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years. Before coming to st. Paul he
had the misfortune of losing his home
in Bayfield, county, Wis, during the ia
nous Hinckley fire in 1894, He has
since had no house which he could call
his own. Nearly all of his earthly pos
sessions were swept away in that great
disaster, and when he came to st. Paul
the prospect of ever seeing a roof-tree
of his own making and ownership rise
over his growing family seemed dark
indeed But Mr.. Hayek is man not
to be easily discouraged. In early life
he had worked at the carpenters trade,
and years of farm work and letter car
rying had not caused him to forget the
handling of the plane and saw. He de-
termined to build a home for himself
and not an ordinary, home~at that, but
one in which he might carry out some
of his own ideas of arrangement and
convenience. BY economy and hard
work he has at last realized his am
bition.
A site for the new home was the first
thing to be procured, and this cost al
most nothing. He found a desirable lot
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MANY PERSONS LOSE THEIR REALTY.

I tract intact from the time he had set
| tied upon 1T, nearly forty years. Not
| even an incumbrance was noted. It
was such a curiosity that the men who
| do this class of business commented
upon it's uniqueness and handed the
| abstract around as something out of
| the ordinary.
| The kind that taxes the ingenuity
| and think tank of the abstract man
| are those in which the property has
| been disposed of by will, and each of
| the heirs given an interest. The worst
| probably was one in which there were
| eighteen heirs and the property lot
| 25 feet front and less than so feet deep,
| In the abstract all of this had to be
noted, and each of the heirs given
| credit for his share. The character of
| the settlement is not known.
They Make Big Deals.
Not only is the Ramsey county office
of the register of deeds, place where
everything concerning the real estate
holdings and property interests of the
city and county are recorded, but daily
within it's confines real estate transact
lions are made, the value of which often
runs up in the thousands of dollars.
Here seller and buyer often meet and
with the recording of the deed turn
over the price agreed upon.
an old bag, the color and odor of which
was not unlike mother earth, one old
lady recently emptied in front of the
astonished clerk in the office pile Of
bullion and silver, the value of which
when counted came close to the $4,000
mark. She was preparing to purchase
a lot adjoining her home and had come
prepared to hand over her savings
when the deed was filed.
Probably the most tangled piece of
real estate in st. Paul is located on the
West Side, and composes what is
known as the West Side levee. 1t has
been condemned by the city so many
times that the real owner is in doubt
and recourse has to be continually
made to the courts in order to remove
the doubt. In twenty years the ac-
cretions resulting from the gradual re-
ceding of the river have amounted to
hundreds of feet and these accretions
have been either squatted upon or alb
sorbed by the property abutting. Never
until late very valuable, the original
titles have become obscured, until now
endless litigation seems to be newt
able before the real ownership can be
determined upon. Little of this ground
has ever paid the city any taxes and it
now looks as if 1t would pass into the
hands of those who thoughtlessly
squatted upon it.
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they are lots and parcels Of ground
which the original owners permitted to
lapse because they didn't think the
land was worth the taxes assessed
against them.
Sometimes, however, this forgotten
land suddenly finds market value
and then there is a scramble on the
part of the original owners to take
steps to redeem it. The law extends
the period of redemption over three
years, but if the limit is not taken ad-
vantage Of then it is lost for all time.
The state takes it for granted that the
holder Of the original deed has no fur-
Their use for the property and gives the
purchaser Of the tax deed absolute
possession.
His EIation Brief.
One man last week in looking over
his old papers unearthed deed to
what is now valuable piece of proper
ty on Eighth street, but his citation over
the find was of short duration when ne
found that the property had passed
into other hands and the deed he held
was not worth the paper 1t was written
on. Tired Of waiting for the original
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
MUSICAL NOTES.

The Auditorium has been reserved for
Oct: 10 for concert by, the Coronation
choir of Westminster abbey. The press
criticisms Of the East are very favora-
Bile to the company's work. The soprano
voices of the boys are of that wonder
full quality which seems to belong to the
are strictly feature of English cathedral
singing. The combination of male altos
and boy sopranos produces indescribable
effect. One fancies that such might be
Nine. Horton will appear with the COM
pany.
Mrs. M. o. Graves, soprano, and Mrs.
Norman Nash McFarran, contralto. both
members of the Schubert club, will sing
at the convention of the Minnesota State
Federation of Women's clubs, which will
be held next week in Albert Lea. Mrs.
and Mrs. McFarran will be the guest of
the convention.
A distinct novelty for New Workers will
be the production of the Mascagni oneras
at the Metropolitan opera house in that
city under the conductorship of the distin-
guished composer. The season opens
Wednesday night with the double bill,
"Cavalleria Rusticana" and ''Zanette.'
+ 4
anist who played in ST. Paul a year ago
and whose playing created something of a.
furore both in the. East and the West.
will return to America the latter part OF
this month under the management of Mr..
Trchman. He will play at the Worcester
festival Oct %.
The musical interest of New York will
be entirely divided this season between
the opera and the Boston Symphony or
chestra appearances. The orchestra,
which is now under the direction of Mr.
Gericke, will give ten concerts in the me-
tropolis.
Mr.. and Mrs CarI Heilmeier will return
Oct 2S from a three. months visit abroad.
Mr.. HeiImeier will resume his studio work
Immediately upon his return.
Miss Nellie A. Hope e planning. to give
first one to take place the latter part Of
this month in the Odeon.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
MUSICAL WORLD

Perhaps never before in it's history
has the Schubert club faced so salts
factory a year as the one now before
1t. The club is well established on a
firm financial basis, new and younger
life has been infused into it by the
organization of the students section,
and the extension of the voting privi
lege to a large number of associate
members has broadened and strength
ened it. The club, too, has found what
promises to be most comfortable and
attractive hall for it's bi-monthly mu-
sicales-the new Odeon auditorium
and it is very probable that this home
will be permanent place of meeting
for the club until it is able to build a
hall of it's own. Mrs. Briggs, the new
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

late evening, but he stuck to it, and a
few weeks ago his family, consisting of
his wife and four children, were COM
fortably installed in their new home.
The dwelling contains nine rooms,
Handsomely finished in hard woods. 1t
is provided with all modern conve-
niences, and in every way is an attract
i've and we'll builtsresidence. Its owner
calculates it's cost, including his own
labor at current wages. to have been
about $4,000.
Mr.. Hayek modestly disclaims any
especial merit for his work as a home
builder
Il why" said he yesterday, this isn't
anything to put in T h G 10 b e. Any
man who saves his money and has eX-
perience in the use of carpenters tools
can erect a plain, substantial house like
this" e.
- Those whothave seen the house, how
ever, say thatsit reflects great credit
on its builder and owner, and that it
is better in design and workmanship
than many houses erected by con-
tractors of large experience.
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under the auspices of the students
section. Musical Illustrations and
stereopticon views will lend variety to
this lecture.
Besides using the auditorium Of the
Odeon building for it's bi-monthly re-
citals, the Schubert club will also have
a studio there. In this studio they
will hold all the business meetings of
the club proper and of the students
section. A meeting of the student
members will be held in the Odeon
Jan. % for the purpose of electing
their representatives. to the voting
body A meeting of the associate
members will be held in the studio
Feb. IL for the same purpose.
The following is the order of Schu-
bert club programmes for the year:
Oct. s, Presidents day; Oct. 22 "Enoch
Arden" Mr.. Lewis Shave and Mr..
Emil Oberhoffer; Nov. 5, miscellaneous
programme; Nov. 20, piano recital;
Dec. 1, song recital, Miss Jessie Rim
gen, Dec. 8, students programme;
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1t left the hands Of the United States
until it passed into the hands Of the
present owner. Every incumbrance,
every change must be noted, and these
when completed give the intending
purchaser clear insight into the con-
dition of the property he is figuring
on becoming the owner of. In these
days no one would dream of purchas-
ing piece of property without having
an abstract made.
Sixty Years Embrace History.
In ST. Paul few holdings date back
prior to 1910, as at that date practically
all the land that now composes what is
known as the state of Minnesota was
the property of 1.-The United States
From the United States the land was
either purchased or acquired by set
Element by the early pioneers and it
is this notation that heads every alb
Stract issued.
Occasionally a piece Of land is found
that has remained in the hands of the
owner from the time of its requirement
from the United States, but the in
stances are few. Last week one was
found in which the owner had kept the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
FRIENDS AGAIN WITH
SON LONG-ESTRANGED
Old Man by Short Ride Bridges Gap of
Understandable New York
Tale.

GENEVA, N. Y, Oct. 4-William Scott,
of Seneca, Falls, visited town yesterday
for the first time in twenty-five years,
and broke a silence that had existed be-
tween him and his son for quarter of
q century.
When William D. Scott was boy he
took offense at something his father said,
and left home He came to Geneva and
secured work He has been a resident
of this city ever since. The son had
been in Seneca Falls often in the inter-
VAL but had never seen his father.
The father had said that he would not
visit Geneva again so long as his son
lived here.
Several, weeks ago the. father began
talking about making a visit to his boy.
He said he was getting along in years
and wanted to make up before it was
too late. He boarded trolley car and
arrived in Geneva yesterday. He learned
that his son was employed at the Central
Hudson station, and proceeded there in
search Of him.
Father and son met on the platform.
The years had changed both so much
that neither knew the other. The father
made himself known and the reconcilia-
ton was effected
Seneca Falls and Geneva are only ten
miles apart.
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was not so simple. Money for the ma
terials had been saved from the post
mans wages, and the little horde had
been augmented by timely gift from
his father, but if the house was to be
built by his own hands, many hours
and days must be found when the du-
ties of letter carrier would not keep
him down at the postofice. The prob
lem was solved by foregoing the an
nual vacation to which he was entitled
i'm 1901, for Mr.. Hayek's plans have
been long maturing. Thus he obtained
a double leave of absence during the
last summer. With four weeks at his
disposal, he counted on being able to
push the work far towards completion
For the rest he must depend on extra
work during his hours off duty.
The house was begun May 1. Ten
weeks later saw it practically COM
pleted. The weeks of vacation from his
duties at the postoffice were enough to
enable Mr.. Hayek to put the structure
under roof and complete some of the
interior work.
The building grew apace, although
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

president, in her greeting sent out last
week to Schubert club members, thus
we'll expresses the purpose of the club:
THAT we may open up unto ourselves
avenues of individual development;
that we may know the joy Of COM
radeship on a musical basis; and by
adding numbers to our body and eff
cheney to our work, increase it's use
fitness unto ourselves, and to those
about us who look to the Schubert
club as center of musical activity,
do we come together, heart and hand
and voice, with a welcome for each
other and strangers in our midst as
members of the Schubert club, seeking
to make ourselves deserving of the
opportunity it offers for advancing the
interests of our chosen art"
The clubs season will open with the
annual reception to be held Wednes-
day afternoon at the residence of Mrs.
w. S. Briggs, 1874 Summit avenue. Mrs.
Briggs, the officers of the club and the
members Of the social committee will
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
LAW FORBIDS UNCLE
TO MARRY HIS NIECE
Young Couple SO Related Have Been In
Love for Years-Pltlful Buckeye
Romance.

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Oct. 4.-charles
Knellinger and his niece, Maude Knell
niger. a daughter of Frank Knellinger,
q well-to-do farmer of Washington town
ship, this county, sought a marriage IL
cense in Covington, KY, which was refus-
ed because of their relationship.
The parents of the woman favor the
wedding. and the bride tobe vows that
she will marry her uncle or none. The
couple returned to GAINESVILLE and Knell-
Ing made the statement that he would
not make another attempt to secure Ii
eense to wed his niece. the woman of
his choice.
Knellinger is twenty-nine years of age
and Miss Knellinger is seven years
younger. Their courtship began when the
girl was twelve years OF age.
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please look and see what has be-
come of my property in st. Paul.
Haven't you got any deeds?"
did have some, but 1 lost them
about year ago and have been unable
to find them"
"That fellow needs a guardian" COM
nented Register of Deeds M. w. Fitz-
gerald as he directed the party to an
abstract office Says he owns about
$4,000 worth of real estate in ST. Paul,
but has lost track of it. Thinks he has
a chance to sell some of it and now
wants to know where it is located and
the amount Of taxes standing against
it,
Thanks to a law which enables a
horde of tax and land spectators to
thrive and prosper, forgotten real es-
tate holdings these days soon find an
owner. Some of these forgotten pieces
are quite valuable, but in the main
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

a canitai example OF what ca, be
done with a small income reinforced by
pluck and thrift is the house recently
completed by Emil Hayek, a st. Paul
letter carrier, at the corner of Jackson
and Viola streets. This handsome
home for his family is the work of Mr..
Hayek's own hands, and was built dur
ing his spare hours.
Mr.. Hayek has been an employe Of
the ST, Paul postoffice for about five
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
Builds Home As He Works For Uncle Sam.

for sale at the locatiie11e. nanraed above.
The owner had not been able to sell
it because tnere was a vast pile of sand
on the lot. This didn't scare Hayek.
He bought the lot cheap, paid cash for
it, and in a few weeks had sold the
sand for almost enough to repay the
purchase price of the land. Then he
bought the adjoining lot, giving him
frontage of fifty feet and a depth of
a hundred and fifty.
The problem of the building
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

I owner to come forward and pay the
taxes standing against it, the state had
sold the property, and later, after the
period of redemption had expired, had
given a suit proof deed.
Il want to tell you, though, there is
not much real estate in st. Paul now
that is in the forgotten list" said Mr..
Fitzgerald. Chose times have passed.
Real estate is too valuable to be for
gotten by those who hold the deeds.
There was a time when the SANITY
City had what was known as property
poor men, but they are so no longer"
But those who find queer things in
the real estate line are the men who
prepare what are known as abstracts.
1t is the abstract man who pours over
the ponderous tones that line the
vaults in the Office of the register of
deeds and trace the property he has
been asked to look into from the time
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

receive. Two weeks later an evening
recital will be given in the Odeon au-
ditorium by Mr.. Lewis Shave and Mr..
Emil Oberhoffer at which they will
give their Interpretation of Richard
Strauss musical setting to Tennysons
''Enoch Arden" The regular musicales
of the season will continue on alter
nate Wednesday afternoons at $3.50
o'clock, although occasionally evening
instead of afternoon programmes will
be given. Two artists recitals have
already been arranged for. One of
these will be given the evening of Dec.
l by Miss Jessie Ringen, of st. Louis.
On Feb. Mrs. Charles w. Rhodes,
of New York, will give her lecture,
Wagner and the Bayreuth Festivals"
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there was for the most part only one
workman. The workman was the own
er and he worked long hours. NO
union rules interferred with days
work that began at the break of day
and closed long after nightfall. For
just opposite the rising building was
an electric street lamp, and by it's light
the busy workman 8 toiled often till
midnight. When his vacation expired,
Mr.. Hayek's work, ON the house was
limited to the early morning and the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
The Usual WAY.

Judge-I tell you Klinkers is happy
he feels as If he has just found honey.
Fudge-How's that?
HE has employed a lawyer who has
succeeded In having his taxes lowered
S."
"What was the lawyers fee?"
Ten dollars, I believe. "-Baltimor
Herald
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
The Safest Way.

One way to persuade a girl that she
isn't as beautiful as she thinks is to get
her to have her picture taken by an
nal.
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Dec. ST; Christmas programme; Dec.
81, violin and piano recital, Mr. Ar
thur Bergh and Miss Minnie Bergh;
Jan. IA, recital; Jan. %, students pro-
gramrne; Feb. 9, lecture recital, Mrs.
G. w. Rhodes; Feb. II, song, recital,
Mrs. G. A. Whyland, Chicago; Feb.
%, annual meeting; March IL, recital;
March %, students recital; April 8,
sacred programme; April %, recital.
a. ''Wagner's Music Dramas" is the
general subject of the winters work
of the students section of the club.
The meetings will be as follows: Nov.
IL, characteristic features of Italian
opera of the nineteenth century;
sketch of Verdi man and musician;
La Traviata," programme to be CIV
en- at the residence of Mrs. Briggs;
Dec. 8, students programme at the
Odeon; Dec. 10, "Tannhauser" and
"Lohengrin," at the residence of Mrs.
II. Downs; Jan. 7, Tristan and
Isolde" and die Meistersinger," at
the residence of Miss Ware; Jan. %,
students programme; Feb. 9, lecture
and recital by MRS. Charles w. Rhodes,
of Chicago, at the Odeon; Feb. 49,,
Der Ring des Nihelungen," at the res
idence of Miss Constans; March IS,
"Parsifal," Paderewsld, and "Manru,"
Richard Strauss, at the home Of Mrs.
Downs; March %, students pro-
gramme at the Odeon.
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Miss Gordon VIII sinu In cantata.

Miss Katherine Richards Gordon will
sing the soprano solos in the cantata,
"Seed Time and Harvest" which will
be given tonight at the Church of ST.
John the Evangelist. This cantata is by
John E. West. the English composer, and
has never before been sung in st. Paul
The chorus will be sung by choir of
fifty voices, under the direction Of George
w, Fairclough, the organist and choir
ranged a special musical service for the
first Sunday in each month. He will do
the same this year. This evenings serv-
ice is the first special one of the season.
This morning Miss Lindsey, the con-
tralto who has returned from Chicago,
will sing at St. Johns
Master Frank Fulton, one of the leading
boy sopranos of Michigan, will sing the
solo, "One Sweetly Solemn Thought" at
the Central Presbyterian church tonight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-21
AID FOR CUBAN FARMS.
PALMAS PLAN TO HELP SUGAR GROW
ERS AND CATTLE RAISERS.
Copyright; 1902: Ry The Tribune Associa'ton,>

Copyright. Rv Associationl
IBY CABLE TRIEUNEI
Havana, June 90 (SpeciaD.-The President and
his Cabinet have decided on a plan which they
hope will relieve the economic situation in the
country s a result of a meeting to-day. A
message will be sent to Congress. probab bly, next
week, for that body 70 pass upon which sets
forth the concentrations of Senior Palma and
the Secretary of Agriculture for the ameliora-
ton of the condition of affairs. This measure
calls for the expenditure Of $3,5o0,OO0. to be
distributed among the sugar growers and cattle
raisers Three millions is to be advanced TO
sugar planters at the rate of 30 cents an ar
roba, twenty-five pounds; to be returned in
two instaIrnents in February and March. To
cattle breeders will be paid premium of 50
for each COW imported for breeding purposes
up to one hundred thousand. Further than
this all such cattle will be admitted free of
duty.
There is also to be increased tariff on
many articles imported now under small duties
to raise the money to be distributed.
A loan Will be necessary, which will be an in
ternal loan. be secured by bonds.
Speaking to-day of his project, the President
said to The Tribune's correspondent:
We are afraid that the Senate will not act on
the reciprocity question at this session, ana
Cuba needs immediate help There are thou-
sands of men idle and the condltlonS are pdd-
we must take some steps to save the sugar in
dustry and stimulate the cattle industry, which
we hope TO bring back TO its former prosperous
condition.
Tho loan will be taken up in two years. We
have worked day and night in the last month
to in1proye the prevailing conditions. Sugar
growers can Secura no money from the banks
For the coming crop so that the government is
cou,nelled to come to their rescue by loaning
10 them enough to raise next seasons cane.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-21

formida bic proportions was slowly crumhlinG
The to-day disclosed its utter collapse
The dignified and manly bearing shown by Cap
tain Crozier ever since the first hostile vote on
his nomination taken in the Committee on
Military Affairs made its natural impression
on many Senators who had been persuaded to
join the opposition. and his recent appearance
before the Philippine committee strengthened
the respect Of others who had been either ig-
norant of or indifferent his claims to recog-
milton and advancement
The Democratic minority. which had been
specially counted fight his confirmation,
lost interest in the struggle, and only eleven
Senators could finally be mustered to go on
record as willing to bring bout his rejection.
The outcome Of the fight, which has lasted for
three months or more is complete victory for
Captain Crozier and for the President and Sec
retary Root who both persistently and cordially
urged his confirmation.
The discussion Of the nomination to-day was
again led by Senator Proctor In opposition 10
confirmation. Senators Warren. Pcttus and
Foraker made brief replies.