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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-24

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All tastes - all purses-get
what pleases and satisfies here.
One price, one quality-both the
best. SEE!
Plenty of fancy, large Minnesota strawber-
ries per quart,
7 cents
A-quart case,
Si.65
St.iO
16-quart case Red Cherries, for preserving.
Sl.25
GoOseberries, per quart,
. cents
Florida Pineapples, per Dozen
500
Minnesota Sweet Peas, per peck,
IS cents
49-lb. sack Schochs first Patent Flour.
Sl.l3
quarts Currants
25 cents
Old Potatoes, per bushel,
35 cents
s bars schoch's Best Soap,
25 cents
II bars Laundry Soap,
25 cents
BIB. jar Fresh Fancy Creamery Butter, to-
day, per pound,
1877 cents
Brick Cheese, by the whole per pound,
10 cents
Salt Tongues, per pound,
. cents
Large boxes Soda Crackers.
SO cents
dozen Fresh Eggs,
20 cents
Palmer House Java and Mocha Coffee, De.
pound,
IS cents
Try our Wild Cherry Phosphate-notning
like it in town. The price is half what others
ask for an inferior article.
Plums, for preserving, per peck,
SO cents
Fresh Cabbage, Per head,
s cents
Tomatoes. per basket,
20 cents
FRUIT JARS.
He sell Mrs. Rohrer's Self-Sealing FruIt
Jars, require no wrench, no labor
A-bushel box California Peaches.
90 cents
The Andrew SChOch Grocery Co
Cor. 7th and Broadway.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-24

Asa B. Barton, respondent, VS.. Pioneer Saw
lngs and Loan Company, appellant.
certain members holding shares in a.
mutual building association defaulted in the
payment OF monthly installments and dues
IN January, 1891. AS early as July fhe
association, by resolution of the board Of
directors, absolutely forfeited these stock
snares and the money paid thereon to it's
o"1 use, without sale thereof and without
nouce, except as notice was contained in
the members certificates. And said smoney
with other earnings of the association was
distributed in good faith to all shares in
GOOD standing, in accordance with the by
laws and under the direction of the public
examiner. The defaulting members, resi-
cents OF this state, made no application for
reinstatement and took no steps whatever
to protect their interests or assert their
rights, except as might be inferred from the
fact that In December, 1895, they assigned
their certificates and all rights and interests
therein to this plaintiff, who, in March, 1896,
brought action as for conversion and to
recover the value of the certificates. Mean
time, in the years 1891, 1892 and 1893 the
association, in accordance with the scheme
OF tho organization and the bylaws paid
on all shares Of the class of those assigned
to the plaintiff, and in making, payment
included the sums paid by the defaulting
members and distributed, as before stated.
Held. that the defaultng members should
have dlssented, and should have asserted
their rights within a reasonable time, and
not having done this they will be presumed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-24

All tastes - all purses-get
what pleases and satisfies here.
One price, one quality-both the
best. SEE!
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-24
Oliver Mining Company, appellant, VS.. Mer

riIl NJ Clark ct al, respondents.
Held. that the complaint herein as amend
ed after a former decision in the actions
n. w. Rep, Estates facts sufficient t.
constitute a cause of action for specific per
Torrance of an eXecutory contract for thu
conveyance Of land, not only as against tn
contracting vendor, but also as against
third party, to whom the land had been con
veyed. Order reversed Collins, ].
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
A MURDER FACTORY.
Babies Allowed to Die BY the
Hundreds at a New York
Hospital.

New York, Dec. 3.-The annual report
Of the New York county visiting commit
tee of the State Charities Aid association
contains a startling statement of mortal
ity at the Infants hospital on Randalfs 5
island. According to the figures submit
ted by the visiting committee there were
500 children under months old admitted
to the hospital in 1896. Three hundred
and fifty-four died before April 1, 1891.
This death rate of 90 per cent is, the
committee thinks. worthy of the attention
OF the authorities, as, in its opinion, the
rate may be decreased if the hospital staff
is reorganized.
According to the report of the institu-
ton, which is made on October of each
year, the mortality is not so large as that
reported by the visiting committee. The
institution reports include all children be-
tween 6 months and years of age. and
show that the death rate among all the
children under years of age between
October 1, 1896. and October l, 1897, was as
follows: Foundlings, so per cent; other
motherIess babies. SO per cent; and babies
with mothers 13 per cent.
The report regarding the Infants hos
pital contains these words: 1T was all
too evident to our visitors that. as before,
babies in the Infants hospital were SUI
fering and dying by reason of careless
ness, ignorance and inefdciency on the
part of those in charge"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
BRIGHTER FOR HANNA.
a Number of Democrats Refuse to
Vote for Any Kind of a Republican.

Columbus, O., Dec c31.-Yesterday was
a day of conferences with the anti
Hanna Republicans. and from the best
information Obtainable the results have
not been altogether encouraging, al
though the claims of the faction have
not been modified in the least. These
conferences have been with the leaders
of the Democracy who are in favor of
fusion with the anti-Hanna Republi-
cans to defeat Mr.. Hanna. The central
figures have been Charles L. Kurtz,
leader of the anti-Hanna Republicans
and Allen o. Meyers, who is endeaVOr-
ing to bring the Democratic mem berS
EJECT of the Legislature into line for the
proposed fusion.
AT these conferences, the Democrats
were asked to state just how many Of
their members they could count upon
in the proposed fusion. It is understood
that it was stated seven Democratic
members had refused positively to vote
for any one except a Democrat for Uni
silver Republican. It is also under
who will oppose a fusion may be in
creased to ten or fifteen.
1t developed that almost the entire
Democratic vote of the legislature will
be required on a fusion to defeat Han
ma. and the Democratic leaders are not
willing to enter into any arrangement
which may fail of success as it would
expose the party to ridicule. It was
determined to summon all the Demo-
cratic members to Columbus at once
and kilograms were sent to all of them
requiring them to report this afternoon
without fail for a conference.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
WHAT THE PARROTS SAID.
Two Act Scene on a Pullman West
bound From Topeka.

=
bound From Topeka
Scene. a compartment in a Pullman
Time. yesterday
Place. between Topeka and Emporia.
Leading lady with a black leghOrn
hat.
Character part, woman with a turned
Heavy comedian, a parrot with years
of experience.
Juvenile, a young parrot.
ACT 1st
Leading lady, My parrot is quite
young but is learning to talk remark
ably we'll"
parrot is older than yours and with its
experience in talking can probably help
your parrot to talk"
Leading lady, Lets put them in
the same cage and see if they will talk
to each other?"
Woman with the turned up nose. Il
am willing.
Five minutes intermission while the
young parrot is being placed in the
cage with the older parrot.
ACT 2.
Old parrot Hello Johnny!"
johnny It is Nontmorency."
Old parrot. ''Hully gee, what a
name"
CThe woman with the turned up nose
remarks to the woman with the black
hat that the two birds are getting on
Young parrot. Perhaps you don't
like it."
Old parrot. ''Weu if I don't I don't
have to take any sass from you"
Young parrot gives the old parrot
right from the shoulder on the solar
pleXus.
Old parrot. C. o C-)."
Both ladies covered their faces with
their handkerchiefs and on recovering
open the cage with trembling hands
and flushed faces and separate the par
rots, gathering up the stray feathers
TuefUlly.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
PACKERS IN IT.
All the Big Packing Houses at
Chicago
Going Into the Butter and Egg
Business
ON A MIGHTY SCALE.
Partly in Retaliation Upon the
Farmers
For Anti-OleOmargarine Legis-
latiOn and Partly
To Utilize the Big OleO Plants
Now FTSoIocS
To Utilize the Big OleO Plants
Now Useless.

Chicago, Dec. 31-Chicago packers who
manufactured butterine as a side line are
now in the butter and egg business on a
big scale. This is because the law pro-
hibiting the coloring of butterine struck
a fatal blow to the business and caused
stockyards men to shut down their
plants.
Butter merchants think the stocl1yards
men have started out on campaign OF
retaliation for the enactment of the law,
which is generally credited to the country
legislator and the butter merchant. The
packers are advertising their butter, egg
and poultry department in produce jour
nails and emphasize their intention to pay
cash and make liberal advances on ship
ments.
1t is thought that the packers will ar
range facilities for the handling of butter
on a large scale in their branches through>
out the country. If such a step is taken,
butter men think that the eastern butter
merchants would suffer more than those
in Chicago and vicinity.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
GERMAN TYRANNY.
If German Boy Does Not Re-
turn to the Army His
Mother VIII Be Fined.

indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 31.-Emperor
William may have to send to this coun-
try to arrest Carl Fahnley nephew OF the
wealthy wholesale milliner, Frederick
Fahnley merchant and banker of this
city. Young Fahnley came here six years
ago when he was Il years old and is be-
ing educated under his Uncle's guardians
ship. He has just received word from
his mother in Germany that unless he re-
turns at once to serve his time in the Ger
man army she viii have to pay 800 marks
q year as a fine, and three officers may be
sent after him.
Young FahnIey went to the court to
take out naturalization papers, but found
he could not until he becomes of age. The
court further informed him that Emperor
William could send requisiticn papers and
drag him back to the fatherland. Fahn-
ley declares he will not return and will
lay the matter before the president.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
TO FIN OUR MONEY.
Self Constituted Guardians of the Ma
tion's Currency Have Another
Dinner.

New York, Dec. 31.-A complimentary
dinner was given last night at the Metro
politan club by J. Foster Peabody of this
city to the members of the Indianapolis
monetary commission.
This commission was appointed by the
convention of business men at Indianap-
oils to investigate the financial system of
the country and to prepare scheme of
reform to be submitted to congress.
The members of the commission enter
tanned were ex-senator Edmunds of YER
mont, Robert L. Taylor of Indiana, J.
w. Fries of North Carolina, c. S. Fair
child of New York, J. L. Laughlin of IL
linois, T. C. Bush of Alabama, t Stuart
Patterson of Pennsylvania, l. A. Garrett
of California. Stuyvesant Fish of New
York, w. B. Deane of St Paul and Geo
E. Ieiton of Missouri
There were no formal speeches at the
dinner. but some of the guests discussed
the various schemes of currency reform.
It is said that the plan of Secretary
Gage was discussed and in the main ap-
proved.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31

and Kansas City, has been promoted
to the position of trainmaster of the
Santa Fe at Chillicothe, Ill. Mr.. Short
viii assume his duties on next Mon
day.
Mr.. Shorts promotion is due to the
promotion of Mr. w. =. Scott. for some
time trainmaster at Chillicothe- who
has been given the place Of division su-
perintendent on the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe road with headquarters at
Tampa, Texas. Mr.. Scott succeeds
Mr. J. ". Dickinson, resigned, and his
appointment becomes effective the first
Of the year.
Conductor Shorts many railroad
friends in Kansas will be pleased to
hear of his promotion. He entered the
service Of the Santa Fe years ago as a
freight brakeman. and worked his way
up to one rf the hest runs on the Santa
Fe road. he is well acquainted with
railroad train work, and will make Il
competent trainmaster.
Mr.. Shorts family Will continue to
live in Topeka for the present at least.
Trainmaster Tice mas not yet an
noTnced who will succeed Conductor
Short on the plug run.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
CoURTED ONLY HALF HOUR.
Conductor Tells of a Match Made on a
Railroad Without the Formal
ties of a Long Engagement

you may talk about your brief
courtships and marriages on short no
tiee," said an old conductor, but I
think 1 once witnessed the quickest
made match on record. I was running
as a conductor between Russellville
and Owens boro, as 1 did many wears,
and on a trip in the winter of SS1 [
got q pretty country girl passenger at
a little flag station south Of Central
City, about 9:45 a. m.
A few miles farther on, at another
small station, d big, trapping-lOCking
farmer, dressed in brown jeans, with
his trousers tucked in his tall boots,
got on my train.
The fellow hadn't opened the car
door till he spied the rustic lass. and
before he took hissseat in front of the
girl ne had smiled at her. l punched
his ticket, went into the smoking car,
and on my return to the regular pas
senger coach found the Green river till
er of the soil sitting in the same seat
with the maiden, chatting with her as
if he had known her since birth.
In % minutes after they had first
met the fellow called me to him and
said: See here. podner, we want 'er
git hitched. I hain't knOwed Mirinda
Jane here but 80 minutes but we both
like and she's Wiilin an som 1. Whur's s
the highest parsOn, pOdner"
I took them on to OwensbOro, and
the happy bridegroom and his blushlng
other half were passengers back on my
train that afternoon. For hurry-up
nuptiaIs it does strike me that these
ought to have the cake and other spec
ial prizes offered for quick yeast love
matches"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
SANTA FE LOCAL NOTES.

Engine 2S left the roundhouse. after
undergoing repairs, in charge of Will
liam Manley.
Bids are being received in the division
superintendent's office for the putting
up of ice at Topeka.
Joe Hanley of the supply department
handles an average CT 100, 900 pounds Of
brass fittings a month.
Saturday, New Years day. will be a
holiday in the shops and all who can
be spared VIII have a holiday.
The capacity of the Sixth street
roundhouse where the cars are being
fitted with electric lights is six cars q
day.
Mr.. Jacob Wehe has resumed his du-
ties as chief clerk in the master car
builders Office after being absent sew
eral days on account of the death of
his iather-in-law Robert Mood.
The two new postal cars Nos. 1900
and 1901 are equipped with the latest
and most improved Harrison mail fix
lures. These are the finest postal cars
ever built in the Santa Fe shops.
Engineers Page and Collins are in St
Joe to be examined on the Rock Island
time card. The Santa Fe is to run
over tise Rock Island tracks at st. Joe
and the trainmen must know the card.
The two semaphOres for the inter
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
ENGINEER sHARP's BURGLARS.
Proved to Be a Smashed Gas Chande-
Her- Marrow Escape From
Asphyxiation.

Engineer cap" Sharp had a narrow
escape from asphyxiation a few nights
ago.
IAN of the folks were away except
myself said Sharp. and after supper
I was quite tired and went to bed ear
". I must have slept a little when
/ was awakened by a noise down
stairs. I heard some mora noise.
'' Burglars said 1 to myself But
I was too tired and sleepy TO get up
and go down so I reached for my re-
volver. looked to see if it was loaded
and waited. I didn't care much if it
was burglars if they would just 60
about their business and not keep me
awake. In a few minutes fell asleep.
When I aWOlIe I was sick. I was
dizzy and everything was going around
like a turn table going 20 miles an hour.
I managed to get up. Things looked
queer and there was an awful smell in
the room. I went down stairs and there
was the chandelier on the floor all
smashed to pieces. The gas was es-
Gaping and the house was filed with it.
What if 1 had lit a match to go and
hunt those burglars said Sharp as he
shuddered to think Of his narrow es-
cape.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
FROM LAS VEGAS.


c. B. Eddy has gone to New York
city, to be absent for some time.
improvements are being made on the
track opposite the round house.
Work on the new ice house for the
railroad company is nearing compile
tion, and it will soon be ready for
storage
The first So miles on the White Oaks
road will be built of lumber from east
ern Texas, the balance to be brought
from the Sacramento mountains.
Machinfst w. w. Curtis, late of this
place, now occupies lucrative position
as gang boss at Lamman's foundry
and machine shops, Pueblo, Colo.
The o. r. c., Montezuma division No.
20, held a special meeting for the cleo
tion of officers as follows: Chief con-
ductor, J. D. Nottgrass; assistant chief,
Charles Oder; senior conductor, H. B.
Hubbard; Junior conductor, G. D. Beu-
cher; inside sentinel, J. J. Smith; out
side sentinel, c. C. Watson; secretary
and treasurer, P. c. Carpenter.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31

Santa Fe Has Cords of Kindling Wood
Piled Up in the Topeka Yards.

At the Topeka Santa Fe yards there
is a never diminishing supply of kind
HngWOOd.
All the refuse lumber from the differ
ent building departments is turned over
TO the coal department and stored by
them in the field
some years ago the Santa Fe stored
a large quantity of cord wood in the
Topeka yards, and a good part Of this
is left. The cord wood and refuse lum-
Der is used. principally, to start the
fires in the engines Formerly some Of
it was used in the stoves of the round
house. but with the use of steam in
the roundhouse. much more is piled up
for use in the engines.
The engines use about three to five
cords Of wood day in the Topeka yards
while the output from the manufacture
ing departments is eight or nine cords
per day
This makes an increasing amount of
kindHngWOOd in the Topeka yards
Different points are supplied with fire
wood from the Topeka yards
Denver. Argentine. AtchisOn. Usage
City Leavenworth. EmpOria and La
Junta are supplied from this point; 50
cords We're recently sent to Denver and
50 to La Junta.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
NIGHT TURNED TO DAY.
Celebration of the Birth of
Greater New York Begins at
10 O'Clock Tonight.

New York, Dec 31-Today is
the last day of the old city of New
York The last meeting of many of
the official boards of the city have been
held. Others will meet for the last time
tomorrow.
A celebration of the occasion has
been arranged, which will begin tonight
at 10 o'clock and will last until the new
city is an hour or more old.
The front of the city hall has been
draped with the American colors. In
city hall park electric lights, red, white
and blue, have been hung. From the
tops of the buildings about the city hall
search lights will play upon the park
At the pOStOffice the second battery
will be stationed to boom out a salute
of a hundred guns. From the borough
of Brooklyn will come another salute
of one hundred guns to tell that the
marriage of the two cities is complete
Fireworks thrown from mOrtarS In
city hall park will add to the spectacle.
A procession OF floats sent by busi-
ness houses, theaterS and societies, es-
corted by independent military organi-
cations, civic associations and individ-
uaI maSkers, will start from Union
Square at 10 o'clock. BY midnight the
hall. The playing of the bands and the
singing of united societies of Brooklyn
and New York in front of the city hall
will be accompanied by the cannon.
At midnight when old Trinity 8
chimes ring out and the clockaof the
city hall indicates the hour, old glory
Will be run up to the top OF the city nan
flagstaff and while it is being run up
81 search lights, each of 10000 candle
power viii be upon it.
From Washington orders have come
to the cOnlmandant on Governors is
land to honor the birth of the new city.
At sunrise on Saturday the battery of
the island will fire salute of one hun
dred guns to the new city of New
York.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31

line from Kansas City to Topeka.
stated that the road would eventually
be extended over a route proposed
years ago for the extension of the San
ia Fe road west. This route would
take the road from Topeka to Manhat-
tan. via Wamego, Westmoreland
and along Cedar creek, crossing
the Blue river at Rocky
Ford, from Manhattan into Fort Riley
and Junction City, and from Junction
City in a northwesterly direction into
Denver.
Mr.. Purcell is quoted as saying:
THE work will be done in a reason
able time. The parties behind the en-
terprise have The money to carry it out
and will do so as fast as they can, to
Go the work economically, and build
road that viii pay on the investment.
Local financjers and railroad men
ridicule the project.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
Santa Fe VIII Re-estabIish the
Office of Division Engineer
In Topeka, Bringing j. vi.
Meade From Pueblo Division
TO INCREASE FORCE.
Conductor G. L. Short PrOmOt-
ed by the Santa Fe.
Made Trainmaster at Chilli
cothe, Illinois.

The office OF division engineer of the
Santa Fe in this city, which was abolish
ca several years ago. is to be re-estab-
Hshed after the first of the year. Mr..
J. NJ. Meade. at present resident en-
gineer at Pueblo Col. is to be transferred
to Topeka to take charge of the division
office.
Mr Meade's transfer will be but one
step in a general reorganization Of the
Santa Fe engineering force. At least
this is the desire of Chief Engineer James
Dun. and il is understood that President
Ripley will accede to il. During the eX~
tensive Improvements made last year it
was found that the present force was
hardly sufficient TO handle the work, and
Chief Engineer Dun proposes to remedy
this for the improvements next year by
materially increasing the number of men
employed.
At present there are but four division
engineers. and Mr. NJ. n. Wells. resident
engineer at Chanute. handles all of the
engineering work of the Southern Kan
sas and eastern divisions. After Mr.
Meade's transfer the engineering work
viii be divided between the office in To-
peka. the office at Chanute and the Of
lice at Newton. in charge of Mr.. w. H.
Earl. 1t is also possible that another
resident engineer Will be placed on the
Chicago division to divide the work with
Mr. L. A Morse and the work of the
western. New Mexico and Rio .Grande
divisions. now handled by Mr.. Meade at
Pueblo. be placed in charge of two divis-
ion engineers.
The reorganization and enlargement of
the force may be but temporary. lasting
only as long as it requires TO complete
the Improvement of the Santa Fe road
bed. AT the least this will mean two
years.
aIr. NIeade's office win be in the division
building near the depot. The establish
ment of the office will give work TO sew
eral field men
successor to Mr.. Meade as resident
engineer at Pueblo has not yet been
named.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
DEMERIT MARKS ARE FEW.
Brown Plan of Discipline Gives Good
Results on z. J. and E. Belt Line.

Joliet. Ill. Dec. 31.-Superintendent
McManus of the E. J. & z. Belt Line
has just issued a statement, showing
the records of the men in the transpOr-
tatfon department for the entire sys-
tenn during the past year under the
Brown plan of discipline.
out of 2S3 men, but IA have received
65 demerit marks during the year,
which is equivalent to a discharge; 1O7
have perfect records, and 25 got spec
ial credit marks for exceptionally good
service.
The average of demerit marks is very
favOra BILE. Each Gemerit mark is the
same as one days suspension under the
old system and the men have saved in
WAGES during the year $4. .222.