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The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24
WIRES HAVE JUST SIX
81 WEEKS TO REMAIN UP
Fourteen Days Additional Grace Is Al
lowed the Electric Com
panies.

The corporations which have been.
since 1897, removing overhead wires in
the business district are to be given six
weeks longer to put them in underground
conduits.
The assembly, at the suggestion of the
corporation attorney, passed last week
an ordinance directing the removal of all
overhead wires in the territory known as
the underground district within thirty
days. and after that date making 1t an
offense punishable by a fine of $50 or
sixty days in the workhouse to maintain
them.
When the ordinance came up last night
in the board Of aldermen, the measure
was referred to the committee on streets,
on motion Of Aid. Dobner. "It will take
a little longer time than that mentioned
in the ordinance to remove the wires
said Aid. Dobner, land by sending the
measure to the committee on streets it
will give the corporations time to have
the wires removed without subjecting
them to any penalties
The ordinance was SO referred.
Aid. Huber secured the passage of a
resolution directing the removal Sf all
poles and wires from Robert street. be-
tween Eighth and University and Aid.
Bantz had one passed directing the same
action tax taken on University avenue. be-
ward alderman stated that it was the in
tention to pave University avenue next
spring, and this order would give the
companies ample time to clear the street
before the work commenced.
The city engineer was directed to re-
move all old lamp posts not in use in
the city, and report the result Of his work
to the council.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24
FARIBAULT PEOPLE
HAVE STRONG KICK
Declare They Are Being Dealt With
Inequitably in Assess
ments.

The state board of control is held
blamable for a decrease in the amount
of business transacted by the mer-
chants and tradesmen of Faribault,
which a delegation of Faribault peo-
pie, who appeared before the state
board of equalization yesterday, be-
lieve is good argument against in
creasing their assessment. The dele
cation will appear before the commit
tee on goods and merchandise to pro-
test against a proposed increase in
their assessment which that committee
has been meditating.4
The assessed valuation. of the prop
erty listed under merchandise this
year is $265,0OO, while last year values
to the amount of $4,000 were re-
ported.
The. Faribault people assert that the
board of control is responsible since it
has taken up the plan of making the
purchases for all the institutions in
bulk. This, it is claimed, has cut down
the sales to the schools for the deaf
dumb and blind to nearly nothing, and,
while 1t may have saved something
for the state, has worked hardship to
the merchants. With the state no
longer a heavy buyer in the local mar
kets the stocks have decreased, and
the old assessment of year ago is a
misfit.
The delegation also contends that
Faribault is given credit for the pop
ulation of the school and that it is
unfair in considering the increase in
assessment to count in the inmates of
the schools in making comparisons
with other cities. The delegation con-
sisted of w. A. Blodgett, County Au-
ditor G. 7. Smith and M. M Schields.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24

are very closely allied and our name
really covers our main object-the sub
objects all tend toward the main one of
civic Improvement.
"The league was formed at a ones
days convention held in Springfield,
Ohio, October, 1900. 1t was first called
the National League of Improvement
Associations. Later we saw fit to
change the name to the present one.
Our aim is to bring into mutually help
full relations the champions of great
national movements and the individ-
ual worker the publisher and the man
ufacturer, thus inspiring practical CO.
operation between all the factors in
making our country the most beautiful
in the world.
Some of your workers in st. Paul
have national fame through their eff
forts to carry out the aims Of the
league in their own cities. Your Wom-
ans Civic league is a splendid organi-
Zation of it's kind-one of the strongest
and best equipped in the West, I fancy.
understand it has branched out in it's
work and will pay more attention this
year to industrial education.
"This is a wise plan for thoughtful
people all over the country are begin
ming to realize that recognition of
the Importance of studies along indus
trial lines will aid in the solution of
more than one vexing problem which
now confronts the nation
The Civic Improvement League of
st. Louis will be represented in the
convention at st. Paul by Earle Lay
man and Mrs. Louis Mccall, the for
mer secretary of the league, and the
latter a member of the ways and
means committee. The ST. Louis league
was organized year ago, and last
spring there was a membership of 100.
During the past few months the MEM
bership has increased to 1000. Most
OF the prominent citizens of st. Louis
are members of the league.
Mr.. Layman said in regard to the
work that has already been accom-
plished:
ST. Louisan Talks.
'"The league has for it's purpose the
improvement of the city, devoting its
efforts toward advancing it's sanitary
and esthetical features. AS result
of the work of the league, st. Louis
during the past two months has re-
ceived one of the best street and alley
cleanings 1t has had for years. Each
member Is constituted committee OF
one in his neighborhood to advance the
interests Of the league, and where sew
eral members live in one vicinity they
cooperate. We also keep watch
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24
MINNEAPOLIS MEN GET
SMALL SATISFACTION
in Vain Before Board of
Equalization.

The state board Of equalization yes
terday listened to the objections made
by a delegation from Minneapolis rep
resenting property in the district lying
between Washington and Eighth
streets, and between Hennepin and
First avenue south, to an increase in
the assessment Of that property, but
found itself legally barred from grant
ing any relief.
The delegation asked for reduc-
ton of the assessment made on the
particular property bounded by those
limits, but not for a reduction of the
entire assessment of the city. The
board, however, according to the in
formal opinion given by Assistant At
torney General Donahower, can make
none but general reductions, and the
delegation was informed that no re-
lief could be. granted.
The increase in assessments in the
district from which the complaint
comes is nearly half of the increase
for the entire city, and the protestants
felt that they were getting more than
a fair share of the ''boost."
The delegation consisted Of Presi-
dent Harris, of the New England Fur
niture company; President Powers, Of
the Powers Merchandise company, and
others.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24

Thursday, but otherwise the pro-
grommes will be carried out just as
announced in h e G | o b Of Monday.
The feature of this mornings meeting,
which will begin promptly at $3.50
o'clock at the Commercial club, will be
the address of E. A. Parker, of Quincy,
Ill. Mr.. Parker was announced to
speak Friday, but he was unable to
arrange his business so that he could
stay over until that day. His address
therefore will be given this morning at
10:30 o'clock. Mr.. Parker is vice presi-
ident of the American Bankers asso-
citation and was formerly president Of
the American Park and Outdoor Art
association. He will speak on "Recre-
alton in the Parks" and at the conclu-
sion of his address an informal recep-
ton will be held in order that the busi
ness men of st. Paul may have an op
portunity Of meeting Mr.. Parker. Miss
Jane Adams, who will speak at the re-
ception at the Commercial club this
evening, was heard in st. Paul last
winter, when she spoke on the work
at Hull house, an institution with
which her name is indisSolubly con-
nected. Other speakers at this even
ing's reception will be H. o. Board
man, president of the Commercial club;
Hon, c. M. Loring, of Minneapolis;
0ON. van odHL anu CndIleS Auepilii,
president of the league.
Has 101 Objects.
E. G. Routzahm, of Dayton, Ohio,
corresponding secretary of the club, ar
rived in st. Paul yesterday and is at
the Windsor.
when you consider that this year
we celebrate our second birthday I
think you will agree that we may be
pardoned for exulting over the strides
our league has made in its work." said
Mr.. RoutZahm yesterday. '"The league
has exactly 101 objects that it desires
to accomplish. That seems a good
many, does it not? b. these objects
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24
TOO MANY FRANCHISES
ARE GIVEN AWAY
Aid. Buschmann Doesn't Like Tunnel Idea
Under Sixth Street-PoIice Ambu-
lance Manned.

Under suspension of the rules the
board of aldermen last night passed an
ordinance allowing the Chicago Great
Western company to lay tracks across
Chicago avenue at grade between Star
key and Custer streets.
:, The ordinance appropriating $4,000 from
the general fund to the quarantine fund
in order to allow for the payment of ex-
penses connecting with building the new
smallpox hospital, was passed under sus-
pension of the rules.
We are giving away too many of those
franchises" declared Aid. Buschmann
when the measure allowing Prendergast
& Fitzpatrick to construct a tunnel un-
der Sixth street, between Wabasha and
Cedar streets, came up for approval Aid.
Huber endeavored to rave the measure
passed without delay, but Aids. Hinkens
and Buschmann insisted on a reference
to the committee on streets, and 1t was
so referred.
A resolution directing the chief Of police
to employ a sufficient number Of men to
operate the police ambulance, and ap-
propriating not to exceed $500 from the
general fund for this purpose, was adopt
ed.
A vacation of $50 feet of Clinton avenue
north of Colorado street, asked for by
citizens Of tile West side, was presented
by Aid Moriarty, and the clerk directed
to give proper notice Of the hearing of
the same.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24
GOES TO GERMANY.
Particular Travellers Demand the I'm
portation of American Articles.

IT had drank coffee since babyhood,
and although was very nervous and
dySpeptic, I could not and would not
believe that coffee had anything to do
with it," writes an American lady now
living in Munich, Germany.
"My physician finally convinced me
that coffee was at the bottom of all my
troubles, and I tried many things to
take it's place, but nothing satisfied the
craving for real coffee. At last, one
day in half lf-hearted, despairing mood,
I bought from the grocer some Postum
Food Coffee. My grown-up daughter,
who, by the way, inherited my taste
for coffee and also my nervousness,
laughed and said: Don't you know
that nothing can take the place Of well
made coffee, half Java and half Mocha,
with plenty Of rich cream?'
at firmly believe it, replied, but a
drowning man will grasp at a straw,
and I am getting more nervous every
day, and can hardly eat anything at all,
and DR.. S., like the rest of the physi-
clans, tells me it all comes from cof-
fee.'
$50 next morning I personally made
a pot of Postum, following closely the
directions-and such surprised The
color was a rich, dark, winey brown,
and a pleasant aroma greeted the nos
LrllSs buC liz IdSlC llilS Crucial test.
I confess I feared to put it to that test
for fear Of another disappointment.
But not so with my daughter, who
eagerly made the trial and fairly
shouted: 'Hurrah! Mamma, you have
found it at last Il tried it and that
ended our coffee drinking for good. The
flavor was fuIf anda rich and left noth-
ing to be desired.
"In short time my dyspepsia disap-
peared, and as for herves-my daugh-
ter and myself almost forgot that such
things existed, until We came to Ger
many and had to go back to coffee,
and we are again as nervous and dys-
peptic as we used to be. But we don't
intend to let it go on; have written to
America for q good supply Of Postum
and propose to always have. 1t in the
future at any cost. Life Is miserable
to us without Postum.
"When we used 1t, Postum proved
the most gentle of conquerors and
loaded us with benefits in the way of
strengthened health and quiet nerves."
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24
OLD WOMAN CHARGES
STEPSON WITH CRUELTY
Suit for Breach of Contract Involves a
PitifuI Story of
Abuse.

Old and paralytic, Mrs. Anna Ryder
charges in suit filed in the district
court that she has been made the vic
tim of fair promises and defrauded of
her property by the stepson whom she
took into her home and who pledged
his faith to care for her in her declin-
ing years.
Mrs. Ryder's husband, Abraham Ry-
der, died in the spring of 1900, leaving
her productive tenement property
worth $4,000 at Rice and Viola streets.
She suffered stroke of paralysis
shortly afterwards, and, being without
other relatives, invited Henry Ryder,
her husbands son by his first marriage,
to bring his wife to the old family
home, at 548 Rice street, and make it
his abode. This, it is alleged, the young
man lost no time in doing, and at first
he is said to have treated his aged
step-mother with great consideration.
Before the year was out according to
the complaint filed yesterday, she had
been induced to execute deed con-
veying the real estate to him, reserv-
ing to herself, however, a life interest
in it. The complaint alleges that Mrs.
Ryder, who is unable to read, was led
to believe that this deed was in fact a
will.
The city's assessments for street i'm
provements in the spring of 1901 made
it necessary for Mrs. Ryder to raise
some money by mortgage upon the
property. Before she could induce her
stepson to join in the mortgage, she
says, he demanded that she enter into
an agreement putting him in possess
sion of the rents from the property.
Such an agreement was executed by
her. 1t was conditioned upon Henry
Ryder's undertaking to board and care
for the old lady.
The complaint, drawn by Mrs. Ry-
der's attorneys, Stevens, O'Brien, Cole
e Albrecht, charges a complete viola
ton of the conditions upon which she
consented to the agreement. 1t sets
forth in detail specific acts Of cruelty
and abuse which the aged widow is al
legged to have suffered. It is charged
that instead of having the use of her
own home, she is practically kept
prisoner in one small room of the
house, and that during the last two
months the defendant has refused to
pay the allowance as stipulated in the
agreement.
Mrs. Ryder asks the court to set
aside the conveyance and agreement
and to order an accounting for the
rents which the defendant has received.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24
TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF
IN A CROWDED STREET
Boy Writes Pathetic Good Bye and Takes
Carboic Acid-He Will
Recover.
al am willing to ouit!"

II am willing to quit!'
Clutching a one-ounce pIfal of carbolic
acid in his hand and muttering to him
self, John B. Dennick; an eighteen-year-
old youth, turned the corner Of jackson
and Seventh streets at $50 o'clock last
night, and stepping behind telegraph
pole raised the bottle to his lips. Two cit
liens saw the move and dashed the bot
tie to the ground. AS the men raised a
cry for help, the boy sank to the ground.
Sergeant Murnane and Officer Ryan
were on the corner and responded to the
cry. The police ambulance was summon
ed, and Dennick was placed on a stretch
err and hurriedly removed to the city hos
pltal. The young man was conscious,
but refused to answer the questions df
the ambulance attendant, simply declar-
ing over and over again, "I want to quit"
At the city hospital Dennick refused to
tell anything about himself.
A letter addressed to whom it may
concern was found in his pocket 1t
read as follows:
81 have lost my home, and the day
has come for me to leave. Tell my folks
good-bye and God bless them"
Signed, John b. Dennick.'
At the city hospital the physicians re-
ported that the attempted suicide would
recover. The hasty act of the passing
citizens prevented his swallowing enough
OF the acid to accomplish his intention.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24
MEMBERS WISH THEY'D
SHARED IT WITH OTHERS
Men Who Had II All Fixed to Monop-
oIize Nations Chief in ST. Paul Wish
They Had Taken Up Collection
Among School Children Whom They
Barred.

Iolal ...$l y47s
Such is the choice collection of liza
nightmare into which the sudden ter
mination of President Roosevelt s
promised visit has plunged the select
club known to it's own members as
'The Presidents own"
Ihe 1rrldeScent dream in which
these elf-appointed custodians Of the
nations president have walked with
airy feet has crumbled like a house OF
| cards and there are now some Repub-
leans lh: :, who who are praying, in spite OF
their hero's we'll heralded position
that these tariffs" at least will be
revised"
The Bitter Cup.
With the sun at zenith blotted from
the sky by this sudden termination OF
the presidents Western tour, with the
oft inspected creases of their borrow
ed or rented dress suit trousers Ian
gushing in the darkness of the clothes
press; with the bouquet" of wine
tasted but tein&fancy, and the unsmok-
ed cigars only a name upon the bill;
with the music. contracted for yet un-
sounded, and the khaki souvenir menu
cards drying in the print shop; with
the "exclusiveness" of entertaining the
president g. bufsted bubble, the posi-
ton of the "OId Guard" at Waterloo
or the Spartan three hundred at
Thermopylae was child's play to the
condition faced by the political -four
hundred" which appears in public as
The RooseveltMClub."
The gloom 4ngendered by Caseys
striking out would leave a white mark
on this midnight of despair caused by
trail" 1t is gloom that would ex-
cite the coIhmisse even of those
little school children who were too
young or top unimportant to look upon
the face of%fhe nations chief. Now, If
the truth were known, it is probably
the fact that many of the club mem
bers wish they had let the school chill
dren in on the deal.
Mein Host Is Kind.
There was little disposition to talk
among the members of the club last
night. The sudden coming to earth
of the clubs meteoric fight towards
fame brought with 1T a desire for soli-
tude and silence. Consequences We're
not considered; the bare fact that the
president would not come occupied
their entire attention.
'The club, of course, will foot the
bills" said Jesse Gregg, when seen al
his home last night 1--WE are all very
sorry that it turned out as it did. The
club had arranged programme
whereby the public could see and hear
the president, and we are sorry that
it cannot be carried out. But that is
all past history now. Whatever ex-
pense Is encountered will be paid by
the club" ~
Other members of the club who fig
ured on the probable expense dug their
hands into their trousers pockets and
whistled at the gloomy prospects of a
financial panic. They grasped with
avidity the rumor that Col. Well, OF
the Ryan, would not hold them to their
contract, but would feed the accumu-
lated Viands to the Wizard Of or
bunch. There was straining of ea1
for more rumors Of the sort, but
whether they came or not is still a
question.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24
CONFERENCE TRANSFERS
DIR. RAIDER TO COAST
First M. E. Church Pastor Is Called
Away by Puget Sound
Conference.

At the Puget Sound conference yester-
day Bishop Cranston announced the trans
fer of DR.. Daniel L. RAIDER, Of the First
M. e. church, to the First church at Ia
coma, Wash. His charge in st. Paul will
be assumed by Rev. H. v. Givler, Of
the First church, at Tacoma
The change, which will take place as
soon as DR.: RAIDER can arrange his affairs
in st. Paul, is largely due to the efforts
of Mr.. RAIDER, who foresaw impairment Of
his health if he remained in st. Paul.
Previous to his arrival in st. Paul he
was stationed at Denver, and the change
was not conducive to continued good
health.
Rev. Mr. Givler, DR.. RAIDERS successor,
is said to be one of the most eminent
divines on the Pacific coast He has been
at Tacoma three years and is well liked.
DR.. Raiders retirement from st. Paul is
received with regret, both by his congre-
cation and the many friends he has made
while a resident here.
We sell Electric Belts so cheap that you
can afford to have one. s. H. Reeves,
Druggist, Seven corners.
Deposit your savings with the Security
Trust COmDanY. New York Life Bldg.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24
ARTILLERY MEN WILL
BE PUT UNDER CANVAS
Temporary Quarters to Be Provided at
Fort Smelling for the Tenth
Battery.

Col Jacob Kline, Twenty first infantry,
u. 8. A, is not to be taken by surprise by
the order assigning the Tenth battery field
artillery to Fort Smelling. The old quar-
ters, near the tower, will be used for
quarters and stabling, and additional
room for the horses will be provided in
the quartermaster's corral
Possibly some Of the troops will have
to go under canvas temporarily" said
Col. Kline last night, "but they will all
be housed before cold weather I do not
know yet when thu troops viii arrive"
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24
MINNESOTA 2 A POST
OFFICES PAY WELL
Earnings Show Net Profit to Uncle Sam
for the Year of Nearly
$500, 900.

The receipts of7the postoffices in the
state of Minnesota during the fiscal year
after deducting the expenses of the Of
fees, returned a net revenue Of 81, ,465, Ala.
The three largest offices in the state
receipts, $626,554; expenses, $3.50, ,637; net
revenue $36, ,917, or SO per cent Of the
receipts Minneapolis, receipts, $S93, 1863;
net revenue, S576, ,420, or 65 per cent. Du-
luth, receipts, s138,807; net revenue, 1884,
012, or 68 per cent:
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24
ASKS FOR A DIVORCE
AND HER SIX CHILDREN

Mrs. Mckinney Tells Court Her Husband
Is Night Prowler.
Mrs. Electa Mckinney charges that her
husband, Charles H. Mckinney, has been
Oh a perpetual spree for the last year,
and that his constant abuse has made it
impossible for her to live with him. She
has brought suit in the districa court
for divorce and the custody Of her chill
dren.
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff
is compelled to work at scrubbing and
washing all day, and then to sit up nearly
all night and watch until her husband
comes home and falls into drunken
sleep in order to prevent him from in
f1icting violence upon her or the children.
It is charged that he has choked and
ened her life and spent her hard earned
money for drink. The couple were mar
ried in 1872 at Lisbon, st. Lawrence
county, New York.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24
FOUR MORE TELL
WHAT 1T COST THEM
countryman Confesses 1t Cost $526.75
to Try for Nomination.

Countryman ConreSseS It cost YoSo.Io
to Try for Nomination.
Four candidates for nomination at
the recent primary election filed affl-
davits of their election expenses yes
terday. Josias N. Rogers, who failed
to get the Democratic nomination for
probate judge, declares his expenses
were 1910.
Marcellus L. Countryman, unsuc-
cessful aspirant for Republican nom
ination for district judge, reports an
outlay Of $52675, of which $121 was
paid for advertising, $40 for clerk
hire, and S255.75 for printing and dis
tributing circulars and canvassing
voters.
Jesse Levy, defeated for the Repub-
lican nomination for coroner, paid $40
for his experience.
G. e. Hfllstrom gave up SIS for his
losing run for a place on the Repub-
lican county commissioners ticket.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24

Peaches-Some very fancy Michigan
Peaches, beauties, basket. .......... 2Sc
Pears-A fine lot of Michigan Bartlett
Pears, per bushel basket, only 80. S.. SO
Peaches-Good ones, per basket. ..... 22c
Tomatoes-Green ones, per bushel bas-
heC ..................... 25c
1-S bushel baskets Fancy Pears. CSC
1-S bushel basket Sickle Pears. ...... SOC
Mayfiower Butter, per lb............. 25c
Buttercup Cheese-It's the cream of
perfection-Tfy it, per lb. .......... 2oc
Solway Peaches, very finest, per half
bushel boxes, today's sale ......... S5c
Cling Peaches, fine lot: prices, per
poX, 41fom ..,............,.. SOC to 75c
Best Onions, any kind, bushel. ....... 45c
Best Hubbard Squashes, each. ....... SC
Pie Pumpkins, each. h................. sc
Good big Lemons, dozen. 15c
1S-pint cans Armours Soup, onIy..... 7e
Yerxa's Extra Flour, 50 lbs. .$a.fs
~ IDS. ....,...............$ 81 .0s
z415 IDS ...................... 55c
The Yerxa Extra brand Of Flour is
packed in heavy twilled toweling sacks.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-24

The presidents illness has disar-
ranged the plans of the American
League for Civic Improvement for