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NEWS OF RAILROADS
BURLINGTON FLYER.
Another Cut in TranscOntInentaI
Time Is Planned.

DENVER, Col, Feb. u.-Burlington off,
cials today decided to make big cut in
transcontinental time east Of the Rocky
mountains. Only one night on the train be-
tween Chicago and Denver is the new rule
1t was arranged that the train now leaving
Chicago tor Denver at 10 a. m. should not
leave until 8 p. NJ. and a running schedule
was arranged so that the train will arrive in
Denver at rs the next evening. This allowed
20 hours and Is minutes the scheduled run
ming time of the train, but owing to the
dlnerence in time, it Is actually 26 hours and
10 minutes. It was also arranged that the
train now leaving Chicago at $50 p. NJ, and
arriving In Omaha next morning at S:G5,
should not leave Chicago till p. m 1t will
nevertheless arrive in Omaha at A. m
That is. the run to Omaha will actually be
made in two hours and fifteen minutes less
than it Is now. These changes will be put
into effect Feb. 10.
Important points of the changes are that
train No. 1, instead of leaving Chicago at 10
g. m. as at present. will not leave until 6
p M, connecting with the important trains
from the east, one night on the road between
Chicago and Denver; and train No 5. instead
OF leaving at 500. as at present, will not
leave nutu 2. m, enabling passengers to
take supper in Chicago before leaving, and
arriving ct Omaha five minutes earlier than
at present
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message, but the cold had SO far be-
numbed his fingers that only a few
undecipherable marks were the result.
RULING PRICE OF SUPPLIES.
The SPECTATORS who brought in to-
bacco. sugar and butter made money,
but those who brought in whisky did
not. Nearly every prospector miscal-
culated the amount of sugar, tobacco
and butter that he would need. Butter
and tobacco are 81 q pound and sugar
is fifty cents. The combine OF, the res
taurantS to hold the price of meals up
to $3.50 is broken and the price is now
ST.
The BARRIERS are just as miserable as
the restaurant keepers. They make sad
reflections to their customers about the
degeneracy of the camp. You can now
get shave for twenty-five cents, a
haircut for fifty cents. and a bath for
81. And, what is still greater boom
the miners think. you can buy a drink
of whisky for twenty-five cents. Even
at this price the saloonkeepers are
making bigger profits than they did a
year ago at fifty cents a drink Then
they had to pay $50 gallon for their
whisky, and now they can buy all they
want for $780,
Kerosene Is Is cents a gallon, as
against SIS last winter; candles, 10
cents. as against 81 apiece; oatmeal, 20
cents pound, as against 81; nails, so
cents pound, as against IS; cigars, 25
cents apiece, as against so cents; con-
densed milk, 90 cents can. as against
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won't be a man at once poor and we'll
in the town. Everybody will be either
sick or well to do. The prospect Of a
walk of 600 miles, with the thermometer
averaging 80 degrees below zero, is not
one that appeals to your faint-hearted
parasite. who keeps on borrowing lit
tie more dust out of the bags Of bis
acquaintances, and hopes that he will
make a strike-at faro.
This was the experience Of poor Cad
enhead, the Dominion land surveyor,
strong and clever frontiersman that he
was. Shortly after the Klondike had
frozen over, while crossing it, unac-
companied. he fell into a hole. He was
able to keep his head above ice, but
on account Of the swiftness of the cur
rent and the numbing of his body by
the cold he was unable to lift himself
out with the pole which he carried. He
was found with both arms outstretched,
frozen stiff. thus preventing him from
being carried under the ice. He had
thrown his field notes and his papers
from his pockets to one side, and ap-
parently had tried to write a farewell
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CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice had
placed in his hands by an East India mis-
sionary the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy fer the speedy and permanent cure
of Consumption, Bronchitis. Catarrh Asthma
and all Throat and Lung Affections also a
positive and radical cure for Nervous Debil-
fly and all Nervous Complaints. Having
tested its wonderful curative powers in
thousands of cases, and desiring to relieve
human suffering. I will send free of charge
to all who wish It. this recipe, In German
French or English. with full directions for
preparing and using. Sent by mail, by ad-
dressing with stamp, naming this paper, W.
A. Noyes, 800 Powers Block, Rochester,
N. Y.
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GlOBE'S MiNhEAPOLIS OFFICE,
~ 20 WASHINGTON AK SOUTH.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. IA special
committee of the park board, consist
ing of Mayor Gray, A. s. Adams and
F. L. Smith. met this afternoon to in
vestigate the charges made by John J.
Duncan that w. NJ. Berry, superin-
incident Of parks. has been doing work
for private individuals. taking trees out
of public parks and planting them in
private grounds, and has used the tools
of the board in doing private work
At the outset of the hearing Mr.. Dun
can made 2 remark which contained an
implied threat that the matter would
be taken before the grand jury-in case
he did not get satisfaction from the
committee. In response to an inquiry
by Mayor Gray it was stated by Chair
man Adams that the committee had
no power to summon witnesses and
place them under oath
Mr.. Duncan was asked to make his
statement in support of his charges
In doing SO he began by stating that
he could show where work had been
done by Supt. Berry, and he wanted the
superintendent to show his authority
from the board for his operations.
Using a note book to refresh his men,
cry, Mr.. Duncan instanced a number
of cases which he said had come under
his observation, all of them trees.
1NGpIS ing 10 question Dy mayor
Gray, Mr.. Duncan stated that he had
no witnesses present to back up his
statements.
Commissioner Smith asked Mr..
Duncan if he knew of any work being
done by Supt. Berry for private indi-
viduals later than twelve years ago.
Mr.. Duncan replied that he understood
work of that character had been done
in 1893 or 1884, but had no receipts for
money paid and no witnesses to tes-
tify concerning it.
which was to the effect that he had
acted in conformity to the duties i'm
posed upon him by the park board. He
detailed the various cases where he had
superintended private work In all
these cases, he stated, the-owners of
the property paid the men, and the
actual expenses incurred by him were
paid, except in the cases of Linden hill
and Bryn Mawr, where Mr. Berry. as
consulting engineer received pay for
It with the consent of the park board.
Chairman Adams explained that the
superintendent and secretary had the
authority to direct improvements to be
made on private grounds, and their ac-
ton would be afterwards submitted to
the board for approval
Mr.. Duncan and Mr.. Berry were the
only witnesses heard
As soon as the pay rolls from the
parties for whom work has been per-
formed has been secured another meet
ing will be held
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BAD DAYS In DAWSON
ONE-HALF THE MEN ARE PENNI-
LESS AND'sTHE REST
HOMEsICK
ALL HOSPITALS ARE FULL
Food Supplies Are Plentiful, but
Money Is Very scarce-WiId
Stampede to New Gold Fields on
Thistle Creel<,7 100 Miles From
DawsOn-Many People Are Dy-
Ing of Scurvy.


This winter, the same as last winter,
the OUTSIDE world Is hearing more
about Dawson than Dawson is hear
ing about the outside world writes a
correspondent of the New York Press.
We read the Klondike Nugget and the
Midnight Sun for the gossip of the
creeks and the camps, but, though we
know of the protocol, we do not know
whether or not a treaty Of peace has
been signed. The latest newspaper in
town is of September date. Our lat
est mail was sent from Dyea in Au-
gust. The postal arrangements of both
the Canadian and the United States
governments seem to have fallen
through, and the prospect is that while
some of the winters mail may be
brought through by dog teams later in
the season, the bulk of it will not reach
Dawson until next spring. Any one
who is sending an important letter to
the ]klondike ought to intrust it-along
with the necessary dollar-to some Of
the private messengers going from Sc
attic or Victoria and then duplicate
his letter by post.
Not all the messengers will reach
here. The feet Of some Of them, once
they have the dollar, become leaden
and in the course of the next month
We expect the arrival of numbers of
men who have Travelled over the ice
from the outside. Never to the knowl-
edge Of the old-timers has the river
frozen so evenly as 1t has this winter
A man just down from Pelly says that
from here to Fort Selkirk it is as level
as the Hudson. Beyond the Pelly for
twenty miles the cakes are piled up in
the regulation style. For this and
other reasons the incoming traveller
will have an easy time of it compared
with last winter. The transportation
of food for men and dogs hitherto has
been the great obstacle This winter
it can be bought at the police stations
along the route, and there is no need
OF worrying about starvation once one
is in Dawson. slaa
PLENTY OF FOOD; NO MONEY
There is plenty of food here; the diff
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Several Small BIages.

- MINNEAPOLIS. Feb n.-sman fires kept
14e trI nre department On the go this morning.
Inc days work start-d shortly after <
o cock. when the fremen were called to Hoo
Isi summers, Tenth street and Fourth ave
sue soqtn, to extinguish a blazing pile of
nreEood- The 5xt call was to a dwelling
az IWenJy-fourth and Washington avenues
horth ms fire was extinguished before any
material damage resulted. The other fires
were IN barn on Fourth street south. near
Elghth street, at a dwelling house at Twen-
ty-iourtn avenue and Second street north.
ana a gasoline stove explosion at Washing,
injured by this explosion.
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PEACE WITH GERNANY
Continued from First Page.

Continued from First Page.
the lot could not pass because the San
Jose scale had been found among the
pears. The consignee demurred, point
ing out that the pears were dried by
the approved Californian methods, and
that the scales, therefore, must be
dead and harmless. The officials re-
ported, week later, that an expert
mad been unable to determine whether
the scales were dead or alive.
The Cologne Gazette. commenting
upon the case, says:
1t IS very desirable that this guer-
lila warfare should cease, for it will
only increase the feeling of bitterness
and estrangement, and it is not neces-
sary to explain what that means to
German industry"
DEATH OF PRINCE ALFRED.
The death of Prince Alfred of Sake
Coburg and Gotha has brought the
court season to a premature end. Both
last Tuesdays ball and the carnival
ball have been abandoned. Emperor
William did not attend the opera sub
scr1ption ball on Wednesday for the
nrst t1me during his reign, TO the in
tense disappointment of the provincial
visitors and -Berliners, whose only
chance OF dancing on the same floor
as the emperor was thereby DESTROYED
There has been much establishment
at the fact that the Prussian diet did
not take any official notice Of the death
Of Gen. Won Caprivi, the former chan
cellor. They did not send a delegation
10 the funeral, and 1t did not adjourn
as a mark Of respect TO the dead man.
as did the reichstag This studied
neglect is attributed to the fact that
the diet is dominated by the Agrarians.
or which Won Caprivi was the pet enc
my, IN consequence of his commercial
treaty and policy
A man styling himself DR.. Augustave
Scrteber, special military attache Of
the American legation" has been stay-
ing at Dresden for the past three
months, and has appeared at a num-
Der of public entertainments in a bril-
liant uniform. glittering with orders
and decorations He also claims to
be going to Paris as special American
OFFICIAL in charge Of a branch of the
exhibits. Consul General Cole ap-
prlsed the embassy, but the German
police authorities have not yet arrested
the special military attache"
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MINNEAPOLIS BREVITIES.

The death of Mrs. John Dunnett occurred
last evening at her home. AIT Tenth street
south. after illness of about six weeks.
S. E. Olson, just back from a four weeks
business trip to New York, Philadelphia and
Washington, ha, returned to Minneapolis i'm.
pressed with the Overwhelming confidence In
the business future which now exists in East
ern trade and financial centers.
Miss Eva Marshall Shontz. president Of the
Young Peoples Christian Temperance union,
of Chicago, will speak in Minneapoli Feb. n.
The Eleventh ward branch of the Socialist
Labor party will hold a public meeting to-
morrow afternoon at 100 Franklin avenue
south.
Mrs J. E. Krake wife OF the engineer Of
Engine Company No. 10. died yesterday morn
ing after a weeks Illness with tie grip.
Tuesday night the grand midwinter social
event in university circles takes place. The
junior ball will be given in the armory.
The birthday anniversary of the late Fred
erick A. Douglass will be celebrated Friday
night under the auspices of the American
Law Enforcement League Of Minnesota.
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COLLEGE Y. NJ. C. A. WORK.
Closing Session of the State Con-
yentiGn Devoted to the Subject.

MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 1.-THE session Of the
Young Mems Christian association eonven-
ton this morning was devoted to a college
conference. conducted by c. C. Michener, col
lege secretary of the International association
The closing hour was given over to the college
professors. Those taking part in this parlia-
ment were L. w. Cheney. Carleton; G. 5.
Innis, Hamline; T. B. Johnson, University
OF Minnesota; Prof Ashbaugh, Parker, and
J. A Wilson. State Agricultural college
In closing the convention, President Seeley
called Cor the report of the committee en-
credentials, which showed a total attendance
OF 225. Of which 1Sf were from outside the
city. fellowship circle was formed and
Mr. Francis spoke few words of farewell be-
fore the singing of a final hymn.
This afternoon at the university the Col,
lege Bible institute was opened and viii con.
tinue through tomorrow led by Prot w
Douglass Mackenzie, Of Chicago Theological
luncheon today in First CONGREGATIONAL
church.
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Indianapolis Street Railway Deal.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. lit was announced
today that syndicate headed by
Hugh MCGOWAN of Kansas City had pur-
chased the stock Of the Citizens Street Rail-
way company and the franchise of the City
Railway company. The two companies have
been contending for rights in this city for
several years. About $1,000. coo ia involved in
the deal The new company which now con,
trois the field will ask for legislation to
enable it to make a new contract with the
city, and will then make a proposition to
the city. The deal ends litigation in many
forms that has been carried to the supreme
court of the United States. The new board
of directors and officers will be announced
next week
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Pretty Legal TangIe.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 11.-n Charles P.
Preston. secretary to the board of court house
and city hall commissioners Is correct, the
city council will find itself in serious tangle
If the law creating the commission is repeal
ground upon which the building stands was
acquired by the commission under special
act of the legislature. and there is no pro-
vision by which it may be transferred until
the building is fully completed.
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Doctors Disagree.

MASON CITY, To-, Feb. 11.-In the Hueba.
murder trial the forenoon was devoted to .
ten-page hypothetical question prepared by
the defense to submit to experts The state
objected to a number of features, and was
sustained by judge. Sherwin DR.. Marston
was given the history of Ed Hughes health,
together with the hypothetical question asked
by the state, and he maintained that the de-
ceased died from fatty degeneration. The
four experts for the state considered the
symptoms and finding strychnfne in the
stomach fnfalIible proof that the deceased
died from strychnine.
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Rough Riders May Reorgantze.

SIOUX FALLS. S. D., Feb. n.-From de-
yelopmeRts here, the home of Col. Melvin
Grigsby, of the Third United States volunteer
cavalry. which disbanded q few months ago.
it is extremely probable that the war de-
partment is seriously considering the reor-
duty in the Philippines. Col Grigsby is
absent from the city. but teIegrams are be-
ing received from him and his old officers
and men asking to be counted in if needed
for active duty. Many of Grigsby's cowboy
regiment had returned to their duties on cat
tie ranges of South Dakota, Wyoming, Mon
tana and other Western states, but If the
ready and anxious almost to a man to re-
enlist, particularly If wanted for active serv-
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Southern Pacific Earnings.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. ia financial
statement of the Southern Pacific company,
just issued, shows its earnings for December
last and for the last six months of last year.
5S5; increase of $424. 474 over the same month
Of the preceding year. The net receipts
amounted TO 81. 1.s4o. s97 a decrease of SIS, 7O5
For the six months the gross earnings
amounted TO s3S, 735. .8s1, an increase of ST.
265. 367. The total net receipts amounted to
Sn, n,s74,773, decrease Of s141, ,151. The loss
in net receipts, as compared with the
phenomenal gains in gross earnings Is due
to the fact that the company is expending a
great deal Of money ON the equipment and
improvements
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Earnings Reported to the State.

The Minneapolis G Western railway yestsr-.
day reported to the railway commissioners
that its gross earnings last year were $685.
1850, an increase over 1897 of $S425 The
company's tax will be 81, ,329 81 an increase of
S1.6S
The gross earnings last year of the Duluth
Transfer railway amounted to Se7 663. .64 an
increase of $2710.s1 The company's tax this
1920 over 1897
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Blind See X-Raxs.

A French physician recently reported to
the Academic des Sciences the result OF his
experiments on blind children. Among 2D4
he found five boys and four girls who were
able to recognize the Roentgen rays. Some
saw the X. eatlodlc and iuOrescent ravs
others only the Cathode and rays and Ouz
described them as being Of reddish cor
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SOciRliStic COJrnv

.MlNNEAPOLIS, Feb. IA Socialis-
tc colony will probably be estab-
hSaed ms this summer within seventy miles
CI minneapolis. The Niksur Cooperative
u me foundation of a colony this year. 3
b. Mayo, the secretary, is now cut looking
Up proposed sites. Of the sites that have
o .en onered the association, one near Per-
ham, MINI, and another on the Eastern
Mlnnesota's proposed cutoff have SO far been
most favorab!y considered.
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Illinois Central Wins.

CHICAGO. Feb. 1.-THE Illinois Central
Railroad company is again victor in its long
drawn out fight for the valuable frontage on
Lake Michigan, between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth streets. The United States circuit
court Of appeals. in an opinion handed down
today. Upheld the decision given two years
ago by Judge Showalter, and confirmed the
tt,e Of the railroad company to the submerg-
ed land on which its piers are built.
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HAS n BIG HEART.
John Brown Gets Marriage License
for Divorced Wife.

MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 11-John August
Brown is one of the kindliest men who ever
lived. He went to the Office of the clerk of
courts today and wanted to purchase a mar
riage license. 1t was not for himself. but he
was willing TO pay for it, and make the neces-
Sary afndavlt. Brown explained that SoDhia
BrcWn was the name of the woman in the
case, and Stephen Heegle had fallen in love
with Eer and she with him. while she was
gun and start on an expedition Of exterrnina-
tl9n. he had another plan to get even. He
aHowed divorce TO be procured, and for fear
Plan he secured the license himself. And he
pad for il - -
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Rescue work by Police.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 1.-THE local police
department has been turned into rescue
agency during the past week, and through
its instrumentality at least nine young girls
haye been saved from lives of shame. 1t
seems as though an organized effort was
being made to recruit houses Of Ill repute
in otner cities from the young girls OF Min
neapolis F. A Sloane of Winnipeg. Is un-
der arrest in connection with what the po-
lice regard as one fragrant case
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East-Bound Shipments.

CHICAGO, Feb. u-East- bound shipments
for the week amounted to SO, 700 tons. as COM
pared with 81. .s1 tons for the previous week
and 76. Alb tons for the CORRESPONDENCE week
last year. The Fort Wayne led with S,13O
tons The Michigan Central carried 1865;
Wabash, 5.764; Lake Shore, 10, 290; Panhandle
15246; Nickel Plate, 5,141; Erie, $3.50, and the
Big Four, 2,606.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12
bullets stoln a Joi, D.,,r.

FORT DODGE. To-, Feb. u-Jailer AL
Flint shot and desperately wounded George
Graft, who was attempting to escape from
Jail. Graft was captured about two weeks
ago at Mountain Lake, Mimi, with q team
belonging to Colby Bros, of this city. and
Is held awaiting trial as a horse thief. The
bullet struck Graft on a rib was defect
ed from his course and passed entirely
around his body. He will live
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Great western Earnings.

The Chicago Great Western yesterday mads
report OF its gross earnings for the first week
In February. The total was s120 114.76, an in
crease of $23, ,5O021 over the corresponding
week year ago. The company's total gross
earnings since July l. 1885, to date, were
s., 2S1, 959. o. an increase over the correspond
ing period last year Of s2O6, 1894