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The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
THE NEW CAPITOL.
Work Should he Carried Forward
RS ExDeditfOusIy as Possible.

The work on our capitol has progressed
as rapidly as conditions permitted The ex-
terror walls are built up to the floor of the
first story and the interior walls and steel
floor beams are correspondingly in place The
efficiency and good Judgment with which the
COMMISSION has carried on this important
work, to date, cannot fail to command your
approval A tax extending over a period of
years has been levied to provide the money
1or Its completion. Sound business principles
dictate that the work should be carried for
ward as eXpeditiously as possible Every de-
lay IN the prosecution of a work of that
character and magnitude means loss and ex-
pense. We should profit by the unfortunate
experience of the state of New York :, which
the appropriation bills of successive egis-
latures have contained items for CARRYING on
the work OF construction, and fer repairs to
the older parts of their capitol building To
enable the commission to carry on the work
with the greatest economy and to the best ad-
vantage, they should be given power to an
ucipate the tax levy. The most economical
way in which this be don, in nv iudg-
ment- IS to authorize the temporary use of the
trust funds now in the hands of the state
tor which the treasurer has not been able to
hnd desirable investment. ANY interest which
you might deem proper to allow for the use
of such funds would in no sense be lost TO
the state. 1 can hardly think that a safe and
well-devised plan for such temporary use Of
the funds, when the means of repayment have
already been provided would be in violation
of any constitutional provision.
In conclusion, permit to express the con-
viction that cordial cooperation between the
executive and the legislature is essential to
the best interests of the state, and that it is
formance of your many and arduous duties
every assistance that the executive depart
ment can render, and in the same spirit that
I shall look to you for suggestion and aid
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05

It is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription It
makes women young again. 1t gives new
strength and virility to the organs long
harassed by weakness and disease It
promptly heals Inflammation and ulcera-
ton, stops weakening drains and restores
the health and vigor of youth. 1t fits for
wifehood and prepares for motherhood
It banishes morning sickness and other
disconlforts of aute-1natcrility. 1t makes
"new women" One letter among thou
sands says:
]. S Carlisle, ESQ, of Manchester Coffee Co.,
Tenn writes: - superintendent of the
Coffee County Poor-house and Asylum combined
Your Golden Medical Discovery Favorite
Prescription and Pleasant Pellets are the best
medicines for the diseases for which they are
recommended, that ! ever used. They saved
nv wife's .;fe at the time of change Of life
also cured the worst of luuacy that we ever
had with your Favorite Prescription The
case had been uudera doctors care three years.
IF baby dies before the doctor comes, you
will wish you had sent for DR.. Pierce's
Common Sense Medical Adviser In paper
cover II one-cent stamps. Just the price of
mailing Cloth binding, ten stamps more
Address DR.. R V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
SWAMP LAND INTERESTS.
Certain Action Suggested for the
Legislature to Take.

The state auditor reports that several hun
dred thousand acres of swamp lands in the
northern part of the state, located within the
granted limits of certain land grant rail-
roads. have been certified to the roads as
inuring under the grant This is clearly er-
roneous, as the swamp land grant anteda es
the railroad grants. The hope Of getting
Indemnity for such lands is very slight The
legislature should, therefore, direct the at
torney general 10 institute proceedings in the
circuit court of the United States for the
recovery of these lands without delay. The
executive department may have the power to
dhect this TO be done, but 1 think it safer
to bring the atcion pursuant to a legislative
enactment
The department of labor having omitted 10
furnish any data TO make any recommen-
datlon for the guidance Of the executive upon
the important subject of labor except as TO
administration, l deem it more Just to the
great Importance OF the subject that II re-
ceive consideration in a separate commune
cation az future time
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
PROOF WAS TOO WEAK.
Samuel Sargent Discharged 70
Lack OF Identification.

Samuel Sargent, arrested with sew
eIal pieces of silk alleged to have been
stolen from Habighorst,s dry goods
store, was discharged in the police
court yesterday. The evidence that
Sargent had participated in the rob
berry of the store was not strong
enough to substantiate the charge of
burglary, while the Identification Of the
alleged stolen silk was not conclusive
The dry goods store was burglarized
several weeks ago, when about $3.50
worth of silks was stolen Sargent
was arrested on Seventh street a week
afterward with two pieces of silk un-
der his coat. It was alleged that the
silk was part Of that stolen from Hab-
ighOrst's
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
RAILROAD COMMISSION.
One Practice in Vogue Declared to
He Useless and Expensive.

The report of the state railroad and ware
house commission will be laid before you.
No new legislation is needed on that sub
ject, except that the record made before the
commission on a hearing should be made
to constitute the record on appeal. The
present practice of trying the case de novo
in the district court is useless and expensive,
and by it's delays tends to defeat the ends of
the law.
The telephone service and the telephone
companies in the state should be placed under
the Jurisdiction of the commission and it
should be given the same power to compel
connections control joint rates and rates,
that it now possesses in regard TO other
common carriers.
An annual appropriation for expenses of at
least $1,000 should be made to enable the
commission to carry on its important work
efficiently.
The criticism which the commission has
been subjected to in connection with the
grain inspection department relates to ad-
ministration and cannot be discussed with
profit on this occasion. No new legislation
is deemed necessary on this subject.
The state having incurred the expense OF
the geological survey and the compilation
OF the material, it seems to me that It's pub
lication should not be deferred any longer.
By having it done under the direction OF a
Joint COMMITTEES Of the two houses, assisted
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
SUBJECT OF AGRICULTURE.
Value of the school for This work
Highly Spoken OF.

IN the realm Of production. our greatest
interest continues to center about the farm.
While We can point with pride TO our man
ufacturing. numbering and miaing industries.
1t IS after all the condition of the Mime
sofa farm that marks our progress. 1t is
-he barometer OF our prosperity, and it COM
malds for Us the proud position which We
occupy among orr sister states. Its inter
ests are our interests. Its needs, our great
est concern. The same leaven of invention
and progress which is making Itself fe.t in
other fields Of production has invaded agri-
culture.
Farming IS no longer mere routine trade;
il is rapidly becoming art in which sue
cess IS conditioned upon intelligent skill as
well as industry. Our farmers have the in
dustry. Ii is the province of our state to pro-
vide the means which will enable them to
acquire that arr and skill which mere practice
on the farm dOss not afford We have al
ready made great advance in that regard :;
We are n the front rank among the states.
Our agricultural college and experimental
farm sand at the head of all similar institu-
tons in this country. both as 10 quality and
the extent of their work. The value Of the
education and training afforded to our young
psUple cannot be OvereStimated. Its work is
not only along the Inns most conducive to
a high degree Ct culture in the Individual
but most benefcent in its effects upon the
state of society.
The criticism has been made that our insti-
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
THROUGH CARS TO CALIFORNIA.
Quick Tfmc-Rest Service.

tourist car running through 70 Los
Angeles leaves Twin Cities every Thursday
via ''The Northwestern Line''-C., S.. P.
NJ & O.. Ry-the Pioneer through car lins
from the Twin Cities to California making
the following fast time:
Leaee Minneapolis 7.10 p. m, st. Paul rs
D. m Thursday arrive Ogden LAO n. N.
Sunday San Francisco 9:45 a. m. Monday.
Los Angeles f:30 a. m. Tuesday.
For tickets at Lowest rates and other IL
formation call at 413 Nicollet avenue. Mime
apolis and 295 Robert street. st. Paul or
address T. w. Teasdale. general messenger
agent st Paul
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05

grave matter But I commend it to your
careful and conscientious investigation. Whs1e
discrepancies are found to exist which may
be explained upon any reasonable hypothesis
Of innocent mistake, give the benefit of the
doubt to innocence, but il any are found
which are corrupt, leave avenue of escape
to the guilty. And remember that the
man who is corrupted.
The court appointed H. Thomas
Quinlan as foreman of the jury. D. r.
Noyes and Frederick Weyerhaueser
We're excused from service on the
ground of being over the statutory age.
One member of the panel. Erick Stone,
could not be found for service of the
summons.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
CLERGYMAN A KLEPTOMANIAC.
Superannuated Minister Sent to
the State Asylum for the Insane.

Rev James R. Crofoot, a su-
perannuated Methodist minister, fifty
eight years old, living at 261 Marshall
avenue, was adjudged insane in the
probate court yesterday on informa-
ton fled by his wife. He was commit
ted to Rochester by Judge Bazille. Gro
foot has lived in St. Paul since 1889 and
has eight children. He has been con-
fired before at Rochester, but the cure
appears to have been only partial.
Lately he has become abusive and de-
veloped into what the examining ply
sician termed a kleptomaniac.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
G. ". wAsrs COMPANY.
Says the City Railway Should Also
Repair Robert Street Bridge.

The mandamus proceedings brought
by the State, ex rel, the City of st.
Paul. against the Chicago Great West
ern Railway Company, to compel the
railway to make the necessary re-
pairs to the Robert street bridge, came
up for hearing yesterday morning be-
fore Judge Lewis The defendant ask
ed that the plaintiffs be compelled to
include the ST. Paul City Railway
company in the suit. but the motion
was denied. A motion to have the
court include the street railway COM
pany will be argued pending the trial,
which was continued until Jan. 27.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
EXCESSIVE FEES.
Would Put "a Number of Officers on
SlIlry.

There are certain offices in the state. that
of clerk Of the supreme court, oil inspector
and surveyor general of logs in which the
emoluments are measured by fees collected
by the incumbents. 1t is commonly under
stood that the revenues are so large that they
cannot in any sense of the word be regarded
as compensation. When the income of an
office passes beyond the compensatory point
it is plundering the people. It becomes a
power for corruption and a menace to good
government. 1 recommend that the laws rel
ative TO these offices be amended so as to
place the offices on a salaried basis.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
Park Board Approves Pay Roll.

The park board at ameeting yesterday aft
ernoon, approved the pay roll for December,
amounting to 81, ,690.75, and miscellaneous bills
aggregatng S567 81.
In relation to bouevarding Lexington ave-
nue. the board passed a resolution request
ing the board Of public works to report an
abstract of all property 150 feet on either
side Of the avenue for the information of the
beard.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
An Option of the Auditor That
Should He Made Imperatfye

The present law which gives the state
auditor the option of inserting a clause in
deeds and in contracts for the conveyance
of state lands reserving minerals and the
right to remove them should be made i'm
perative, the reservation should be made
by general law or constitutional amendment.
of the land if bought for other purposes than
mining aud mineral properties should not
be DISPOSED of
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
mra. WinnIoyx,a Soothing eY-up

Was been used for over fifty years by milliorE
~ mothers for their children while teeJh1ng. WITH
Der9e,r success II soothes the child, softens the
gums allays all pain cures wind coiic and if
ehe best remedy for DIarrhsa- Sold by Drugf;ists
In eyery part OF the world Be sure and ask for
7" Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup" ana take nc
,tbeT snd Twenty yAv cents 4 bottle.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05

of the Briefest and Quietest ses-
sions in Its History-severaI
Changes Made in the Teaebina.
staff-statement of It's FL
nances.
While the St Paul board of school
inspectors is not necessarily in favor.
OF the smoking Of cigarettes bv per-
sons OF immature years. it took q do
clded stand yesterday against the in
lrooucuon into the schools Of the cftv
OF the aHu-cigarette league, which was
SO thoroughly doomed here during the
recent W. {. t. L. convention
Mrs. Susie V. P. Root. of this citv
presented the cause of the league to
the schooI board, presenting a number
OF letters she had received which set
forth the purposes of the movement.
The board did not take kindly TO the
suggestion at all President Zimmer-
mann was I1rst to declare himself as OD-
posed 10 the Introduction of such u
movement in the schools. and Superin-
tendent Smith also opposed the move
ment, quite elOquentIy He summed
up his argument thus; ITO parade 4
virtue is sure to depreciate it. The in
Huence Of right doing for rights sake
VIII De greater than any eXtraneOus
aid
The suspicion was also expressed that
if the board let in the anti-cigaret-s
league there would be a succession Of
antl-thlS, that or the other leagues
knocking at the school-room door.
The following changes in the teach
ing staff were reported by Superin-
tendent Smith:
Resigned-Mrs. Treat Spear
Leaves of ABSENCE
Miss Mary Daily, Garfield. to end Of tho
school year.
Miss Alice Ray. Webster. to end Of the
Miss Minnie Bronson Mechanic Arts high
school, to end OF the school year.
Transfer, Miss s. Macdonald Jackson q
first grade. Humboldt.
Miss Edith Boitz, to fourth grade, Garfield.
Miss Mallie Kenny, third grade, Van Bu-
Miss Helen woodman. teacher of matbs-
matics. Mechanic Arts high school vice Miss
Bronson.
Reappcintment-Niss Katherine GrathwcI to
third grade Scheffer school, vice Miss Farr,
granted leave of absence.
Superintendent cf Buildings Gerlach
reported that he had expended the 81
S6O.50 for repairs in December. Supr-
Smith submitted the following st2tis-
teal report for December:
Whole number enrolled. .......-.......2 .2i. 62
Average number belonging 80. ......- u sos
Average daily attendance .... ...........1S Ild
Whole number admitted. ..-..........-.. o. III
The first class. under the new regu-
lation allowing graduation at the mid
year. is now ready and I ask thar a
committee of the board, with power to
act. be appointed to arrange for the
graduation.
Secretary Healy submitted state
ment of the school funds. The bal
ances in The general funds are:
Teachers salary account. ....... 81 S-) %
Engineers and janitOrs 49,. ......... 2S2 01
Officers and clerks account t... l66 GS
Fuel account ~ ................. Is 29I So
Supplv account - .....-..... 2 10 81
Fund committee on real estate 49, 2.e5I 65
Maintenance account . ........... sG0. .7S9 %
DR.. George W. Davis. the new mem
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
HS9,0OO
APPENDIX b,
Which Is a Statement OF Taxes, Etc.
of Railroads..

Comparative statement of taxes. mileage
gross earnings, rate Of taxes per mile of road
and percentage of taxes to gross earnings of
the railroads in the states of Minnesota, Iowa
Wisconsin and Illinois, as shown by the last
published reports OF the railroad commissions
OF said states.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
ESTIMATES GIVEN.

Probable Receipts and Disburse-
ments for the Coming Two Years.
Estimated receipts and disbursements for
fiscal years 1900 and 1901, made on the basis
Of a tax levy OF 1.5 mills:
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05

4 university in Cairo is sad to have 1000
students more than attend any other two
universities in the world.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
GOOD ROADS.

Subject Disposed of in n Very Few
Lines.
The subject of good roads is sufficiently
prominent in the public mind at this time
to justify me in the assumption that it will
receive your earnest consideration without
comment on the part of the executive.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
MINERAL RESERVATION.

by Prof winchell. the expense would not
be great
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
Christian Women, ,


in the old Roman
days of Nero, were
cast into the dens
OF lions where
they died d horri-
Bile, but fortu-
Il a tely speedy
death. The world
h a 5 progressed,
but ignorance still
+Lo,-r~-Ic Of i--f
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05

Mimi . 60S6. So $39, 99o. ops 81 127 $50 S1S4 OPS
Iowa -. 850S. 9S S3, ,269, ,5G3 l. 367 l44i 160I OBS
Wis. -. 6279. As 3S, ,519. .070 l. 231 4S8l 1861 036
Illinois 1854. q IS, 1853, 100 4706 767 445l 060
Neb -. 55S5. 96i .......... l 105 278l 1877 80.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05

The woman who day after day is tortured
by headaches, dependency iTritability,
nervousness, 1assitude, weak back, pains
and dragging sensations i'll the abdomen
and similar symptoms, suffers a ulartyrdon
that not even a Nero could invent Not
one doctor IN a thousand will attribute
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05

DR.. George W. Davis. the new mem
ber of the board, sat with it for the
first time.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05

DTEU I-IIOI----N ,'N-1- ~UI- S-S--IIIIl
thousands of innocent won-
en to an equally painful and
r,.ore lingering death.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
WOULD NOT LET 1T IN
SCHOOL BOARD DECLINES TO
ENCOURAGE THE ANTI
CIGARETTE LEAGUE
DR.. DAVIS FIRST SESSION

beard opens the New Year with One
of the Briefest and Quietest seS-
sfons in Its HistOry-severaI
Changes Made in the Teacbfn.-
staf-statement of It's FL
nances.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14
SUMMER ROSES.

We do not mean the roses which
bloom in June and then lay off, but the
roses which bloom all summer long and
delight you with their beauty and fra
grance-the tea roses. These roses are
very tender and will not winter out of
doors in our northwest latitude, no
matter how well protected. For the
first time we have this year grown these
roses and have been greatly pleased with
the result We shalltry wintering these
plants by taking them in the fall
cutting them back and putting the
roots in a box Of earth in cool cellar,
well lighted, the idea being to keep
them alive and at rest. The varieties
grown and which have been blooming
all summer and will bloom until cold
weather are Catherine Mermet. Clio
thilde Soupert, Duchess of Albany,
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. Papa Con
tier, La France President Carnot, Perle
de Jardin, Meteor and many others.
They have been planted in well en-
riched soil, have been partially shaded
from the afternoon sun and have been
well watered and syringed with the
garden hose. This is all the care they
have had, save to cut each day the beau
tiful blossoms.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14
THE VERMONT FARMER AND TIE
WESTERN CORNFIELD.

The thing about northwestern farm
ingSwhich most greatly impressed our
old farmer friend from Vermont upon
the occasion Of his first visit west was
the wasted fodder in our corntelds He
could not be made to understand that a
farmer could ever pay his store bills
and permit ouch a waste on his farm.
OF course it looks just that way to the
eastern farmer who calls five acre
patch CT corn a big field and who hoes
and Trims out every hill by hand. Our
friend insisted that we left the best half
of the corn crop in the field ungathered
and practically unused. He was withal
sustained in this view Of the case by the
results of the analysis made by govern
ment experts, who, prove up that 55 per
cent of the value of the crop of corn is
contained in the stalk and leaves. When
we tried TO tell our old friend that we
had plenty Of men who had so acre
fields Of corn which they tended them
selves, with a little help in blowing
and husking time, he only scratched his
old gray head and looked more Devil.
dered than ever. And when we told him
that the fodder Of 80 acres of corn
would feed as many head of stock as
100 tons Of hay and that if we saved it
all we would not know what to do with
it he snapped7out "You fellows have
i got altogether too large farms out here y
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14
English on,cer. and wine.

This is, strictly speaking, an allow
ance of after dinner wine, or rather the
money to buy it, whereby those officers
who cannot otherwise afford it may be
enabled to drink the queens health. It
appears that the First Gentleman In
Europe" was dining one evening with
some regiment and after dinner noticed
that some Of the officers did not drink
the kings health. In reply to his in
quiry he was informed that no disloyal-
ty was meant thereby, but that these
officers could not afford to drink wine
every night. The regent thereupon in
stituted the wine allowance which bears
his name to this day.
In most regiments the sum thus re-
ceived is paid into the general mess
fund. In the marines, however, each
dining member can either drink one
glass of wine every night or else can be
credited therefor in his mess bill. A Gu
rious anachronism arose during the
Crimean war in connection with this
custom. In those days the allowance,
however much it might be, was divided
among the dining members at the mess
and, owing to the absence on active
service Of the large majority of officers,
of the few that remained behind each
received such a large share of the allow
ance in cash that he was virtually
being paid fixed sum per night to dine
at mess. Chambers Journal
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14
The Wicked Mngpie.

As to that famous thief in feather
the magpie who stole the spoon while
the girl was flirting and got the daugh-
ter of Eve into deal of trouble-it is
altogether unlikely that the bird cared
one grub whether the spoon was silver
or electroplate He knew that it would
have very fine appearance among the
ragged sticks Of his domed nest, and SO,
as no one was looking, he drew it out
from among the others just as gently as
if he were playing spelicans, gave three
hops and a flap of his wings and the
spoon and the girl S reputation for hon
esty went away over the fields together
Other damning instances there are Of
jackdaw and maybe, the red legged
enough, and even, sad to say, the cler-
ical gated raven, being decoyed fressl
the straight path of rectitude by the
empty glitter of gem. Unlike Esop's
moralizing cock, who, having scratched
up necklace. apostrophized heaven of
the uselessness Of such stroke of luck
to him, these sable. solemn fowl seem
to have a burglarious twist in their ma
ture over which they have no control
In proportion to their reverend aspect
and grave demeanor in their serious
suits of black is their eagerness to pur-
loin at all costs any bit of tawdry metal
ware to give dash of meretricious
finery to their bare nests. -Longman' IS
Magazine.