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2 NEWS OF THE CITY T. L. Blood Home Sold —F. A. Maron has purchased from T. L. Blood the homestead fronting on Central park. The price was $10,000. Draws Twenty Daya —Bert Coleman who created a disturbance at Bridge square Saturday night, was sent to the workhouse for twenty days. Will Consider Course Of Study—The school board committees on supplies, text books and course of study will meet this morning at 9 o'clock. The board will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3:30. Will Fix Rate of Interest —A ineeting of the sinking fund committee will be held today to decide on interest to be carried by the $200,000 bond issue. —o — Veterans Are Given a Banquet—The local branch of the Union Veterans' union "were the guests at a banquet given them last evening at the West hotel by mem bers of the Minneapolis union. Gasoline Stove Explodes—The explo floh of a gasoline stove at the home of W. Brown. 2G7 West Fifth street, started « fire yesterday morning which caused slight damage. —o— Corbin Coming on Inspection Tour— Adjt. Gen. Corbin will be in St. Paul early in October on a tour which will include the posts at Fort Snelling, Meade, Har rison, Missoula and Yellowstone. Says Indian Summer Will Continue — •'The finest thing about this fine weather Is that it will last for a while at least; we have no official forecast for anything but pleasant weather," said Observer Oliver yesterday. Boy Who Took Rig, Sent to Training School —Frank Bowes, the seventeen-year old boy arrested Sunday night while driv ing a rig belonging to C. N. Peterson, was sentenced to the state training school yesterday in police court. Fumigation Powders Start Fire—Burn- Ing fumigation powders started a fire yesterday morning in the cellar of the house at 494 Carroll street, occupied by T. E. Cannon, but the blaze was extin guished before any damage was done. —o — Promises to Be Peaceful—Mrs. L. Wy man. formerly employed at the restaurant of H. T. Cornell, 180 Ramsey street, yes terday signed a bond to keep the peace. She called at the restaurant Saturday and made a riotous demand for her wages. Baths Get Carnival Cash—Health Com missioner Ohage yesterday received a check from Comptroller Betz for $1, --597.14 for the public baths, as the total profits from the carnival after the pay ment of all the debts of the association. —o — Gets Thirty Days for Vagrancy—George Wilson, picked up by the police last week, was sent to the workhouse yesterday for thirty days charged with vagrancy and carrying concealed weapons. The police are making an investigation into his his tory. Dies While on a Visit—Rienzi Knox. Tin' !e of Drs. L. C. and Knox Bacon, died nt the home of L. C. Bacon Sunday. Mr. Knox lived at Salt Lake City, but had come here for a visit with his nephews. He arrived in the city Friday evening, and was quite ill upon his arrival here. Visits His Old Home—Sam H. Nicols, for many years prominent in Minnesota Republican politics and clerk of the su preme court for nine years, but now a resident of the state of Washington, is spending a few days in St. Paul. Mr. Nichols, whose home is at Everett, Wash., Is secretary of state for Washington. —o — Will Investigate Gas Franchise—At a meeting of the United Brotherhood of Railway Employes, Division No. 4, Sunday evening, a motion was carried that a committee of all members be appointed to request a hearing on tho St. Paul Gas company's ordinance for a new franchise. A number of the members will speak on the subject. Comes Home to Bury a Daughter—Col. Soren Listoe, consul general of Rotter dam, accompanied by Mrs. Listoe, was in the city yesterday on his way to Wash ington from Fergus Falls, where he took the body of his daughter who died recent ly in Germany. After a short stay in ashington. Col. Listoe will return to his post in Rotterdam. Accused of Moving Mortgaged Piano Joseph Ward, who recently resided at 3 9t West Seventh street, but who moved to Minneapolis, taking with him a piano which he had purchased last April was arrested yesterday on complaint of John F. Selb. Ward was brought from Minne apolis and taken to police court. He la charged with removing mortgaged proper ty. His case was continued. Probation Officer Will Investigate— James Cook, the fourteen-year-old boy ac eused of throwing a stone which injured the eye of Clara Tennis, eleven years old was arrested yesterday morning and ar raigned in police court on a charge of assault and battery. In the absence of the complaining witness the case was con tinued ti.l this morning. Probation Sf time investi&ate in the mean- —o — Steals Trousers and Gets Caught— Tully Hicks attempted to steal a pair of trousers from I. Salpeter. 386 Minnesota street, yesterday and will spend the next thirty days in the workhouse. Tully en tered the shop of Salpeter witli a bundle containing a pair of trousers which he of fered to sell. Salpeter refusing to pur chased the trousers, Tully wrapped up the package and in doing so Included a pair of trousers belonging to Salpeter n. + krm" Post P°ned on Account of Death-Owing to the death of PMi O Minkler of Chicago, at the home of his brother-in-law. Rev. B. Longley 51 Summit avenue, on Sunday last, the H UrrH ly KC°K ferenCe Of the Methodist church which was to have been hold yes terday evening, has been postponed until Saturday. Mr. Minkler was visiting his brother-in-law and was fifty-seven years ©Id. His death followed a short illness MINNESOTA TEACHERS HELP IN NORTH DAKOTA North Star State Instructors Come to the Rescue. William Stockwell, state superin tendent of public instruction for North Dakota, was in the city yesterday and spent some time at the capitol in con ference with Supt Olsen. Mr. Stockwell reports that school matters in his state are progressing very satisfactorily and the system is rapidly growing. He says that there Is some scarcity of teachers, but he has usunlly been able to supply all local deficiencies by drawing on Min liesota and he had found the teachers '" — ***'" «tate to be competent- MAKE COMPLAINT THAT HE'S TOO RIGID Heating Contractors Ask the Governor to Repress Boiler Inspector Johnston. Gov. Van Sant received a call yester day morning from a party of steam fitters and heating contractors of this city who -came before him to complain of what they believe to be unnecessary severity on the part of State Boiler In spector Johnston in his requirements a3 to boilers for heaflng plants. These gentlemen represented to the governor that Mr. Johnson has been exacting to an unwarranted degree in his inspection of their work and the ma inspection of their work and the ma terials used by them and has by reason of his exactions and demands ham pered them In their performance of contracts and caused them useless ex pense and in some cases heavy loss. The governor suggested that the compla'nts be put in writing and said that unless they were so presented he could not attempt to act upon them in telligently. Inspector Says He'll Stand Pat. Inspector Johnston, when seen yes terday by Th c Globe, said: "I am informed that I have made myself unpopular with some of the heating contractors by reason of my enforcement of the law, and I can read ily understand that some of those men, considering the question only from their own selfish point of view, should be ready to make complaint to the governor or any other authority that they believe would be likely to afford them any relief. But they ought to know that they can avoid trouble with me or my department easily enough by using materials that are up to the standard and doing their work accord ing to requirements. "As long as I am boiler inspector the inspection will continue to be as rigid as it has been in the past, and just as far as lean prevent it there will be no inferior material put into any work in this town. Has Evidence to Justify His Action. "I presume this complaint at this time is provoked by my recent con demnation of several boilers that were intended for use in the heating plants of apartment houses, but I am prepared to show that those boilers were not up to the standard. I now have in my possession considerable evidence show ing the kind of work that has been done by some of these men, and I have been saving it for the proper time to bring it to notice. Perhaps that time is now eominf*. When they are confront ed with it I don't believe they can have very much to say as to my being un reasonable!" The complainants who called upon the governor appeared to be acting upon their own initiative because of individual grievances, and not as rep resentatives of any trade or organiza tion. They were E. M. and H. F. Ware, A. M. Cathcart arid C. G. Kratz* rental agents and managers of prop erty; George F. Morton, Hankee & Eha and M. J. O'Neill, heating contractors; J. M. Donovan, Kawanee Boiler Man ufacturing company; James Nankivell, of the Standard Laundry company; James M. Geary, engineer at the fed eral building; W. P. Pendergast and J. H. Weed, insurance agent. M. J. O'Neill is the heating con tractor who had a clash with Boiler Inspector Johnston several weeks ago, when Mr. Johnston condemned two boilers which it was proposed to place in a new flat building on Dayton ave nue, between Summit and Virginia. Mr. Johnston, in condemning the boil ers, declared them to be defective in workmanship and be placed the seal of the state upon them and refused to accede to any arrangement to have them used in this city. Mr. Donovan is the agent of the/ company that made the boilers. James McGeary, who is another of the complainants, is engineer at the federal building, and has, it is under stood, recently had some disagreement with Mr. Johnston regarding Mc- Geary's inspection of boilers for some casualty company. It was stated to the governor that Johnston had gone out of his way to criticise McGeary. Mr. Johnston has, It Is understood, made himself unpopular with some of the rental agents of the city by his announcement, recently published int The Globe, that he will not toler ate the practice of having one engineer care for the heating plants of two or more buildings. FINDS NO GROUND FOR BREAKING LEASE Charge That Holland Flats Are Full of Vermin Not Substantiated. The Holland flats were yesterday le gally vindicated so far as charges made by tenants of the place, to the effect that the flats were "alive with bedbugs, cockroaches and vermin of all kinds," are concerned. The famous "bedbug case" was de cided by Judge Hine, and his decision was a blow to the bedbugs. The case was that of T. B. Scott, as agent of the Holland flats, against Giles B. Buck, who at one time occu pied one of the fiats in the HollanJ. Buck moved from the Holland before his lease had expired and was sued for the rent which he would have had to pay had he remained until the lease ran out. This he declined to pay, put ting in a counter-claim of $50 for fight ing bedbugs, cockroaches and other vermin. He said his flat was so in fected with these vermin that it was impossible to longer live there, and the matter was carried into the courts for settlement. Mrs. Delia Perkins, who occupied the flat before Buck moved in, testified that the place was infested with the bugs, and told of having gathered up thirty of them in one night, -which she preserved for the purpose of showing them to the janitor the following day. Miss Bertha Miller went upon the witness stand and testified that the flat occupied by Buck was inhabited by "several thousand bedbugs and a thousand cockroaches." After Judge Hine had heard all of the evidence, however, and it had been shown that Buck, after living in the flats four months, had renewed his lease, directed the jury to render a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and judgment for $55 was entered against Buck. Injured Man Taken to Brainerci Hospital. Philip Donahue, 595 Case street, who was injured at the Northern Pacific shops several days ago, is in a dangerous con dition, was taken to the Northern Pacific hospital at Brainerd last evening. Dona hue was injured by a heavy weight falling upon him. THE ST. PAUI, GIX>BE, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22, i«O3, TRUSTING MAIDEN HAS NARROW ESCAPE Find Man She Was to Wed Had Only a Fraudulent Decree of Divorce. Satisfied beyond all doubt that the man to whom she was to have been married last night had never been di vorced from his first wife, pretty Vina Reitz, who. gave up school teahing In Wisconsin and came to St. Paul to work in a laundry that she might be near the man she loved, left Court Commissioner Gallick's office last night with tears trickling down her roay cheeks, while the man who is said to have deceived her remained behind and attempted to explain his possession of a fraudulent decree of divorce. The man to whom Miss Reitz was to have been married is Joseph Placek, who is employed in a butcher shop at Rice and University, and it was at his Instance that the girl came to St. Paul, giving up a comfortable home at Bloomer, Wis., for the life of a laundry girl in the city where her lover lived. The efforts of the couple to secure a marriage license yesterday exposes what is believed to be a bold attempt on the part of Placek to impose upon an innocent girl by means of a fraudu lent decree of divorce, and an investi gation by the county attorney and grand jury may result. Shortly before noon yesterday Pla cek and Miss Reitz presented them selves at the office of the clerk of courts and applied for a marriage li cense. When asked by the deputy if he had ever been married or divorced, Placek replied that he had, and that the divorce had been granted to him two years ago in Ramsey county. Has Fraudulent Divorce Decree. Miss Reltz.who appeared to be some what suspicious, asked the deputy to look at the records and ascertain for a certainty whether or not the man she was to marry had really been divorced. A thorough search of the records fail ed to show such to be the case, where upon Placek said he would return to his room and secure the decree which he had in his possession. Two hours later Miss Reitz returned to the court house with what purported to be a de cree, but which appeared to be fraud ulent upon its face. The decree purported to have been issued in Ramsey county in May, 1901, but, instead of being signed by the clerk of courts, it bore the signature of "C. Bunn, judge." Judge Bunn's ini tials are G. L. There were many other irregularities throughout the document and the girl was informed that the document was a forgery. The information came as a shock to her and she burst into tears, telling the story of how she believed Placek to have been divorced sad of how she had given up her school in Wisconsin and followed him to St. Paul, being com pelled to seek employment in a laun dry to make her living. Trifcs to Bluff it Through. Miss Reitz found Placek and inform ed him of what she had been apprised. Placek, however, told her it was all a mistake, and that matters would be satisfactorily explained by him. Ar-: rangements were made by the couple to go to Court Commissioner Gallick's of fice last night and be wed, but when they reached there Mr. Gallick, who had been investigating the matter, de clined to marry them, being convinced that the man already had a wife liv ing. While the fraudulent divorce decree purported to have been issued in Ram sey county, Placek explained his pos session of it to Court Commissioner Gallick, when closely questioned, by saying that he had bought it for "a dollar" in Bloomer, Wis. "Why, Joe, you told me this after noon that you paid $38 for it," inter rupted- Miss Reitz, again becoming suspicious. Placek did not venture an explana tion, merely contending that he had bought the document. He admitted having never appeared in court, and gave evasive answers to the questions put to him. Deluded Girl Is Heartbroken. Miss Reitz, finally thoroughly con vinced that she had been deceived, turned from the court commissioner's office and the man she was to have married in an almost hysterical condi tion- She says she cannot now bear to return to her home after what has happened, but that she will continue her employment in the laundry and try and forget the past. Placek left the room soon after the departure of tie girl. County Attor neay Kane was consulted regarding the matter yesterday afternoon, and intimated that the matter would be placed before the grand jury. Placek formerly lived at Bloomer, Wis., where he was married. He left a wife there and came to St. Paul, where he engaged himself to Miss Reitss, who had followed him here un der the belief that he had been di vorced. FIRE THREATENS TO BURN LUMBER FACTORY It Is Put Out After Destroying a Shed of Brooks' Lumber Company. The shaving shed of the Brooks Bros.' Lumber company, Merriam Park, was destroyed by a fire which threatened to cause serious damage yesterday after noon. The shed, which is an annex of the lumber factory, was filled with shavings which are drafted Into it by means of air current from the planing building. It Btands in close proximity to several other buildings and huge piles of lumber. When the fire started It raged furi ously for nearly an hour, but was final ly brought under control by the fire de partment. Special calls brought extra apparatus, as the conflagration had as sumed a serious aspect. The loss caused will amount to $600, of which $200 is covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is not definitely known, but it is said that it might have been caused by sparks from a passing switch engine. _ Court Begins at Fergus Falls. The fall term of the federal circuit and district court at Fergus Falls be gins today. District Attorney Haupt, Assistants Al Smith and J. M. Dickey, Clerks Henry D. Lang, Charles Spencer and Marshal W. H. Grimshaw left yes terday. Judge Page Morris will pre side. The principal business will be cases where whisky has been sold to Indians. |[ Try Uie. ...... 3erv«lD«Hrfr«a j, Merchants' Lunch 11:30 to &30««! ! I Greene's Mew Cafe ! ]i.;,: Private Dining Rooms Up Stain. I ( f^^j^p^; 343 Robert St-jl i [^^^^^(Fonnorly with Carllng) r," i | PLUMBERS' STRIKE COMES TO AN END Master Plumbers Say ttie Jour neymen Will Return to Work at &* a Day. .1 .: ie According to the statement of the St. Paul Master Plumbers, the strike of the local journeyman plumbers will be de clared off at a meeting of the Plumbers' union this evening. In all the St. Paul shops yesterday from four to five of the striking plumb ers returned to work and no questions were asked. The old scale of wages, $4 a day, prevails. At Labor hall last night members of the Trades and Labor assembly de clared that the story of "strike off" was news to them, but they had been in formed that a meeting of the plumbers would be held Tuesday evening. While refusing to talk of the proposi tion, satisfaction was evident over the end being near, even if the men did not come out with flying colors. Strike Lasted Two Months. The strike of the journeymen plumb ers has extended over a period of near ly two months. The men asked for $4.50 a day, an advance of 50 cents over the old scale, and it was refused by the masters, with the result that every union plumber in the city walked out. Men were brought from Chicago and the East to take the strikers' places, and these, almost as fast as they ar rived, were furnished transportation by the union and returned to their homes. Enough, however, remained to make the situation intolerable, and this, it is said, will bring about a peaceful settle ment. 1 ZEFF WILL REPLEVIN Begins Suit to Recover Gro- cerles Scfcjed by Sheriff. ■ i:t - • . : Coroner Miller will be called upon today to served replevin papers upon Sheriff Justus, who is in possession of a stock of groceries which were at tached Saturday. The sheriff cannot legally serve a paper upon himself, so it is. necessary to have the service made by the cdroner, whose duty it is to act when the sheriff is incapacitat ed. The stock of goods to be replevined is located at 387 East Seventh street, having been attached Saturday by creditors of Charles Shapiro, who skipped out after .having sold his gro cery store to Simon Zeff. "Zeff was in possession of the store when it was seized by the sheriff, but he contends that he purchased and paid his good money for the goods, and that Sha piro's creditors have nO right to take his goods. Yesterday..Mr. £ett retained Attor ney Herbert P. Keller, who will re plevin the grocery stock. Zeff came recently from Bricelyn, a small town in the''southern part of the state, and. according to his story, was induced by £hapir# to purchase the grocery. He saya..Shapiro told him there were na claims against the goods, and with this understanding he bought and paid", far the store, only to learn shortly "afterwards. that there were numerous creditors who claimed the goods they had sold to Shapiro, and which were .subsequently disposed of to Zeff, had never been paid for. One of these creditors was Charles Silverstein, a former partner of Sha piro, who had a claim of $85. Silver stein contended that the deal between Shapiro and Zeff was a fraudulent one* and upon this ground the other creditors joined with him in attaching the goods. Since Shapiro's disappearance has been given publicity his creditors are coming to light, and there are many of them. LITTLE ROOM LEFT School Board May Have tO Re- tain Present Quarters. By the timethej school board decides whether or not it will give up its quarters in the New York Life build- Ing and remove* to less expensive quarters on the 4op floor of the city hall and court house, as suggested by the council some time ago, it is very likely there will be but little space left for the school inspectors. The quarters suggested for the school board were formerly occupied by the temporary county jail, and the city fathers decided this would be an excellent way to save $80 per month which is now paid as rental for the present offices of the board. The coun cil guaranteed the school inspectors that their department would be given all the room asked, for if they would consent to move. The county members of the joint court house and city hall commission, how«er, thought the old jail quarters would make a suitable place for some of the county officials who were clam oring for more room, and County Su perintendent of Schools Montgomery was told he could.move his office from the basement up there. Mr. Montgomery, fearing the school board would deqide to move in and take up all ofrfehesavailable space, mov ed into one el! ithe best rooms in the old jail quartern yesterday, and will make a fight te hold his newly acquir ed office shoutd" the school board de cide to move in. Probation QMaer Graves has also taken up quarters on the top floor and by the time ofce or two other officials who have been promised offices on the top floor move in there will be but little space left for the school board. The school board has not as yet. however, indicated its willingness to make the chasge from its present quarters. I SAYS ALDEfcMANIC ACTiym COMES LATE Member Board: of Public Works Ob jects to Sidewalk Ordinance. The board of public works is being deluged with orders by the aldermen for new sidewalks, but there is little likelihood of the work being done this year because of the nearness of cold weather. "It seems rather odd how the alder men get busy with sidewalk orders about this time of the year," com«ent ed Commissioner Murphy yesterday. 'They know, or ought to know, that the work cannot be done." KANE CRITICISES THE COUNTY. BOARD Declares Commissioners Are Wasting Money Patching Up County Roads. "Unless the county commissioners show an inclination to make perma nent improvements on the county roads and stop wasting money by patching up the bad places only to have them washed out by the first shower, I will stop the entire county road work, regardless of the conse quences." This was the declaration made by County Attorney Kane at the meeting of_the board of county commissioners yesterday, when he had been informed that another $300 had been appropri ated for the repairing of the Hamline road, which was again washed out by the recent rain. "The board will have to do this work legally or not at all," continued Mr. Kane. "There has been too much money wasted already and we have nothing to show for it In the way of finished roads. Meeting after meeting money is appropriated for the repair ing of this road or that one, but the repairs last only until a rain comes along. It is time some of our county road fund was being expended for something more than temporary re pairs, and if the commissioners will not do it, I will see that they do not expend any more money in the fool ish manner in which thousands of dollars have been expended this year." County Commissioner Pottgieser took exceptions to the strictures of the county attorney, and attempted, amid the interruptions of Commissioner Nash, to explain to the county attor ney that the repairs on the Hamline road were an immediate necessity, and that it was on this account that the board had decided to appropriate $300 to be expended for repairs under the supervision of Commissioners Powers and Nash. Pottgieser Wants to Know. "The county commissioners are somebody or else they are nobody," declared Mr. Pottgieser, after Mr. Kane had threatened to stop the work on the county road. "It is time we were finding out whether the county board or the county attorney has the power to let the road contracts. I think the commissioners should be permitted to have something to say in the matter." "The county commissioners have the right to let the road contracts so long as they do it legally," replied Mr. Kane, "but they have no right to continue month after month to waste the coun ty's money by making repairs on roads which have to be done all over again as soon as a shower comes. With the amount of money set aside for road work in Ramsey county each year, we should have something In the way of permanent and finished roads to show for it, but instead of this the money is used in making temporary repairs and is simply wasted. It is for this reason that the county attorney's office will take a hand in the matter if the method is continued." When the commissioners met yes terday morning it was found that the county attorney had held up a num ber of bills for road repairing, and he was asked to explain why he had done so. "I did so because the bills were il legally made out," explained Mr. Kane. "Some of them were merely bills for work, but there was nothing to show where the work had been done or whether or not it had been approved. One bill read for 'man and team one day' and another, made out by the same man and for the same day, was for 'one man's work.' " When I asked the maker of the bill to explain, he said the bill for one man's work was for labor performed by himself, and he finally admitted that the bill for the man and team was for labor which had been performed by his little boy, who drove his team. Kane Declares Ultimatum. "This board will not be permitted to do business in this manner so long as I am county attorney. If a boy ia too small to make out his own bill, he is too small to do a man's work. Such loose methods of doing business with the county's funds will not longer be tolerated. This board will either do business on business principles or not at all." The commissioners did not take kindly to the declarations of the coun ty attorney, but some of the work which they had under consideration was held over until the next meeting. County Surveyor John Irvine holds the same views of "patch work" on the county roads as does the county attorney. He reported to the board yesterday that the county roads were again in a terrible condition, many of them, since the recent rains, being im passable. All the roads patched up or built this year are ruined and the money expended upon them has been wasted. It was the opinion of Mr. Irvine that the roads should be more permanently improved, even if so many roads were not built in one year. County Commissioner Seng, who has opposed the "patch work" system on the county roads ever since he has been on the board, started a lively scrap by expressing his opinion of the system. Mr. Seng was of the opinion that the county roads should be ma cademized, as such work was perma nent and it would save the county thousands of dollars in repairs in fu ture years. He said It was simply throwing money away to have a little sand or a little clay hauled in and dumped upon the roads, as it washed away the first time a shower came. Mr. Seng was in the minority, but he did succeed in holding up the contract for the widening of Hamline avenue .at a cost of $2,500, while the grading of Minneapolis avenue, at a cost of LABOR NOTES. An agreement to disagree is now known sis "forcing an issue." • • • More force is lost in the walks of life than in labor at the looms. • • • : Ten per cent of saved energy is bet ter than ten , per cent more salary. * • ♦ ,' "Striking" on hard loaiher heels is a bad proposition. . i-• .•• .. • ■•_ ■. * * • , ? "A good knockoff" is the leather lifts that make walking work. - •■ •" ■'■ "•• :: ' ~j ■ ". * '■' * •■'- ' ; "A bad puton" is the worthless sub stitute for O'Sullivan Rubber Heels that ) neither lessen work nor add en ergy. * • • . O'Sullivan " Rubber : Heels are holi day makers for all manner of men and women workers. ■■-.'■■— '-•'-■' .- .:*: • : • '/.■■ .'. '■ Boycott the dealer who , says a rat heel isr just ■■ as good, . and send to the O'Sullivan Rubber Co., ; Lowell,' Mass. St. Paul's Silk Selling Store. * Field, Scblick $ Co Entrances---Ws^basha, Fourth. Fifth and St. Peter Streets. The l&ce curtains &.t 50 cents on the dollar The second,week of the great September sale started in with a rush for the medium' grades. : By Wednesday there may be very few, if any, of the lots left. There are some of the- 4.00 ones for those who come early enough today. This curtain sale is easily the great curtain chance of the year. There are up to There are up to There are up to • There are up to 8.50 Curtains at 9.50 Curtains at 15.00 Curtains at 25.00 Curtains at 4.00 sop 7.50 1 14.00 A great carpet offer The sure way to satisfaction lies through an inspection of "the greatest retail carpet stock" in ; the Northwest. greatest Read this offer—take a look at your parlor, library, dining room or bedroom—then come and look through these new carpetmgs! Make a choice from our entire line of regular 1.25 Wilton velvets I dr Todayior any. day this week—we will make it— - I SS".^ lav it-— imei, -FREE. « on your floor $1,000, was laid over until the next meeting of the board. Seng Objects to Loose Methods. Mr. Seng objected to the loose methods of the board in the matter of road work, and cited instances where contractors had gone ahead and com pleted large jobs before their contracts had even been approved by the board, and it was a common thing, Mr. Seng said, for contractors to perform their work without furnishing a bond, which is required by law. It was time. Mr. Seng thought, for the board to do away with this method of doing business for the county. No member of the board would take such risks with his own money, and just as much care should be exercised in spending, the funds of the county. The question of whether a bridge or a culvert should be selected in pro viding a means of travel across Kohl mann's creek, connecting Kohlmann lake and Gervais lake, precipitated a warm discussion among the commis sioners. County Commissioner Wright, in whose district the worJc is to be done, would stand for nothing but a sixteen foot steel bridge. He said L. H. John son, of Minneapolis, had offered to build the bridge for $875, which was the lowest bid by several hundred dol lars the county had ever received on the job, and he thought the bid should be selected. "If we build a bridge," said Com missioner Wright, "the state will have to pay $400 of the cost, and the work will be a very small expense to the county." Pottgieser Objects to Bridge. Commissioner Pottgleser objected to the plans for a bridge, contending that a road across the creek, with a stone culvert, would be cheaper and more practical. He said he had been so in formed by the county surveyor. After a lengthy argument it was decided to hold the matter over until the meet ing of the board next Monday, when the culvert plan will receive further consideration. No more bids for the bridge work will be accepted out of justice to Mr. Johnson, the lowest bid der. Murphy & Garrick were awarded a contract for the grading of Edgerton street, from the city limits to the La Bore hoad. their bid being $585. B. Kohn, upon his bid of $868, was given the contract to improve Rice street, from the Northern Pacific bridge to Minneapolis avenue. A number of contracts for road work in different parts of the county were turned down, the bids being rejected because the commissioners believed them too high. The board received a novel claim for damages from Joseph Nadeau, who lives on the Centerville road. Mr. Nadeau says that as a result of the recent rains and the bad condition of the road his place was flooded and he asks the county to pay for the drown ing: of one hog, valued at $20, sixty chickens at 30 cents each, and the de struction of $15 worth of vegetables, $35 worth of household goods and $25 damage to his cellar. The claim was placed on file. The commissioners were in session all day yesterday, adjournment being taken at 5 o'clock last evening. There was still considerable unfinished busi ness and It was decided to adjourn un til next Monday. PETITION TO HAVE LIGHTS TURNED ON Citizens Want City Hall Entrances Illuminated. Satisfied with their crusade which resulted In the return of the chimes to the city clock tower, a number of public-spirited citizens are preparing to petition the city hall and court house commission to have the lamps which decorate the three entrances to the city hall and court, house cleaned up a trifle and the light turned on at night. There are a few old-timers around St. Paul that have a hazy recollection of once having seen those lamps lit, but they declare that it was so long ago that they are unable now to de scribe the effect. Six gas lamps decorate each of the entrances to the big building, and, if lighted, they might impress the stran ger who happens to be abroad after nightfall. His only way of finding out that the big buiMing is devoted to municipal purposes is by "rubbering" at the clock tower. Those who are advocating the light ing of the entrance lamps say the only expense would be. a janitor and a lit tle soap and water. The latter would come in handy on the glass globes The building is lighted by annual con tract, and there would be no extra ex pense for the gas or electricity used. Savings deposits made^ oh or before Oct 5 will receive 3 months' interest on Jan 1 Security Trust Co., N. Y. Life bldg Suspends an Engineer. R. H. Johnston, state boiler inspector, has revoked the license of Andrew Biesang, engineer at the National Bis cuit company's plant, for a period of sixty days on the charge that Biesang had been carried into his boiler room while he was on duty. OA.STOBLIA. Boot the ji Kind Yea Have Always BsiigM GOES TO MIMIC WAR Gen. Kobbe Starts for Ken- tucky Battlefield. Brig. Gen. William A. Kobbe, com mander of the department of Dakota, leaves tomorrow to take part in the military maneuvers which will be held at Newport, Ky., beginning Sept. 25 and continuing until Oct. 16. Gen. Kobbe will be in command of the first -brigade of the troops aa sembled, consisting of nine companies of the First infantry, eleven compnlea of the Third infantry, four companies of the Twentieth infantry and one com pany of the Wisconsin national guard. These military maneuvers will be by troops from Jefferson barracks; Fort Sheridan, 111.; Fort Wayne, Mich.; Fort Porter, N. V.; Fort Brady, Mich.; Fort Thomas, Ky.; Columbus arsenal, Term.; Columbus barracks, Columbus, Ohio; Fort Myer and Washington bar racks. Several thousand men will be on hand and the three weeks will be de voted to mimic warfare of all sorts, combined with practical field instruc tion for officers and men. The whole body of troops will be under command of Maj. Gen. John C. Bates, at present in command of the department of Mis souri. Newport, the scene of the maneuv ers. Is situated about eighteen miles from Louisville on the Illinois Central railroad. It lies about four miles along the Ohio river, and is bounded by the Ohio and Salt rivers, Milk and Otter creeks and the highlands to the south. The 28,000 acres contained consists of bottom land and plateau, and the con formation of the country is of a nature to lend itself readily to the presenta tion of military questions of strategy. Nurse Brings Suit for Pay. Minnie M. Eggleston brought suit In the district court yesterday against Gordon and Gertrude Carney for $110 which she alleges is due her for taking care of the Carney family at Bird Is land, Minn., in 1901, when three of them three of them were afflicted with small pox. The plaintiff says she cared for the family when they could get no one else to do so, and now she wants pay for her services, which has been re fused her. ECZEMA. NO CURE. NO PAY. Tour druggist will refund your money If PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure Ring worm. Tetter, Old Ulcers and Soros. Pim ples and Blackheads on the face, and all skin diseases. 60 cents. Go to Dig Into the Past. J. V. Brower and J. B. Chancy, of the state historical department, left yes terday for Little Falls and will prob ably continue their trip to Lake Itasca and Into Itasca park. It is their pur pose to make archaeological explora tions along the route. Mrs. Wlnsfow's SoothlnQ Syrup. Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHIL DREN WHILE TEETHING, with PER FECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES th» CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS. ALLAY 9 all PAIN; CURES WIND COLIC, and la the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by Druggists In every part of the World. Be sure and ask for "Mra. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other kind. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Little Girl Dies Suddenly. Elizabeth, the six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. 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