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Another Western woman is becomingknown in the literary world throughher clever stories, and thas is Mrs.Anna Warner French. Mrs. Frenchis the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-liam Warner, of St. Paul, and up to adozen years ago lived in this city; atthat time she married a Minneapolisman and has resided there since withthe exception of last winter which shespent in St. Paul. She writes shortstories which are becoming known —there is one in Munsey's this month—and signs them Anna Warner.

A new novel, from the pen of Mar-garet Horton Potter, of Chicago, is tobe published this week by A. C. Mc-Clurg, of Chicago, and will undoubted-ly attract attention. Miss Potter isonly twenty-three now and this will beher fourth novel. It will be remem-bered that her first book, "Uncanon-izeti," was considered a very remarka-ble performance from several points ofview. She was only nineteen when itWas written and yet the reviewersfound it impossible to pick flaws in theaccuracy of her historical references,and even veteran literary light tookher work seriously and predicted forher a bright future. The present book,which Miss Potter is putting out, isentitled "The Castle of Twilight," andthe story concerns the conditions of\u25a0women during feudal times. She pic-tures the life of three lonely women inthe Castle of Twilight, and the bookgives evidence of much study and re-Bearch.

Although some of the critics haveunmercifully slashed Mr. James LaneAllen for his "Mettle of the Pasture,"and said it was unworthy of him andhis poorest book, etc., in England it hasbeen much praised and only served tog*ivp him greater fame. The Englishliterary world classes him with Haw-thorne and Howells, and buys his booksIn large numbers. One English criticgays that the publication of a novel byMr. Allen is a real event in the literaryworld, and that of all American novel-ists his work stands out for its styleand sincerity.

—The Book Lover.

Dorothy's Playmates—By Anna Brooks.Lee & Shepard. publishers, Boston.

i For sale by St. Paul Book and Station-ery company.No finer little lady than Dorothy

Dainty was ever placed In a book forchildren, and it would be hard to findco pretty a book as the one which tellsof her and her playmates. Dorothyand her little friends, Mollie and Flos-sie, belong to the best families in everysense of the word, and kindness andgood breeding are so natural to themand bring so much happiness that op-posite qualities seem odious by con-trast. An important character in this,as in the first volume, is Nancy Ferris,the former waif, whose inherited skillin dancing leads to her being stolenfrom her new home. Her experiencesare told in a thrilling and touching"way. The charming illustrations arein Miss Brooks' best style.

Winifred's Neighbors—By Nina RhoadesLee & Shepard. publishers, Boston.For sale by St. Paul Book and Station-oiy company.Although there are so many new

books for children each year that itseems as though each could have buta small amount of attention, there isas much "room at the top" as ever,and that is where public estimationplaced Miss Rhoades* "The Little GirlNext Door," last year. Her new bookfor this year. Winifred's Neighbors,"Beems to deserve equal popularity Inthis sweet and wholly natural storylittle Winifred's efforts to find somechildren of whom she reads in a book,lead to acquaintance with neighbors ofthe same name as the family of whomshe reads, and this acquaintanceproves of the greatest importance toWinifred's own family. Through it allshe is just such a little girl as othergirls ought to know, and the story willhold the interest of all ages.

A Story of Quinnebasset—By Sophie May.Lee & Shepard. publishers, Boston Forsale by St. Paul Book and Stationery

i company.How many readers of the famousQuinnebasset Series," by Sophie

May, have wished that there weremore of those matchless books forolder girls! The thousands of admir-ers of these books have had to wait along time for another, but this new"Quinnebasset" etory Is well worthwaiting- for. All the delightful wit ofthe author is here and at its best, and'Persis," the heroine, is very near tobeing the most charming of all hergifted creations; nor are the young menof the story. "Ken" and "Ches," un-worthy of the close companionship andrelationship which they enjoy Thescene is laid in the fifties. A few oldacquaintances appear again, notably

Miss O'Neil and Dr. Prescott. Thereare thrilling incidents, and also mys-teries and suspicions, but all theseare finally unraveled and allayed bythe persistent efforts of the heroine.A fine background for the young peo-ple is afforded by the older characters,a number of whom tak& a prominentpart in a story which will hold anyone's atention from beginning to end.May Sophie May long be with us towrite such excellent books as this,which is equal to the very best of herearlier favorites, and will be a leaderamong the young people's books of theseason.

In the Days of Queen Victoria —By EvaMarch Tappan, Ph. D. Lee & Shepard.publishers, Boston. For sale by St. PaulBook and Stationery company.The prominence of Dr. Tappen as a

historical writer for the young "is toowell established to need mention. Herlatest book, "In the Days of QueenVictoria," completes a series of four,dealing with four great rulers of Eng-land, that will remain standard. Thefirst of these, "In the Days of Alfredthe Great," was referred to by high au-thority as being one of the few booksfor children that could be called"literature," and the others have beenequally worthy. Dr. Tappan tells theentire life of Queen Victoria and theevents of her remarkable reign in live-ly narrative that makes the scenes realfor the young reader. All statementsof fact are strictly accurate, and theuse of English is exceptional in its ex-cellence. The illustrations are repro-'ductions of the very best portraits andpaintings dealing with the honoredsubject, her family and royal resi-dences, and are of value in themselves.

The Frolicsome Four—By Edith L. andAriadne Gilbert. Lee & Shepard. pub-lishers, Boston. For sale by St. PaulBook and Stationery company.The story of two brothers and two

sisters who are as noble in characteras they are enthusiastic in play. Theauthors have drawn wholesome childlife with remarkable effect, and thisbook will win a conspicuous placefor that reason. Every one will beinterested in the fine scholarship ofLarry, the jolly spirits of Gwen, andthe tenderness of little Polly. Andwhen finally Billy,well meaning andawkward Billy, actually wins a prizein a most unexpected way, the charmof the story is complete. Miss Brucehas well caught the spirit of the storyin her illustrations, and with its mer-ry looking cover, large clear print, goodpaper and broad margins, this is ex-actly the book to choose for youngboys and girls.

The Girl Who Kept Up—By Mary McCraeCulter. Lee & Shepard, publishers, Bos-ton. For sale by St. Paul Book andStationery company.A strong and wholesome story of

achievement. The end of a high schoolcourse divMes-the-paths »of two who,as boy and girl, have had a closefriendship from childhood, as well askeen rivalry in school leadership, oftento the advantage of the girl. Now theyouth is to go to college, while thegirl, whose family are in. humbler cir-cumstances, must remain at home andhelp. With keen perception she seesthat her comrade will .feel that he isout growing his fellow companion. Thisoccurs, and la intensified By the girl'sfamily misfortune. How she deter-mines to and does keep.. .up with herfriend in securing an education, andthe surprise which she causes later,having succeeded beyond expectation,form the story and an unusually profit-able one for both young women andyoung men.

Randy and Prue-^By Amy Brooks. Lee& Shepard, publishers, Boston. For saleby St. Paul Book and Stationery com-pany.Each new Randy book is eagerly

looked forward to and called formonths in advance. In the presentone, Randy, after enjoying her schoollife in the city, devotedly assumes thecare of housekeeping in order that herwearied mother may regain her health.Curly-headed little Prue is as cute asever, and in an interesting chapter be-comes a little heroine through her res-olute loyalty. The country neighbors,many of whom are old acquaintances,furnish a great many amusing inci-dents, and the author's rare power ofdescription and kindly sense of humorare more effectively used than ever inthis book. The beauty of illustrationsand cover design, so well known in thisseries, is fullysustained.

A Lassie of the Isles—By Adele E.Thompson. Lee & Shepard, publishers,Boston. For sale by St. Paul Book andStationery company.The romantic story of Flora Mac-

donald, the lassie of Skye, who aidedin the escape of Charles Stuart, other-wise known as the "Young Pretender,"for which she suffered arrest, butwhich led to signal honor through hersincerity and attractive personality, af-fords a notable theme for an author.Miss Thompson, whose success in his-torical writings for the young has beenso marked, has made the most of hermaterial and gives a book of genuinehistorical value, as well as of great in-terest. Mr. Kennedy has effectivelyhandled some striking scenes for illus-tration, and the fine binding with itsHighland lassie wearing a bright col-ored Macdonald tartan helps to makethe book as attractive as it is inter-esting and worthy.

PUSH SHAKESPEAREOFF THE EARTH

The Stern Programme Adoptedby English Baconians-J. O.

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Special Foreign Service.LONDON, Sept. 20. — Mrs. Gallop,

who wrote "the Bi-Literal Cipher ofBacon," probably is beginning to havesome hope of this country. That is, ifthe latest American advocate of thetheory that Queen Elizabeth's council-lor was the real bard has heard of thestirring programme just adopted byBaconians here. Mrs. Gallop and herbelief fared so badly in England thatthe lady had good cause to despair ofthe motherland's regeneration in thisrespect, but even she should ask fornothing better than the new pro-Ba-con crusade just started here to "sweepShakespeareans off the earth." So faras known, American Baconians havenever been accused of a lack of enter-prise.but the English anti-Shakespearesociety, which had itself formally in-corporated at Somerset house the oth-er day, is determined to show itsbrethren the world over how the workof convincing humanity that the Swanof Avon was a humbug should be done.Besides promising to keep paid search-ers busy ransacking old libraries forevidence as to the soundness of theirbelief and to publish the results broad-cast, Harold Bayley, the society's sec-retary, who is a big chief among theBaconians, says: "We mean to sendout a host of speakers who, with thehelp of lantern lectures, will convincethe majority of people that our beliefis well founded. In fact, we wish toconvert 'the man in the street' to theopinion that Bacon was the author ofthe plays and works in question."

'•We wish to be taken seriously bythe public," Mr. Bayley goes on, win-ningly, "for our views are based uponwhat we consider to be convincingcircumstantial evidence. And for thatreason we have undertaken a propa-ganda that ought to sweep theShakespeareans off the earth."

Busy as Mrs. Craigie has been oflate with the various enterprises, bothliterary and dramatic, which she hason hand, the writer who still clings toher pen name of "John Oliver Hobbes"has found time to give some attentionto charitable work. She is now in theIsle of Wight, and was one of the stallholders at a garden fete and bazaarheld at Ventnor the other day underthe patronage of Princess Henry ofBattenberg in aid of the Royal Nation-al hospital at St. Lawrence.

Sir Gilbert Parker is one of the com-paratively few English novelists wholike their own country better than thecontinent as a holiday ground. Hehas been recreating recently at Harro-gate, the Yorkshire resort which Mmc,Melba and a large number of fash-ionable folk also are patroniizng.

When Mrs. Flora Annie Steel's hus-band was "summoned" the other dayto explain in court why his wife's littlegirl protege was not sent to schoolregularly, most people here learned forthe first time that the famous writerwas engaged in bringing up a child.As a matter of fact, Mrs. Steel adoptedAnnie Mason about two years ago. Thechild came from the slams, but the au-thoress took her to her country home,near Towyn, Merionithshire, and thereset about rearing her according to herown ideas, teaching her how to dohousework at home in the summer andsending her to school in the winter.But English law is rather strict insuch matters and so the other dayMr. Steel was pounced upon by its rep-resentatives and asked why Annie waskept at home during the summer schoolterm. Whereupon the gentleman wentinto court and explained his wife'sideas for the little girl's instruction tothe local magistrate so convincinglythat the latter promptly declared thatno interference was necessary.

Apropos of the coming ceremony ofplanting in the lawn in front of South-wark Town hall the sapling mulberrytree from Shakespeare's garden re-cently presented to Southwark by themayor of Stratford-on-Avon, it hasbeen recalled that, while in England,Harriet Beecher Stowe lived in a cot-tage which stood in this London dis-trict, and upon almost the exact sitenow occupied by the town hall. This,however, was in 1853 and long beforeSouthwark had become a poor locality,as it mostly is today. The authoressdescribed her stopping plate as "acharming retreat called 'Rose Cot-tage' " and from it she wrote "I canlook out at a window and see a nicegreen meadow with sheep and lambsfeeding in it."

Today there are neither lambs norgreen meadows In Southwark, butthere are interesting literary associa-tions besides that connected with theauthor of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," forSouthey once lived in the district andBrowning was baptized there.

It is rather surprising that a literaryman of as much experience <*? AlfredAllison—chosen by the Methuens re-cently to edit their new edition ofDumas —should have made so great ablunder as that of which he has justbeen convicted. There was surpriseamong Dumas enthusiasts generallywhen it was announced that the secondtwo volumes of the new edition wouldbe entitled respectively "Robin Hood"and "A Prince of Thieves"—the one be-ing a sequel to the other—for stories ofEngland were not exactly in theFrenchman's line; but, as it had beenexplicitly announced that the edition

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would contain several works of Dumas',never before printed in English, sus-picion was rathar disarmed. A fewdays ago, however came the discovery,made from the outside, that these twoworks which Mr Allison had translatedso carefully 'for the first time in Eng-lish were simply French translationsmade by Dumas from novels by PierceEgan, the Irish romancer, and neverbefore claimed by the Frenchman asoriginf.l works. go it behooves the Me-thuens to ask Andrew Lang, who con-tributed a preface to their new series,to look over that list of "seventy ormore works" by Dumas originallypromised and make sure that there areno more cattle of this kind amongthem. jj (*_

BOOK AND MAGAZINE NOTES.In We of Adam's Clay," the novelette

with which the October number of Thebmart Set opens. Cosmo Hamilton haswritten a story of unique merit. It is fullot humor, it is full of sentiment, there arethrobs of passion, there is flippancy, thereis cynicism, and there is. too, at the lasta powerful lesson. It is rarely indeedthat in one story so many elements uniteto charm and absorb the reader. A cleverand distinctive piece of work, "We ofAdam's Clay" must stand as one of thevery best in the line of The Smart Set'snotable novelettes.

Among the other stories in the number,"A Little White Dog," by Herbert D.Ward, is one of the most delightful, forits originality, and for its spontaneity ofwholesome sentiment. In directly oppo-site vein is "What Society is Coming To."by Felicia Goddard, in which the frivo-lous mode of the day is most aptly sat-irized. A strong study of a curious so-cial situation is "The Trespasser," byJulien Gordon (Mrs. Van RensselaerCruger), in which that skilled writer isrevealed at her best. This is followedby a most amusing bit, "Ten YearsAfter," by the Baroness yon Hutten.Other stories of unusual interest are con-tributed by Martha McCulloch-Williams,Temple Bailey, Fletcher Cowan, HarrietL. Huntington. Zoe Anderson-Norris andPrince Vladimir Vaniatsky.

"The Smart Set in Japan." is an essayat once entertaining and instructive, con-tributed by Douglas Sladen, the authorof "A Japanese Marriage."

There are, too, many poems scatteredthrough the number, which, thoughvaried in character, are uniformly in-teresting and of excellent literary worth.Among the authors represented are Madi-son Cawein. Frank Dempster Sherman,Clinton Scollard. Nathan Haskell Dole,Reginald Wright Kauffman, Edwin L.Sabin, Roy Fa noil Greene, Zone Gale.Theodosia Garrison, Zitella Cocke andElsa Barker.

Samuel Merwin. the author, got him-self into a troublesome scrape once whilegathering material, some of which is usedin his new novel. "His Little Wrorld,"which is to be published immediately byA. S. Barnes & Co. He had engagedtemporarily as foreman for a contractorwho was building a grain elevator at aLake Michigan port. One of his firstduties was to superintend the "shunting"of some freight cars. With little idea

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The Ohio novelist, Dr. James BallNaylor, comes once^ more to the frontwith another story of frontier life. Thistime it is a tale of old Cincinnati, withstirring events, disasters innumerable,narrow escapes and the sharp barking ofthe rifle of Lew Wetzel, the famous In-dian scout and trapper. There are a fewpicturesque characters that lived duringthe Indian warfare days which it wouldbe well for some clever author to takeup, as Dr. Naylor has this one, andweave around them a story which mightbe handed down to future generations asauthentic history of the conquering ofthe Western wilderness. Among the mosteccentric of pioneer types, none perhapsexcels Lew Wetzel in his indomitablecourage, skill in hunting down the redbarbarian and meeting savage trickerywith equal cunning. Dr. Naylor hasmade him one of the central figures inhis new story, and we believe has givenus a true picture of the hardy Westerner,crude and rude in many ways, but witha great heart which made every unpro-tected, defenseless ma«, woman or childhis particular charge for safekeepingagainst the redmen.

Sherwin Cody's "The Art of ShortStory Writing" (published in England un-der the title "How to Write Fiction"),for some time out of print, has now beenIncorporated in his new work, "The Artof WTriting and Speaking the EnglishLanguage," forming the greater part ofthe fourth volui**. His first work wasa series of letter!; to a lady pupil, whounder his instruction became a success-ful contributor to the Century and othermagazines. When the book on shortstory writing first appeared eight or nineyears ago it was widely discussed, espe-cially in England, and warmly commend-ed by Zangwill and others.

Critics who could patronize the work ofyoung authors sometimes make ludicrousmistakes. An instance of this kind, andone that has not before been noted inprint, is the remark of one of the lead-ing reviews in regard to "The Short LineWar." the first of the business novelswritten by Samuel Kerwin and Henry K.Webster. The story, it will be remem-bered, hinged on a struggle between rivalrailroads to get possession of a certainshort line. Some of the methods usedby the contesting roads were, to put itmildly, high-handed. The reviewer, afterpraising it warmly for its interest, re-marked that the story was highly improb-able, and suggested, that, if it occurredat all, it must have been in the wild andwoolly West. The truth is that the mostimprobable of the incidents actually hap-pened, and not in the West, but in thevery heart of the Eastern states.

The MacMillan company has sent outits autumn catalegue, and in fiction, sci-ence and books of philosophy it is re-plete with interesting announcements.

D. Appleton & Co.. of Now York andLondon, have issuedi their annual autumnannouncement of Tqrthcoming publica-tions. It is replete with matters of inter-est to the book world.

The Delineator, of New York, can nolonger be regarded as just a fashion pa-

per of interest only to women, but it hasdeveloped into a handsome magazine ofinterest to the general public and full ofserious and timely articles that will ap-peal to readers of all classes. The Oc-tober number is the best yet.

"Rita's" last novel, "Souls," publishedin the United States by Brentano's. is ascathing expose of modern English so-ciety. The characters are not portraits,and no offense is given to livingpersons,but the types will be familiar to all whoperuse the society journals whose col-umns they adorn, and who keep in touchwith the piquant scandals evolved by thelaw courts on either side of the water.The subtitle of this new story is "A Com-edy of Intentions." The reader, there-fore, need fear no rude shock to his orher feelings by reason of such tragedy asinvariably affords the climaxes of nineout of ten of our modem novels. On thecontrary, this particular ending is pleas-ant and hopeful, suggesting that althoughsocial degeneracy may exist, it is mere-ly a phase of the moment. "Souls" isundoubtedly a remarkable story, and onefrom which our own "smart set" maylearn a lot and profit not a little.

Edward A. Steiner, whose book. "Tol-stoy the Man," Is announced for earlypublication by the Outlook company, hashad unusual opportunities for gathering?the material for his biography. He hasjust returned from Russia, where he hasspent several months in preparation forthis work. He has had access to allavailable material largely through thekindness of the Tolstoy circle in Moscow.He has heard Tolstoy read his latest bookand has received much information fromthe great Russian himself, whom he hasknown for seventeen years. The bookwill be Illustrated with reproductions(one of them in color) of paintings byPasternak, who is not only a brilliantartist, but a personal friend of Tolstoy.

A magazine article which is sure toarouse a discussion more than usuallyprolonged and animated is Lyman Ab-bott's "Why Women Do Not Wish theSuffrage," in the September number ofthe Atlantic Monthly. The eminence ofthe author attaches peculiar interest tothis vigorous discussion of a vexed ques-tion. Whatever the correctness of Dr.Abbott's assumption that the vast major-ity of American women do not wish tovote, the reader of this paper is verylikely to be convinced that they oughtnot to wish to vote. "What are we inthe world for?" asks Dr. Abbott, andcontinues: "The family answers thequestion."

Doubleday. Page & Co., who are theAmerican publishers of Rudyard Kipling'snew books, say that at no time has theprospect for sales been so large, and thepublishers believe the Importance of "TheFive Nations" will, this fall, stimulatethe sale of all his books. This seems notunreasonable. "The Five Nations" willbe the first volume containing many en-tirely new poems by Mr. Kiplingsince thepublication and the remarkable successof \u25a0'The Seven Seas" in 1896, and seven"years of the poetical work of RudyardKipling may be considered a period inthe history of English literature.

What is said to be a capital story ofthe new navy will be Issued shortly bythe Macmillan company under the titleof "The Spirit of the Service." Thescene in Mrs. Wood's novel opens at thenavy yard of which Captain Cartwrightis commandant, about ten years ago.Thereafter it proceeds through variousscenes to the battle of Manila bay. Near-ly all of it is told in bright, racy, breezydialogue between the various navy offi-cers and their wives, sweethearts andfriends. One of the heroines. Sue Ball-inger, is said to be really splendid in herswing and her vigor, her vitality and herenthusiasm. The book is described as adelightful tale of life and love among anumber of attractive and interestingyoung people on shore and sea. Mr. RufusS. Zogbaum has made all illustrations.

Messrs. A. S. Barnes & Comapny's an-nouncements include "Recollections, Per-sonal and Literary," by Richard HenryStoddard, edited by Ripley Hitchcock,with an introduction by EdmundClarence Stedman, illustrated; also largepaper edition limited to 200 copies, con-taining reproductions of rare manuscripts,letters" and portraits in the Stoddard col-lection; "The Boss, and How He Cameto Rule New York." a story of city poli-tics by Alfred- Henry Lewis, illustrated:"His Little World." a novel by SamuelMerwin, illustrated by Alonzo Kimball;"Withm the Pale," the true history of agreat race question in Russia, by MichaelDavitt; "Life in the Early Colonies," byGeorge Cary Eggleston, the first volume ina new popular historical series entitled"Life in America;" "The Home Library,"edited by Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster,presenting books by Miss Mary A. Jordan,dean of Smith college; Mrs. Cynthia

Westover Alden, president of the Inter-national Sunshine society; Mrs. MargaretH. Welch, Dr. Emma E. Walker andothers.

More than 3.000 copies of Jack London'snovel. "The Call of the Wild." were soldon Wednesday of last week, and thebook is now in its thirty-fifth thousand.The first English edition was sold outon the day of publication.

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Through Cars to California.The Omaha Road will inaugurate

through tourist car service to California,first car to leave Minneapolis at 9:05 am., St. Paul at 9:35 a. m., Tuesday, Sep-tember 22d, and every Tuesday thereafter,via. Omaha and Ogden, arriving San Fran-cisco Friday, 4:25 p. m.. Los Angeles 1:00p. m. Saturday. For'redueed rate ticketsand sleeping car accommodations, call at382 Robert st.. St. Paul, or 600 Nicolletaye., Minneapolis.

The North-Western Line will sell oneway colonists tickets to San Francisco,Los Angeles and many other Californiapoints at $32.90 from Sept. 15 to Nov.30. For full information call at city ticketoffice, 382 Robert street, St. Paul.

$32.90 to California.

A great programme of festivities, justthe opportunity you have been looking forto visit Chicago at cheap rates, and forthis occasion the NORTH-WEST XXXLINE will make rates of JB.OO. Septem-ber 26. 27. 28. St. Paul and Minneapolisto Chicago and return. For Illustratedpamphlet and tickets, call at 382 RobertSt.. St. Paul, and 600 Nicollet Aye., Mm

Chlcago Centennial.

ssessment District for Boulevarding St.Peter Street, From Aurora Avenue toCentral Terrace.

Office of the Board of Public Works,City of St. Paul. Minn., Sept. 18, 1903.The Board of Public Works in and for

the corporation of the City of St. Paul,Minnesota, will meet at their office in saidcity at 2 p. m., on the 28th day of Sep-tember, A. D. 1903. to determine thedistrict within which property will bespecially, benefited by the curbing, fill-ing, leveling and Improving St. Peterstreet, from Aurora avenue to Centralterrace, using Kettle river sandstone curb-ing, in said city, in accordance with theFinal Order of the Common Council ofsaid city, approved August 22 and April23, 1903, to ascertain what propertyshould be assessed therefor.

All persons interested are herby noti-fied to be present at said time and placeof determining said assessment district,and they will be heard.

JOHN S. GRODE,President.

Official: R. L. GORMAN.Clerk Board Public Works.

Sept. 21-1903-lt

Assessment District for Sewer on EastFifth Street, From Broadway

to Klttson Street.Office of the Board of Public "Works.City of St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 18, 1903.

The Board of Public Works in and forthe corporation of the City of St. Paul,Minnesota, will meet at their office insaid city at 2 p. m., on the 28th day ofSeptember, A. D. 1903, to determine thedistrict within which property will be spe-cially benefited by the construction ofa sewer on East Fifth (sth) street, fromBroadway to Kittson street, in said city,in accordance with the Final Order ofthe Common Council of said city, ap-proved May 13, 1903, to ascertain whatproperty should be assessed therefor.

All persons interested are hereby noti-fied to be present at said time and placeof determining said assessment district,and they will be heard.

JOHN S. GRODE.President.

Official: R. L. GORMANClerk Board Public Works.

Sept. 21. 1903-lt.

Assessment District for Paving ReidCourt, From Selby Avenue to

Maiden Lane.Office of the Board of Public Works.City of St. Paul. Minn.. Sept. 18, 1903.

The Board of Public Works in and forthe corporation of the City of St. Paul.Minnesota, will meet at their office insaid city at 2 p. m., on the 28th day ofSeptember. A. D. 1903, to determine thedistrict within which property will bespecially benefited by the paving Reidcourt, from Selby avenue to Maiden lane,with vetrlfled brick, in said city, in ac-cordance with the Final Order of theCommon Council of said city, approvedAugrust 10. 1903, to ascertain what prop-erty should be assessed therefor.

AH persons >interested are hereby noti-fied to be present at said time andplace of determining said assessmentdistrict, and they will be heard.

JOHN S. GRODE.President.

Official: R. L. GORMAN.Clerk Board Public Works.

Sept. 21. 1903-lt.

CONTRACT WORK.

Sewer On Indiana Avenue (Robert toCuster).

Office of the Board of Public WorksCity of St. Paul. Minn., Sept. 11. 1903Sealed bids will be received by theBoard of Public Works in and for thecorporation of the City of St. Paul Min-

nesota, at their office in said city until2 p. m. on the 24th day of SeptemberA. D. 1903, for the construction of a sew-er on Indiana avenue, from South Robertstreet to Custer street, in said city, ac-cording to plans and specifications on filein the office of said Board.

A bond with at leapt two (2) suretiesin a sum of at least twenty (20) per centor a certified check on a bank of St Paulin a sum of at lo.ist ten (10) per cent.,of the gross amount bid. must accompanyeach bid. Said check shall be made pay-able to the Clerk of said Board.

The said Board reserves the right toreject any and all bids.JOHN1 S. ORODE,

Official: R. L. GORMAN,Clerk Board of Public Works.Sept. 12-I'JO3-10t.

ANNOUNCEMENTS.DEPOSITS MADK NOW AT TUBState Savings bank entitled to three

months interest. Jul. M. Goldsmith,Treas.

AMUSEMENTS.

METRQPfII ITAN \ v N SCOTTITILInUIULIIHII f Lessee a:id Maiia-.sh

TONISHT AT 8 | MATINEE WEDNESDAY AT 2.

K&LCEY AND SHANNON

SHERLOCK HOLMES.Sept. 24, 25, 26. Matinee Saturday.

L. N. Scott and Dick Ferris PresentThe Walter Jones Comic Opera <"om-pany in the Great Musical Comedy,

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