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NEWS OF THE CITY KRAHMER DENIES HE MADE A MISTAKE County Auditor Declares He Doesn't Care Who Questions Wisdom of His Course. In his own opinion, E. G. Krahmer, the county auditor, did no wrong in failing to supply enough Democratic ballots for the fifteen precincts, an account of which ap peared in Wednesday's Globe. The state law provides that the county auditor shall prepare and have printed ballots 25 per cent in excess of the total vote at the last preceding election. Bal lots apparently sufficient in number were printed, but in dividing them the county auditor failed to give enough Democratic ballots to the fifteen precincts. When seen by The Globe Mr. Krah mer took the responsibility upon his own shoulders, saying positively that the di vision of the ballots was made on his or der, and that if there is anything wrong, which he contends is not the case, he and not the employes of the office, Is to blame. "Hod did this occur?" he was asked. "There is nothing to it," was the an- Bwer. "The city clerk was furnished with plenty of additional ballots and it was his duty to distribute them when they were called for." "Were not some voters prevented from exercising the franchise because of the Bhortag of ballots?" Defies Any Man to Show Him. "I defy any man to show me a voter who could not have had a ballot promptly. There were plenty of ballots in the city clerk's office." "On what vote did you base the issu ance of the ballots?" "On the fa.ll election of 1902." "On the vote for what persons?" "I decline to answer that question. This whole affair is so silly that I do not care to answer the charges." "But the presumption is that you pur posely slighted the Democrats because of your partisan feeling?" "No- man who knows me would think such a thing. I provided ballots accord ing to'what I thought would be needed, based upon the vote at the last preced ing election. I have not given this mat ter much thought as yet. but I believe that the reason the ballots were exhausted was due to the fact that there was an unexpectedly heavy Democratic vote In the precincts where the ballots ran out." "But, Mr. Krahmer. will you not tell the public the method by which you fig ured the number of ballots that would be needed by the various precincts?" For answer Mr. Krahmer turned to his desk and picked up a paper containing a tabulated statement of the first day's registration for the fall election, explain ing that he thought this the best index to the situation that could be secured, and pointed out that he had given ballots 25 per cent in excess of the registration in question. "But does not the law provide that the basis of allowance shall be on the vote at the general election?" he was asked. Doesn't Care Who Objects. "I took this for a guide, am responsible for having done so, and don't care who questions the wisdom of my course. Enough ballots were printed and were !n the possession of the city clerk, and If they were not promptly and properly de livered ft "was no fault of mine. I am willing to shoulder the blame that at taches to me, even if I should make a. mistake, but I object to having the guilty party, if there be one in fact, shoulder his faults on me. Those additional ballots could have been delivered to any of the precincts in fifteen minutes if the city clerk had been prompt." "You contend, then, that you did not Intend to deny the Democrats sufficient ballots to carry on the primary?" "Of course I did not. It would be fool ish to do such a thing. Why, when &. man comes into this office looking for in formation I do not stop to consider whether he is a Republican or a Demo crat, but attend to his wants. In fact, the matter is not worthy of discussion." As Mr. Krahmer states, the ballots were prepared in parcels for the different pre cincts, turned over to the city clerk, who in turn gave them to one of the Judges of election. The parcels were turned over to the judges just as they came from the auditor. The auditor, as he states, fur nished additional ballots to the city clerk for the various wards, but the complaint comes from the fact that not enough Democratic ballots were furnished in the first lot. May Refuse Auditor's Demand. City Clerk Redington is hourly expecting the county auditor to make a formal de mand for the additional ballots that re main on hand. It is give^out that Mr. Krahmer will not be giverWpossession of the ballots for the present, at least, and it is claimed that he may find, if he con sults an attorney, that he has no right to any further possession of the ballots. Although Auditor Krahmer treated the matter lightly when interviewed, his other actions indicate that he realizes that there is a serious side to the question. This was demonstrated yesterday morning, when the city clerk was in the office of the county auditor. Mr. Redington was en gaged in conversation with Charles E. Keller, the deputy auditor, when Mr. Krahmer came in. Walking up to Mr. Keller Mr. Krahmer said in a not too pleasant tone: "If there is any talking to do, I will do it." After which he went to his private of fice. This and other straws have led to -the belief about the court house that the county auditor and his chief deputy are not on the best terms personally. The Second, Third, Fourth and Eighth ward Democrats are angry because of the alleged slight by the auditor, and assert that he will hear from the affair If he should come up for re-election. City Clerk Redington's Version. Chief Clerk Redington, when seen last evening, entered a decided objec tion to the statement of Auditor Krah mer, that if there was any delay in the voting it was due to negligence of the city clerk. "I am not anxious to quarrel with Krahmer, but when he says that my office was to blame in the matter, I object. Most of the calls for extra bal lots came Jate In the afternoon, and several between the h^urs of 8 and 9. I delivered some of the ballots myself, and was compelled to use an alderman for a messenger to get the ballots to the booths within a reasonable time." Asked for a corrected version of the Krahmer-Keller episode, Mr. Reding ton said: "I was standing talking to Keller about election matters, but not about the ballots, when Krahmer came In, apparently very much excited. Krah mer walked quickly to his private of fice and took off his coat. Coming back, he walked up to Keller and said something about 'shutting up/ and continued: " 'If there is any talking to do, I will do it.' "Krahmer was mad and Keller re torted in the same spirit, saying: " 'I am not talking.' " When In doubt as to how your mon ey should be invested, read "The Globe's Paying Wants." SOLDIERS TAKE SCHOLLE TO TASK Members of 21st Infantry Re sent His Public Estimate of Enlisted Men. Remarks made by Gustave Scholle in the course of an address before the Neighborhood House association last Monday afternoon, criticising the so cial conduct of the soldier of the regu lar army, have called forth vigorous protests from the soldiers and officers at Fort Snelling. The criticisms were brought to the attention of Mr. Scholle yesterday by Th c G1 ob c, and in fur ther explanation of the comments which had proved objectionable, he said: In regard to the remarks made by me before the- Neighborhood House associa tion last Monday relative to the Fort Snelling soldiers being at dance halls and meeting our young women there, I wish to say that I simply used the Fort Snell ing soldier as exemplifying the non-mar rying man who indulges himself as he pleases. Of course he is not alone in this by any means, but being a more numer ous class than any other combination of citizens among us, it is but natural that he stands out more prominently. The temptation is greater, too, for Jhe girls, as brass buttons have always had an extra charm for the fair sex. It seems scarcely necessary to say that no reflec tion upon the soldiers at Fort Snelling as a whole was intended, especially as SI count some of my best friends at the fort. The protesting communications fol low: To the Editor of the Globe. Dear Sir: In your Tuesday morning's issue appeared a screed from one Mr. Scholle, who took occasion to wantonly insult a body of young men who, he claims, "are no good except in war time." This gentleman (?) may have the good of the young girls of St. Paul at heart, but he does not help his cause by the statement that the soldiers are practically a disreputable set, who have nothing to gain or lose by enticing young girls into dance halls. I have had the honor of a personal acquaintance with soldiers who nave been stationed at Fort Snelling at various time in the past ten years, and can truthfully say that they are as high a class mentally, morally and physically as any of the young or old men of St. Paul, of Mr. Scholle's acquaintance. There may be, and In fact are black sheep in every regiment, or company, but there is a smaller proportion of them than among an equal number of men in civil life. If the gentleman will come with me on a roundup of the places where these people he wants to save congregate I'll show him very few wear ing the army blue. Let him walk along Seventh street any Saturday night and he'll see more civilians of all ages to the square inch, ogling the" women and look ing for "sport" than he'll find in five years among soldiers. At the public dances he'll find twenty five civilians to one soldier (and that's a small percentage) who are engaged in enticing girls to enter. I believe he'd do more, good for the girls if he'd attack the parents instead of the soldiers. Thanking you for your space, —Ed H. Slater. 713 Conway street, St. Paul. To the Editor of The Globe: In answer to the assertion made in Tuesday's issue of The Globe by Mr. Scholle, tn which he spoke about keeping the girls out of the dance halls, it was veiy well said. It is no place for the girls to go. But the gentleman also said especially hot to associate with the sol diers at Fort Snelling. I would like to ask the gentleman if there are not just as respectful and, honest young men in the army and stationed- at Fort Snelling as there are anywhere. It is a matter of fact some of the boys go down in St. Paul and get drunk around pay days, but that is not altogether the fault of the soldiers; it is the voters of Minnesota and other states who allow whisky to be even made and sold. I would like to ask the gentleman if the civilians don't come out to the Fort and the boys treat them with respect. I don't Indorse everything the boys do, but I don't think you can find a better set of men anywhere than are stationed at Fort Snelling. Take it in the ministry or in business or in any vocation of life and there are hypocrites and not true fellows, and because a. man is a soldier he is none the worse by it. If the man that used the language is as good and respectful as the soldiers of Fort Snelling he is all O. K. I myself am a believer in Christ. I am also a soldier, and I think I am just as good as if I had never seen an army. A man that can't live a correct life in the army can't live one out of the army. —F. E. Adams. To the Editor of The Globe: me to say a few words concern ing a remark made by Mr. Scholle, pres ident of the Neighborhood House associa tion, at a recent meeting thereof, and re corded in your issue of Tuesday morning. On the occasion referred to, he speaks of soldiers as "undesirable people to have around at any time, except when they are fighting." I wish to ask Mr. Scholle why he makes the exception in their favor, "when they are. fighting." Fighting is not generally considered the most commend able diversion for those around to enter tain you with. It may be, however, that the honorable gentleman patriotically means "when they are fighting for their country." We will give him the benefit of the doubt in any case. However, I cannot help thinking that true patriotism includes something more than the desire to have around (around where he does not state) those who are fighting to de fend ones flag and country. It might certainly include, if not respect for, at least simple courtesy towards those who do such fighting when any is being done, or, "in those piplnng times of peace," whose occupation consists in training for fitness and readiness for any active serv ice which their country may at some fu ture time, near or far, require of them. It Is true, too true, that at times there appear in the foreground individual sol diers who, by their conduct, are any thing but a credit to the service they rep resent. It is evidently by this class of soldiers, who in public, by their uni form, attract more attention than civ ilians of the same type would, that Mr. Scholle judges all soldiers, or, at least, soldiers in general. As we may infer from his remark and as may be noticed at such a time, people of his stamp have an entirely different tone In their man ner towards soldiers. We would, how ever, much prefer that those people at such a time should reserve their en thusiasm and demonstrations, and in lieu thereof extend to us a little of their courtesy in time of peace. I am glad to know, however, that In this matter Mr. Scholle does not express the sentiments of the people as a whole, or even of the majority thereof, but merely of a certain class which la by no means new in, nor is it entirely confined to, this country. Hoping you will excuse me for tres passing so much on your valuable paper, I remain —Daniel C. Dooley, Company G, 21st U. 8. I. Fort Snelllng, March 16, 1904. Mr. Gustave Scholle, St. Paul, Minnesota —Dear Sir: In the St. Paul Globe of Tuesday, March 16 1904, under the head ing "Good Work Done by Neighborhood House," you are quoted as follows: "This is especially important In St. Paul, where CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of (JuS&zTeUzi&S THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1904 i:-i ' i . - so many of our working girls are addicted to visiting the dance halls on Wabasha and Rice streets. There the young women are exposed to all sorts of temptation, especially to the association with the soldiers from Fort Snelling, who have nothing to gain or lose by their conduct, and who are undesirable people to have around at any time except when they are fighting." On behalf of the officers and soldiers of Fort Snelling I have the honor to re quest that you kindly inform us through the columns of the St. Paul Globe whether you have been correctly quoted. Very respectfully, Ossewerarde, Chaplain Twenty-first Infantry, U. S. A. Fort Snelling, Minn., March 16, 1904. To the Editor of The Globe: _ In your columns of the 15th inst., in an article regarding the Neighborhood House, you publish an attack on soldiers by a certain Mr. Scholle, worded as follows: "There the young women are exposed to all sorts of- temptation, especially to association with the soldiers from Fort Snelling, who have nothing to gain or lose by their conduct and who axe undesirable people to have around at any time except when they are fighting." Such an asser tion is an insult to the American people of whom our soldiers are representatives and should be resented ■ by every right thinking citizen of the Twin Cities, as it is resented by every self-respecting de fender of our flag. It is plain that Mr. Scholle knows noth ing of soldiers or soldiers' life, or else he is too narrow-minded to speak the truth, or he may have formed his opinion from some disreputable ones he may have seen, and narrowly judged all to be alike. For his information I will say that the drunken, noisy, disorderly soldier who tries to bring disgrace upon the uniform he wears is not the old, tried veteran, but some recruit who has not been in the ser vice long enough to have been cured of his disreputable civilian habits. There are now about 800 soldiers at Fort Snelling, and I do not hesitate to say that if one were to go on one of the principal business streets of St. Paul and stop the first 800 civilians, including Mr. Scholle, who pass and give each class a rigid mental examination, moral and fam ily standing investigation, he would find the abused soldier far superior to the average civilian. Since coming to Fort Snelling I have been on the street cars of the Twin Cities some hundred or more times, during which It is rare to see a soldier remain seated while a lady is standing, but during the same period I do not recall seeing a civilian rise to give his seat to a lady, unless an acquaintance. This tells its own story. Less than a year ago there was a great cry raised on account of the disgraceful scenes at and on street cars leading to the park, located near Fort Snelling, and at the time many of Mr. Scholle's type tried to fix the blame upon soldiers, yet car men, policemen and citizens alike unite in saying that the disorderly acts were not those of soldiers, but of civilians. A few months ago a soldier's wife was compelled to lisen to obscene remarks by a number of tough civilians, and when her husband asked them to desist he was attacked in a most brutal manner. A small notice was inserted in some of the St. Paul papers at the time, but had the offending parties been soldiers, pages would have been devoted to the subject. Mr. Scholle states that we have noth ing to lose or gain by our conduct. That shows how much he knows about the sub ject. Drunkards are not tolerated in the army, and repeated drunken, disorderly revels will soon force a soldier dishonor ably out of the service. Mr. Scholle lays great stress on the soldiers the young girls meet at the dance halls, yet says nothing of the lower class of civilians who frequent such places, although they outnumber the soldiers ten to one, and exert a twenty to one more pernicious in fluence on the young girls. Since Mr. Scholle knows no soldiers but those who are such undesirable acquaintances, we are forced to believe that Mr. Scholle is not very careful in choosing his associates, for no good soldier will be found with such disreputable recruits, and conse quently Mr. Scholle has not had an op portunity of meeting the better class of us. Now, while we are not anxious to form Mr. Scholle's acquaintance, if he will meet a few representative soldiers, I do not doubt he will be convinced that his entire statement is false even to that, that soldiers are desirable people to have around when they are fighting. —J. S. Hamner, Sergeant Hospital Corps. Fort Snelling, March 16, 1904. To the Editor of The Globe: Through the columns of your paper I wish to answer the insulting remarks that were made in the March 15th edi tion by Mr. Gustave Scholle, president of Neighborhood House, In which he cau tioned the people of St. Paul against al lowing their daughters to frequent the dance halls on Rice street and Wabasha, saying that they were subject to a great many temptations, especially from the soldiers at Fort Snelling, who were not fit persons to have around only in a fight. Such a remark as that is not only an in sult to us soldiers, but to the American flag as well, and also to the officers of the army. I will admit that there are men in the army wnom I would not care to have associate with my sister, but they do not frequent respectable places, and there is just as big a percentage of the young men in St. Paul who are not fit company for any respectable girl to know as there is in Fort Snelling. There are just as many gentlemen in the army as there are in St. Paul. I assure, you. Take on your street cars, for instance, who is It that gets up first to give a lady a seat? It is a soldier, and we-feel that the re marks made by the gentleman of the Neighborhood House are an insult to ev ery soldier In Fort Snelling. It is true that we get only $13 a month, but we get it honestly, and we are proud of the country that pays us $13 per month, and probably we are just as loyal to our country as Mr. Scholle, and I am sure that we can treat a lady with fully as much respect. We invite the public to investigate our conduct. —Harry "W." Lawton. - Fort Snelling, March 15, 1904. To the Editqr of The Globe: In Tuesday's Globe you published a speech made by a certain Mr. Scholle, in which he is very uncomplimentary to the soldiers at Fort Snelling, attributing the downfall of working girls directly to them. In reply I wish to state that the dance halls on Wabasha and Rice streets or for that matter, any other dance halls in St. Paul, are patronized by soldiers only to a very limited extent. All the dances given under the auspices of the soldiers were conducted in a quiet and orderly manner. As far as stating that soldiers are "desirable company" only when they are fighting, that is nothing short of slan der, and I wish to state that on an average there are as many orderly and well-be haved men in the army as in any other walk of life. The few that misbehave are made conspicuous by their uniform, and naturally • the people judge them all by the actions of a few; but it remains for such as Mr. Scholle and a few others who take things for granted, without stopping to investigate, to continually slander the soldier, whereas if they directed their ef forts to evils nearer their own homes they might accomplish more good. „ . —John A. Wegner, Private, Company A, 21st Infantry. ASKS PEOPLE TO TRIM THEIR TREES President of Park Board Urges Prompt Attention to This Work. John S. Grode, president of the board of public works, requests that particu lar attention be given this spring to the trimming of trees, calling attention to the fact that such treatment is not only beneficial to the trees, but also, improves their appearance. "One great need for the trimming of the trees," he said, "is that many of the city lights are made almost useless by the low branches. Trees should be trimmed with the same care that lawns are trimmed. If this Is done the gen eral appearance of the city will be im proved." Miners Undoubtedly Accept Scale. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 16.— At the national headquarters of the United Mine Workers today estimates on the vote of the miners had been computed. . The national officers are positive the scale had been accepted and there will be no strike. Of the 190, --000 miners in the states voting it is es timated that 180,000 to 135,000 voted, and of these 85,500 voted for the scale and 46,500 voted against it and in favor of a strike- SHOWS pNG HATS Mannhelmerfs Captivates the Fair Sex. Those women who went to Mann heimer's yesterday to look remained to buy. M&ny thought it too early for spring hats, and certainly the cold air and the frozen ground gave strength^ to the opinion, but once in the millinery parlors this idea disap peared and thought of hats reigned supreme. For ;the millinery depart ment at MannHeimer's yesterday was a bower of beauty and a prophecy of ppring.' Everywhere were flowers and gay colors, big hats and little hats, bonnets for the oWer women and rose hats for the debutantes. In the matter, of age every one can be suited this year, except that no woman could pos sibly look old or wrinkled with one of the 1904 Mannheimer hats on her head. In the matter of shapes, the turban is still holding its own in various varieties and'forms. The newest thing in the -turban has a point and is long and narrow; these are becoming to broad faces and not becoming to thin ones. These turbans are made of the newest straws and do not need much trim ming. Indeed, the day of heavy trim ming of any hat seems to have passed. Simple hats of fancy braids with a bow or a device in the straw, are tak ing the place of velvet, ribbons and feathers, that is, on street hats. Of course in these .days a woman of fash ion has to have many hats of many grades for street, • calling and recep tion purposes, and at Mannheimer's numerous beautiful creations for dif ferent occasions may be found. A very popular shape 5 for this spring is the military tricorfn; Which is to be found here in the correct colorings for the street. Browns -and blues are good colors for walking hats, and there are aJso some stunning hats in red at Mannheimer's fof the street. Rolling effects are somewhat new, and the rolling sailor is $?oing to be very much worn this sumnie?. For automo'biMng Mannheimer has some very swell *hats, the very latest cry from Paris. With these are worn the^automobile veil, gathered round the neck and tied-in; a bow" behind. Even a plain woman' wou?d look entrancing in these. One' automobile sailor shown- ■ yesterday is trimmed with light and blue and has a double veil of blue chiffon inside and real lace in fclack otftside, both gathered on a pale blue ribbon. A blonde would certainly look like an angel in this hat. The newest thing in coloring are the Lady Curzon peacock shades and the pastel colors. Mannheimer is showing several exquisite Lady Curzons, one particularly, made of blue and green mallnes with the tiny blue flowers run ning round the brim. This shading of blues and greens with the peacock colors is absolutely new in -a time when it is difficult to show any novelty. An other ravishing hat is of a delicate white straw with a wide brim, trimmed in pastel shades of pink and lavender, with satin rosettes of thre light shades and tiny roses set in a bed of green. , Another new thing is the envelope hat, which folds over in an odd way and fits the head to perfection. One of these wag of black with tiny tuscan buttons in yellow and- at the side a wreath of little blush roses. All the flower* are very small and perfect in shape. Feathers are worn on dress jffnd picture hats, and the large hats llannfreimer is showing are dreams. Tjhese are in white, with long, sweeping-ostrich feathers, or in black chiffon with- roses and green leaves. Violets are to-be much worn f and there w*as a pale blue chiffon hat sho-wn yesterday trimmed with violets that was one of the most striking things to be seen. Tuscan and horse hair braids is a favorite combination for street and semi-dress hats. Veils are nearly all made and are draped upon the hat or gathered at the top and hang full. A woman can now put as.much money as she pleases in veils, and it must be said that a pretty face looks very fetching in some of the made chiffon veils. The opening at Mannheimer's con tinues today, and no woman ; can af ford to miss it. MUST HAVE PERMIT FOfcIHEIR DANCES Aldermen Curb Liberty of Some Dance j^pomoters. An ordinance, was passed by the board of aldermen' last evening requir ing that all concerts an 4 musical enter tainments occxirfrng where intoxicating liquor is sold must first secure permis sion from the cjty 1 council. The measure 'tv.as introduced at the instance of Chief of Police O'Connor, and provides fttat persons desiring to give such concerts must file with the city council a written application. This is referred to the chief of police, who reports back to the council, rec ommending for or against the granting of the license. If the report is favora ble and the council grants the license, the permit shall be issued by the city clerk. Conviction of a violation of the pro visions of the ordinance subjects the offender to a fine of $100. Ringling Bros.' Circus Will Come. '. : I The ". small boy will ibe Interested ;in knowing that : Singling; Bros.' circus will:, visit St. Paul t this season. John Ringling is -atvthe Ryan hotel making the r preliminary arrangements for > the routing of : the big show for the season '• of i 1904, * andsstates\ that 7 St. Paul will be *in its * itinerary - this i season. : Mr. Ringling; is en route to i his home lat Baraboo, Wis., from ' a trip to the ' Pa cific Northwest. 5-. The circus' •; season opens in Chicago, March 30, for a thir ty-day run at the Coliseum.; - -;. -;: ■; t ' 3 ■i. -,- •■. •.-••-....•■ .■..<".': ■■ ...;/,..,".-.- ■•■ ■- Rheumatism DR. RAD WAY & CO.: .;=: ■.'• --• ■'.■•-' I have * been a sufferer : from Rheuma tism if or more than . six • months. . I could, not raise my hands to my head or. put my hands behind me, or even take off my own shirt. ■'> Before I had finished, three-fourths of fai bottle> of Radway's I Ready ? Relief : I could use my. arms as well |as | ever. You can see \ why I have , such great : faith fin your '• Relief. *'- Yours truly. W. '■-. C. • BA KER. 989 r Julia street, New Orleans. ; ~ ; fN?# RADWAT'S READY RELIEF is a sure cure for every Pain, Sprain, Bruises, Pain in the Back, Chest and Limbs. Taken inwardly there is not a remedial agent in the world that will cure Fever and Ague and all other malarious, bilious and other fevers, aided by RADWAY'S PILLS, so quickly as RADWAY'S READY RELIEF. Sold by Druggists. RADWAY & CO., 55 Elm street, New York. WILL CELEBRATE IT St. Patrick's Day to Be Fitting ly Observed. St. Patrick's day celebration in St. Paul has departed from the custom of some years ago, when a big parade of Hibernian societies was considered indispensable, and now the day is commemorated entirely in patriotic Irish meetings and entertain ments. There will be no attempt at a parade this year, but nearly every Cath olic parish of the city will have its en tertainment. Cathedral parish, will hold its-demon stration in Mozart hall in the evening. John D. O'Brien will deliver an address on "Music and Poetry of Ireland," which will be illustrated by means of songs by a number of well known vocalists and with recitations. Brother Ambrose will give an illustrated lecture on "Poems and Pictures." At. St. John's hall the pupils of the in stitution will present "Colleen Bawn." In St. Patrick's church. Case and Mis sissippi streets, Father Byrne will cele brate high mass at 9 o'clock this morn ing, and in the evening Thomas Daggett will deliver an address on "Christianity and Civilization." The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Florentine club will entertain at a St. Patrick's day social this evening at the club rooms, 802 East Seventh street. St. Michael's parish will have its cele bration in the form of an entertainment at Paul Martin's opera house on the West side. The Imperial Dramatic company, consisting of the young people of the parish, will present the coemdy drama "All That Glitters Is Not Gold." St. James' parish will give an enter tainment under the direction of Edward Corcoran. Rev. P. F. O'Brien will lecture at St. Vincent's church on "The Daji_We Cele brate." The Knights of the Cross, which is composed of the young men of the Im maculate Conception church, will present the play, "The Passing Show," in the evening at the Y. M. C. A. hall. "The Bell in the Forest," an operetta, will be presented by the young people of St. Francis' parish in the evening at the hall, Daly and Warsaw streets. Be tween the acts Miss Jane C. Holland, Miss Gertrude Dodds and Miss Alice Thornton will sing and Miss Lillian Cor deau will play the piano. St. Mark's Church society gave an en tertainment last evening which included music by St. Thomas' orchestra^ song, with violin obligato, Mrs. Jolly; violin solo, M. McKendrick; eight-hand, reel, the Misses Donnelly, Mrs. Levagood and Misses Towey; vocal solo, Miss Myrtle Geraghty; song and monologue, Louis J. Sullivan; piano solo, Miss Josie Hilger; vocal solo, Miss Mamie Donnelly; Irish song and dance. Miss Kate Donnelly; song, R. J. O'Reilly. STOPS LUMBER YARD Ordinance Passed Preventing Its Location Near Capitol. The protest of Aid. Dahlqulst at the meeting of the board of aldermen last evening did riot prevent the passage of the ordinance making it unlawful to es tablish a wood yard or lumber yard with in 150 feet of a private residence without the consent of the owner of the dwelling. This ordinance is designed to prevent the establishment of a lumber yard near the corner of Cedar street and Summit avenue, and Is fathered by Aid. Hinkens, of the Ninth ward. It is made a misde meanor to establish such business with out having first secured the consent of adjacent owners of residences and the sanction of the city council. Aid. Hinkens argued strongly for the measure, insisting that it would be but little short of an outrage to allow the lumber yard almost across the street from the state capitol. Its proposed loca tion would also injure the residence prop erty in the vicinity. "Here you go again," asserted Aid. Dahlquist. "What would you men say If you owned a piece of property and the city council should step in and say that you could not use it? For the life of me I cannot see that the state capitol is any better than any other building, but I sup pose that you will go right on driving enterprises from the city." The application for a permit to estab lish the lumber yard was made by the Johnson Lumber company, of Minneapolis. Aid. Dahlquist oast the only negative vote on the passage of the ordinance. SMALLPOX STILL CLAIMS ITS VICTIMS Fifty-six Cases Reported in the State In Week Ended Last Monday. New cases of smallpox throughout the state to the total number of fifty-six and eleven old cases, of which no previous re cord had been made, were reported to the state board of health in the week ending last Monday. The old cases were all in St. Martin township, Steams county, and the location of the others was as fol lows: Todd —Bruce township. 4; Long Prairie township, 1; Stowe Prairie township, 3. Wilkin—Breekinridge, 1; Foxham, 1. Steams—St. Cloud. 7. Morrison—Little Falls, 4; Two Rivers, 1. Kandiyohi— Green Lake township, 1; Kandiyohi town ship, 5. Clay—Alliance township, 2; Moorhead, 6. Becker—Lake Eunice township, 11. Douglas—Evansville town ship, 6. Otter Tail—Fergus Falls, 1. Ramsey—St. Paul, 2. YOUNG MEN SENT TO PRISON FOR THEFT Are Given Three Years and Six Months by Judge Jaggard. • Carl Sexton, twenty-one years old, and Adolph BJerke, twenty-two years' old, under indictment by the grand Jury for grand larceny in the second degree, plead ed guilty when arraigned before Judge Jaggard in the criminal division of the district court yesterday, and were sen tenced to three years and six months each in state's prison. ~ Sexton stole goods from the American Electric company and Bjerke robbed the Le Claire home on South Wabasha street. Both have been in prison before. Some clemency was shown the men because they assisted the police in recovering: the stolen goods. GRAND JURY WILL RECONVENE TODAY Has Put in Two Weeks Investigating Public Institutions. The grand jury will reconvene this afternoon, after a two weeks' rest from daily sessions. During the past two weeks the various investgating com mittees have visited the poor farm, the workhouse, the city hospital, the coun ty jail, police station and a number of other places. It is expected that the grand jury will complete its work within a few days, as there is very little jail work to ■""ne before the body. IT GETS A SETBACK Amusement Park Project Must Leave Midway. To quiet the fears of the people liv ing In the Midway district relative to the establishment of an amusement park in their vicinity, Aid. Dobner last evening secured the passage of a reso lution giving the promoters notice that the council will not give such permis sion. "The people who desire to establish this park," declared Aid. Dobner, "con tinually persist in their efforts to es tablish their offensive business in the Midway district, despite the fact that they well know that the people will ob ject. I ask that the aldermen go on record declaring that they will not grant such permission, thereby assur ing the people that their quiet suburb will not be disturbed." "Would you object to having the park at the present location of the Univer sity avenue ball ground?" asked Aid. Hinkens of Dobner, at the same time showing the new ordinance permitting the use of this location. "That location is in Aid. Bantz' dis trict," was the answer, "and I will vote to allow its location there if Mr. Bantz favors it, although I do not believe that such a business should be allowed in any section of the city until the con sent of the people living in the neigh borhood has been secured." The new ordinance is in line with those introduced before, except as to location, and comes "from the same source. LAWYERS CONFER WITH MR. HILL Continued From First Page. regard to political .affiliation or past connection with'-Republican- policies." He said it remain-ed to be seen whether this prosecution was a theat rical campaign trick or the beginning of a general policy "of shackling cun ning now as strength and brute force have been shackled in the past." Senator Lodge today introduced a resolution authorizing- the printing of 12,000 copies of the decision of the su preme court in the Northern Securities case, of the complete record In the suit, including the briefs of attorneys, and the opinion of the United States circuit court of Minnesota. The reso lution went to the committee on print ing. SEATTLE, Wash., March 16.—Attor ney General Stratton says he will drop the case of the State of Washington against the Northern Securities Com pany, because of the decision of thie United States supreme court. Wind's Mystery. The meteorologist is gradually di vesting the wind of its mystery, and is able to explain convincingly how and when It originates. The study of a great number of observations taken simultaneously all over the country, and in fact, all over two continents, has enabled the expert to foresee just when wind and storm will arrive at certain sections of the country. Of course, the physical topography of any neighborhood has its influence on the local storms, fogs and prevailing winds. The "mountain" and "valley breezes", that are so eagerly sought during the summer recreation or so journ is an instance of the effect of mountains on local climate and weath er conditions. As explained by Mr. W. S. Tower, assistant in meteorology in Harvard university, because of ac tive rediation at night the layers of the air near the earth become cooled, and as cool air is heavier than warm air, a law of physics that is generally appreciated theoretically, but usually overlooked practically, this heavy air tends to move down the hillside. The tendency becomes, after a time, suf ficiently pronounced to produce a gen eral downfall movement, eventually re sulting in a perceptible breeze. That is what is commonly designated locally as "the mountain breeze," and which, from its origin, is practically in one constant direction, though the intervention of powerful storms may temporarily reverse the customary movement. Vice versa, during the day, the presence of warmer, and therefore lighter air, near the earth causes a movement of the atmosphere with an upward tendency, creating the so called valley breezes. In certain fav orably-situated localities the appear ance of the mountain or the valley breeze is as regular as clockwork, the transitional period being marked by a calm. —Philadelphia Record. His Busy Season. Kind Lady—Why didn't you learn a trade when you were young? Plodding Pete —'Cause I am a geolo gist by profession, ma'am. Kind Lady—And don't you work at It? 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Some Timely Suggestions Regarding ' a Serious Subject. "Brooks make rivers, rivers run to' seas," sings the poet Dryden in his Wor ship of Aesculapius, the first known phy sician. The poet little thought as he pen ned his verse in praise of the ancient prac- | titioner, how aptly his beautiful line would apply to the life of a woman. The chattering brook as it flows to merge it self in the larger stream represents the careless, unthinking young gh-1. The wild and turbulent stream, sometimes flowing smoothly, then dashing over rocks and down into unbroken depths, at last becoming a mighty river, bearing ships upon its bosom, is the woman with her; broadening and deepening possibilities. But how many girls "Standing with reluctant feet Where the brook and river meet, Womanhood and childhood fleet," are at this time of their lives the objects of great solicitude to their parents. 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