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| i The Predictions. i\ Minnesota, North and South Dakota If—Fair tonight and Thursday; rising ^ temperature.

Upper Michigan—Fair tonight and Thursday; frost tonight; rising temper­ature Tnuisday, winds becoming light

tand variable. I* "Wisconsin—Fair tonight and Thurs­d a y ; possibly light frost tonight; slow-. ly rising temperatuie; variaDle winds Shifting to southerly.

Montana—Generally fair tonight and Thursday, moderate temperature.

'.Iowa—Fair tonight and Thursday; J rising temperature.

* Weather Conditions. '< Light rams have fallen during the f past twentv-four hours ' in the middle Atlantic states, New England, the Ohio Valley, southern Wisconsin, Michigan and Hie lower lake region, arid scattered

flight showers in Minnesota. Rain is | | t ill falling at Northneld, New York |&nd Washington, but at 7 a.m., clearing conditio'ih were general m the Ohio val-

||iev and thvnce northward. The rains tvere due to the movement of yester-

udav's low pressure aiea from southern * Lake Michigan to western New York, where the depression is central, with slowly diminishing energy. The south­eastward it.ovement of the high pres­sure aiea from the eastern Rockv Moun­tain* slope to Kansas and Arkansas has caused a general southerly trend to the winds west of the Mississippi and north of Oklahoma, with warmer weather, while there have been falling tempera­

tures along the middle Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Fair weather and rising temperatures are expected to continue tonight and Thursday.

—"T. S. Outram. Section Director.

Weather Now and Then. Todav, maximum 56, minimum 40 de­

crees; a vear ago, maximum 45, mini-' mum 36 degrees.

AROUND THE TOWN

DEMAND FOR NEW STATION IS STRONG

BUSINESSMEN MAY FORM COM­

PANY TO BUILD IT.

Success of the Plan Would Aid the

Project for a Third Avenue Bridge

ACTOSB the Mississippi, Also that for

a New Postoffice Building.

THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. v V>. ~ Miv g, 1006.^

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STATE'S HIGHWAYS HASTINGS CASES WORTH$l,000AMILE

HALF THE COUNTIES REPORT VALUE OF $75,000,000.

Engineer Oooley of Highway Commis­

sion Compiles Valuable Information

Preparatory to Beginning Next Year

to Construct Experimental Roads—

Good Roads Convention to Be Held

in Duluth.

f! I* Kerst Addresses Bankers.—Peter M. Kerst, state public examiner, is at Al­bert Lea todav addressing a gathering of the bankers of the first district.

Charter Conference.—The charter commission has requested the city council to select a committee of fivo Seldermen to meet with the commission ffor conference over a revision of the •present charter. The matter will be presented to the council at its meeting jTriday evening.

Milk Was Too Thin.—Chris Johnson, a dairyman living near East Minne­

apolis, was fined $10 in police court by Judge E. F. Waite today for selling milk that was not up to the standard. The report of the city chemist showed *that the percentage of butter fat was 'very low in several samples taken from Johnson's wagon.

Workhouse Salaries Raised.—At a i.meeting of the board of charities and corrections yesterday afternoon it was

.decided to raise the salaries of four of jthe attendants at the workhouse from $40 to $50 a month. The ones favored by this action are George Parker and sGtf Plummer, guards: L. Thomas, night watchman, and Mrs. Durant, ma­tron.

Permit for Foundation.—George K. Lvjman was granted a permit today for the construction of the foundation for a large wholesale store to be erected at 13-17 Sixth street S. The building -n ill ha\ e a frontage of 66 feet on Sixth £tr<_et ana a depth of 157 feet. The xoundition will cost $6,000. The build-

»m<* will eventually be five stories high t.iL.d will be occupied by the Warner {Hardware company.

Named Another Robertson.—Thru error, the name of the Robertson, in-

; dieted with Edward Vaughn, now serv­ing time m Stillwater for the fraudu­

lent use of the mails, has been pub­lished as Raymond Robertson instead of Herbert Robertson. Herbert Robert­son, who was associated with Vaughn in business, is under indictment, and having lost an extradition fight, will have to return from New York to stand trial.

Mr. Hawley Files.—Edward W. Haw-ley, the well-known attorney and for sixteen years a resident of the second 'ward, yesterday filed his affidavit of jaandidacy for the republican nomina­tion as alderman in that ward. Mr.

; Hawley is a graduate of the Univer­sity of Minnesota law school and is 39 years of age. He is a native of Min­nesota and his professional career has ^been entirely in this city. While he i a s never held office here, he has been long deeply interested in municipal politics and has done much active cam­paign work. His candidacy is the re­sult of a plan formed many months ago, Bince which time he has attended all the meetings of the council and many committee meetings, with a view to familiarize himself with the work. P -

: , NEOROLOGIC

Minneapolis business interests, espe­cially real estate men and those inter­ested in property or business in the Bridge square district, are busy discuss­ing the new union station problem. The project is to be tackled in earnest this time. A union station company of Min­neapolis men will be formed if neces­sary, so that the James J. Hill domina­tion, which is the great drawback to hte development of the present Union Station company, mav be eliminated.

Two other most important features of municipal development are closely allied +o the station project. One is the proposed new bridge across the Mis­sissippi at Third avenue S, and the other is the new postoffice that is badly needed and sure to come m a few years at most. The bridge is needed to di­vert heavy thru traffic from Nicollet and Hennepin avenue and to relieve the congestion on the present steel arch bridge.

The postal authorities will assist the citv in its fight for a new postoffice much quicker with a new union station actually in sight than under present conditions. The now office must be close to the station and, if possible, will be so situated that sidetracks or mail cars can be provided on the prop­erty. The new building will not be more than a quarter of a mile from the station, as railroads carrying^ mail are obliged to transport it that distance, if the postoffice is within the quarter-mile limit. Outside of the limit, the gov­ernment bears all expense of carrying mail.

These three important live munici­pal issues, backed by the hustle and energy of the united business interests, are VJound to carry, and the Bridge Square district is certain of a return of some of its former activity and im­portance. In addition it will provide an ideal entrance to the city for visit­ors will make Minneapolis the wait-over point for transcontinental travel, and be a great benefit generally.

Property owners attempting to reap a harvest by; placing exorbitant values on property in the district will find ob­stacles in their way. The work will be fairly done, sufficient returns will be made, but the work is undertaken for Minneapolis and will be made to go thru.

In spite of the fact that the state highway commission has no money available this year for use in the con­struction of roads, much work is being done under the guidance of George W. Cooley, engineei and secretary of the commission. f

Detailed information is now being compiled from all the counties of the state in regard to their road mileage and their expenditures on road work and what material for road building is found in each county. Mr. Cooley has received returns from about half the counties of the state These show an

BROUGHT TO END

COMMISSIONER % PROUTY AD­

JOURNS RATE .HEARING.

Railroad Officials Unable to Supply

Blanks in Contract Filed with State,

and Tell How Coal Rate Is Divided-

Grain and Livestock Rates Are Con­

sidered.

BACK FROM RELIEF TRIP TO FRISGO

W. Y. CHUTE, WHO DELIVERED

MINNEAPOLIS' AID, RETURNS.

He Says Business Conditions Are Chao-

tec and that Professional Men and

Clerks Will Suffer Most—Courage of the People 13 Amazing.

OFFICERS CHOSEN BY THE PYTHIANS

GRAND LODGE OF THE RATHBONE

SISTERS ALSO NAMES HEADS.

Bartram Is Again Grand Chancellor

and Mrs. Laura Kavanaugh Is Agai:.

Grand Chief—Fred Wheaton's Salary

Raised by Unanimous Consent of the «

Grand Lodge.

lodge. No. 4 of Southeast Minneapolis" will entertain the visitors.

T Rathbone Sisters. f

Mrs. Laura Kavanaugh, grand chief of the grand temple Rathbone Sisters was elected to succeed herself, for her third term. The election took place this morning iij, the A. O. U. W. hall, and Mrs. Kavanaugh was chosen by a large lead, defeating Mrs. Lucy Purdy of Duluth and Mrs. A. H. Baldwin of fiedwood Falls. Mrs. Lucy Purdy was elected grand seidor of the grand tem­ple and Mrs. Minnie McAllister of Min­neapolis, grand .iunior. The election of the remaining officers closed the busi­ness of tl'e temple this afternoon and before adjourning the officers were in­stalled. North Star Temple, assisted by staff of Weaver Temple No. 1 of Minneapolis, exemplified the public in­stallation services, which were attended bv a great number of the Rathbone Sif­ters from A\\ over the state.

Testimony in the Hastings cases be­fore the interstate commerce commis­sion was finished this afternoon in St. Paul, and Commissioner Prouty ad­journed the hearing. The complainants have thirty-days in which to file a brief, and the Milwaukee attornevs ten davs for a reply. Then, if either side desires oral argument, they will be heard by the whole commission at Washington.

Hastings was unable to prove directly how the joint rate on coal from Duluth to Hastings is divided between the Mil­waukee and the line from Duluth to the twin cities. C. P. Staples of the state railroad commission produced the contract between the Milwaukee and

aggregate road mileage of 75,000 miles the Northern Pacific, filed with the com-and approximately $75,000,000 expend- mission. This is the traffic agreement

MAX STORM FOUND DEAD AT HIS HOME

Max A. Sturm, manager of the Sturm Publishing company^ was found dead this afternoon at his home, 123 Elev­enth street S.

Mrs. Sturm survives him.

ed on roads, an average of $1,000 a mile for every road in the state.

More Money in Sight. ' This year the'highway commission

has only $6,000 available, most of which will have to go into otfice ex­penses. Next year the one-twentieth of a mill tax will create about $42,000. From $5.0,000 to $20,000 additional will be on hand for use from a former road fund.

This money will all be distributed under direction of the highway com­mission instead of thru the state audi­tor by whom road construction aid has heretofore been given out. The com­mission will endeavor to ch'stubute the money according to the special need of each county, not over 3'•per cent to any one county, and none to receive less than % of 1 per cent.

Will Experiment with Material.

In the coming annual report of the commission a number of recommenda­tions will be made based in large de­gree upon experiments which are to begin this month in the Red River val­ley under Engineer Cooley's dnection. A number of strips of road will be built with the object of ascertaining the best method of. road construction in "gumbo" soil.

The highway commission plans to hold a convention in Duluth May 15 and 16, which will be the largest ' ' good roads" gathering ever held in the state. At the Duluth convention a project will be started for the con­struction of a 150-mile highway be­tween the twin cities and Duluth. It is the plan to have a great part of this highway of macadam, and the balance in rolled gravel.

This year the highway commission has held twenty county ' ' good roads'' conventions with considerable success, a local good roads association being organized at -each place a convention was held.

made with the two roads when the Nor thern Pacific acquired the St. Paul & Duluth. It provides for a division of the grain and coal rates on the basis of the two locals, as stated in the con tract, but the copy filed with the com­mission has blanks where the figures ought to be.

Vice President Hiland of the Mil­waukee had returned to Chicago, and the two traffic officials present today declared their ignorance of the con­t ac t ' s teims. They could not fill in the blanks. The books of the company might show, but the divisions made by

Browned with exposure to the sun on his western trip and glowing with pleasure at being in Minneapolis again, W. Y. Chute has returned from San Francisco, where he represented California relief fund committee.

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Minneapolis is a good town to ger k to ." said Mr. Chute today. ' ? l t

place in the country, 1 ib the ' only think."

Mr. Chute assures those who contribu­ted to the fund that the money was sent in the best possible channels and that flour was the best possible staple Jhev could have sent, as it was not per­ishable.

"The people out there feel that Min­neapolis has done splendidly and San Francisco is very grateful. They dis­play the most courage I ever saw and 1 heard no one complain at all.

"James D. Phelan, former mavor, had all the iclief money in his hands and all the flour, as vou know, passed under the^ supervision of Edward T. Devine.

"There is no danger of exaggeration of the conditions m San Francisco, but there is great exaggeration in regard to the misappropriation of funds and the overstepping of aatho-itv bv the sol­diers. Isolated cases were unavoidable, but thev should not be mentioned under the circumstances. What sa\ ed the dav

Today sees the close of one of the most profitable and pleasant conven­tions of the Knights of Pythias grand lodge of Minnesota. For two days delegates from the twin city lodges and

I 250 visitors from other lodges thruout 1 the state have been in session at Elks hall. In addition to the business ses­sions there have been social gatherings of different sorts that added pleasure to the convention gathering.

The sessions today were taken up with the routine business of the order. The salary of Fred E. Wheaton, grand keeper of the locerds and seal, was raised $300 a vear without opposition.

BEARS MEDALS FOB SIX M I N N E A P O L I S

By W. W. Jermane. Washington, May 9.—Harrv Randall

of Minneapolis reached Washington ves-terday, an his way home from Norway, where The J o u r n a l ' s readers have kept track of his doings. He called at the White House for the purpose of presenting to President Roosevelt a handsome silver medal, made expressly to commemorate the visit of the Nor­wegian Students' Singing soeietv to

During the morning session a delegation I America last year. It was presented m of the Rathbone Sisters, the aii ied j ̂ name of the society and the presi-

J>„ „,,!„,. „* i? P „QO an+0r.. dent adopted it with many words of women's order of K. P., was enter tained by the grand lodge convention.

Officers Elected.

The election of officers held yester­day afternoon resulted in the re-elec­tion of C. S. Bartram of St. Paul, as j grand chancellor, a position which he , ?T

e t e r s?nvD r- Knute Hoegh. Andreas has aheadv held two terms. The other u . e lan d '„K a r l , Hansen, associate editor

pted it with many appreciation.

This mo* ning* Mr. Randall started for Chicago, and he will be in Minneapolis about Saturday. He is carrying med­als similar to that given the president, to be presented on behalf of the stu­dent singers to Professor William

officers elected are: G. V. C, William Mallgren, St. Peter;

G. P., Eev. Carl Eeed Tavlor, Fergus for San Francisco was the immediate I & , l s : G - , ? • ? • .?•> Fred E Wheaton, presence of the soldiers l Minneapolis; G. M. E., Charles W. lar-

of the Tidende; Henrv J. Giertsen and Dr. Hvoslef, all of Minneapolis.

Mr. Randall also has one of the med­als for himself and for some half dozen persons in St. Paul.

Methodists of Northern Minnesota

Meet Oct. 3 in Mmneapo'is.

the accountants did not pass thru their •-•----- - - — „„. ,-^„ . . -n„.-: i TXCU hands. H E. Pierpont of Chicago and | "Almost everything is chaotic in San "11 Minneapolisi G M. A David Fish- , J. T. Conley of Minneapolis, both M-\*}**™™. Tne relief woik is system- ^ Montevideo; G. I. G., Harry C Hig- CONFERENCE sistant general freight agents of the p t J^d but business conditions are ab- \&™: A bert Lea; G O • G - » J o ^ K a h n , system, were put on the stand by the sclutelv <*aotie. Only the poor, and a £ a " b a u l t * r a n

Td trustee, William R.

complainants and worried /hard, but the ffw o f t h e , "eh, people know where | Gauges, bieepy i,ye. irtormation was not elicited. t I l C v a r e financially, but the middle I All reports presented to the conven-

George S. Lottus, who is assisting c^ses, composed of the professional i tion by officers and committee'* show a the complainants, then took the stand ' n i e n ' e]erks anr' others, don't know ! most flourishing condition of affairs, and testified to the divisions made s i x | u n a t to do, and will not for some time1 The-financial statement shoves that years ago, when he was i chief clerk in I to come. Laboring men can get work the cash on hand on Dec. 31, 1904, was ihe freight department of the St. Paul I a t good wages, and thpir fnmilies are \ $1,375.65; the receipts, during the vear & Duluth. The Milwaukee attorneys, I taken care of, but the middle class will I wei« $9,144.35; the disl

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San Francisco moving pictures taken since earthquake. La Bass Museum, 21 Washington avenue S. Tickets 10 cents.

PARK A M U E HOME LOOTED BY TBIEYES

I" NICHOLAS BRANCH, aged 59 years, died yesterday at the family residence, 2819 West Forty-third street. -Funeral will be held from the Trinitv 'Baptist church Thursday at 2 p.m. In­terment will be at Lakewood cemetery.

I GEORGE A.'. WEDSTEN, son , of ^George Wedsten, died Monday at 712 3STineteeiith avenue S, aged 6 years. The funeral will take place Thursday at 2

Em. from the residence; interment at ayman cemetery.

ANSON BLAKE, age 88 years, died May 6. Funeral from family residence, 2240 Langford avenue, St. Anthony Park, todav, at 2 p.m. Interment •private.

TODAY IN T H E DISTRICT COURT <3>

Judge D. F. Simpson—Ollle Dalluge | vs. Rudolph Dalluge, jury divorce j case, still or. trial. - |

Judge F. C. Brooks—State rests In | William F. Bechtel trial for alleged | grand larceny In the first degree. ]

Judge John Day Smith—Inga N. Ju- | vet vs. city, $10,000 damage suit, j still on trisl. |

Judge Andrew Holt—Minor court j | cases. j j Judge H. D. Dickinson—Jury, Juven- | j lie court and minor chamber mat- j ] ters. | J Judge F. v Brown—B?rnet Bros vs. j | the Illinois Central Railway com- j •! pany, suit for $1,300 damages for p J --alleged loss of tomatoes. [

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Burglars entered the residence of M. G. Pflaum, 1600 Park avenue, last evening and stole jewelry and silve»-ware valued at several hundred dollars.

The PfiaumB were away*from home during the evening, and the thieves ap­parently unlocked the front door with a skeleton key. and ransacked the house at will. Drawers and closets were left open, showing that the robbers had done their work thoroly. ^

The police were notified and are get­ting a complete list of the stolen prop­erty. The exact loss is not yet known.

Thieves entered the fiats occupied by Mrs. L. Lindquist, 1821 Elliott ave­nue, and J. W. Lindholm, 1825 Elliot avenue, last night, and stole several small articles of jewelry and some clothing.

It is thought that the men entered by means of skeleton keys. The thefts were reported to the South Side police, who are investigating.

Fur storage modernized, fireproof, moth proof, heat proof, burglar proof vaults. The Palace Clothing House.

"HUNKY" DAVIES GETS HIS $975 DAMAGES

The United States circuit court of ap­peals at St. Paul today filed a decision in the case of Otto Davies, the former University of Minnesota football player, vs. the Illinois Central Railroad com­pany. The case was tried in the circuit court district of Minnesota and was an action to recover damages for an alleged malicious assault made upon Davies in a Chicago station by a gateguard.

Davies was awarded $975 damages and this -judgment is affirmed by the circuit court of appeals. The action arose from an incident following the Minnesota-Northwestern game in Chicago, Novem­ber, 1904 Davies escorted a young lady from Marshall field to the depot and it was while endeavoring to see \zr to a train that the assault was made upon Davies.

DISCUSS DIVORCE LAWS

A convention for the promulgation of uniform laws on divorce will be held In St Paul in August, immediately preceding the meeting of the American Bar asso­ciation.

W H. Staacke, chairman ofr the ex­ecutive committee, has sent a letter to the governor of every state, asking that delegates be named and arrangements made for the payment of their expenses

Agent "Stetson" Shoes "Perfection." Most gentlemen value any article of

apparel coming from "Hoffman's" more than from the ordinary stores, nevertheless nrices are lowest, quality and style considered.

Hatters—Tailors—Outfitters. Hoffman's Toggery Shops and Laundry.

OLD MENRESUMEWORK, PHONE MANAGERS SAY

Desertions are alleged to have begun in the ranks of the striking telephone construction men now out on strike, tho the strikers themselves will not ad­mit it. Both companies have secured some old men and new men from else­where, and are beginning to resume outside construction. A large corps of strikers has been detailed to picket duty and will try to prevent any ex­tensive work. Part of the new men se­cured are from Texas and come "well heeled" and ready for disputes.

The strikers say their men are stand­ing firm and that additions to their ranks are being made every day, in substantiation oi which a bunch of ap­plications for membership to the union is shown. There 4s also a dispute over the action of a part of the Northwest­ern company's employees at St. Cloud. Officers of the company make public today a resolution adopted by the St. Cloud men on Sunday. The resolution is as follows:

Resolved, That we, the undersigned, employees of the Northwestern Telephone Exchange company, being requested by the. local unions of I B E. W. Nos. 23 and 24, to recognize the action taken by those locals in calling a strike against the above company, hereby repudiate the action of said locals as unconstitutional and in direct violation of the by-laws and constitution of said locals, and %that v,e feel in no way bound by such action of aid locals, and hereby declare our in­tention of retaining our present relations with the Northwestern Telephone Ex­change company.

General officers of the company say that while some of the St. Cloud men walked out they are satisfied that the majority will abide by the sentiment ex­pressed in the resolution.

In reply to this the strikers say that the resolution was forced because of the efficiency of the tieup and that they are feeling encouraged. It is charged that the assistant superintendent of the company kidnapped a number of work­men arid forced the resolution in the hope of discouraging the strikers.

Both sides in the iron molders and coremakers' strike are waiting. The strikers meet daily and are planning active measures.

Shirts 10c, cuffs or collars lc, hdkfs., 2c. The Palace Clothing House Laundrv.

POTOD DEAD IN BED

Waists 15c up, shirts 10c, vests 15c. The Palace Clothing House Laundry.

PIANOS Bargains in Shopworn and

Used Pianos...

t Brombach piano, $7 monthly.. . $ 2 f 5 Dunham piano, $5 monthly 9 0 "Crown" piano, $7 monthly 2 5 5 Mendelssohn piano, $7 monthly. . 2 1 0 Vose piano, $5 monthly 1 8 0 Ivers & Pond piano, $5 monthly 1 9 0

1 Representatives for the Knabe-Angelus Piano.

FOSTER &> WALDO, 36 5th St. S., Cor. Nic.

H. Brozey a Victim of Alcoholism, Says Coroner.

J H Brozey, 60 years old, was found dead in bed at his boarding place, 86 Western avenue, early today.

Brozey had been on a protracted spree and he came home feeling 111 last night When a chambermaid went to make Tils bed she found his dead body and notified Coroner Kistler, who pronounced death due to acute alcoholism. Brozey leaves no family

STRIKE AFFECTS CITY

Scarcity of Castings May Delay Sewer Work.

Should the iron moulders' strike con­tinue for any length of time it will ham­per the sewer edpartment considerably, as all'the special castings for se.wer con­struction are obtained in this city. Jtf. present the department is well provided, but the supply will be exhausted in about a month If it is impossible to get any !more castings by that time, on account of the strike it will be necessary to send

Messrs Root and Jefferson, objected to Loftus' testimony because it did not piove anj'tliing as to the Northern Pa­cific, but Commissioner Prouty ruled it was material.

\ Got Only 60 Cents.

Mr. Loftus testified that the St. Paul & Duluth ordinarily»got 80 cents of the thru rate on hard coal and 75 cents on soft coal, but by competition from Lake Michigan reductions irere made necessary, and there were contracts by which they only got 60 cents on ship­ments delivered to the Milwaukee and the Minneapolis & St. Louis. That ba­sis obtained for two years to his knowl­edge. This 60-cent proportion applied on shipments to Hastings, for which $1.75 a ton was charged.

The traffic men declared this was not material. The only question was whether the joint rate was reasonable. Mr. Pierpont refused to give any esti­mate as to what rate would be reason­able, but thought 60 cents w(puld not be remunerative for, 1^0 mjles.

Commissioner r) Prouty directed the witness to find 'but wnaf'ditision was made between ihe ^Northern Pacific and Milwaukee on coal shipped to Afton bv way of Stillwater, and to file it as part of his testimony. It was admitted that Stillwater gets the same rate as the twin cities.

Milwaukee-N. P. Contract.

The contract produced by Mr. Sta­ples has interesting features. There are two articles, and the Milwaukee may elect which it will work under. By the first article the Northern Pacific is to handle all shipments from Duluth to the twin cities; under the second, how­ever, the .Milwaukee may elect to run its own trains over the old St. Paul & Duluth line.

The grain rate was considered briefly. Louis Medere of Hastings testified that the rate to Michigan points used to be the same from Hastings as from Min­neapolis, 15% cents, but that in Novem­ber, 1904. Hastings was raised to 20% cents, the sum of the Minneapolis rate and the Hastings local to Minneapolis.

H. E. Pierpont declared that it was an oversight ever to have given the in­termediate points the same rate as Min­neapolis. The 15%-cent rate was based on the 7%-cent proportional from j Minneapolis, and was forced by compe­tition of the Soo and water routes to Michigan. The Milwaukee gets 7% cents as a rule, but sometimes less.

G. S. Loftus declared that the Soo made the same rate to its intermediate points, and that this was done purpose­ly by the Milwaukee at the instance of a Minneapolis man having interests at Red Wing, and of G. E. Conn, then with the Pere Marquette, but now general freight agent of the Soo. Mr. Root of the Milwaukee declared that the Soo's grain shipments from local points were too small to be material, and this Mr. Loftus disputed. v

Dispute Among Railroad Men.

An amusing incident was the season of trouble the Milwaukee officials had with one of their own men, E. C. Mag-nor, joint agent at South St. Paul. He testified that they frequently shipped stock co Chicago jon the 25-'cent local rate. To get the proportional rate, shippers must show an expense bill in, proving that the stock had originated beyond. The shipper did not have to prove that they were the same cattle. This proportional rate is 20 cents, but the witness said that shipments from west of Aberdeen would take as low as 14 cents for the balance of the thru rate. This was disputed by Mr. Pier­pont, and a copy of the Milwaukee's instructions to the agent was put in evidence. They allowed nothing less than the 20-cent proportional except on western shipments with the original waybills presented in less than twenty-four hours. This only permitted cat­tle to be unloaded to test the market, and would not allow manipulation. The witness admitted that he had not un­derstood this, and said he had only al­lowed two cars to go on this propor­tional rate since at South St. Paul. Those were before he became agent, and he was not 'sure they went over the Milwaukee. After some discussion an understanding was reached.

In closing the hearing Commissioner Prouty referred briefly to the grain rates. He said it was conceded that because of its choice of the Duluth route, Minneapolis was actually nearer Chicago than Hastings is. Beyond ques­tion there is a discrimination, and whether it is unjust* to Hastings is for the commission to decide. The Soo's action in protecting its intermediate points would be looked into, and might be material to this case.

bursements dur-hfve the hardest kind of work for, ing the year were 48.572.71. and the years." . monev on hand Dec. 31, 1905, was $1,-

When Mr. Chute was osked whether 947.29. he_ could get all he wanted to eat he j Last night the D O. K. K. initiated said that one could not see all the suf- a large class and held an elaborate cere ' tering he witnessed in San Francisco I momal followed by A banquet and spe- t

and other_ cities on the coast and keep j cial performance at midnight at the |

Dates for the Minnesota conferences were fixed by a meeting of bishops at E\anston. Ill . yestrrdaj The northsra Minnesota conference, of ^hich Minneap­olis is the leadms citj, will meet Oct. 3 at Kennepin A\enue M E church. Bishop Luther B W Ison will oresids. Bishop Wilson is from Chattanooga, fenn and is president of the national Anti-Saloon "league. The Minnesota con­ference will meet m St Paul on the same date with Bishop (Chaplain) C C.

up an appetite. Unique theater. This evening Unity McCabe presiding

T H I S MAGNIFICENT

DINNER SET GIVEN FREE

FOR A LITTLE W O R K

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

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yearly subscriptions at the reg­ular price of 60 cents.

This set consists of 6 dinner plates, 6 pie plates, 6 cups and saucers, 6 fruits, 6 but­ters, 1 steak plate, 1 vegetable dish, 1 cream pitcher, 1 sugar bowl with lid, 1 olive dish, all decorated in five colors and gold, with a beautiful poppy design, Ihe very latest and most artistic thing in china decorations. The ware is high grade American China (semi-porcelain) and each set is carefully packed* boxed and shipped freight PREPAID.

NO MATTER HOW MANY DISHES YOU HAVE YOU WILL BE DELIGHTED WITH THESE. Send TODAY for full particulars and an outfit for getting subscriptions The outfit includes a beautiful lithograph, showing "the colors of the decorations, and i ) sent FREE and postpaid.

THE HOUSEKEEPER is a magazine In which every resident of the Northwest ought to feel a personal interest, because it is the product of the brains and energy of the Northwest. It is now one of the three leading Domestic magazines of the country, and its 300,000 subscribers are to be found in every state and territory and in almost every coun­try on the globe.

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