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WANT THE POLES REMOVED

BTJT THE TELEPHONE COMPANY

DEMUftS TO IT

Orillnniice Dipec«l«« the Wires on

Manhall Avenue to Be Place*lnder the (iniuiid Catwea a Long

IHhcitNMion i" the Committee on

Streets Solution to Be Sought

Through v Conference.

The ordinance directing the North-

weetern Telephone company to place itswires underground on Ma;shall avenuefrom Fairview street to the river wasconsidered by the committee on streetsfrom the board of aldermen yesterday

afternoon. After discussing the matterfor a couple oi huurs the ordinance wasreferred to the alderman of the ward,who will hold a conference with thetelephone company officials and en-deavor to arrive at some solution ofthe question which will be equitableto the company und the property own-eis.

When the ordinance was taken upAid. Murphy moved an adverse reporton the ground that the poles ifpaintodwould be an ornament to the streetrather than an eye sore. He statTiithat he had been over the ground andthat only seven houses were on thestreet and for the distance of over halfa mile the avenue was bordered byfarm lands and lields of grain.

F. W. Hoot, who represented the resi-dents on Marshall av«.nue, and also theproperty owners at the park, insistedthat the telephone company remove thepoles and wires. The company, heclaimed, one year ago had promised thepoles and wires should be removed be-fore June 1, IS9B. Now they refused totake any action. The avenue, he said,was the main driving street betweenBt. Paul and Minneapolis. The widthw;is 100 feet, the roadway being fortyfeet with twenty-two-foot boulevardson either side and eight foot side-walks. The property owners had de-cided to make the roadway twelve feetwider arid intended imiyoving1 thestreet and boulevard. This could not

be done while the company had polesin the 1-oulevard. Since the litigation|in Minneapolis, in which the courts had ,held that telephone pole 3 could be imaintained on post routes, the com-pany had weakened on its promise toremove the poles. The only recourseKft for the property owners was tohave the ordinance passed which wouldmake the company put the wires un-derground. He suggested that thepoiefl anu lines might be put in an jalley or the line continued out Selby javenue.

Aid. Bloomquist was of the opinionthat it was not right to go out five |miles from the business center and jorder the wires put underground, while |down town poles were in all theBtreets. He had also been over theavenue and counted nine houses on thenorth side of the street, the balanceof the avenue from Cleveland avenuewest was farm lands and grain fields.

Manager Freedy, of the telephonecompany, denied that he had promisedto remove the poles on the avenue byJune 1, 1898. Mr.Root maintained thathe had made such an agreement, and jPresident Copeland was called in to jsettle the question. Mr. Copeland only jhad an impression of the meeting helda year ago, and that was as Mr. Roothad contended.

Manager Freedy and Superintendent ITVainnian both stated that it was not :advisable to put the poles ln the alley,a« they would practically prevent trav-el through it. Mr. Wainman, however, ivas willingto make any arrangement ]that would not disarrange the system. |The line could not. he said, be "placed ion Selby avenue, owing to the troublecaused by the street railway feed wires !and thp going under ground was out jof the question, owing to the cost. Heagieed to consult with Aid. Shepardand the other property owners, and theordinance was laid over until the nextrrr-etirg of the committee.

The resolution introduced by Aid. |Bantz, providing that the pay "of thestreet sweepers should not be less than$1.50 per day, was referred to the cityattorney and the board of public workswith the instructions to have a report

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Melons, Canteloupes, each lvGoost'ocrries, four quarts •>-Tomatoes, per basket .'.' in»Teaches, per basket 2^Dutter, fancy Dairy, rer pound"!"; \r.Butter, fancy Creamery, per pound...!""' 'lScButter, good Dairy, for caoking io!?.Choice Dairy, per pound '.'.'.][ {L

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ready at the next meeting of the com-mittee.

Aid. Sanborn said it was useless todiscuss the matter, as the street sweep-ers had entered into a contract withthe city to do the work, and there wasno legal way by which the city could,in the face of the contracts with themen, pay them at the rate of $1.50 perday.

Aid. Murnhy said at the time thecontracts were made with the menwages were lower and the necessariesof life cost less than now. A numberof the men were working ten hours aday for less than $1 a day, and theywere also required to purchase twosuits of the white uniforms worn, at aci»st of $2 per suit. The men employedby the city on the street force workedbut eight hours each day and were paid$1.50 for their labor. A man with afamily could not afford to work for $1per day, and, as many of the streetsweepers have wives and children,something should be done for them.Aid. Bloomquist said he had inves-tigated the matter and learned thatsome of the men matte only 96 cents perday. The trouble was that they tookthe contracts too cheap. He felt sorryfor them, but saw no way they couldbe helped, unless the corporation at-torney should give an opinion that thecontracts could be annulled and themen paid as suggested by the resolu-tion of Mr.Bantz.

METHODISTS IN TENTS.German Blsotple* of Wotiley En-

camped In a Grove.Twenty-three large tents In a grove at th=corner of Pairvlew avenue and Blair street

mark the camping place of the GermanMethodists of the Twin Cities. The toutswere erected yesterday, when a crowd ofck

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Led °nihG Krotln^ and set to?wUb«M.p^ 3nd P

°leS and gUy r°P a3S3P tht tr/inTTarlf'S"JI&Nearly two hundred persona were at th°grounds yesterday, and of these fully a nunday!"6 tO 11Ve ln tents durin* the next ten

No attempt was made to hold servi-e atthe camp until evening, when the Roy HRph, ?£?r pr,ea

Tche(i- "is subject was '"The

Rev r^'T,8"-," WiU,be by theKey. C. H. Blume, of the Central church?r^ne

oaP?llS^ A 80ClaI mpi

-tln" ™ni beheldfrom 2 to 3 p. m., and at 4:30 the R-v J

ThA n°r> w NSrth Minn^polis, will preisiSt p™T" a& • *Unk> Preßl("n& elder of <hefervlces. dlstnct- wl» conduct the evening

The camp meeting will continue until JulyIL.a %ODg th

!OS? who havo Promised to at-tend the services are Bishop J. w Joycethe Rev. D. Riemenschneider, prudent ofA\allace college at Berea, 0., and the RevJ. Schneider, of Jordan 6

w^°thg ihoSe ,at Jhe grounds last eveningThe Rpv? cVhCnP- Blume ' of Minneapolis!Rev w" v % v er> of MtonfaPomftheHey. W. P. Fritze, presiding elder of theMinneapolis district: the Rev. G. C. Rei i-frank, of Minneapolis; W. J. WebV of StPa"l,: the Rev. A. A. Koenecke, of St P-u'-

ssiTOiSr* 1611 and Prof-

fnke '«* st:Bishop Joyce will preach Sunday afternoon

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WORK OF THE OWL WORM.Doing Considerable Damage in the

Minnesota Wheat Fields.Prof. Lugger, of the agricultural schoolwas called to Willmar Wednesday evening bya telegram, stating that some kind of an in-sect was at work on the trees ln that part ofthe country, and was rapidly killingthe softmaples, willows and elms.The worm which has been doing damaee

thl.the.^nea

XthiS,year has **"unlnow?, fnthis state heretofore. It is called the owl£mV a?d the cgSs are deposited in thejSj^b^n^^ney^lw™

wa s[kend?nr or of the •»*wIrhid°Wlt7nlmiSn,Munk s°wn in ttes-lentllle

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DEDICATES_ITS HAIL.Union Lodge Good Templar*, in It,

Xt«w Quartern.Union Lodge No. 1. I.o. G. T. celebratedlast evening the opening o f their new leadquarters, at 327 Wabasha street, near Vurt!with an open^eeting. The dedication addresswas delivered by John Bachke and the speak-

to from the beginning

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ice cream and cake were servedThe lodge will hold its reguiar busineßsmeetings every Thursday evening at theirnew ciuarters. meir

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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE FRIDAY

IS LIFE OR DEATH TO THEM

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE WRES-

TLING WITH DOG QUESTION

System of Licensing Animals ThatHas Been In Operation Daring;

the lust Four Years Admitted aFailure Information as to Howthe Uucslliiii Is Dealt With Else-

where to Be Obttiined.

The dog license question was dis-cussed for a couple of hours by andbefore the assembly committee onstreets last evening. It was prettyclearly understood when the commit-

Itee adjourned that there would be no!action taken, at least this season, forIthe annual dog catch. The committeei adjourned for one week to await infor-! niation and data to be furnished by

William Ely Bramhall as to the planipursued in Eastern cities, by which theIlicensing, capture and disposition of

dogs is turned over to the humane so-I cieties. Present at the meeting lastI night were Assemblymen Albrecht,

Warner, Craig and Benson, .Mayor Kie-i

fer, F. B. Doran, Chief Goss, Health! Commissioner Stone, John A.Moak andi William ElyBramhall, representing theHumane society.

The matter came before the commit-tee on the resolution authorizing themayor to appoint six dog catchers at$50 per month and five men with teams

!and wagons at $3 per day to collectj licenses and gather in the unlicensed:canines.

Assemblyman Albrecht said that thej system in operation for the past few

\u25a0 years had been practically a failure.In 1896 there had been 2,236 licensesissued, and the total receipts amounted

j to $4,635, which amount was greater| than last year, when 1,250 dog licensesIhad been Issued and the receiptsj amounted to $3,328. He further statedj that there were about 35,000 dogs inj the city, and, if this was correct, it

Avas evident that a large number es-caped not only the tax, but the dogcatchers.

Former Mayor Doran was called on togive his experience, and also to makesuch suggestions as he might wish tomake on the question. Mr.Doran was

j of the opinion that the licensing offewer and the destruction of more dogs

Iwould be better for the city. He had I| seen or heard it stated that the more!dogs in a city or locality, the less civ-Iilization. Judged from this standpoint,

St. Paul did not rank very high. Hisexperience had been that, under the:dog catcher system as operated be-j fore he took charge of the city affairs,there had been considerable fraud. The| catchers sold animals and offered topass by dogs, the owners of whichwould pay them 50 cents or more.

When he assumed the office of mayorIn 189G he paid particular attention tothe class of men appointed as dogcatchers and the police assisted in thecensus, the result being that a greaterrevenue was collected that year thanever before. In 1897 the revenue wasconsiderably less. He favored the po-lice taking a census of the dogs andthen if the city had the right to levya tax having the city clerk, from thecensus taken, notify the owners orkeepers to come in and pay the license.If they did not, then take out a war-rant and fine them. The Minneapolisplan the former mayor did not thinkwas the correct one, as the catcherthere was paid a percentage on thenumber of dogs destroyed, and th°temptation was to make the fee ratherthan the city should make the licenseHis father had often told him whenthe question of a man's honesty cameup for discussion that if the man washonest it was best to keep him so. Hethought this would also apply to policeofficers, and especially if they were in-terested in the dog-catching business.

Assemblyman Benson brought outthe fact that under the ordinancepassed last year the police were re-quired to make a dog census.

Mayor Kiefer being called on said hisidea was to increase the revenue andget rid of the worthless dogs. Hisplan would be to have the police makea census of the dogs, return the liststo the city clerk and have that officialnotify the owners to come in and paythe license. Ifthis was not done, sendout the dog catchers and bring theunlicensed animals to a pound, wherethey cauld be disposed of. By this plan,his honor said, the city would realizea handsome sum and at the same timethe city would be purified.

Assistant Corporation Attorney Tay-lor informed the committee that underthe charter the council was only givenauthority to prevent the running atlarge of dogs and only such dogs as runat large could be either taxed or de-stroyed. All ordinances which thecouncil might pass could only go thisfar.

Chief Goss said that as soon as thedecision of the municipal court in thoSpink case had been rendered last yearIt was impossible for the dog catchersto collect enough licenses to pay the

j expenses. The decision was that onlyIdogs running at large could be tixed oi| taken in charge by the dog catchers,Iand that a dog on the street with )t«j owner or keeper did not come withinthe definition of running at large Th*proper plan. Chief Goes said, was thatin operation in Minneapolis. wher=there was one dog catcher the yeararound ar.d about $10 was paid 'intothe city each year. This plan, how-Iever, could not be adopted here, owing

Ito the limited power the charter gay»ithp council

William Ely Bramhall said "hero wasino doubt that under the present charter| the council had not the power to tax! Stage which were not running at large

Iseither could does be captured andkilled unless they were running atlarge. The people were aware of thisand for thi3 reason the revenue fromlicenses had fallen off. The catchin"-amd disposing of dos?s in St. Paul wasinhuman. Men were appointed do:?| catchers for political reasons only, andthe methods employed by them incatching and disposing of "the animalshad been of the greatest cruelty In;ether cities the licensing, capturing

j and disposition of dog 3 was turned| over to the humane societies, and inIcities where this had b;en inauguratedI the societies had collected more money

than under the police and dog catchersystem. The revenue from the licenseshad been turned over to the s-cieties onthe ground that they were benefactorsto the cities amd localities. Ifthiscould be done under the charter the StPaul society would take charge of thework here. At any raite the next leg-islature would be asked to pass a gen-eral law on this line covering all cities.He did not believe there were 35 000U£g£\ l? nJ*L Pau1 ' and thoughtabout 6,000 yould be nearerthe number. / A large num-ber of dogs had been taken to theKlondike, a;nd most of these were theworthless ones. He had written to anumber of Eastern cities and expectedwithin a week to secure copies of theordinances under which the do~ li-censes were issued and the work doneIn case the city had the right to di-vert its revenue and place the matterin the halnds of the Humane society th<*organization would be ask»d to holdit in St. Paul. There would not be anymoney In it for the first year or so forthe society, but itwould be a much bet-ter plan than the one operated here forthe past several years. What the so-ciety wanted was not so much the revenue as to have the dog 3 gathered anddisposed of in a humane mainner

Health Commissioner Stone thoughtthe discussion had been for the futurerather than the present. There werea large number of worthless and dan-gerous dogs in the city. He favoredone man being appointed and paid onthe percentage plan, and the citywould soon be rid of a lot of worthlesscurs. The method of catching couldbe prescribed by the Humane societyand the dogs could be disposed of elth-kv drowning or carbonic gas could

be used at a small expense. The dogcatcher should not be limited to*threemonths, but be employed the fun year.Thie, if done at once, would give thecity a good revenue and a benefit farabove the cost. The health depart-ment had made no report as to rabiesor cases where people had been bitten.There was no question, however, butthere was a large amount of the dis-ease In the city and many persons hadbeen bitten. Dogs were more liable tobecome rabid In the winter than in thesummer. He favored a higher licensefor female than male dogs.

Assemblyman Albrecht thought thepeople should be advised that underthe law only dogs which were allowedto run at large required a license, asthe city clerk had informed him about100 persons had paid for dog licensesthis year.

The committee adjourned to Fridayevening, July 22, with the understand-ing that at that time Mr. Bramhallwould have the ordinances from East-ern cities. In the meantime the cor-poration attorney will loook up thequestion as to whether an ordinanceallowing the Humane society to taJtecharge of the licensing of dogs andkeeping the revenue so derived wouldbe possible under the charter. |

,

HOLD OUTON THE JUDGES

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PLAN A

LITTLE SAVING

Claim tlie Law of IBHS Is tlnconstl-tationnl, and Tliat the Membersof the District Conrt Bench HaveBeen Receiving $125 a Mouth"Which the County Should HotPay Without a Test.

The board of county commissionersat a meeting held yesterday consideredthe subject of the tax levy budget for jthe county. It was decided among |other things that the budget could becut down some $9,000, not paying thejudges of the district court this amountfrom the county funds. Accordinglythe following resolution, introduced byCommissioner Moritz, was approved bya vote of all the members with the ex-ception of Commissioner McCarron,who was absent:

Resolved, That the county auditor b?, andIs hereby, instructed not to issue any morewarrants from and after July 15, 1898, to theJudges of the

'-ttict court of the Second ju-

dicial district, as. we are informed the lawis unconstitutional.Since the legislature passed a law in

1885 the judges of the district courtin this judicial district have beendrawing $125 per month from the coun-ty in addition to the $3,500 from thestate.

Commissioner Moritz stated that hehad been informed that the law cf 18S5was unconstitutional and for this rea-son the resolution had been pasaed. Theresult would be that ifthe j"ulg>s warn-ed to get the additional $125 from thecounty they would have to test the law.

The figures for the tax levy werenot completed and willbe taken up atan adjourned meeting to be held Mon-day. County Auditor Sullivan, how-ever, stated that the amount would bepractically the same as the levy forlast year. $225,000 in round numbers.

The board decided to refund $50,000in bonds which will come due Sept. 1this year.

The amount allowed for the city halland court hou?e fund was Increased to$19,500, which allows $3,500 for the newelevators In the court house.

RAILROAD MAN'S MONEY.i:t«-ai>os From. His Pocket- ami He

Thinks He Wan Robhed.Timothy Dolan, claiming to be a S3C-

tion boss in the employ of the NorthernPacific railroad company, complainedto the police yesterday afternoon thathe had been robbed- of $65 in a saloonon Sibley street, near 'Fourth. Dolanclaimed the money was taken from hispocket, by a hotel runner, with whomhe was drinking..According to the railroad man'sstory to Chief Schweitzer, he came tothe city yesterday to oo'lcot his wages

He said he met ths hotel runner on th-street, formed an acquaintance withthe man and asked him to have som«refreshments. Dolan said the runnerwent with him to get his time checkcashed, when they returned to the sa-loon and had more refreshments. Do-lan said he had his money in a vestpocket, but that when he left the sa-loon it was missing. He said the hotelrunner was the only person with himafter his arrival in the city, and insist-ed that the runner picked his pocket.

Mr. Dolan tried to get DetectiveWells to find the county attorney, butafter two hours' search for Mr. Zoll-rnan with the detective concluded hewould be more successful In takingcare of the case himself, and laterplaced the alleged facts before Mr.Zollman in person. It was then too 'a'eto secure a warrant, but Mr. Zollman Isays if upon further investigation to-day he finds facts to corroborate Do-lan's story he will have the hotel run-ner arrested.

AspiPtar>t County Attorney Zollmansays Mr.Dolan criticled the detctive'smanner of investigating the case,claiming he showed little disposition topet to the bottom of the alleged rob-bery.

COST TO PROPERTY OWNERS.Rate o* Assessment for Certain Im-

provements Is Decided Upon.The board of public works yesterday com-

pleted the assessmpnt for paving Ashlandavenue. The assessment will be $4.20 perfront foot to property owners.

A favorable report was ordered on theMarshall avenue sewer, from Milton to Vic-toria streets. The improvement will costthe property owners fifty cents per front foot

The assessment for paving Market streetfrom Third to Sixth street was completedThe cos-t is 55.638.29, or $5.54 per front footto the property owners.

The board alld out the assessment districtfor the Improvement of Grand avenue fromGrotto to Floral streets. The cost of 'boule-varding will be $3,627.40, or eight-five centsper front foot to the property owners.

A favorable report will be, made to thecouncil for the grading of Hamllne avenuefrom Grand to Summit avenue. This willcost the property owners ninety cents perfront foot.

The assessment for the paving of Laurelavenue from Nina to Dale street was broughtup and continued to July 18. The paving willcost $27,528.15, or $4.28 per front foot to theproperty owners.

In the matter of widening Langford ave-nue from Prior to Snelling avenue, to a widthof 100 feet, the city engineer was directed toprepare plans of the proposed ImprovementThe opening of the county road from Lang-ford avenue to the city limits was also re-ferred to the city engineer for a plan. Theroad is now eighty feet wide.

The assessment -for the paving of Summitavenue, between Wabasha and St. Peterstreets, was confirmed. Th» total cost was$2,716.00. or $3.10 per front foot to the prop-erty owners.

Quebec a»tl Return, $30.00.Pilgrimage to St A-nne d« Beaupre, 21 mllfu

from Quebec, leaving Minneapolis, and St.Paul July l»th, with return limit of August31. Round trip rate $30. gOO Llne TicketOffice, 398 Robert St.

Fassett Sues tmv Commission.Ralph Fassett has commenced action

ngalnst the Chicago Cottage Organ companyfor $1,147.99, claimed to be due plaintiff onsales made between Jan. 1 nnd July 1, 1898.

The action Is based' on an agreement be-tween plaintiff aad the company made Jan1, 1898, by the ttio terms of which Fasb'ettwas to be paid $1-8 per monih as managerof Its branch house In St Paul, known asthe Conover Music company, and a commis-sion of 10 per cent on the net profits realizedby the company.

The complaint alleges that the net profits onthe sales between Jan. 1 and July 1, 1893,aggregated $11,479.99, and lie demands Judg-ment for 10 per cent of this amount.Judge Bunn ordered' a writ of attachmentto Issue against the defendant.

To the Feast of St. Anne.Pilgrimage to St. Anne de Beaupre, Oue.,

leaving Minneapolis and St. Paul July 19th.Round trip rate by the Soo Line $30. TicketOffice, 398 Robert St.

JULY 15, 1898.

PUT THE BLAME ON OMAHA

MINNESOTA'S DAIRY EXHIBIT

HAD TO BE SOLD

The Exposition Authorities, It laSaid, Hadn't Made Timely Ar-rangements fotr This Product—

-Was Kept Here Till Its Scoring

Qualities Were Impaired NowOffered (or Sale.

The Minnesota dairy exhibit for theOmaha exposition, which has been incold storage InSt. Paul for two monthswaiting to be shipped to Omaha, is nowbeing sold through a local commissionhouse. Those who have visited theOmaha exposition from Minnesota havewondered at the absence of Minneso-ta's dairy exhibit, about which so muchhad been said. As a matter of facj., ithas been in cold storage on Thirdstreetsince the first Installment was receivedin St. Paul for shipment.

It is a matter of criticism amongthose who have known about it that,at the last moment, after entries weresent in from all dairying sections ofthe state, that the plans of the com-mission to semi from Minnesota aprize-winning exhibition of dairy productsto the Omaha exposition should havefallen through. It is claimed by thecreamery men that the fault lies whol-ly with the superintendent of the dairydepartment of the Omaha exposition,who was so long providing suitablequarters for the dairy exhibit that theMinnesota commissioners were com-pelled to dispose of the exhibit in themanner named above.

Creamery men and those who sent Inexhibits are all up in arms over theturn matters have taken. Great carewas exercised by the standard cream-eries of the state In preparing prizeexhibits of their products, and theyare greatly incensed at the expositionauthorities or whoever is to blame fortheir delay In providing space for theMinnesota display. It has been statedthat the commission was somewhat toblame for not taking a more aggressivestand in the matter, and it has alsobeen said that the railroads had re-fused to furnish adequate refrigeratorfacilities for shipping the butter toOmaha.

Commissioner R. A.Kirk,of this city,was seen relative to the matter yo?---terdtay and scouted the idea of anyneglect on the part of the commission,and stated that the Omaha people werewholly to blame for the delay. "Thesuperintendent of the dairy departmentof the Omaha exposition had been veryslow in getting things fixed up for thereception of butter and dairy productsfrom all -states. Minnesota had goneahead and prepared a prize exhibitand in order to save the price of thebutter to the exhibitors they had beencompelled to sell it, and also becauseby remaining in cold storage twomonths it had lost its scoring quali-ties, to a large extent. Mr.Kirk addedthat since the order to sell the ex-hibit was given, advices had been re-ceived from the superintendent atOmaha that he was ready to receivethe Minnesota exhibit, and had properfacilities at hand for the preservationboth of the tone and body of the but-ter.

This places the state commissionersin a rather peculiar corner. The firstexhibit was selected with the greatestcare, and, although it was the originalintention to replenish the exhibit oncea month, it willdoubtless result in dis-couraging the farmers and creamerymen from giving the matter the atten-tion which they did the first exhibit.However, the commissioners have giv-en it out that they stand ready to payall freight on butter from here to theexposition, and will do everything intheir power to further the interests ofthe butter manufacturers of the state.They have shipped the large refriger-ator which was manufactured by theBohn Manufacturing company, of St.Paul, to Omaha. On account of thedelay, arrangements had just aboutbeen completed for the sale of the bigice box to outside parties, but this, hap.pily, was averted by the call sent out jfor exhibits by the superintendent of jthe Omaha dairy department, received iin this city Wednesday. The patentammonia fre?zing machine, which was>manufactured foi the commission tokeep the temperature of the ice box ata proper point, has been sold, but thiscan be easily replaced.

The call from the superintendent ofthe dairy department at Omaha camelike a ray of sunshine. There were allkinds of dissatisfaction even in localcreamr-ry .circles, and the commission-ers have b^en flooded with communi-cations asking about the exhibit, bothfrom people interested in the displayand from outside points. Nothingshort of a bombardment of Omaha bya regiment of buttermakers would haveresulted, if the Omaha authorities hadnot recovered from their trance.

Minnesota will not be placed at adisadvantage in this matter, as noneof the other dairy states have put theirexhibits in place as yet, because ofthe same reasons which precluded Min-nesota entering her exhibit during theopening days of the show.

Through the courtesy of J. S. Moody,of the Minnesota Butter & Cheese com-pany, the butter for the first exhibithas been preserved in the refrigeratorsof the Third street establishment, andare now being sold and the proceeds re-mitted to the exhibitors.

DEDUCTED THE FINES.D. W. Moore Suffer* Becanse He

Hasn't Carried Out His Contract.The committee on claims from the board of

aldermen had among other bills before Ityesterday that of D. W. Moore, for $158.32for the collection and removal of garbage inthe Seventh ward during Jiine. The origiralamount of the bill had be an reduced $22 byfines imposed by Health Commissioner Stone,and a letter accompanied the claim from thahealth commissioner suggesting that, as theordinance had not been complied with, thecontract be taken away from Moore,

Bondsmen for 'Moore, who had given thscity a bond in the sum oC $2.0i0. were will-Ing to take the contract and finish It rattierthan have the contract annulled. AssistantCorporation Attorney Taylor infolded thecommittee that this could not b?*^one ex-cept Moore would assign the contract to thebondsmen. In order to allow the bondsmen,William Smith and Albert E. Brennan, anopportunity to reason with Moore along fhialine, no action was taken by the committeefurther than to approve the June bill ofMoore's with the fines deducted.

Charms of Comtr Park.It was very pleasant to visit Como park

last evening. The ride on the open cars wasparticularly tempting.

The huge battleship Oregon •was In plainview early In the evening She was mooredacross the lake, as on the night before, andall was quiet on board.

A feature of the programme was a violinsolo by Miss Clestla Bellaire. This younglady of but fourteen years Is very dexterouswith her bow and played with a depth oftone which at once reached the sympathiesof the audience.

This evening will be Wagner night andselections from "Tannhauser," "Lohengrin"and other operas will be given. The promiseof a programme, containing three or fourselections from tho work of this great com-poser will doubtless interest many lovers ofmusic. For the true presentation of Wagner'soperas, a big orchestra, like Danz's, Is re-quired.

ST. PAUL BREVITIES.St. Peter Claver's church will have a picnic

July 27 at Como.Eureka lodge, A. O. U. W., has decided to

Invest $500 of the surplus fund In the newgovernment bonds.

Garfleld post, of the G. A. R., will give amoonlight excursion down the river Satur-day evening "on the Flora Clark.

Acker post, of the G. A. R., were the guestsat a lawn social given by Comrade-Gordon athis home, in Hamllne, last evening.

Bert Cole, the boy who was so seriously in-jured July 4 by the explosion of a cannon,Is improving, but Is not yet declared cut ofdanger.

The internal revenue office reports a large

stock of all kinds of proprietary stamps onhand, but a shortage in two and and ten-centdocumentary stamps.

Sarah Lelnk, sixty-one years of age, andresiding on the West side flats, was adjudgedinsane in the probate court yesterday and or-dered committed to the asylum.

Tie annual parish picnic of the Church ofthe Good Shepherd willbe held at Mr. LetD sgrounds, Lake Shore tomorrow, the aicnictrain leaving the union depot at 10:35 a. id.

Mr. O. J. Vogel, of the Chicago Relief andAid society, was a caller at the office of therelief society yesterday. Mr. Vogfl has goneto Seattle on a four weeks' vacation.

William Duboy, Archie Brinelott. Jam3sCavanaugh, Andrew Lamore and R. F. Kess-ler were yesterday fined $2 each In the mu-nicipal court for violating the bicycle ordl-nnace.

The members of the police department havestarted a voluntary subscription list to col-lect money for the Red Cross society, to beturned over to the organization to be used asit sees fit.'The Te Deum will be sung at 9 a. m. to-

day at the Church of the Good Shepherd,Twelfth and Cedar streets, on account of *Yipfallof Santiago. The rector, Rev. W. C. Pope,will make a short address on the text, "TheLord God Omnipotent Reigneth."

Ta* committee in charge of the programmefor the corner-stone laying ceremony at thenew capltol has invited Archbishop John Ire-land to deliver the opening prayer. TheIarchbishop has accepted the Invitation.Bishop Whipple, of the Protestant Episcopalchurch, has been asked to deliver the closingprayer.

Messrs. Liiley, Hooper, Lott, Benny, Ver-goosen, Anderson, Brawiey, Runyon and Col-lins, representing Minnehaha Camp No. 674,M. W. of A., met at Odd Fellows' hall last,

evening and perfected arrangements for thosecond annual excursion of the members ofthe camp, their families avid friends, downthe river for tomorrow, The steamer Henri-etta has been chartered for the ocer-sion.and from reports received it is estimated thatthe boat and barge will te taxed to their ifullest capacity. Refreshments will be jserved, and an orchestra will be on hand. \The boat will leave the foot of Jacksonstreet on the stroke of 9.

AT THE THEATEKS.Next Sunday night at the Grand the McKpo

Rankin s>tock company will present one of the !strongest bills in its repertoire in the clever

'dramatization of Charles Dickea'B popularstory, "Oliver Twist." The dramatization tobe given by the Rankin company is s? m tobe most compute, embracing the sallfnt lea-tures and the story intact. In the rolp ofNancy Sykes, in this piece, Miss Nance O'Neilwill be seen In one of her strongest charac-ters, a part Which demonstratfs forcibly theremargable depth of her histrionic talents.McKee Ramkln is also given an admirable op-portunity as Bill Svkes.

The only matinee performance of "A Wife'sPeril" wiil occur tomorrow afternoon at 2;30.

AT THE HOTELS.ASTORIA—Thos. Walsh, New Prague: H.

Harris and wife, Milwaukee: Otto Miller,Welcome; A. C. Davenport, River Falls.

CLARENDON—C. C. Wilkinson, Crooks-ton; H. B. Eckly and family, Hancock; MissB. Gunthcr, Chicago; O. Warman nnd wife, jChicago ; O. G. Chesley, Amboy; M. R. Evpr-p*t. Waterville; B. L. Bennett, U. S. A.;John H. Dawsong, Hancock, Io.; J. Hunter, iChicago; W. H. Dunn and wife. Buifao,Neb.: C. L. Anderson, Blue Earth: T. Amoss,St. Cloud; Jes P. Leaving, St. Cloud.

METROPOLITAN—W. G. Cameron. Brain-erd, Minn.; Josie Couche, Winona, Minn.: C.C. Hoy. New York; W. H. Harrison and wife,San Francisco. Cal. ;W. W. Bloker. Kansas !City; C. E. Walker. St. Cloud. Minn.; 3. C. iPlummer. Boston, Mass.; P. R. Roclns andwife and son. Grand Forks. N. D.; C. H. jShafer. Hastings, Minn.: J. D. Flint, KansasCity; George M. Hill, Chicago, Il\: L. M.Jones, Rt. Louis, Mo.; O. S. Berg. Harfhibal,Mo.: M. S. Thompson, Canby, Minn.; R. H.Spraguc, Chicago. III.;Martin Wells. Racine,Wis. ; E. S. Bofcn, Grand Forks, N. D.;A. C.Miller. Grand Forks, N. D.

MERCHANTS'— S. O. Johnson. Ch'cagi; C.B. Buckman. Little Falls; H. W. Donald -on,Northcote; W. Z. Stuart Chicago; I. F. Ba- Iker, St. Louis; D. Welling. Chicago; T. E. IDoyle, Kansas City; J. A. Fleming, Dcs

'Molnes; J. S. Boyd, Chicago; L. X. OHnBoston; W. P. Bartlett, Kau Claire:; W. EFrank. Cincinnati; A. Nelson, Rochester: 3.S. Atchison, Chicago; A. Ekhom, GrandForks; W. M. Cht^stock, Chicago; W. PGranis, Seattle; Miss M. Martin, Chlcigo: 1L

'F. Kirk, Independence; B. Holdahl, Rou-eau- iC. Buehler, St. Louis; W. Smi h, F. A. Hod*e' iPine City; A. Kostler, D. B. Doiig'as, Chica-go; C. A. Conner and wife, St. Peer- JGrant, Faribault: W. W. Bond, Westfl id'- j'G. Wright, California; J. Greenhauer WArand, F. C. Rush. A. S. Hageler. Co'unc'iBluffs; R. L. Frazee, Pelican Rapids- O. MShonkwiler, J. L. Drumel, Iowa; O. A. Land-strom, San Francisco; F. J. Hones, A. HBishop, Chicago; H. B. Andrews. Roekfordi111.; P. Cook, Dcs Motnes: W. R. Fehling,Casaelton; R. L.Hahn. Seattle: C. W. Butler,Glendive; Mrs. Fltzpatrick. Mrs. Nadue, C.J. D.awson, Mrs. Raward and daughter, Se-attle; Misa Stewart, Mrs. Shields.' Spokane;Mrs. Garrlty, Anaconda; E. S. Gibbons. B.J. Foster, Boston; C. A. Siikworth, KansasCity; A.N. Dare, Elk River; L. \V. Fosterand wife, La Crosse.

RYAN—J. B. Long, Chicago: E. H. GMd,Chicago; A. Levlson, New York; F. VI. Wil-liams. Chicago; C. J. McKce, Chicago; 11.S. Vrooman, Chicago; W. S. L^vpring, Chi-cago; Hy Anson, Detroit; R. P. Scales, Chi-cago; J. A. Meek. New Ynrk; E. J. Steincr,Nrw York; O. A. Goldeckpr, New York; Mr.and Mrs. J. Wilson, IVorla; M. T. Dill, Pres-eott; G. L. Martin, Columbia, Pa.; ArthurHerz. Chicago; Sum Baers, Chicago; Q. F. IPerkins. Detroit; G. Brunswick, New York; iI.L.Lamm. New York; P. Luce, New York-H. J. Van Bergen, Gardener, N. D.; H. J !Pease, Utlca, N. V.; H. T. Bigelow, Chi-cago.

SHERMAN—F. H. Decker, West Sup-rlorF. E. Harris, Pipestone; J. B. Bridge and

SIXTH AND ROBERT STREETS. ST. PAUL. )

FRIDAY BARGAINS-WARM WEATHER WANTSHark-Down Sale. A Friday Flanael Fiysr.

Men's Underwear and Negligees.in . *

SSHIRTS 40 pieces of fine 28-inch Cream \

SSI •>' a a «isn u-4. i^double-faced California Shaker <$1.2. and $1.50 white neckband Flannel, worth 8c a yard. V >

! 538? *?u a °f S°ft fIQ/-» For housekeepers'

*5f 5j fehirts, with collars at- (SiSC day vL )

11 tached, for ww ' s

!| $1-75 and $2.Oo"Fine Madras, with Reside and Beach Navy Flan- ji] white neckbands; also a Q*t iO

"c ' bathing suits, non-shrink- >S lot of Fine French Flan- S\ \S H1& and stainless. Prices very low. <I nel Shirts for V«UU <!| UNDERWEAR. SJ|i 50c and 65c qualities Rib- -JQ vQItIBSllfiltHSr 0IOV83(

bed Balbri^-gan and Mottled <Underwear t/W The world's best Kid d»j /in <

75c and 85c qualities Fine ift Gloves (in white, pearl S\ 13 jlImported Balbriggan J-VP and primrose) for ""W ifor W ?

Kayser Silk Gloves, the patent \

Hani finger tipped, the kind that the tips >OieriMg OJIVer Uepi. outwear the glove, in all colors. j

Sterling Silver Collar But- r Heavy Black Silk Mitts, \p \tons. Special Friday, $Q the regular 35c kind, for Hf <S ea ch Friday le^ ?

I SSfhen Treated Fairly i}^$%m N°

matl kicks" That is tke way we treat allof ':

: Mmmk DR. ALFRED L, SOLE \\u25a0^^^|^^^^< And Council of Pbyttlclan*,• 24 WashlngtcnAvonuo South,

-MINNEAPOLIS. S'"

Specialists InDiseases of Tien.

"A FAIR FACE CANNOT ATONE FOR ANUNTIDY HOUSE." USE

hti *H?re: ?• Clute ' L^ns. Mich.; T.

n; i*i]^l- ?agle Grove ' 10-:A. D. JlolDonald Relnbeck; Frank Shlpman, Chicago;VV. D. Keystone, San Francisco; c F PrideAmes, lo^ L. D. Evans, Moorhead- Mrs'Lamper, Chicago; H. V. M«tcalf. Hutsonvi'llei111., James J. Griffin and sen, An..conda; .Mrs.F. W. Howard, Missoula; Mrs. M. A. Martin.Jackson Mich.; Mrs. F. Binonuette, Bu:t.e:*

ii.M. Pressly and family, Birmingham.

WINDSOR-G. Alex"a7*er. J. F. Nicholson,Chicago; C. R. Morse, X. P. Haugen C WSanders River Falls; T. Roope, Sioux City;H. C. Watson, Wm. E. Carroll. E. R. Lam-ley, Chicago; Gco. W. Hyer, Philadelphia;rwrrl

«Ci.B& Bismarck; A. A. Derg. SiouxCity; M. E. Pierce, New York; C. E Burk

Jno. E. King, Geo. A. Hellman, Chicago; A.R. Porter, Duluth; Jno. A. Lovely, AlbertLea; R. D. Estes, Superior.

VITAL STATISTICS.MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Mathias Grunthner Ramsey CountyCatherine Young Rams y CountyEmil Fogelberg Ramsey County

| Knstlne Oberg Ramsey Countyt William W. Blake Ramsey County

Stella M. Parent Ramsey CountyThomas L. Bouck Grant 'County S. D.Margaret L. McCarthy Rainety CountyJohn C. Zlmmcrmann Ramsey ("ourtyMargaret Heinlein Ramsey County

BIRTHS.Mrs. Henry Goldwald, tZM Robblns GirlMrs. B. Ekstrom, 1085 Portland G rlMrs. Gust Carlson. 870 GaultierMrs. T. F. McMahon, F.20 Farringtcn BoyMrs. Ernest Boms, 104:: Churrhill BoyMrs. John Hinterseheit, 112 Isabel GirlMrs. George Stacherli. 200 Indiana ay BoyMrs. John Beringer, t>".2 Hall ayMrs. Albert Irving. 350 Chestnut Boy \u0084

Mrs. Patrick Mr-Donald, 1037 Beech Girl \u25a0

Mrs. James E. Tra^k, t"t»6 Po-tland BryMrs. A. S. Wood. 325 East Ninth OldMrs. J. F. West. 324 Goodrich BoyMrs. wr.liam England, 888 Logan BoyMrs. Adolph Wewerkn. 304 Yon Minden..BojrMrs. H. J. Murray, 707 Hague ay

DEATHS.Johann Stelngruber, SS2 Juliet st 4 mosClarence Krieger, Eighth st 2 mosMrs. John McKenna. 070 Concord 53 yrsJohn Maulkle, 26S Thomas Tifi yrsIna R. Barber, Mendota. Minn M >rsMrs. May Scully, St. Joseph's hospital..22 yrs

ANNOUNCEMENTS.Notn-«-.

THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATIONOF RAMsey County, Minn., will meet at the Cum yAuditor's office on Monday. July lS;h.at 10 o'clock a. m. They will continue tomeet for the period of four we°ks from snij

date. D. M. Sullivan, County Auditor.

AMUSEMENTS.

GRAND.One of Snriloif s Greatest Plays

"AWife's Peril,"Mac Rankin Co. aid Nance O'Neil

Nexi Sunday Night—'"Oliver TwUI."

HOTELSi

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From AllParts of the World.A Modern Fire-Proof Hotel of the

First Class, conducted on the Ameri-can and European Plans for the ac-commodation of those who want theBF,ST at reasonable cost.

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RATES MODERATE.Within Ton Minute* of Allthe PriitclnslTheaters and (irent Department Store*.

Eiectric cars to all parts of the citypass itsdoors. Sixth and Ninth avenueEl.-vated Railway stations one niin-ut r's walk fromthe hotel.

Write forour book. -'The Empire Illustrued."ana for rruestuid o her particulars.W. JOHNSON tilIV\.Proprietor.