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and green velvet, an elaborate gown fromSara .Mere, Paris.

Miss Gilfillan—Blue and white striped silk.Mrs. Ansel Oppenheim

—Green brocade satin,

Grecian neck, cascades of point lace.Mtes Kalman— White tulle over white satin

and violets.liiV. T. B. Scott— Rose silk and point laoe.Mrs. 0. M. Griggs

—Pink brocade satin with

trimmings of spangled gauze.Mrs. C. W. Bunn— Chiffon over pearl silk,

American beauties.Miss Grace Doran— Blue brocade, white

Sw:ss and real lace..Airs. Matthew Murphy—White corded silk

and point lace.Mis. Michael Doran— Black velvet and point

lac.'.Miss Sanborn— Black silk heliotrope chiffon.Mrs. Hammond— Black and white silk.Miss Gordon— A French gown with green

satin, lavender trimmed with flowers.Miss Sturgis— Pearl satin.Mifs Hand— White Corded silk with green

velvet.Mrs. Boardman— Old rose brocade satin and

black chiffon.Mrs. Rukard Hurd

—Pink brocade satin.

Mrs. D. M. Dyer—Black silk and chiffonvest over yellow satin.

Miss Cornish—

Cream brocade and blackvelvet.

Mrs. W. W. Clark—Black velvet and jet.Miss Newport— White tulle over satin.Mrs. Hoxsie— White brocade satin and

point lace.Miss Guthrie— Blue chiffon.Mrs. Shufeldt— Gold brocade, green velvet

and point lace.Mrs. George Thompson

—Corded silk of

wine color; point lace and velvet.Mrs. William Peet— Pink brocade.Mrs. r>. A. Monfort

—Pearl brocade, laven-

der velvet front, point lace.Mrs. Robert Rantoul— Black satin.*trs. Edgerton—Gray silk and mink trim-

mings.Mrs. Conde Hamlln—Pearl satin, mink trim-

mings.Mrs. G. C. Squires

—Blue satin, blue chif-

fon.Mrs. George Young—White brocaded eatin

and diamonds.Miss Julia Noyes

—Yellow silk.

Mrs. J. R. Brooke—White poplin, pointlace.

Mrs. Frank Shepard— White satin withgreen velvet trimmings.

Mrs. Archie McLaren— Black brocade moireand rose silk.

Mrs. E. J. Abbott—Black satin skirt, fancyvelvet bodice, lace.

Mrs. J. Q. Adama— White crepe, duchesselace.

Mrs. W. B. Bend— Black satin, diamonds.M?s. A.H. Lindeke

—White silk, point lace.

Miss Nellie Hope—

Yellow tulle over yellowBilk. ,

Miss Hope—

Opal blue silk crepe, pansytrimmings.

Mrs. Henry A. Castle— Navy blue skirt withDresden figure, black lace.

Miss Boardman—

White muslin.Mrs. J. B. Beals

—White organdie.

Mrs. Dennis Follett—Pink satin.OCCUPANTS OF BOXES.

There were fourteen boxes taken Inthe auditorium. In addition to the sixregular boxes in the balcony, eightboxes were improvised for the occasion.Each box was elegantly decorated withdrapery of striking colors and the low-er floor boxes were surrounded by gild-ed posts.

Box A—

Col. W. P. Clough, Senator andMrs. E. H. Ozuiun, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.Reid. Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Spencer andMiss Dawson.

Box B—

Mrs. D. C. Shepard acted as host-ess, and had as her guests Mrs. J. J. Hill,Mrs. G. E. Skinner and Mrs. Frank Shep-ard.

Box C—Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson,Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Black, M. D. Munn.

Rox D—Mrs. C. P. Noyes, Mrs. Edward H.Cutler. Mlsb Cutler.

Box E—Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Scott, Mr.and Mrs. L. Griggs. Mr. and Mrs. C. W.Bean. Mis« Field of Nashville, and T. L.McClung.

Box F—Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Clarke.Box G

—Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Tighe, Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur B. Driscoll, Mrs. PaulGotzian. Miss Charlotte Hill,L. H. Hill.

Box H—T. McPherson, Mr. and Mrs. Bd-ward Hersey, Mrs. Sherman Finch, Mrs.Fowler, Mrs. Schufeldt.

Box I—

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Floere, Mrs.John Thayer, Mrs. Charles Bender, Mrs.Fitzgerald, Mrs. Dr. A. J. Stone, J. S. Stone,Dr. A. J. Stone.

Box J—Box X—Mrs. Brooke, Mrs. Crawford Liv-

ingston, Mrs. William P. Abbott.Box L—Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lightner, Mr.

and Mrs. John Townsend, Judge and Mrs.«. B. Young.

Box M—Mrs. William R. Merrlam, Mrs. C.E. Furness, Miss Cook. Gen. W. B. Bend.

Box N—

Mr. and Mrs. Wr. H. Newman, L.R. Dougherty, A. McWilliams.

THESE WERE THEJRE.Otryerj! present, besides those noticed

in the- boxes, were:Messrs. and Mesdames—

I). -''.. Monfort, 11. W. Topping,S. H. Reeves, C. C. De Coster.Iroberi Rantoul, Alex Sternberg,H. W. Malloy, Stanford Newel.A. H. Johnson, J. W. L. Corning,D. W. Rhodes, R. A. Lanpher,D£?3JB Follett, C. A. Esterly,f^nde Hamlin, H. T. Drake,Michael Doran, J. W. Edgerton,C. N. Griggs, E. W. Shirk,.1. P. Frye, H. B. Ourtlss,W. 11. S. Wright, Joseph S. Bryant,Harteourt Horn, Will Read,(i. B. Young. C. M. Power,Cbcmcey Cook, E. L. Welch,Winchester. A. C. Bronson,A. E. Boyesen, Rossum,J. C. Fitzgerald, M. N. Gilbert,M. F. Patterson, Dan Hand.F. D. Kendrick, William Topllff,Harvey Officer, Al Mayer.A. B. Plough, C. H. Fauntleroy,William Peet Jr., A. A. Wight,Matthew Clark. F. I. Field,Reuben Warner, A. H. Lindeke,Stewart L. Moore, Dadmun.Rukard Hurd. A. R. Dalrymple,F. B. Doran, H. D. Gates,T. B. Scott, G. E. Skinner,Ansel Oppenheim, H. A. Castle,J. E. Schradle, C. E. Stone,John Field, A. Shimonek,-C. K. Bean, William Constans,Kenneth Clark, A. E. Clark,W. D. Cornish, H. P. Upham.J. .1. Parker. Fred S. Bryant;F. B. Kellogg. Wilder Merriam,J. C. Hill. E. L. Mann,John Thayer, Leo GoodktndR. C. White, J. M. Hannaford,

Horace Bigelow, F. P. Marquis,

DO ITNOWPim *»2r~4-*******

s sure to come.

Christinas "•2-t£sto look aheadarid do much of your shopping-early and avoid the final rush.

Nothings nicer than Books or abox of fine Stationery.

A Special Discount on

CalendarsFor Friday and Saturday.

The most exquisite line ever ex-hibited. Why not get first choice?

Fountain Pens.No longer a luxury but a neces-

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waterman'sEngraving.100 Cards and Name Plate $1.00,100 Cards from Plate 60c

Every Card perfect and incorrectstyle. Send in your orders NOWto insure delivery before Christ--111as. *•

Nothing in the city compareswith our lines of

CHRISTMAS CARDS,CHILDREN'S BOOKS,Bin BOOKS,CARD CASES and PURSES,FINE STATIONERY, ETC.

ir^f-ipee them before buying-.

Fifth a^ £k?eier Ste.

D. R. Hevener, W. J. Footner,C. A. Wheaton. J. C. Norton,E. N. Saunders, A. Henderson,W. D. Kirk. William Rhodes.E. S. Chittenden, Dr. Henry Hutchinson,W. F. Phillips, Ambrose Tighe,C. B. Yale, William Dawson Jr.,R. H. Patterson, Archie McLaren,E. A. Whitaker, Arnold Kalman,Wallace Winter, J. B. Hoxsie,Charles E. Flandrau, J. C. Hardy,J. B. Robbins, Charles Wanzer,W. H. Vittum, D. N. Robbins,W. H. Lightner, Maurice Auerbach,C. K. Otis. D. B. Finch.

Misses—

Ames, Dunderdale,Appleton, Otis,Flower, Simpson,Stevenson, Holbert,Connell, Ames, \u25a0\u25a0

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Kreutzer, Appleton,Glass, Flower,Baldy, Geare,Castle, Warner,Fauntleroy, Jordan,McPherson, Alnese,Kalman, Boeckmann,Galloway, Marvin,Hirsch, Kreutzer,Boardman, Stevenson,Timberlake, Constans,Allen, Wright,Brooke, Gilflllan,Clark, Smythe,Frye, Foote,Campbell, Barker,Durham, Finch,Brown, . Doran,Browning, Sanborn,Sternberg, Gordon,Jackson, Sturgis,Andrews, , Hand,Welch, Lear.Halman, \u25a0 Chittenden,Julia McClellan, Base,Birdie McClellan, Betsie Constans,Veallee. Anna Wilson,Cornell, Ritchie Hand,McClellan, Gertrude Klrke,Johnson, , Grace Doran,Shirk, Blanfche Clough,Brown, Dawson ami AliceKing, Dawaen,Elig, Catherine Farrington,Benedict, Ernie Ctmstans,Lear, Alice Whttaker,Smith, Lillian WhHaker,Bass, Nettie Prendergast,Wadsworth, Mary Pfeifer,

Messrs.— —-

Arthur Clarke, Jr., Edward Brown,William J. Flynt, W. Brown,Edward Constans, Dr. H. Lewis,Frank Towle, George Theobald,Joseph King, J. L. Phillips,Carl Helner, J. W. Lusk,Lester Appleton, William Timberlake,Leavitt Corning, Charles McClelland,Edward J. Bishop, Nat Rogers,R. B. Benedict, H. C. Ames,S. A. Davis, A. B. McCaughen,W. C. Morgan. L. W. Hill,F. B. Neely, Gessler Clifford,Jules Dengere, Sibley B. Young,W. B. Thorne, M. A. Hudson,E. H. Hobe, Raymond Durham,N. P. Langford, W. T. Stoddard,Fred Harrington, \u25a0 W. A. Naylor,Lyman Brundage, H. S. Gilbert,J. T. Conley, E. J. Jones,Charles Gordon, W. W. Price,Finley Shepard, J. C. Simonton,John Hudson, H- A. Johnson,A. B. Coxe, Dr. Robert A. Whea-E. H. Schroer, ton,W. Stevenson, H. W» -Austin,P. W. Parker, R. M. Newport, Jr.,H. G. Allen, Howard Potts,J. H. Allen, Harold P. Bend,B. H. Baker, Georg* C. Finch,Louis Schau, Wm. F. Forapaugh,Richard O'Brien, C. G. Bunker,Geo. M. Markhara, Charles W. Borup,R. Edwin Rider, Robert H. Kirk.

USHERS AND FLOOR MANAGERS.The ushers and floor managers are

entitled to no little credit for the pleas-ure of the event. These were:

Ushers— W. H. Lightner, W. N. Armstrong,E. A. Jaggard, J. H. Skinner, E. B. Young,F. E. Hanson, 0. L. Taylor, R. D. Stewart,H. E. Bigelow, W. H. Yardley, A. B. Sib-ley, E. G. Halbert, F. H. Burns, E. R. Du-rant.

Floor Managers—

Capt. A. B. Johnson, C.W. Gordon, W. C. Read, W. S. G. Noyes, E.B. Dahlgren, J. L. Forepaugh, C. A. Otis,A. W. Lindeke. F. P. Shepard, John Dal-rymple, C. A. Clarke, T. E. W. V. Appleby,T. B. Scott, W. J. Driscoll, Lieut. Jens Bugge,H. B. Wenzell, N. P. Langford, L. E. New-port, Sherman Finch. W. W. Hancock, F. D.Monfort, W. P. Trowbridge, A. H. Cathcart,Charles Weyerhaeuser, Blanchard Carpenter.

AFTER THE BALL..

Events of Today In St. Paul Society

Circlets.The Ladies' Aid Society of First Baptist !

Church meets this afternoon with Mifs.Behnke, of Summit avenue.

Mrs. T. B. Scott this evening gives thefirst of a series of euchre parties. The |second of the series will be given Tuesdayevening.

Mrs. C. W. Carpenter and Miss Carpenterwill give a 5 o'clock tea tomorrow afternoonfor Miss Dillingham, of Texas, the guestof Mrs. E. N. Saunders.

The ladies of Plymouth church gave a sup-per last evening in the chapel.

Miss Alvlna Foley gives a euchre partytoday at her home on Osceola avenue.

Miss Darling, of Holly avenue, gives aduplicate whist party this afternoon.

The choir of Ascension church gives a sup- Jper Monday evening at the home of Mrs. ;Turner, of Winifred street, for Fred Dames, Iwho leaves shortly forColorado for his health.

The cooking school which will hereafterbe run In connection with the People'schurch Industrial school, opens Saturdayafternoon at 2 o'clock. The school is forgirls of 15 years of age and over and Is in-tended to reach those who are unable topay for such training.

The Fenelon Reading circle meets Tuesdayat 63 College avenue. The subjects will beDante, and the meeting will open at 8 o'clock.

The ladies of the Bates Avenue M. E.church will open a holiday fair this eveningin the Petter building on Maria avenue andSixth street. The booths will be in chargeof the following: Misses Bernie Fasberg,Carrie and Nina Krieger, dolls; Misses Flor-ence Krieger, Elsie Wichman and Ninebar,candy; Misses Clo Brink, Amelia Spence,Kate Brooks and Sylvia Miller,popcorn; Mes-dames N.ierihauser, Miller, Hubbell and Rob-inson, fancy table.

Mrs. Belle Fullgraff, Mrs. Walter Dadmanand Mrs. Faille entertained at cards yesterdayafternoon at Mrs. Fullgraff's home, 524 Lin-coln avenue.

On the hill Mrs. John Hutson was hostessto an informal reception given for Miss Gore,of Sioux City, and followed by a dancingparty in the evening. The rooms of theHutson home on Portland avenue were dec-orated with roses, pink flowers being usedin the dining room, where a group of youngwomen, prettily attired in white, attended tothe wants of the guests. Mrs. Hutson wasassisted in receiving by Mesdames Cornish,S. S. Eaton, J. H. Allen, Reuben Warner,Schuneman, Messer and Muir. In the diningroom were Misses Hughson, Hawkins, Flower,Shirk, Rhodes and Allen. Over 200 womencalled during the afternoon. In the eveningthe younger set, men and women, were th«guests.

A pretty wedding, which was celebrated inSuperior recently, was that of Miss ElizabethL. Florino Smith, one of the society leadersInSuperior, and Edmund Twoiiy,of the TwohyMercantile company, ,.o-t that city, and a sonof Judge Twohy, of St. Paul. The ceremonywas performed by Rev. Father Garrity intheChurch of the Sacred Heart, and Mr.and Mm.Twohy are now the guests of friends in St.Paul.

Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Moore, of East Eighthstreet, gave a card part}; Wednesday evening.

Miss Ella E. Cook and Charlos Arnold weremarried Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock atthe home of the bride's parents, 604 Canadastreet, by Rev. A. B. Meldrum, of Central IPresbyterian church. Miss Selma EUes wasmaid of honor and Charles Bunns best man.

Mrs. A. T. Turnbull and Mrs. Stoughtongave a card party yesterday afternoon at theformer's home

yon Iglehart street.

Mrs. H. W. Topping, of Summit avenue,entertained the Crocus Hill Cinch club Istevening.

The Thursday club met yel'terSay afternoonin House of Hope parlors.

The chapel of Dayton Avenue Presbyterianchurch has seen many odd entertain-ments given within its walls, but none moreunique than the shoe social the young peopleof the church are now planning. The eventwill be on the donation plafc. and all theshoes contributed willbe turned over to Sec-retary Hutchins for disposal.

The Twentieth Century club grve their firstdancing party at Litt's hall this evening.

I'lctnrcii From the Fatherland,

This will be the subject of Dr. Samuel G.Smith's lecture in the Atlantic Congregationalchurch, Bates avenue" and Conway street,Thursday evening. Deo. 10. at 8 o'clock. DrSmith has made extensive travels in Germanyand is not only familiar with the generalhistory of the country, t>rit with its ruraland city life as well, and will iltotrrate thelecture throughout with 'stereopttaon View*.Tickets an ssU» at Smith * Farw^R't,

SIXTH WITH JONESCAUCUS OF THAT DISTRICT'S REP**

RESBNTATIVES GIVES HIM ABOOST FOR SPEAKEItSHTP.

HAS THEIR SUPPORT SURE.

SECOND DISTRICT ALSO GETS TO-GETHER, BUT XOTHIXG IS

AtCOMTL.ISHEOD.

ONLY SIX MEMBERS PRESENT.

W. B. Stint-, of Murray County, En.tern the Field a*a Candidate

Cor Chief Clerk.

Members of the Second and Sixthcongressional districts held caucuseslast night, and It is possible that whatwas done will clear up the sit-uation on the speakership question. Toone on the outside, however, no partic-

ular headway was perceptible.The Sixth district caucus was offi-

cered by the selection of A. N. Dare,

of Elk River, as chairman, and GeorgeR. Laybourne, of Duluth, as secretary.There were present A. N. Dare, A. H.Farrls, B. F. Hartshorn, D. M. Gunn,P. C. Schmidt, H. H. Head, G.. P.Boutwell, George R. Laybourne and J.D. Jones, members of the house, andhalf-a-dozen senators from the district.The candidacy of J. D. Jones for speak-er was indorsed by a rising vote, andan executive committee consisting ofMessrs. Dare, Farris, Gunn andSchmidt appointed to make as warmand vigorous a campaign for the Sixthdistrict candidate as possible. Therewere three members of the house fromthe district who were not present atthe caucus, but one of the absenteeshas sent word that he would, if pres-ent, vote for Jones, and, while the oth-er two had not been heard from, it wasstated that there was no doubt butthat they would be in line. Otherquestions were not discussed, or if theywere none of those in attendancewould admit that anything except thespeakership was talked of.

The Second district caucus was notas much of a success as the Sixth. Infact only six of the fifteen membersentitled to vote on the speakershipquestion were In attendance. Thosetaking part in the session were DanShell, of Nobles; O. O. Holman, ofMurray; Thomas Torson, of Watton-•wan; A. S. Deyer, of Pipestone; JohnLarson, of Goodhue, and Benton Sev-erance, of Nicollet. Dan Shell wasselected as chairman and Thomas Tor-son as secretary. There being notenough merrtbera present to call a ma-jority and also for other reasons noformal action was taken and no in-dorsement of any candidate was made.The situation was discussed in an in-formal way and an adjournment takento a future day. At the next sessionof the Second district people it is ex-pected a much larger attendance willbe present and then something definitemay result. • • •

A new candl-darte for clerk from theSecond district was announced latelast night in the person of W. B. Stine.of Murray county. Mr. Stine, accord-ing to the statements of his friends,will, in due course of time, be backedby the solid vote of the delegation forthe position of chief clerk, and it ispossible and perhaps probable that thefifteen representatives from the districtmay be able to cut a deal of a figurein the speakership contest by judic-iously handling the candidacy of Mr.Stine. • • •

The leading candidates for the posi-tion of chief clerk, Dowling and Dean,are doing a deal of hustling. Mr.Deanhas not by any means given up thofight notwithstanding the talk of thefriends of Dowling that the latter hasa sure thing and that Dean's electionis not possible. The friends of Deanclaim that he has the First districtsolid and willbe certain of a numbeiin the Second, although at the timethis was given out the candidacy ofMr..Stine had not been announced. Theprophesy that Sam Dangum, of the

IFirst district, will be elected secretaryj of the senate, and that this will pre-

vent or rather spoil the chances otDean, does not appear to worry thefriends of the candidate for chief clerkof the house from the First district.• • •

Mr. Dowling was in his usual cheer-ful frame of mind last evening, and Ifhe was at all worried over his chance*he certainly gave no outward evidenceof the fact. Asked as to what hathought of the situation Mr. Dowlingsaid it looked encouraging to him andhe hoped and looked to see the re-election of the desk men of two yearsago. • • •

J. D. Jones of Todd county, who wasgiven a boom last evening for thespeakership race, was seen after thecaucus had adjourned. Mr. Jones,while feeling much gratified at the re-sult of the caucus, admitted that thecontest was bound to be a close and ex-citing one. The result of the caucuswould be of much advantage to hiscandidacy and would add weight fromthe fact that he had the united supportof the district members.• • *

The Second district members willhold an adjourned meeting of theircaucus at the Windsor at 2 o'clock thisafternoon. •• » .

H. N. Ingersoll, of the Bralnerd Dis-patch, and a candidate for engrossingclerk, is inthe city. He is looking afterhis candidacy. • • *

Attorney S. A. Stockwell, of Minne-apolis, is leading- a movement to tryand secure a i-epeal this year of thestruck jury law. He makes the state-ment that of thirty-eight struck jurycases that came to his attention, onlytwo resulted in a verdict for the plain-tiff. He thinks that an unfair propo-sition. Members of the Hennepin coun-ty bar are interested in the movement.A petition for its repeal is being largelysigned and bears the names of JudgesSteel, Pond, Vanderburg, Rea, Young,H. D. Stocker, Stephen Mahony andmany others. Mr. Stockwell, who de-

! Clares that he has been unable to. finda single attorney, not personally in-terested, who was not bitterly opposedto it as class legislation of the most

I unfairly discriminating and pernicious! character. A plan is talked of by someof the anti-oorporation lawyers lookingto a reform in the method of strikingjuries, whereby no one shall know be-forehand what names are on the panel,

and making it a misdemeanor for anyperson to suggest a name for the list.Mr. Stockwell declares, however, thatno compromise will be accepted andthat unless the law is absolutely re-pealed he would rather see the -presentvicious system continue until its very

rottenness will compel its abandon-ment.

Scorched Thin Morning.

The two-story frame building,No. 415 Cedarstreet, was slightly damaged by fire about 1o'clock this morning. The building, whichis very old and in bad repair, stands In therear of Yenca's grocery and the upper floorIs occupied by the firm as a bakery. Theground floor has been us«d as a bla> tutmithshop by A.N. Eshelman, but was unoccupiedat the time of the flre except aa a storageroom for some boxes and lumber. It wasIn this portion that the flre started, but itsorigin is unknown.

The bakery was in operation and sevenmen, including the foremtn, Frank McCarthy,were engaged in baking bread for uae thinmorning, when John Schafer discovered smokecoming through the floor. He alarmed hisfellow employes and although the smokeaoon became very dense, they ail managed

THE SAINT PAUI, GLOBE; FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1898.

to escape and save their clothes, which theyhad laid aside for overalls while at work.

In the bakery was flour of the value of$100 and two carloads of salt, worth about$300. This will be nearly a total loss onaccount of the smoke, but the damage tothe building will not exceed $100.

IOE CARNIVALGOSSIP.

Permanent Headquarters Secured—Getting the Track In Shape.

There is no longrer any doubt butthat the ice carnival of 1896 will be oneof the old-time sort. The boom is de-veloping and growing with the rapidityof a snow ball rolling down hill aiid allthe directors, even to the most con-servative of their number, are highlyelated at the prospect. Enthusiasmeven greater than was expected is ap-parent on all sides. Business men are

'•taking hold of the project with all theearncitneaa which made the early car- jnlvals so grandly successful.and among jthe citizens generally Is evinced an in-terest which is most promising. Car- jnival clubs of all descriptions are |springing up ami the manufacturerswho have made arrangements to sup-ply uniforms are already convinced bythe number of inquiries they have re-~ceived that the demand will be greaterthan they can accommodate.• • •

The Nushka club, which became soprominent by reason not only of the |fact that it was made up of the men jand women of the most exclusive social jset in the city, but also its snow-shoe jruns, its coaching parties and lastly itshandsome uniform, will be revived.The members tof this club, both men jand women, have decided to reorganize jand secure new uniforms and to go in jfor all the fun that's to be had this jwinter. The Beven Corners club, an-other large oifranizatlon, whose mem- jbers were ospefcially proficient in1marching and drilling, will also be re-organized. 9 • * *

The finance .committee of the asso-ciation took a-sortiof preliminary can-ter Wednesday afternoon and weremuch gratified by the result. Two of jthe members in a couple of hours suc-ceeded in ,«eou-ring subscriptionsamounting to over $2,000, although onlyfifteen persons were seen. Four ofthese alone subscribed $1,000.• • •

The Pioneer Press Buildingcompanyhas donated to the directors the useof the large bank rooms on the secondfloor of Its building as headquarters,and hereafter all meeting, includingthose of the executive committee, willbe held in these rooms. There willbea general meeting of the directors to-night and at that time Architect Stemwill present his preliminary plan anddesigns for approval. Much othrrbusiness of importance will also beconsidered. The executive committeeheld Its regular noon meeting at theCommercial club yesterday, but thetime was principally devoted to in-formal discussion as to the arrange-ment of the ground. "3 committeewill endeavor to perfect plans whilethe finance committee is at work, andbe ready when the funds are sub-scribed to let contracts and proceedwith the work of construction. Thetrack for horse racing, which willnecessarily be outside the castle wallon account of its length, willbe readyfor use by Sunday or Monday. TheCapital City Driving club will meetIn the council chamber next Tuesdaynight to arrange for horse races dur-ing the carnival.

Secretary Rothschild will establisha permanent office at headquarters inthe Pioneer Press building.• * •

The Capital' Cit^ Driving club hasproved one of the:most popular of thevarious ones .Uready organizing for thewinter season :and carnival. Mr. Jen-sen has received letters from variousparts of the country asking for infor-mation, and motley sufficient to give as-surance of success has been sub-scribed, and, with what donations andmembership fees bring in, will enable jthe club to give the greatest race meet-ing on the ice ever held in any city,either here or in Canada. The firstmeeting of the, club will be held in thecouncil chamber of the city hall nextTuesday evening, at 8 p. m, whenevery one interested in the welfare ofhorses and the success of the drivingclub is expected to be present. Dr.Price has undertaken the duties of sec-retary and track superintendent, inorder to relieve Matt Jensen, who hashis hands full In connection with othercommittees. Teams will be put towork this morning scraping the track,and by Sunday, it is expected to haveit in shape for speeding. An amplecovering ofv«now on the streets ispromised, so that access over the Rob-ert street bridge will be possible onrunners. Itis >^>oed every one owninga horse and c willmake use of thetraok so as t a proper surface for

fast work by the time the horses areconditioned, which will take two orthree weeks.

THAT LIGHTING BID.

Some Points About the PropositionThat Are Not Clear.

There may be, as the American Developmentcompany claims, any combine or combinationbut one thing is certain, that if the bid nowin the hands ofMhe committee on gas isaccepted the city will pay for each gasolinelamp lighted next year $1.13 per lamp perjionth, as against 98 cents per lamp p*»month under the present contract.

A gentleman who is somewhat familiarwith the lighting question, but who is notinterested in a business way with eitherthe present or probable future contractor, isauthority for the statement that if new bidswere advertised for ther« would be more,than one bidder. He arrives at this con-clusion from the figures submitted in answerto the advertisement in the one bid. Accord-ing to this gentleman, the price of gasoline lanow quoted at a figure which would allowthe quantity to be used next year by thecontractor to be secured at a saving of atleast $4,000 less than the cost of the fluidfor 1896. If,as he claims, the work has beendone during the present years at 98 centsper lamp per month, the city should for the

..cjwtttog year have the lightingdone for thesame figure, if not for less.In the bid submitted the following proposi-

tions are made by the company and whilethe first and second paragraphs which arequoted below seem to clash the third one ap-pears to bo the key to the enigma and showshow the price mentioned In the first clauseof the bid may be increased when the con-tract Is drawn by adding the figures men-tioned in the second clause.

We will furnish the necessary gasoline tosustain a light equal to 14 candle-power ineach street lamp mentioned froxn dawn tosunset, from Jan. 1, 1897, to Dec. 31, 1897. in-cluding the lighting of all said lamps, keep-ing them in good repair for use and keep-ing the glass clean and bright and supplyingthe necessary burners, appliances and fix-tures and other attachments therefor, whichburners shall remain the property of theundersigned at the rate of $1.0475 per lampper month.

We will furnish gasoline burners capable ofproducing a light equal to 14 candle-power,to be used by the city in lamps in said ad-vertisement and herein mentioned, and dur-ing the time aforesaid, said burners to re-main the property of the undersigned, and wewill charge for the use thereof during saidtime the sum of 8% cents per burner permonth.It is understood that the city of St. Paul,

upon receiving this bid. reserves the right topurchase the burners which are offered forsale as above mentioned, or to rent thosewhich may be offered for rent as above, andthat we will enter into a contract in accord-ance with the choice made by the city.

LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

The December calendar of the district courtwas issued yesterday. It contains 137 Jurycases and 106 court cases.

Division No. 4. daughters of Erin, willgive a dance at L^ldertafel hall tonight, theproceeds of which willbe devoted to charity.

Miss Lizzie Roeder, of Conway street, leftfor New Ulm last week, where slie has ac-

cepted a pos't'on a; stenographer witha prom-inent attorney.

The sale and supper which was to havebeen held today, under the auspices of theladles of Bethany Congregational church, hasbeen indefinitely postponed.

Jacob Lutz, alias "Smith," who la accusedof holding up Andrew Carlson Wednesdaynight, on lower Seventh street, was boundover to the grand Jury yesterday.

E. H. Hughes, assistant general passengeragent of tha Chicago & Grand Trunk, Is Inthe city looking after th« arrangements forthe forthcoming Canadian excursions.

Mrs. Asplnwall will lecture in Odd Fel-lows' hall. Sixth and Wabasha streets, nextSunday evening; subject. "If Christ Died toSave Sinners, WUy Are Not AllSaved?"

The Newport Cornet band will give an en-tertainment at the opera hall in St. PaulPark this evening. The band willbe assistedby the Manhattan orchestra, of this city, and\u25a0other talent.

J. D. Condit, traveling passenger agent ofthe Northwestern, who accompanied theNorth Dakota editors as far south as KansasCity, has returned. lie reports that the edi-tors are enjoying their outing.

A stereopticon lecture, illustrated by someseventy views, will be given by Rev. JohnGmeiner. at 322 Wabaaha street, at 8 o'clockthis evening. A small admission fee willb© charged, proceeds of the evening to go tothe Lady Somerset W. C. T. U.

William Gray, a young man who has beenat work In a lumber camp near Springbrook,was brought to the city and taken to St. Jo-seph's hospital with a crushed foot. He wasInjured by a log rollingupon him. Althoughseverely crushed, it was not necessary to am-putate the foot.

Charles F. Wagener, a car repairer em-ployed at the St. Paul & Duluth shops, re-siding at 1132 Reaney street, was aeciaenMlysiding at 1182 Reaney street, was accidentallying and was considerably injured about thftface. He "was conveyed to his home andmedical assistance summoned,

Freja Lodge No. I£9, I.O. O. P.. has electedofficers for the ensuing t«m as follows:Charles O. Linblad. N. O.; J. A. Haglund.V. C.;F. A. Lyon, R. 8.; Ernest Peterson,P. 8.; O. L. Rooeh, treasurer. Wednesdayevening, Dec. SO, the lodge will colebrateits ninth anniversary by giving a ball atOdd Fellows hall.

The central committee of th« St. PaulChristian Endeavor union will meet In '

theparlors of tfc* House of Hop* churah tide

evening at 8 o'clock to listen to reports onthe good literature and Sunday scbool workrespectively by .MiM Edna Rice and Mrs. C.S. Porsell. Members of the local unions areinvited to b« present.. CUT TO PIECES.

John Strand Is Killed by an Inter.urlinu Car.

John Strand left St. Paul on the nextto the last lnterurban oar last night,and got off at Raymond avenue. Thenext car struck him and cut him topieces. The remains were taken toMinneapolis where an inquest will beprobably fceld today.

Mii»sachu»*tli Official.

BOSTON. Mass., Deo. S.— The official can-vass of the vota for president in this stateabowa that 278,976 ballots were cast for Mc-Klnley; 105, Til f«r Bry«j, and 11,749 for

Palmar. McKlnler'« plurality.171,286^ a«alnKta plurality for Harrison m UM of 26,001.

Skr™ GRFATRTPIfiAtfCAinVS:-- :i'-Hr There is one thing certain, we have over one thousand

rallpL ll ? / t0° /73a/1>r Ladies' Jackets in stock and they must go. If the.ly^^^^^P''.In low prices they are now marked won't sell them, another

JmW'''^' mlower one must We mean business, and on

jJUSf ....Friday and Saturday...."'

We offer our entire stock of Ladies 9 Jackets at exactly

>1 6ona fide one=half off the already low marked prices. Pick out your garment andtake itat just half what it's marked.

EVERY JACKET GOES— NOT ONE RESERVED.Never before in St. Paul has such a chance been offered inDecember. No need telling

of the superiority of our stock. Allwell-posted ladies are acquainted with its excellence.Extra salesladies have been engaged, and willwait on the trade as promptly as possible,but we advise you to come early. This unheard-of offer is good for two days only.

IIAIr DRiprIkeep yotb eye o* th>s store yhir bdipp iliHUr •\u25a0 iiSUII,; fob unparalleled bargains iliHLe •rfiiwt!

Manufacturer's—

OF—

2,003 Dozen Ladies' Embroidered

AT 50c ON THE DOLLAR

Friday and SaturdayOur Linen Buyer, who is in New York at present, sent us

by express yesterday a Manufacturer's Agent's entire s*ock of,Ladies' Swiss Embroidered and Pure Linen Handkerchiefs,which he bought at less than fiftycents on the dollar. Itis asurprisingly fine lot of Handkerchiefs, and at regular priceswould retail at from 25c to 50c. In order to dispose of themquickly we have divided them into two lots and willplacethem on sale this morning at

Ten and Fifteen Cents.While the lot is large (something over 2,000 dozen) and

may not allbe sold out the first day, we advise every lady tobe on hand promptly at 9 a. m., as the choicest ones are nat-urally picked out first. We want all our customers to havean equal chance.

Hemstitched Embroidered Handkerchiefs \ jm

Scalloped Embroidered / HiH&VkAll Linen Hemstitched } IfLJPII»AllLinen Hand Embroidered \ \u25a0Initial Embroidered / Worth up to 25c

Linen Embroidered Handkerchiefs jm mumSwiss Embroidered "H Seal g%Pure Linen, large and small Initial ff BusHemstitched Embroidered HPure linen, Lace Trimmed Worth up to 50c

ST. P/UL'S GREATEST STORE.

DISASTROUS FLOODS.LONDON. Dec. 3.—An official dis-patch received here from St. JohnsAntigua, capital of the Leeward is-lands, says that serious floods have

occurred In the island of MontzerratRoads and bridges, it is added havebeen destroyed and seventy-five per-sona have been drowned. The LeewardIslands form part of the British WestIndian islands. Montserrat has anarea of about forty-seven square milesand a population of^nearly 9,000.

CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Dec. B.—The officialcanvass of the vote of Wyoming was madetoday. Th« rwult is as follows :. Republicanelectors, BrUtain 10,072, Howell 10,033. Mrs.Malloy 9,998; Bryan and Watson electors,Jorden 488, Sims 487; ILerertng (Prohibition)electors, Hlgby 133, Jackson 136, Smith 159;Bryan and Sewall electors, D. S. Van Meter(Pop.) J0.135, JohaX^arUn. W«m) J43S&, p.J. Queaiy (Dem.) jq^Sß?. Congrera, WilliamBrown (Pop.) 6», Frank W. Mandell (Flap.)10,044, John B. Ost>*r««^SßaM 10,310.