and personal prop
erty according to its value in
money except as otherwise pro
vided by the constitution of the state of
Minnesota. But public burying grounds,
public schoolhouses, r public hospitals,
academies, colleges, universities and all
seminaries of learning, all • churches,
church property, used for religious pur
poses and houses of * worship, 'institu
tions of .purely public .charity,. public
property used exclusively. for and pub
lic purpose shall, by "igeneral laws, he
exempt from - taxation, and s personal
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12, 1902.-TEN PAGES.
property to an amount not exceeding two
hundred ($200) dollars in value, for each
individual may, by general law, be made
exempt from taxation..
Section 4—The power of taxation shall
never be surrendered or .suspended.
General laws may be ' enacted providing
for,< the taxation of the income of all
moneys invested (except in United States
bonds), where by express contract the
owner of said money receive*? a fixed
rate of Interest money or • other ■ com
pensation for the use and hire of said
money; provided, however, such tax shall
not exceed twenty-five (25) per cent of
such income as fixed by such expre***
contract. General laws may be enacted
providing for the taxation of all income
exceeding six. hundred ($600) dollars per
annum derived from the earnings of
persons engaged in* industrial, profes
sional and skillful work, operation or
labor; provided, however, that such tax
shall not exceed one (1) per cent of the
gross amount of such income-.
DUNN EXPLAINS
HIS AMENDMENTS
RAMSEY COUNTY MEMBER POINTS
Oil' WEAKNESS OF PRO
POSED CODE.
Mr. Dunn, in explanation of his pro
posed amendments yesterday said:
"The act of. 1901 providing for the ap
pointment of the tax commission re
quired the commissioner to prepare and
report a bill or bills providing for any
constitutional amendments which may be
necessary for properly carrying out the
REPRESENTATIVE WALTER NEL
SON,
Another Good Listen<js_
system of taxation recommended by the
commission. - .
"Constitutional amendments were rec
ommended by the commission which per
mitted of legislation radically differing
in principal from that of the present
constitution. But the aommilssion, in
stead of presenting: to the legislature Si
bill which would properly carry out the
system of taxation recommended by
them, presented a law based entirely oh j
the present constitution, and not in-any I
manner differing in t principal from the |
law which has been in the statutes for j
thirty or forty years, except that some !
of the details for the enforcement and !
collection of taxes on real property are i
different from those in vogue in the
past, and assessing many very desirable
features which should become a part
of our tax laws as soon as possible.
"As to the provisions relating to per
sonal property, they are substantially
as the present law and could not, under
the present . constitution, be made ma
! terially different had the commission en
j deavored to do so and kept within the
bounds of the constitution. In substance
I the proposed act so far as it relates to !
personal property is .an act attempting j
to enforce the laws which for thirty or
forty years have been disregarded and
always will be as long as human nature
remains as it now is, notwithstanding re
peated attempts to legislate morality in
to the human race.
"The constitutional amendments sub-'
mitted by the commission were evident-
SENATOR POTTER
Also Listens.
ly prepared as their labors were about
to close,, and probably did not receive
the attenution that they deserved. Sec
tions one and four of the "proposed
ccnstluional amendment are meritorious,
section four being a reproduction of a
part of what was originally section one,
verbatim. Whether the commission in
tended, in the - face :of - our present-con
stitution prohibiting, special - legislation,
to re-enact the proviso that j municipal
corporations could Jj levy assessments *by
special* act. or the words "special act"
Continued on Third Page.
BATTERIES
FOR SNELLING
MILITARY BOARD REPORT PRO
VIDES FOR ENLARGEMENT
OF THE FORT
HANSBROUGH IS TURNED DOWN
Fort Lincoln, foe Which He Wanted
Million-Dollar Appropriation,
In Made Temporary.
Pout.
REPORT, IS NOT f POPULAR
PROM THE GLOBE BUREAU,
Washington. D*. C.!
j WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 11.—Sena
tor Hansbrough gets a setback in the
report made by the special military
board, which was appointed -to ' recom
mend the location* of army posts perma
nent and temporary. Fort Lincoln at
Bismarck is among the posts .which the
board would make temporary. It was for
this post Hansbrough wanted a million
dollars appropriated. Unless the report
of board is rejected by congress this ap
propriation must go glimmering.'■' 7
Fort Snelling is down in the report
for enlargement. It is to have twelve
companies of infantry and two batteries
of field artillery, but it has been passed
over in the selection of sites for four
great training camps. Fort Riley gets the
one assigned to the. Middle West. For
the purpose of a twelve company post,
Snelling, it is claimed, .will not need to
be enlarged by the purchase of addi
tional land as was proposed by Repre
sentatives Stevens and Fletcher, but con
siderable enlargement will; be necessary
and a fair sized appropriation will be
asked for this purpose!
It is understood that new barracks and
officers' quarters" will have to be built.
As a member of the military affairs com
mittee, Representative \ Stevens will be
in a position to get this. -.*.."■
In congress the report of . the military
board has not been favorably received.-
The beard sat behind closed doors, and
paid no heed to the appeals of local
interests represented by senators: and
representatives. The latter say it is now
their turn. The plan cannot be carried
out without money and members will
see what can be done in the way of al
tering the mind of --the war department;
when the appropriation bill comes to be
considered. The largest. fund will be
needed for buying sites for new training
camps. The plans of the secretary of
war for these camps do not meet with
much indorsement in congress. Members
say the scheme is impracticable, as. mem
bers of militia cannot spare time to go
these long journeys and remain in camp
for extended periods, to drill in regimen
tal maneuvers. 7. _.--'-* -
JONES IS PRESIDENT
MINNEAPOLIS HORSEMAN HEAD OF
GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT
Fourteen Cities in Six States Pot Ip
7 Purses of t._-.*>0.000 for
Races of Harness
Horses.' ,"-'■:
Special to The Globe. 7
CHICAGO, Feb. 11.— Secretaries of the
Harness Horse Racing association of the
Northwest met' today 7at";, the Sherman
house and arranged dates, for the com
ing ; season on the tracks". Two circuits
were formed..
At a meeting held in the morning the
Great Western circuit was renewed and
tonight the Illinois; haif-niile; circuit laid
cut its programme for the season. The
Great Western circuit 7 will -include
fourteen pities in Indiana. Michigan,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and lowa. <
Its plans provide for -art** aggregate in
purses, of about $250,000 and the season
of racing from June to 7 October was
scheduled. The following are the dates
places and estimated purses and stakes
values for the circuit:
June 24-27. .Toilet $10,000
July 1-4, Minneapolis 10,000
July 1-4. P. kin, 111...........7 .... 8,000
July 8-11, St. Paul .. .:....." 8,000
July S-U, Davenport, la 12.000
July 14-18, Detroit grand circuit.... 50,000
July ■ 22-25, Dcs Moines, 1a........ ~. 8,000
Aug. 12-15, Freeport, 1ii....:.... 8,000
Aug. a 19-22, • Gal. .-.burg. 111 15,000
Aug. 26-29, Columbus Junction, la.. 8.000
Sept. 1-6. Hamline, Minn..v.. 20.000
Sept. 9-12. Milwaukee ..:.. 12,000
Sept. 1--19, Indianapolis ..7.......... 12,000
Sept. 23-26, Jolkt ......... :.......... 8,000
Sept. 29 Oct. 4, Springfield, 111.:.... 20,000
R. P. Jones, of Minneapolis, was chos
en president of the circuit and. W. K.
Smollinger, of Galesburg, 111., was made:
secretary. -
Among others present. at the meeting
were Dan Sapp7 Pekin,. 111.; J. P. Van
Toyle, Davenport, Iowa; R. S. Johnson,
Columbus Junction, Iowa: E. W. Ran
dall, Hamline, Minn.; Charles Downing,
Indianapolis and G. H. Madden, of
Springfield. • '-7*
IMMENSE LUMBER SALE
FORTY MILLION FEET OF PINE
TR AN S FER RED.
Special to The Globe.
DULUTH, Feb. Two heavy lum-
ber deals were reported yesterday, in
vclving 40,000,000 - feet. The **. first twenty
million is sold by "Bigelow & Co., to
Tonawand... parties and the other by- the
Red Cliff Lumber company. -It is' said
that in addition to these sales many oth
er million feet of 1902" prospective * cut
have been sold; to a greater extent than
in othe.- years.. „■'-"'- "
.Duluth is on the verge of a bituminous
coal famine. All -that 7 remains at the
docks at the : head -of the : lakes now be-'
longs to the railroads, all the "commercial
supply having be-orf Exhausted. As - a
result the price advanced yesterday. from
$3.75 to $4.50 a ton, the all rail rate. Large
quantities of soft coal are on the way
to the head of the lake, all rail, however,
and a supply Is- soon expected. ," Several
dealers have been out of 7 coal 7 for sev
eral weeks, but owing; to the: congestion
in railway freight .-, business, have - been
unable to obtain" stocks. - 7" 7_7-7.:
.The Phenomenal Importations
of 120,359 cases G. H. Mumm'a Extra Dry
in 1901 strikingly.: shows appreciation": of
quality. Enormous reserves of this splen
did vintage - guarantee _ maintenance of
highest standard. -i-;--.-* *..*, -yfyy-.; .
-„, .-. - . • . - ■• -~. -*; .. _^ „ ■ •- • >;
COMING HOME
Special to The Globe. ' *
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 11.—With the .true
blue badges of the St. Paul Commercial
club fluttering from their coat lapels,
twenty-seven members of that organiza
tion moved about Omaha today in a suc
cessful; search for information that w.:l
aid them in launching an auditorium
boom in their city.
The St. Paul .men arrived early this
morning from Kansas City and were
taken in hand at once: by President San
born and a committee of the Omaha
Auditorium company. They remained in
the city all day and were entertained at
the Commercial club.'.' Sub-committees of
the St. Paul committee lost no time dur
ing the day—showing mat public spirit,
energy and business capacity were com
bined in their make-up.
.Five or six of the visitors immediately!
took John Latenser, architect for the
Omaha Auditorium, into their service, and
Secured information pertaining to every
detail of the plans for the big structure,
that is about to rise on the Howard Street
site. The St. Paul commiteemen were by
no means novices in the building line,
and the architect was never once asked
to explain to them, the difference between
a cross-section and a front elevation.
Expert*, in Party.
It was no wonder that they understood
every line on the blue prints and every
technical term used by Mr. Latenser, for
among them were Arnold Kalman, the
owner of the' Metropolitan opera house,
and a score of other big St. Paul build
ings; C. B. * Bowlby, the owner of one
of the most complete retail buildings in
the Saintly City; John-Caulfield, who
knows a thing or two about engineering,
•from being the executive head of the
St. Paul Waterworks system for more
than thirty' years/and others who ha*-/e
long since learned how to build.
. Another subcommittee devoted its time
to an examination of the site and a con
sideration of Its adaptability, from
topography and suroundings, for the pur
poses of a public auditorium. Still an
other subcommittee entered into an in
vestigation of the financial proposition,*
learning the secrets and the experience of
the Omaha men who have hustled up a
fund of nearly $200,000.
C. P. Stein, secretary of the St. Paul
Commercial club said: '"Our plan of op
eration has not yet been decided upon.
We have just taken up the auditorium
NO HOMAGE
TO ROYALTY
BOHEMIAN-AMERICANS OBJECT TO
DEMONSTRATION FOR PRINCE
HENRY
RESIGN FROM COMMITTEE
Declare They Will Not Pay Tribute
to Idea of Monarchy, Which
They Came to America
to Escape. *
TO COUNTERACT CELEBRATION
Special to The Globe.
CHICAGO, 111", Feb. 11.—Because they
j object to doing homage to Royalty, Wil
j liam Kolacek and John J. Dvoak, two
I Bohemian Americans, members of the
' general citizens' committee named by
Mayor Harrison to take charge of the
demonstration, in honor of Prince Henry
of Prussia, have resigned. They state
that they do so, because, as American
citizens, they could not consistently with
their republican convictions, honor or rec
ognize monarchy.
The state that they left Bohemia, and
came to this country, to be on an equal
footing with all men, and that The paving
of great-ovations and tributes to a mem
ber of the royal family of a European
Monarchy, would be doing that which
they sought to escape.
Bohemian Americans in general, through
their press, declare that the ovation in
honor of Prince Henry of Prussia, and
the great attention paid to him, is hav
ing an injurious and degrading effect
upon the American people. Propositions
are being urged by them and their fol
lowers to counteract the Prince Henry
demonstration, and they will make an
effort to have the students in the
schools throughout the city, read and
study the great American national classes
on the day Prince Henry "comes* fiere.
7 By this they mean the Constitution of
the United States, the Declaration of
Independence, the oath of allegienee to
this country, and the' emanciapation proc
lamation. * -■■:.'-•■
UNHAPPY CHRISTENING
VIOLINIST RAISES CONSIDERABLE
OF A FRACAS.
;- ' I
Special to The Globe.
7 DULUTH, Feb. 11.—A somewhat un
usual fracas Is - reported from Chisholm, -
a new town in the northern part of the
county, near; Hibbing. There Is quite an
Austrian settlement there and one day
• last week one of the families invited a
" large _ number of their friends to cele
[ brate a christening. During the festivi
i ties that followed, two little daughters
j of Matt Kosnick, , who were dancing
I around the room, acidentally. ran against
! Stanislaus Skult, an old violinist. .It
jarred his bow arm and the discordant
note that followed so ruffled his feelings
tihat he started; to punish the children..
Their .„■' mother interfered 7 and received
for her pains a blow on top jof the head
by the violin,: which shattered , the in
strument. Kosnick himself then tried to
protect .his. wife, when, the enraged vio
linist pulled a knife and stabbed * him :in
j the 7 abdomen. : Kosnick was \ badly * In
jured and it . was at first ;feared" that: he
would die, but *• he •is : now reported " con
! valescent. Skult was arrested. 1 -7 : ■
--■-'-,--...', ■.—:■:■ ■". - -'■■:■ .-''--.;;-•"-'- -..- -*•-. '" --> --T": _•-,*
PRICK TWO CENTS- {[l^V^s,
WITH
AUDITORIUM
project and we .thought it best to visit
Kansas City and Omaha and secure some
reliable data before laying out our work.
The destruction of the big People's
church by fire, has left St. Paul without
a hall adequate for.conventions an., usual
entertainments, and it was this conflagra
tion that brought to life an auditorium
—a dream that has been with us for some
months. It is our purpose to organize a
stock company, selling the stock to citi
zens as you have done in Omaha. Aside
from stock subscriptions, we have an
idea that we can raise considerable
money by giving several entertainments
of unusual magnitude^
Electric* Cr-rnivnl Planned.
"One of the schemes contemplates a big
electrical carnival in St. Paul next fall,
in which we hope to interest the people
of the entire Northwest." The plans for
this event are, of course, embryotic, but
the affair will be carried out on the same
great scale that made such a success of
our winter carnivals pf some years ago.
By the way, you might state that we
don't have winter carnivals in St. Paul
any more, because our climate is too
mild. You see, the air up there is so
dry that the water in the river doesn't
get cold enough to constitute itself- into
sufficient ice to build; a palace."
John Caulifield, of the sub-committee
which inspected the plans for the Omaha
auditorium, said: . .
"Omaha is going to have a magnificent
building. We examined the Kansas City
auditorium with great care and are in
position to say that in many minor de
tails the Omaha building will be its su
perior. We are particularly, struck with
the manner in which the Omaha archi
tect has avoided waste of ground and
interior obstruction."
At 12 o'clock the members of the Omaha
Auditorium company and the visitors
were called together in the pariors of
the club room. President Sanborn briefly
statea the methods adopted in raising
funds and the result of the work. J. W.
L.-Corning, responded and then asked
questions, the principal ones being in re
gard to the amounts contributed *by the
public service corporations and the rail
roads .the leellng of the laoor unions
toward the enterprise, tne pari taken by
the women of the city in .the work and
the feeling of the community generally. *
Carroll G. Pearse made a short speech.
The executive committee of the Commer
cial club then came in and all went to
luncheon. The tables were placed in the
ST. PAUL WOMAN WEDS
SIRS. ANNIE M>iVER ■ BRISBINE
MARRIED AT NEW YORK.'
Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—The marriage of
Mrs: Annie 'Mclver Brlsblne to George
F. Kerr was solemnized at high noon to
day, at St. Leo's rectory, Father Ducey
■officiating. Mrs. Brisblne was commis
sioner of music at the Columbian Ex
position and was one of the special com
missioners at Omaha. She is a daughter
of James F. Mclver, of Utica, N. V.,
and lived for some _ time in St. Paul
where she is socially well known. She
has been a successful music critic writ
ing under pen name of Mary Beirne.
Mr. Kerr was formerly editor of the
Milwaukee Journal and president of the
Milwaukee Press Club. He is now secre
tary of-the National Tea Duty Repeal
Association. Mr. and Mrs. Kerr will be
at home after April at the Sloane, num
ber .9 East Thirty-second street.
FAMOUS JURIST DYING
JUDGE) DICKINSON. FORMERLY OF
MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT.
DULUTH, Minn., Feb. 11.—Judge Daniel
A. Dickinson, among the prominent at
torneys in the state, is dying at Oils home
in this city of kidney trouble. Judge
Dickinson has resided in this state thirty
four years and was once a member of the
Minnesota supreme court. At present he
is a member of the law firm of Billson,
Congdcn & Dickinson. He has been in
! ill health for. several months.
• BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St„ Paul:
- Fair; Colder.
I—Auditorium in St. Paul.
Two Tax Bills Introduced.
Fort Snelling to Be Enlarged.
Racing Dates Fixed.
No Homage to Royalty.
Towne Isn't a Plutocrat.
Treasurers Object to Code.
Mayor's Veto Overridden.
Tribute to a Patriot.
See Trouble Ahead.
Move for Local Option.
3—Tax Debate Continued.
4— Editorial Comment.
Story of the Street.
Latest Political Gossip.
s—Lipton Coming* Over Again.
Saints May. Stay in St. Paul.
General Sporting News.
©—The Woman's Page.
Daily Short Story.
Day's Doings in Minneapolis.
'. British Alliance "With Japan.
Presbyterian Creed Revision.
Riot in Chicago.
B—Earnings Are Heavy,
News of the Railroads.
o—Grain and Provision Markets,
lO—No New.. Trial for Johns.
. - No Party Motives.
Johnson May Close Shop.
Locate Army Posts.
Debate in Senate.
form of a horseshoe, and the seating wfit
so arranged that each St. Paul man occu
pied a place beside an Omahan.-.it tooK
an hour to dispose of the dinner, and
after it was over President Carpentei
welcomed the guests to the city. He tol-(
of the many schemes by which Omaha'*
money for an auditorium was raised.
President H. A. Board'man, of the St.
Paul Commercial club, spoke of th.
warmth and cordiality of the rey^Uoj*
in Omaha. He said that the members oj
the party had been received with a hearty
welcortie elsewhere, but it remained foi
Omaha to put on the top sheaf.
Asked to Visit St. Paul.
C. B. Bowlby, chairman of the St. Paul
auditorium committee, responding, also
dwelt upon the warm reception accord
ed his party. He invited the Omaha men
to return the visit..
.Secretary Stine, of the St. Paul Com
mercial club, said that he and his com
panions had not expected so warm a
reception. "When men will get up and
go to a train at 6 o'clock in the morn
ii;g and meet a party of strangers, as
did the Omaha committee this roorn.ng,"
added Mr. Stine.-"it shows that they,
are not only hustlers, but warm-hearted
fellows. We came here after informa
tion, and have secured it."
J- W. Corning, J, W. Cooper, John
Caulfield, J. W. Shepherd and Arnold
Kolman, of the auditorium building com
mittee, took a great interest in the plans.
Chairman Corning, of the committee, ex
pressed the opinion that when completed
the building* will be far superior to the
Kansas City auditorium in every re
spect. He expressed surprise that so
large, commodious and fine building can
be erected at the price contemplated and
agreed upon. The plan of closing a por
tion of the main hall, by bringing the
movable boxes out from under the gal
lery was a new idea to the members of
the committee, and one that pleased them
very much, as it permits of reducing the
size of the hail to accommodate smaller
gatherings, and that without consuming
time or going to additional expense.
During the latter part of the afternoon
the St. Paul men took a turn through
wholesale district, visiting the mer
chants. Later their special car was at
tached to the St. Paul train on the Omaha
road and they started home. .
An interesting meeting was that { be
tween W. S. Wright, of Omaha, and A.
K. Pruden, of St. Paul, who saw each
other for the first time In twenty-four
years. They, were boys together in St
Paul. H. P. Hall, the veteran St. Paul
newspaper man injected a vein of humoi"
into the meeting by a very interesting
little speech. *
PRESIDENT'S SON
HOLDS HIS OWN
REPORTS, CONTINUE FAVORABLE*,
f7 ALTHOUGH CRISIS IS NOT
PASSED
President and Mrs. Roosevelt Con.
fldent That the Lad Will Come,
Through the Struggle
All Right. *
GROTON, Mass., Feb. 11.—The report!
from the sick room of Theodore Roose
velt Jr., the eldest son "of the president,
who, since Thursday last, has been ill witß
pneumonia at the Grcton school in
firmary, tended; to show an Improvement
and at 8 o'clock tonight his condition was
authoritatively stated to be better than
It was at the same time last night..
The crisis of the disease is still to come
and is lpoked for within the next twenty
four or thirty-six hours, me president
and, his wife believe their son will meet
this crisis in good shape, and passing it
successfully, will recover. In fact tne
slight favorable turn in the disease today
has greatly relieved the strain on both
of them, and the day closed much more
cheerfully than yesterday. Still, the re
ports issued through Mr. Cortelyou. sec
retary to the president,: ran between hope
and fear. • - .
Beginning with the morning when the
boy, after an admittedly hard night, was
reported as improved, although pleurisy
in the right lung was mentioned, this
favorable tendency was continued
through * the noon statement. ' Then at
2:45 o'clock in the afternoon it was stated
that the boy's temperature had risen, that
it would probably remain --igh. and if
anything increase a little toward morn
ing. This somber tone seemed almost to
neutralize . the morning's encouraging
notes.
The next report at 6:30 in the evening
showed that notwithstanding the high
temperature the boy had more than held
his own all day and that his condition
was favorable. Hopefulness was in
creased by an additional and voluntary
report on Mr. Cortelycu's part at 8
o'clock, that the lad was in better con
dition than at the same time last night,
although he said there had not been much
change during the meaning that th*
favorable condition of t c morning had
been practically maintained.
All these reports were authoritative and
in addition there was a cheery interview
with ■ Secretary of the Navy John D,
Long, after * a hurried visit of courtesy to
his chief, In which he frankly said that
the boy was better.:
To confirm j this came the president'
sudden appearance a little later in the
afternoon at the new sporting dome, a
recreation hou_e built by Mr. Gardner
adjoining his own mansion. The pres
ident was dressed in a suit of flannels
and seemed ready for some exercise on
the new squash court. :He did not play,
however,. although*'., he .remained in the
sunny building nearly two nours. watch
ing a game between Mrs. James Law
rence and Rev. Shepard Billings.
Another : Interesting event of the day
was the receipt of a telegram- from Am
bassador Pauncefote at ■Washington, con*
veying • King Edward's expression ; of
sympathy for the president and hope fey
the speedy recovery of his son. . The re
markable weather contributed not a little
to the cheerfulness of the day,. this being
the sixth consecutive day . daring .which
the sun has shone brightly from morning
to night,'" while the air has always been
cool but dry and invigorating. -
Ryan "Wins From Daly.
NEW LONDON, Conn., Feb. 11.—"Bil
ly" Ryan of Syracuse. N, V., won a de
cision here tonight _ Tommy Da^y
of . New.York," in a twenty round bout
at 128 pounds. Daly was in good condi
tion at the finish but ha had "been out
. pointed as a boxer all through the con
teat. ■.*.- ; ,_'- 7 . "'.7., y'y : ,7 ' - \