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The Majority of People Have Impure and Poisoned Blood Coursing Through the Body in Spring time. PHI'S BELEBT COMPOOND Is the Fountain of Health from Which the Disease Laden May Draw fc Fresh Supply of Vital ity and Health. A Cure of Blood Poisoning That Has Commanded the Attention of Thousands. Ts your blood impure, poisoned, or slug gish? It must Iju if you have eruptions, iboils, pimples, blotches, running sores, » ( zema, or .'-■ alt rheum. With such troubles ami ailments the blood is fast parrying disease and death to the body. 'li be clean, sound, vigorous, healthy, end happy, you must use Paine's Celery und before the advent of the hot er days. At this time the vitalizing tiealtfa giving \v.>rk of Paine's Celery Ickly upon the blood, which Is purified and made rich -with nu triment that builds up the nerves and ■ Remember that "Paine's" is the kind that cures. At all limes refuse? the some thing just as good ottered by some deal ■ Thousands of sufferers burdened with form of disease, the result of Inl and poisoned, impure or sluggish I, will thank Heaven that their at :i has been directed to the great fount of healing after a perusal of the following letter written by Air. J. Arget r, of 271-i 14th Aye., Minneapolis, Minn. :— "Last winter I had blood poisoning d from a cut on my finger. This formed an abscess under my arm, and I was in tin- hospital for three weeks. At times I felt as though I was going out of my bead. When 1 touched the end of my spine, I felt the shock in my head at once. My memory was poor, and I sometimes forgot my neighbors' name-s. Sometimes 1 bad pains in my left side just below my heart, and a presentiment of evil was continually with m<-. Paine'a Celery Compound bas given me a new of life, and I hope others will tri ll." niaiflPfH ill/QC color feathers and ribbons. UldllllHiU Uyeb Easy. Excellent. Economical. C/ NEWS "Silverware?" "Defiel Iras it," 25 E. 7. Willie Richardson was yesterday com mitted to the state training school for iiM ..nigibility. His mother made the com plaint. The regular annual meeting of the Chil dren's Home Society of Minnesota will be held at the Y. It C. A. rooms, in the Dyer block, this afternoon. Shtiton L. Smith will address the Good Government Club of the Grant school this evening on "The Judicial Depart ment of the City Government." CoL Pond yesterday awarded contracts if or the building of an extension to the Iry stables at Fort Yellowstone and lor a stone barrack at Port Meade. Rev. J. J. Lawler will address an open iiu ting of the Sacred Heart society to be held this evening at Cretin hall. There Will b*. a musical and literary programme. The soldiers' home board will meet ai the borne Tuesday to open bids for the ruction of a new dining hall building for which the legislative appropriation is $15.'AH). Gordon Groff. president of the class of Central High school, has called a meeting of the class between the hours of 5 and tj o'clock, Friday, at the high school. John- Sladovink took out a permit yes terday for a one and one-half story brick red dwelling, to cost $1,500, on the ii.nth fide of Logan street, between West Seventh and Bay. The case of Emma Wilson, or Brown, <l by Thomas Miller with stealing $43 from him, was continued untii April l!i. Miller was positive that she ■was the woman. is McDonald was in the police court rday morning, charged with non. support by his wife, Augusta McDonald. The case was dismissed on the motion ot the county attorney. Mi.*. Edsall, wife of Bishop S. C. Kdsall, is seriously ill with- diphtheria at her home in Minneapolis. Because of this. p EdsalTs pn. posed trip to Cincin nati has been postponed. Burglars entered the residence of Har ry Vauhan, 331 Sherburne avenue, Mon day morning, and took articles to the val ue of SSO. The thieves made their en trance between 11 o'clock and noon by iilA We will males Coffes for Church Socials, etc., etc. Call at oar Coffee Counter snd Investigate our plan. Sola Agents for Ricker's Haii-Minute Cof cc Pots. Primp KenX en"pound bass good, small >!«)« iIUIIC OClw California Frones for 4iC Prune Sale Ten-P°und bags excel- 52c IIUIIB O&I5 lent Santa Clara Prunes .... dIZ Spinach SJiSf^™?.^........ 19s Potatoes SS r °^^tS^ a.'n! 88s batches BSil!!!!: 1..^.^ 15c 1,000 in box for [_ sc Blooming Plants A cood L ass3r^ent C UIUUIHIIIg I lulttO plants in bloom; also Ferns at very low prices. Crosse &' Elackwell's fa* 1 •" 07, any kind, each , * Z/C Coleman's Mustard eid^o?: 5 !3c Seeds May's best, all kinds. I -OCCUS per package |C Large rackages Sweet Peas, best, each ...5 C Lawn Grass Sesd, quart packages 12c Radishes, per bunch . ..',*.".".*... lc Oranges. Spier.dli variety here. Prices """"" tegin at 15c PEERLESS MEAT MARKET. Fresh Halibut Steaks, per pound r>v. c A beautiful lot of large, fait fresh'shad Just received from the Atlantic ocean. F. B. YERXfI & CO. 6EVI3TTH UTD CEDAE STS, means of a skeleton key. They stole a watch, several rings, a bunch of keys and a small sum of money. '* The St. Paul Painters' and Decorators' union will hold an open meeting at La bor hall, Friday evening, for the enter tainment of all painters and decorators in the city, whether members of the union or not. Dr. J. E. Lora, who was a member of the American Board of Foreign- Missions which recently made an investigation of conditions in India, lectured last night at the Olivette Congregational church, Merriam Park. Albert Helfman, 428 Sherburne avenue, had some trouble with his sister-in-law, Mrs. Henry Helfman. at his home. His wife interfered and Helfman struck her. He was in the police court yesterday morning and put under peace bonds. Ole Finsted, residing at 886 Juno street, was struck on the head by some falling tools yesterday, sustaining a severe gash which necessitated his removal to the city hospital. Finsted is employed in the Omaha shops, where the accident oc curred. Louis Poul, driver for the Minnesota Fuel company, collided with a west bound Selby avenue car yesterday afternoon at Fourth and Wabasha. Outside of some scattering of valuable coal no otner dam age was done. The accident happened at v o'clock. bound cars on Selby avenue, east of Jackson street, were delayed lor some time last night by the burning out of a motor of a Hondo and Maria car. While the burning lasted it was a pyrotheenic affair, and the few passengers inside were too frightened to move. Philip Novel, who, in resisting arrest, kicked out a front window in Lennon & Gibbons' score, was yesterday given sixty days in the work house. He pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly, re ceiving ten days for the first and forty for the second offense. A. J. Schoenig, 81 East I>elos street, fell from some scaffolding while working at Hamm's brewery yesterday afternoon and sustained a deep gash on his head, lie fell about twenty feet and landed on a pile of bricks. He was tatcen to his home. His injuries are not serious. Tom Dumfort and John Churchill -were in the police court yesterday morning, charged with disorderly conduct. Their case was continued until June 2. The men, according to the testimony, were walking on the south side of Acker street whtn Fred and William Schroder rode up behind them on bicycles. There was some trouble about the passing of the wheels and the arrests followed. IN FAVOR OF LICENSE BITTERMAKERS WANT CREAMERY OPERATORS EXAMINED \ Want a Law Passed Which Shall Be v Guarantee That Such Operators Untlcrstml the Science of Butter m a I. inn—Commissioner oiim-U ? Favors It. Minnesota bu'tsrmakers, alm-st -with out exception, favor the enactment of a law similar to the present South Dakota law, licensing dairymen and requiring that every person engaged to operate a creamery pass an examination and ob tain a certificate guaranteeing hi 3 com petency. Dairy Commissioner AlcCon nell says: "Co-operative creameries hiring inex perienced buttermakers is one of the greatest existing evils which have ciept into the dairy system, and the cause or more dissatisfaction and ruination than all otheis combined. It is one of the e.i courag.ng feaiu;es cf the creanury trust. One year's experience perhaps was enough five or ten years ago, but is al together too short now, as a man can only learn a few or the fundamental principles of the business in one year, and the second should be devoted to practice and study, then a turn at a. uaiiy school to It am som?thing of the science. After such experience and trainii.g a man may be in a position to take charge of a creamery, and if he is an adept tcholar, amb.tious, industrious and willing to work ana learn, he may make a good man with a few years' ex perience and study." Joseph Dierkhi^on, of St. Anthony Park, a well known dairyman, says: I believe that every buttermaktr in the state should have a 1 cense to run a creamery, as well as to have a license to run an engin- or to tire a boiler. That would do away with the cheap and inex perienced men. W. J. Rowland, of Perham, says: 1 think we ought to have first, second and third grade certificates for butter make: s ana wages to correspond, and thin if any of us don't grade high enough so it rays to mak« butter we can go lo farming, where we belong, and then Minnesota will have all gjod but r makers. A well known buttermaker Fays l'ccn^. ing is all right, but urges caution: 1 bolievo in licensing buttermakers, but not in monopolzing them. I feel it an injustice to a man just enteiing the field to pun him down. No man in the butter makirg business has become parfeet ex cept by pracfee and observation. All we know today we owe to practi c and ob servation. There is a possibility that men kicking against a buttermaker not being up to the standard have themselv\ a gam.cd these standards at the cost or sim.' corporation or individual Therefora let us not be jealous of the rising man it would look as though we were envy ing him his bread. The man g c- accord ing to his merit?, whether good or bid The- free advance of wages to good but termakers will speak for itself Therefoie let us give the new banners a chance the same as we had. and nt trouble our minds by a few incapable men as they do us no harm, and it would appear as though we were jealous or trying to monopolize them The butteimakers interested have gr.-at hopes of securing the passage of such a law. TAB QN STATE DEPOSITORIES. Treasurer Will Cheek Up Their Bonds Every Six Mouths. At a meeting of the state board of de posit yesterday Treasurer Block report ed that he had adopted a plan of check ing up the bonds of the several state de positories once in six months. He haft just completed a survey and found that a number of the banks had lost one or more sureties by death or removal from the state, and recommended that the board consider ordering new bonds fur nished. The board adopted the recom mendation, and new bonds will have to be furnished by Austin National bank on account of the death of C. H. Davidson- First National of Minneapolis, death ot John S. Pillsbury; Security Bank of Minneapolis, death of P. B Winston- State Bank of Kiester, death of James Austin; First National, of East Grand *orks, because of the removal of G F Peterson and E. J. Grover from the state: Bank of Sherburne, removal of J Fol lett from the state. The Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis; the Western State Bank of Granite Falls, and the Citizens' National Bank, of Mankato, were added to the list of depositories for state funds. Home Savings Banks given to deposit ors. Security Trust Co., X. Y. Life Bldg. ITEMS OF INTEREST Lay your furs away in Camphor and Moth Balls. Moth Balls 5c Relay your carpets. Use a little In sect Powder under the edges of them. Per lb 35c Bromo Chloralum. One bottle will keep your sinks and closets in fine shape for three months 45c Copperas will keep your basement healthy. Per lb 5c PARKER, DRUGGIST Fifth and Wabasha. WHERE MONEY WENT School Board Finally As certains Some Facts About That $125,000. BLAME PLACED ON MANY Auditor and Council Partly at Fault, but Mr. MoCardy's Charter Vio lations the Immediate Cause. The St. Paul board of education thinks it has been vindicated in the position taken on its inability to erect any new school buildings. The city legal depart ment has furnished the board with an opinion in which it lays the major portion of the blame on the common council, County Auditor Johnson and City Comp troller McCardy. The principal "fault of the school board was that it relied tJO much on the unfilled promises cf others. Last July the common council, incor porated with which was the action of the conference committee in December, passed resolutions appropriating $12.~>,j00 to be used solely in the purchase of sites and the construction of new buildings. Or; this promise the board let contracts to the full amount, but when they came to order the work done they were inform- d by Comptroller McCardy that only $40,<H) was credited to that fund. The balance, he informed them, had been used in pay ingl debts incurred the year previous. Unsatisfactory answers from Mr. Mc- Cardy, the board claimed, were bringing upon their heads criticism that was un called for, and without delay the legal department was asked to investigate and give its opinion as to the trouble and fur ther procedure in the matter. The opin ion was the cause of a special meeting held last night. It was written by First Assistant Corporation Attorney Griggs. "While practically everyone through whom the school board does business in s-ecuring its funds to conduct the sciiuolo is made to shoulder some of the blame, the principal part of it was charged against County Auditor Johnson, who made bad error in computing the mill tax. and City Comptroller McCardy, who, in defiance of the charter, used a portion of the building fund to make up a deficiency in the teachers' and employes' pay roll. Johnson's Bad Blander. Relative to County Auditor Johnson's grievous mistake, Mr. Giiggs has the i'ol lowing to say: The total of the tax levied for school purposes for the. year VMI was $343,^00. The funds with which the public schools system under the charge of your board is operated are derived from several sources. According to the provisions of law which were in existence at that time il was possible to levy a tax of 4- mills on the dollar on the assess-ed valuation of the taxable property within the city, and the full amount of this tax was levied for the year 1901. The comptrol ler's estimate of the rate per cent in which th? school tax should be extended to produce this full sum of $343,200 was 4 mills. When the tax levy reached the county auditor, however, that official, as suming the total valuation of the tax able property within the city limits to te $88,249,973, levied a tax for scihool purposes of but 3 and 89-100 mills. Had his esti mate of the total assessed valuation of the taxable property been correct this would have produced $343,292.39 in taxus to be devoted "to school purposes. The true valuation upon which the tax should have been extended, however, after de ducting exemptions, was approximately $5(3,960,U00. The result is that the total of the school appropriation of $672, 1C0 for the year 1901 falls short by just the amount that 11-100 of a mill would pro duce on the total of the assessed valua tion and by 4 mills on the difft-reiice be tween the true total of that assessed \aluation and the total as it was assumed by the county auditor to be. "Another source of revenue for. school purposes from which it was expected during the year 1901 to obtain a contribu tion in the sum of $55,250, was the 1 mill county tax, and it may be that there was a similar shortage in the proceeds from this tax and for like reasons. Had this been the only setback the board might have pulled through, but according to Attorney Greggs the council erred to the extt-nt of over-estimating the state apportionment and also its own receipts, two sources from which money to run the schools is received. The totat appropriation for 1901 was nearly $700,003, and the board, acting upon the assump tion that the city's promise was as good as its bond, proceeded to place contracts against the amount set aside for school buildings. McCardj's Usurped Authority. Naturally, as a result of these mistakes, there was a deficiency at the close of the year, and here Comptroller McCardy, evidently having in mind his clash with the school teachers a year previous, pro ceeded to get busy. It was a rank vio-. lation of the charter, says Mr. uriggs, but this did not bother Mr. McCardy, who, without further ado. proceeded to replenish the maintenance fund from the tuilding fund, taking $75,500 in all. The building fund before this depletion amounted to $107,000, and standing against it were a number of bills and contracts which had been incurred. They were allowed to go over, another violation, and now this year's fund must be drained in order to keep the city's credit invio late. For 1902 a total of $632,^00 was appropri ated for school purposes, of which $132,000 was to be devoted to new buildings. As a result of Mr. Johnson's mistakes, how ever, and Mr. McCardy's failure to ob serve the charter, the board now has only about $40,000 with which to do busi ness. The school board, in Mr. Griggs' opinion, comes in for a share of criticism, not for any failure on its part to observe the laws under which it is working, but for its implicit faith in the promises of the council, which are built largely on anticipation. x He holds that the board should check against what is actually appropriated in December, not what is promised by the council in July, the beginning of the school fiscal year. Board Cited With Authority. Relative to the sites and new buildings agreed upon this year, which were to be paid for out of the $125,000 that the board thought it had to its credit, Mr. Griggs thinks the board acted without authority. He claims that the board was never di rected by the council to incur such lia bility, but the members deny this, and claim to have in their possession the res olution passed by the council directing them to proceed. The board now hag about $50,000 of the depleted fund to its credit, and Mr. Griggs advises that they proceed to build at least one new build ing. He denies their right to use it on repairs. In conclusion, Mr. Griggs has the following to say: You will understand of course that whatever I may have said has not been said with any purpose in mind of re f.ecting upon any of the actions of any of the officers of the city in. the premises. The very commendable desire on the part of all those who are connected even in the lemotest degree in the operation of the public schools, that those schools may be maintained under the happiest possible and most favorable conditions, has led all of v.-, I am constrained to think, to overlook some of the very plain provisions of the charter with reference to their financial management. The sit uation Is such, however, that if we con tent ourselves, however much it may be against our will, with the construction of but one school building during the current year there will be no necessity in the future for any officer of the ellv to overlook any of the charter require ments in order to enable the schools to ccfttinue in full operation and com pletely equipped. In reporting upon the investigation which I have made I have necessarily gone into details but aa I- have suggests above, the facts which it became necessary to. report are not referred to i n any spirit of criticism. The reading of the opinion was the basis of considerable discussion the trend of which was that it vindicated the beard, though they did not take kindly to the 'sections in which their ( part in the expenditure the amounts promised was touched iip/Mi^SV. ■■ v;^?- ».-—.■ ' Following!* the*| reading. one . r of - the men-iberOraughgup the question of using the $50,000 left in constructing one new building, but as nearly every ward in the city is, clamoring to be recognized it was a matte? that the - board did not care to act upon without due consider- ation. -,-.', .f: REDWING WILL FIGHT - . FOR TRAINING SCHOOL Secures an Injunction Restraining Board of Control From Locat ing It Elsewhere. Sheriff Lindquist, of Goodhue county, yesterday afternoon served on the state board of control an injunction issued by Judge WiUistcn, of the uoodhue county district court, temporarily restraining them from selecting a site or proceeding with the erection of a separate stata training school for girls, as provided in thu law of liH-'l. The board is ordered to appear in court a.t Red \Ving, ilay 2, and snow cause why the injunction should not be made ;>ti liitiueiii.. The injunction is issued upon com plaint of William Colvill, a citizen of Red \\ ing, who owns twenty acres of land bttwten the -iOO-acre situ or the present training school and the city of Red Wing, which he claims was greatly in creased in value by the location of the school at that place, and is now worth $2,500; that If the purpose of the law is carried out and the girl's training school located elsewhere fully $1,690 will be taken from the value ©f his land; that hla as sessment for taxes will be greatly in creased and that he will suffer great and irremediable damage and pecuniary loss. Colviil really represents the citizens of Red Wing, who are making a light to prevent the location of the girl's train ing school 'elsewhere. He is represented by O. M. Hall and F. M. Wilson, attor ll' VS. The complaint alleges that the act is defective in that it does not repeal the jaw making the present location of the training school the permanent site for the Minnesota state tracing schoul for boys and girls. He also claims that it is unconstitutional and void for a number of reasons. PAY FINES FOR USING BORAX IN MEATS Two of the Packing; House Cases Disposed of and Others Will ■ "■■. w ----- Be Heard Today. - Aug. Ammon, a commission merchant. 63 Bast Third street, and the Liverpool Packing company each paid a 5-25 firs in the police court yesterday for selling meats preserved with borax. The teven other packing companies charged with the same violation of tha pure food laws had the'r cases continued until today. They consist of McMillan & Co.. Armuur & Co., Morris & Co., Swift & Co., and Schwartzchi'd & Sulzberger Beef com pany. In all the cases the defendants are charged with selling meats preserve 1! with borax. The cases are the result of a determination on the part of the Retail Butchers' association to get at the root of the adulteration evil. The retailers have been prosecuted by the dairy and food commission, and in every case the retailer c'aims not to be aware that borax or any other preservative had been used. The packing houses have resisted the borax law since its enactment, ela'ming that it is not injurious. There is a case pending- before the suyrerne court from Minneapolis in which the facts are iden tical wlfn these now under discussion. Those who favor the borax law claim that borax preserves the meat for so long a time that is is impassible fcr the gas tric juices of the stomach to digest it. CAR CLERK CHARGED WITH STEALING CIGARS Alleged to Ifr-.ve Taken Goods From Northern Pacilic Freight Store Rooiu. Michael H. Kelly, 520 Pine street, who has been in the employ of the Northern Pacific for tbe past thirty-three" years, was arraigned in the pol.ee court yester day afternoon on the charge of grand larceny. The-; case was continued until this afternoon. Kelly is charged wth having stolen twelve boxes of cigars, valued at 375. Kelly, as car clerk in the freight house, had a key to the room where wrecked refused and unclaimed freight was stored. For some time past the company has been missing articles from this room ar.d Kelly was suspected. A d tective was placed on the case, anel, after hid ing for four days in the room, he claims to have caught Kelly in the act It is £a:df that Kelly admits having taken the goods now charged, but maintains that it is his first offense. A search warrant was Issu d yesterday and his home was searched. About ;"00 cigars were recovered, and among tho lot a box of a peculiar brand that was lost a year ago. Change of Time. The Chicago Great Western railway has changed the 'time of trains. See time card this issue. MISSING FROM HOME FOR MORE THAN A WEEK Thomas Davis Has Xot Been Seen Since April <>, and His Folks Are Greatly Worried. Thomas Davis, 610 Rondo street, has been missing from home since Sunday, April 0. and hla mother and sist. r f< ; >r that something serious has happened to him. Davis is well known in the city as a carpenter and house mover, and for the past three years has been employed by George Grant. On the Sunday when last seen. Davis left home atout noon to visit his brother, A. P. Davis, driver for Chemical Xo. 2. At the fire liouse he was told that his brother was not in, and he left. The last seen of him was about S o'clock the same evening, when he went into Peter Reckinger's cigar store, Seventh and Wabasha, where he bought a plug of chewing tobacco. Davis is thirty-six years old, and for the past sixteen years has resided in St. Paul with hla mother and sister. Tired Out That's nothing. Every one is tired at times. The trouble is you can't get rested. It's your impure blood that makes the disturbance. Try Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Your doctor will tell you what is in it, and why it will help you so promptly. "f suffered terribly for 12 years. The doctors said my blood was all turn ing to water. At las* I tried Ayer's Sarsap&rilia, and was soon in the best of health again." Mrs. J. W. Fiala, Hadlyme, Coun. SI. Al. ("rujilsti. J. C. AYEk CO., LeweH, Mm. GOOD WORK GOES ON Coliseum Board Hears En couraging Eeports From Canvassers. ; BUTTONS FOR CHILDREN I Special Supply of Small Facsimiles of the Coliseum for Distribu tion at 25 Cents Each. I At an adjourned meeting of the board of directors of the Coliseum association, held yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the smoking room of the Commercial club, the subcommittees which have been en gaged in the work of canvassing for wage-earners" subscriptions submitted re ports as to the fruit of their efforts. This was the principal purpose for which tha meeting had been adjourned to that time; a£d, taken as a whole, the reports receiv ed were highly gratifying and encourag ing. There are forty-«ight of the committees, and thus far their work has been confined to the territory bounded by Pleasant ave nue on the west, Kittson street on the east, Third street on the south and Eighih street on the north, and almost exclusive ly to the business establishments in that area. In addition to that, however, con siderable work has been done among the labor organizations by President Shaw, of the Trades and Labor assembly. The committees reported that they had been met with uniform courtesy by the business men with whom they had asked permission to leave subscription lists for signature, and that none had refused their request. It was found that the work in some instances was necessarily flow, but was nevertheless progressing. Five thou sand of the buttons were given out to the committees to be distributed among those who have pledged themselves to give a day's earnings to the Coliseum fund. As an indication of the genuine interest taken in the Coliseum projects by the citi zens of St. Paul, it was mentioned at the meeting that several persons who had sub scribed and since been obliged to leave the city had called voluntarily to pay tho amount of one day's earnings. It was decided that the work of can vassing shall be extended to the West side next week, and as rapidly as possible to other portions of the city. B. Hinrichs has been appointed chair man of a committee to arrange for the distribution of a .small facsimile of the Coliseum buttons among the children of the city, and has already partially mapped out plans for reaching the children. The. small buttons will be sold for 25 cents each, and a quantity of them have ben ordered and will soon arrive. Among the more recent additions to the list of those who will give one day's earn ings are the employes of the city treas urer's office and those of the following business establishments: A. T. Hall, drug gist; A. T. Rosen, furrier; J. B. Ar t nd and the Vulcan Iron wcrks. There was a general spirit of willing ness manifested on the part of the com mittees to continue the work. Organized labor is especially conspicuous in taking hold of the matter, it being estimated that 50 per cent have already signed the subscription papers. KANSAS WHEAT CROP OUTLOOK IS DUBIOUS Unless Good Rains Fall Very Soon Even an Average Yield Is Out of tlie Question. H. V. Jones, editor of the Commercial West, has made a survey of the Kansas wheat crop situation for his paper, anj ieports as follows from Ellsworth. Kan.: "Kansas must have good rains by May 1 to mature an average yield of wh< at. The situation &t the moment is not Ben ens; neither is ie flatt« ring. When possi bilities are considered, it is plain that the crop is in a dangerous position. "There has ndt been a soaking rain in Kansas for ens year. The date of the last downpour was April 12, 1901. As a re sult the ground v. as dry last fall and wheat il'id not get the start that will carry it far toward maturity. The fields are green, but this is the natural life of the plant. Without moisture a decline in color will soon be noticed. "The state burtau finds that 1,000,000 acres has been plowtd up. This is Con servative. Thousands of acres are now being used lor pasture In all parts of the state, and the. plowing up of wheat ii< Ida will continue up to May 1, when the acreage will be seeded to corn. •Tlie drought is being felt the most where the wheat acreage is the iargi st Sumncr county, on the southern border, has the largest wheat aer-ag'- of any county in the United States. The state bureau says one-third of its wheat acre age has been plowed up and the cuiidJ tton 01 the remainder is given at 60. Sedg- Wlck county, adjoining, has plowed up 40 per cent of 170,000 acres seeded, and the state bureau says 'the outlook is by n o means encouraging." Russell county, on the west, has plowed up 25 per cent, and the condition is 60 or lower on the bal ance. Some of the other county estimates are as follows: Acres. Per Cent Condition. Seeded. Plowed Up. Remainder. Barton 269,000 25 71 Brown 43.100 20 80 Crowley 100,000 33 60 Dickinson ...117,000 15 }>5 Ellsworth . .132,900 25 60 Harper 150,000 20 75 Harvey 100,000 25 bo McPherson .200,000 20 70 Ottawa 115,000 10 65 Rice 175,000 25 60 'This is not a condition to boast of taken at the best. The acreage that will come under harvest will not exceod 5.000. --000. The possibilities of the crop se t m to run toward 35,680.000 without ample mois ture and 05,000,000 as a maximum with good rain. The general shortage of feed, growing out of last year's com failure, has 1 farmers who desire to keep their herds of cattle intact to pasture wheat closely. A large percentage of the acreage is eaten close to the ground as a result, and the ground is packed firmly about the wheat roots by the tramp of cattle. It is plain that this acreage, where it is not finally plowed up, must be soaked to give the plant the necessary strength to mature a good yield. '"To sum up then, the outcome of the Kansas wheat crop in 1902 must depend on the amount and timeliness of the rain lall. It is purely a weather crop from now on." FIRE BOAED HOLDS MEETING. Several Matters of Routine Decided mill Financial Report Made. At a meeting of the board of fire com missioners, held last night, it was decid ed to allow the superintendent of fire alarm 'an additional lineman, and Archie Morrison, who has been doing temporary work for the department at times, was appointed to the position. The matter of repairing Engine House No. 4, Hook and Ladder Company Xo. 4, Chemical No. 6, and Engine House No. U was referred to the committee on build ings, with power to act. Chief Jackson, in his report, stated that he had instructed the captains in the de partment to make a general inspection during this month, which they had done, and he submitted their reports to the board. He also recommended that a new platform be built in front of Engine House No. 13. at St. Anthony Park. This matter was referred to the committee on buildings. The committee on horses reported that it had purchased one horse during tu e past n;onth for $150. Secretary O'Gorman reported the fol lowing to the financial committee of the board: Balance on hand last report, J14L230.97; disbursements during month, including pay roll, $14,651.32; balance on hand $125 - is always pure Brewed from carefully selected barley and hops — never permitted to t_ leave the brewery until properly aged. DENIED BY TOWNE Report That He Will Pain for Congress Doubted by Old Law Partner. HAS LETTER OF DENIAL Tovrne Himself Wrote That He Could Xot Afford to Enter Politics Again for Some Time to Conic. Minnesotans have read with consider able interest the reports from New i'ork to the effect that Charles A. Towne had been asked to become a candidate for congress from a strong Democratic dis trict in New York by Lewis Nixon uid had consented. I*. C. Harris, Mr. Towne's former law partner, says he does net believe the re ports. He says that, when it was original ly reported that Mr. Towne was expected to run from a New York, district, Mr. Towne, In a letter to him, said that thtre was no foundation for it. "Mr. Towne, in his letter, said that he would consider neither a congressional nor a senatorial proposition at this time," saya Mr. Harris. "He spoke vaguely <>f the future, to the effect that he might some time enter politics again, but had no intention of doing so now, and was not sure that he ever would. I am inclined, therefore, to think that the present report is unfounded. Mr. Towne's business ar rangements would hardly admit of his accepting the office of congressman at this time." Senator Daugherty, the chairman of the old Sixth district Republican committee at the time Mr. Towne was the candidate for congress against the late MaJ. Bald win, and was elected, in ls'J4, for the lirst time, speaking of the New York story, says: "Mr. Towne would undoubtedly be a very useful man for his constituents. He is bright, able and popular, and. backed by such a strong organization as Tam many, he woul'l become a power, and probably occupy the office fur a long time. He is just such a. man as Tam many wants. When chairman of his first congressional committee, he It arned that he was an organizer. His only political weakness Is, or at Uaxl was. that he fa too credulous. Mr. Towne has lota of Band, and he is a good campaigner. In that first campaign, the commttt' • not have as much money as was neces sary to properly conduct the lifeht throughout twenty counties. With t of my friends we raised H.BQO, and Mr. Towne defeated Maj. Baldwin by 9,500 votes." L. C. Harris is probably as close t , Mr. Towne as any man. and, in vU-v/ of their correspondence on the subject of the lat ter running for congress from >v vv York, it is believed that hi.s views are likely to be correct. Mr. Harris says that, v Mr. Towne has very recently change d bis mind, he is not and will not at pr< be a candidate for any political office. PONY ASSISTED IN IMPROMPTU MUSICALE Takes a Rnnaivny Turn Down tlie Avenue With a Movable Street Organ. "Joe" Pugelesa, a swarthy son of sunny Italy, who fills the same position in the organ grinding^ business us a magnate, bt-ir.g lh<' possessor of a strawberrj and a wagon, waa a pictureaqu* ng^ire In a runaway yesterday afternoon. "Jo •"' and his wife, both ac, r<".i. were riding on the scat of the movable organ on Eagle terday afternoon. "Joe," the impressario of the organ, wa whether his next b: lection would be ( in's "Military Polonaise" or from Wag ner, when the holdback strap of his har ness was rent in twain. The organ and the cart lurched forward en the pony's heels, and the roan si an andante movement down Eagle street. "Joe" accompanied with a fals his wife proved herself to be in excellent voice. i When the- outfit arrived at Hill street the pony decided to take a turn t.» get cut of the neighborhood. "Joe" was the first to leave the sent. He sailed grace fully out to the roadside, where he was joined by his wife in a few seconds. They both landed hard and their shrill Latin imprecations surcharged all the available atmosphere. At the top of Hill str prosaic laundry wagon stopped the run away. WOULD TAKE WIFE'S PLACE AT WORKHOUSE After Spearing Her Conviction, Huh baud Pleaded for Her Freedom and Secured It. Although E. F. Gear appeared very anxious to have his wife severely pun ished in the police court yesterday morn ing, when Judge Hine imposed a sen tence of $15 or fifteen days, he weakened and begged to be allowed to go to the workhouse in her place, that she might remain to take care of the children. Such marital faithfulness touched the judge and he placed the woman under bonds to keep the peace. ■ The trouble began Tuesday night when Will J. Gear, the twenty-one-year-old son, came to the Gear home, 402 Eas-t Fifth street, intoxicated. His mother up braided him for his conduct and a wordy war began. The parent Gear interfered, and finally Albert Anderson thought tie would take a hand, as he bearded with the Gears. The result was that they were all bundled off to the police station. Will Gear was given ten days in the works for being drunk, and thirty days for be ing disorderly. The parent Gear was dismissed, and Anderson put under bonds to keep the peace. THIED REGIMENT IS LANDED. Col. Pond Receive!* "Word That Sol- diers Are In 'Frisco. Col. Pond received a telegram from Mrs. Pond, at San Francisco, yesterday. L. O. WILSON 256 dErSeventhSt. VS% HARDY, Ornamental Trees, Shrubbery, Roses, Fruits, etc. -^-r. <: ggowN_AT MftYFiELD NURSERIES, WasMnfltonGo., Minn. THE MOST NORTHERLY NURSERIES IN AMERICA. Write for MAY «Zsl« P^fl! » Catalogue.3^f: IYI/-\ I f *Jl. I cIUI. to the effect that the Third r.-giment had arrived upon the transport Thomas and was disembarking. The regiment will go into camp for two weeks before ' it is assigned to a station. With the regiment is Lieut. Pond. Col. Ponds son, who has been with the regi ment in the Philippines. It is expected that he will return with his mother, who went to the coast to meet him. PROPERTY OWNERS MAY DECIDE ON PAVING Board of Public "Works Asks Them • to Express Preference for Sand stone, Asphalt or Brick. P «tal cards were sent out yestorrtny by the board of public works to every prop cm- owner along West Seventh" - from Ramsey to Tuscarora street, a them 10 signify without delay the;: erence of material to be used the thoroughfare. City Engineer Kundlett has figured that to use .sandstone it will cost 1139,514: as pUialt, 028,848, and brick, $107,529. If as phalt is used the street car company will have to pay $,6.::tU of the amount- In appropriating 530,000 the city at large practically pays for the Intersections, but if sandstone is used it is claimed th.j amount will not be large enough. The art. dition will have to be paid by the prop erty owners. The boaid hopes to bo in possession of sufficient information by the close of ttlo Week to be able to determine the kind of * material desired. SARCENT IS CAUSTIC APPEALS TO BROTHBHHOOD TO BBSIBGB CONGRESS Says Political Leaders Have Lout Their Ante-Election Admiration" lor the Railroad Vote and Are Juggling: With the Hill UeUuiUK Conspiracy, Frank Sargent, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, has issued an appeal to that organization urging them to use their influence with their congressmen to puch the bill limit ing the meaning of the word "conspira cy," and the use of restraining orders and injunctions. The circular, which i 3 being sent broadcast, is, in part, as fol lows: "Gentlemen, it seems that 'your' rep resentatives have lust much of their ad miration for the 'magnificent railroad vote,' <>( which they were so proud at recent elections. Notwithstanding the numerous petitions and resolutions which congressmen have received from all organized labor, and railway work ing men in particular, there seems but little support for your relief measures?"" 1 Now that everytxxjy has been elected, and the election forgotten, more seems to be a disposition in all branches of the national government to 'give you the horse laugh." ±ne conclusion ha-» probably bet-n reach that you haven't the intelligence Lo know the difference —and you will 'vote the ticket' anyway. We shall ccc. "Your senate bill 'to limit the meaning of the wo 'conspiracy,' and the use of 'restraining orders and injunctions' has been am^ndtd by the committee on the judiciary ho as to make it of no btneht to you. Jr.-t what has been done to thin bill by the seiwte committee has liot yet been learned, but a telegram in in this office which indicates that an amendment has been offered by the com mittee which makes the bill worthless. <. The request is made of every lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, and every other labor organization, to irrmtdiati-Iy write to the senators or their respective states and protest against the adoption of the amendment, and urge the necessity of each individual senator supporting the bill originally reported by the committee. If you will do this the bill has a chance; if yew neglect to do your part the original bill will never become a law. "Jn the house of representatives the same bill Is 'held up' by the committee OH rates. In order that no legislative measures may be discussed that are ob jectlonal to the dominant party, the house has adopted 'rulea' which make it impossible for a bill to come up for con sideration unless recommended by th» committee on rules. The committee Is composed of the following members or the bouse: "D. B. Henderson, of lowa (speaker of the House). * "John Dalzell, of Pennsylvania. "C. 11. Grosvenor, of Ohio. "J. D. Ricba-d.son, of Tennessee. "O. W. Underwood, of Alibama. "If every lodge of thte Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen In the states from which these congressmen come "will be siege their respective member on this committee on rules to call for this bill 'to limit the meaning or the word "con spiracy," an.l the use of "restraining orders and injunctions," ' the house will have an opportunity to adopt the bill. Brother Fuller, our legislative repre sentative at Washington, writes: " "It is thought that groat pressure will be brought to bear upon th<? speakpr and the commtttea on rules to prevent its consideration by the hou;e. lor our opponents well know that If the bill is ever allowed to come up it will pass without amendment. The corporations {W are beginning to petition congress against the passage of this measure, and their only hope now 1< to inflm-Vi^e th>« speaker and the commit.* on rul-3 tr> prevent its coming up and I fear that if we do not meet this with greater in fluence from our side they will dc-fea^ us.' "Isn't la an outrage that the Ann people will permit tl to establish rules 1 CfIO.OOO Americans of represental Islative matters, rul<-s that m ike th* three representatives of the majority on the committee on r ile^ th tatora of just what rill be permitted to come before the house? If this is not a huge joke, it is a damna ble' f'Utrage! "But. gentlemen, what are you coins to do about it? Yo i cent take your n, The best thrfng you can attempt to see Jf working m^n have 'more Influence' w'tfc the members on thf committee on rules than thf corporations have. A^ain the remark is made: We shall see." Skeptic* Torn Believers and *r« cnrc«l.— • When I read that Dr. Agnew'a Catarrhs] Powder could relieve catarrh in ten minutes I Mas far from being con vinced. I tried It—a single puff through the blower afforded instant rell< f. si pain over the eyes and cleansed the I passages. Today I am free from catarrh." —B. L.. Egan, Easton, Pa.—l 7.