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PIANOLAmnZr-inIwULH pb&nq
The PIANOLA will enable everyOwner of a piano to play upon hisinstrument whenever he desires. Notonly this, but every memoer of theiam;ly can also play upon it.
The PIANOLO is the only thingwhkh warrants the investment in apiano by nine-tenths of those who ownthem. At least it is the only thingwhich makes a pi?no worth a hundredcents ilar.
Perhaps you or your wife or yourdaughter "play a little," but the'dif-ference between playing a little andplaying everything you wish is consid-S,3.^-}1 ls worth thinking about. Th-PIANOLA supplies the deficiency. Iteven makes no difference if you donot know one note from another.
The fingers of the PIANOLA restupon the piano keys, and strike thenotes for you just as they are printedon the music sheet.
i experience all the pleasure ofhand-pla\ ing, because you control theexpression, which is the scul of music.
Before deciding upon the purchaseof a piano, you should hear the PI-ANOLA. It is on exhibition at curwarerooms. You may wish to buy aPIANOLA and invest less money thanyou originally intended in the pianoitself, and get the full benefit of it; or
may even wish to rent a piano
*•*irily and purchase the ability
to pHIy upon it anything you desirewhenever your mood calls "for it. It
Id be at lea.'t judicicus to hearthe PIANOLA.It is an elegant Christmas gift. Callany evening this week, if more con-
venient.
PRICE $250.CAN BE BOUGHT ON INSTALLMENTS.
W.J.BYER&BRO.Largest Music House in the Northwest.
Solo Agents fcr Steinway andKrisbe Pianos.
17 West Fifth St,. ST. PAUL MINN,
Stiliwater News.Boyd Doddridre came down from Gor-
don yesterday, and says that the reportof his approaching marriage. Dec. 31, is afalsehood, manufactured out of wholecloth by a practical joker. Mr. Doddridgeis considerably disturbed over the aftair,and says he doesn't thank the fellow who\u25a0was responsible for the report.
The remains of Mrs. Elizabeth Kea'.ey,of St. Paul, the mother of Mrs. T. H. Yar-nall, arrived here yesterday forenoon, andwere taken to Fairvew cemetery, wh2rcthe interment occurred.
Michael Donovan, a well known cook,\u25a0who resided at Oak Park for many years,died at the city hospital Monday n!ghtof heart disease. He had been .n poorhealth for some time. Deceased was aboutfifty-live years of age, and is survivedby an only daughter.
Judge TYilliston, of Red "Wir.g, -yIU re-turn to Stillwater tomorrow to resume thehearing of the action brought by K. D.Farmer and Horace Voligny, to "restrainthe city from carrying out its contract•with the Stillwater water company. Thehearing will probably be completed thisweek.
The peculiar weather conditions of thepast few days causes an element of un-certainty among the loggers. A '.veilknown logger stated yesterday that thisis excellent skidding weather, out thatthe fellows who have been hauling on iceroads will find it necessary to -jult. Con-tinuing, he sad that the thaw rmgntprove of vast benefit to loggers, providedit is followed by cold weather -undentto freez the swamps over xhich leadsmust be hauled.
St. John's lodge, A. F. and A. M.. No.I. elected officers Monday evening as fol-lows: Worshipful master, W. C. Mastc-r---man; senior wnrden. H. W. Davis; luniorwarden. H. S. Smith: secretary, Dr. F. A.Lenox; treasurer, Thomas H. Warren.
YOIXG BAXDIT SEXTEXCED.
Seventeen-Year-Old Earl MosherGels Five Years.
L.A CROSSE, Wis., D e Earl Moth-er, seventeen years old, tli? selr-eonfes--ed assailant of CaTl Grover, a?ed scvtn-ty-two years, pleaded purity in the cir-cuit court at Viroqua this morning to acharge of assault to do great bdilvharm, and -was sentenced to five years inthe state's prison.
TOWS WIPED OUT.
Business Part of Elk Point, S. D.,Destroyed by Fire.
SIOUX CITY. 10.. Dec. Is.—Fire at ElkPoint, S. D., today destrcved the entirebusiness portion of the town, mv ilv'ng-a loss estimated at $153,000.
Krags for Militiamen.
DES MOINES. 10., Dec. 18.—Ad.it Gen.Byers. who was in Washington last week,received assurances from ihe ordnancebureau of the war department that thenational guard regiments would be equip-ped with Krag-Jorgensen rifles in thenext six months. - Not only is the guardof all the states to be given a modernmagazine gun. suoh as is used by the- regulars, but the war department intendsto follow a different policy hereafter inrespect to state troops. Gen. Miles as-sured Gen. Byers it was the intentionhereafter to equip the guard of the statesthe same as the regular army and fit itto take the field on twenty-four hours*notice, if necessary. The general said it- w;is on the national guard that reliancewould have to be placed b.y the govern \u25a0
ment in case of any sudden danger.
Wedding in Washington.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18.—M:s? LottaFrance? Smith, daughter of BartholomewF. Smith, of Washington, and John John-stone Boobar, of St. Cloud, Minn., weremarried at the residence of the bride'sparents today at noon. The ceremonywas performed by Rev. M. Barton, ofSt. John's Episcopal church, who wasfor a time rector of the Episcopal churchtt St. Cloud.
Child Burned to Death.RED LAKE FALLS, Minn.. Dec. IS—
The two-year-old son of Joseph Du-charme, a prominent farmer living sixmiles south of the city, died last nieht
* from the effects of burn?. His motherwent out after a paii of water and, re-turning five minutes later, was met bythe child enveloped in flames and burnedall over the body. The mother's handswere burned in tearing off the child'sclothes.
Protest From Lass Lake.CASS LAKE. Minn., Dec. 18.—At a
meeting of the Cass Lake Business Men'sassociation, and also at a mass meetingof the citizens, strong resolutions werejointly adopted protesting against the ac-tions of various Interests at Washingtontending to the annulment of the con-tracts recently made by Capt. W A,Mercer for the cutting of 'dead anddown" timber on the Leech Lake Chip-pewa reservation, and also condemningthe action of those seeking to establisha national park.
What Shall We
fiiiiriiiß
Have for Dessert?This question arises in the family
\u2666very day. Let us answer itto-day. Try
Jell-O,a delicious and healthful dessert. Pre-pared in tw© minutes. No boiling"! nobaking! add boiling water and set tocool. Flavors: —Lemon, Orange, Ras-pberry and Strawberry. Get a packageat your grocers to-day, xo cts.
FOR THE SOITH DAKOTA TXITEDSTATES SEXATOR-
SHIP
WHAT THE SOLONS WILL DO
Appropriations to Be Made by theLegislature Expected to Reach
a Million and a.Quarter.
PIERRE, S. D., Dec. IS.—The senator-ial situation remains unchanged. Gambleis in the lead, and all talk Is Gambleag-ainst the field. While there is nodoubt a strong- sentiment in favor ofsome other man than Gamble, there isalso no question that up to the presentthe chances are greatly in his favor.
The move toward changes in the in-corporation laws will be in the line of in-creasing- the filing- fees to no less than$25 and to requiring the keeping- of aduplicate set of books at the head officeas announced in the articles. At pres-ent all the business of the company may-be tranacted at any branch office, andany number of branch offices may beestablished.
The appropriations asked from thecoming session will reach approximatelya million and a quarter, a,nd will proba-bly go beyond that figure. The totalgeneral appropriation bill of two years agowas $591,750, besides a number of bpecialappropriations. The amount asked forin the general appropriation bill of thissession will De over a million dollars.Besides the institutions provided for atthe last session there will be the blindasylum at Gary, the hospital for feeble-minded at Redfield, and the school oftechnology at Aberdeen, which will addto the total
The report of the state auditor calls at-tention to the fact that while a tax forjudicial purposes was levied on unor-ganized counties, and a large amount ofit collected, out a small part of it was Iturned into the state treasury, as pro- Ivided by the bill which called for such, alevy. The residents of this portion ofStanley county, which was in the "unor-ganized portion before the consolidation j
bill was passed, have begun suit against jthe county to recover $19,000 of such tax,which, they allege, has never been ac- |
counted for. This suit will be closely
watched by other interested persons, andin case the county is forced to refund,similar suits will be commenced against
other counties which are in the samelist.
A report has been started in regard toattempted legislation by the large stockowners to give them an advantage overthe small holders on the range country.
"While there is no doubt that the ownersof large herds would be pleased to securesuch action, they can have no hope
of carrying it through. The small own-! ers are far in the lead in point of in-
j dividual numbers, and probably in theaggregate represent as many cattle, if
not morp, than do the heavy owners, andany effort to secure such legislation ashas been Alleged would find a grave inthe legislative boneyard.
GOOD ROADS IX CANADA.
Concerted Action Looking to Their
Betterment in British Columbia.GRAND FORKS, B. C. Dec. 24.—<Spe- '
cial Correspondence.)—A meeting of theresidents of this city and vicinity was
! held yesterday afternoon lor the purposeof taking action toward supporting the"good roads'' movement which is now b.±-ing agitated in various portions of the
I province. After a general discussion a! strong letter of sympathy with the goodj roads' movement was adopted and a copyj forwarded to the office of the Good RaOsassociation in Victoiia. More informa-tion and literature bearing on this sub-ject are asked for, and on their receipt ameeting will be called for the purpose oforganizing local committees to assist inthe movement.
Development work is progressing on th<?Chicago claim, which is located on Ob-servation mountain, within half a mile ofthis city. A lead from 25 to 30 feet wideis traceable for 1.500 feet on the surface,and a shaft is now being sunk upon itand a tunnel run to cro=scut it. Assaysrun from ?2.C0 to $43 in gold, silver anacopper, and the owners are confident ( tdeveloping a mine. The property is own-ed by William Wilde, E. E. Kreugle andW. G. McLennan, of Columbia.
Mackenzie &. Mann have resumed workon the Emma claim in Summit camp, ad-joining the Oro Donor'o. The one hundredfoot shaft is tc be pumped out and cross-cuts run, and the "railroad" ledge, whichwas exposed in a cut of the Phoenix spurof the Canadian Pacific railroad, is al.obeing stripped.
DAM AT tillAXD RAPIDS.
Dam Building to F»rnish Power fo*
Bi» Pnlp and Paper Mill.
GRAND RAPIDS. Minn.. Dec. IS. —(Special.)— The people of Grand Rapidsare today rejoicing in the fact thru workhas commenced on the construction ofthe big dam across the Mississippi. Op-erations will be pushed until the pulpand paper mill is completed, which will
i be next summer. Our public spirited cit-izens who have engineered the dealthrough so successfully are deserving ofevery credit. The village council has leftnothing undone that was calculated tobring here the institution that is now as-sured us.
The congressional enactment empower-ing the construction of the dam ;.nd itsmaintenance could not be legally grantedto the village. A private company was
! required to be formed, and so it was that: a number of Grand Rapids citizens band-| ed themselves together for the purpose
of laying the foundation that will makesuch a town as the original founders
] dreamed of. The business men who as-j sumed this great responsibility had nomotive except to accomplish the great-est good for the greatest number. To
j each member the undertaking has beena personal sacrifice of both time andmoney.
The village council has already ex-pended about $6,000, and an election will
! be held Dec. 24 to legalize this action.; The approval will be practically unani-i mous.
LAYS CRIME TO CIPPS.
Ole Gustad Testifies Regardine Mur-der of Ollie Udell.
THORPE, Wis., Dee. 38.—(Special.)—The preliminary examination of ArthurCupps and Ole Gustaci, charged with themurder of Nora Myers, alias Ollie Odell,has been in progress since yesterday. Thisafternoon. Gustad on the stand, testifiedto the part he took in the affair, claim-ing that himself and Cupps went to thehouse as testified to by other witnessesand that Cupps shot the woman immedi-ately after they had entered the house,after which both returned to Stanley andtook the early limited train for St. Paul.Cupps followed Gustad on the stand andtestified that he did not enter the house,but started for Stanley alone. Gustadovertaking him before he reached thatcity. Gustad's story of the crime is b2-lieved by nearly all. Both will be boundover ior trial at the Aprilterm.
IROX ORE SHIPMEXTS.
Season's Aggregate From Superior
Ports WillReach 19.000,000 Tons.
DULUTH. Minn., Dec. IS.—(Special.)—The shipments of ore from all the portson Lake Superior for the season of 11C0were 35.570.310 tons, which is a gain of660,114 tons over last year. 1-e all-railmovement will probably bring the totalup to 19,000,000 tens. Duluth led up toNov. 1, but since that date Two Harborswent to the front and leads with 4.007.234tons. Duluth is second, with ;-:.S<S.9SCtens, and Escanaba third, with 3,436.723toils. Marquette, Ashland, Superior andGladstone follow in the crder named.
JEALOUS OF INTRUDERS.
Probably- Fatal Row on the Ice at"Webster City.
WEBSTER CITY, 10., Dec. I? .—A seri-ous and, perhaps, fatal stabbing affrayoccurred at the river on the east side•X the city. Harry Love, whose home is
3®GREAT VARIETY OF
Holiday Jewelryand Novelties
Atfrom 25 to 50 percent lower than ourusual low prices. * **V F. H. HARM,
109 EAST SEVENTH.
Will Pardon Mrs. Cherney.
SORTHWEST XEWS IX BRIEF.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1900,
in Illinois, was on the ice with his friend,C. T. Williams, accompanied by a wellknown WTebster City lady. The trio weremade the target for the jeers of a crowdof young toughs, and started to leavethe ice, Williams and the young lady be-ing in the lead. The crowd surroundedLove, and finding he was separated fromhis friends, he began fighting his waythrough. He closed with two of themand was struck across the head with askate, at the same time being stabbed inthe left side. The blade penetrated thekidney and also entered the lung. He isnow at one of the hotels and is in avery precarious condition. The countyattorney has taken the matter in hand,but as both Love and Williams arestrangers in the city, they do not knowwho thei* assailants were.
SOITH DAKOTA COMPAXIES.
Articles of Incorporation Recently
Filed r.t Pierre.PIERRE. S. D., Dec. 18.—Articles of In-
corporation have been filed for the Mans-field Print Works company, St Brook-ings, with a capital of $25,000. Incorpora-tcrs, T. Arthur Fuller, Louis N. Fuller,Philo Hall.
For the Hot Springs Irrigation and LiveStock company, at Hot Springs, with acapital of $56,000. Inoorporators, J. A.Stanley, Charles W. Hargens and S. J.Wood.
For the Solomon River Gold Miningcompany, at Pierre, with a capital of$1,000,000. Incorporators, John B. Col-lins, M. H. Collins and G. V. Pattison.
For the Evangelical Luthern church, atBowdle. Trustees, Fred P. Merkel, Her-man C. Baer and John Kirtterling.
For the Woman's Christian Temperanceunion, at Willow Lake. Trustees, Mrs.Ida G. Chase, Mrs. Clara Bell Baker andMrs. Lucinda Peck.
For the Reward Gold Mining company,at Pierre, with a capital of, $400,003. In-corporators, T. F. McAvoy, F. T. Mar-tens and G. V. Pattison.
For the South Dakota Mennonite col-lege, at Freeman. Directors, CorneliusEwert. Charles Mueller, D. J. Mendel,Johan L. Wiff, Sam Walter, Jacob Wal-tern, Dirk P. Filszen, A. Giving Free-man and Joseph Graber.
For the Mount Hamilton Land and Oilcompany, at Flandreau, with a capital of$1,000,000. Incorporators, John F. Krause,»William N. Krause and E. C. Stowe.
For the Morning Star Mining company,at Pierre, with a capital of $250,000. In-corporators, Ralph M. Jacoby, George F.Buck and G. V. Pattison.
MADISON. Dec. 18.—Gov. Sco-field has decided to pardon Mrs. Jose-phine Cherney, who is serving a term "ofeighteen years in the states prison formurder in the second degree, for the kill-ing of her husband in Kenosha county in1892. She pleaded guilty without the casegoing to trial, and her pardon was rec-ommended by Judge Gilson. judge of thecircuit court, in 1898, and this recom-mendation is now renewed by him. Thegovernor has decided to commute thesentence of life imprisonment of M. M.Fenner, sent up for murder in 1883, fromAYood county.
Lyle, Minn.—Daniel Young-, a retiredfarmer, died at his home In Otranto,three miles southwest.
Ottunv.va. lo.—Alza Booker, colored, wassentenced to twenty years' imprisonmentfor criminally assaulting a white woman.
Dubuque, lo.—Thomas J. McGuire, theattorney who was wounded by the ac-cidental discharge of a revolver Satur-day, is dead.
Dubuque. lo.—The story that FatherClark has been left $50,000 by h>s father,en condition that he renounce the priest-hood in the Catholic church, is not true.
Winona.Mirm.— Burglars stole two over-coats . from the cheetc room at tna Wl-nona hotel. They also entered the West-licher Herold office and broke opc-n thecash drawer.
Estherville, lo.—The residence of Mr.Freeman was destroyed by fire yesterday.His wife burned to death and foul playis suspected. Freeman has been arrest-ed and an inquest is being held.
Escanaba, Mich.—lron ore shipmentsfrom this port this season amounted to3.660,919 tons. The Chapin mine shippedthe largest amount, 7W..723 tons; 2L'4,155tons of the total shipped was by rail.
Red Wing, Minn.—Mrs. Isabelle Ster-ling has received word of the death ofher daughter, wife of Rev. C. C. Lsnth,a missionary to India. Mrs. Lenth wasa graduate of Hamline and of the Wi-r.ona normal.
Redwood Falls, Minn.—Supt. Kean. o:the United States fish commission, hav-ing in charge a large amount of blackbass fry and croppies, arrived here laAweek and deposited one-half of the fryin Redwood river.
Mason City, lo.—B. M. Kettleson, alarmer thirty-two years old, was struckby the electric cars near Emery lastnight, four miles west, and ground al-most to a pulp. He was intoxicated andfell asleep on the track.
Webster City, lo.—Coroner Hall held aninquest over the body of W. M. Jones,who died at Jewell Junction Monday.The coroner's jury rendered a verdictthat he came to his death by excessivedrink nad exposure to the cold.
Evarts, S. D.—During the past few daysEvnrts n.erctiants have been enjoying abig: cash trade from the Standing RockIndians, who came from seventy-fivemiles up the Grand river to do theirtrading here.
Murray, lo.—A trestle over the Burling-ton road gave way, subjecting four mento a fall of fifty feet. John Dozle waskilled instantly and three others weresericusly injured. As they fell in softearth and water the shock was brokenand they may recover.
Fort Dodge. lo.—This city is becom-ing alarmed about an outbreak of small-pox. One case has been reported withinthe city limits, and three cases at Ho-mer, just south of the city. Badger, asmall place north, is suffering from anepidemic of scarlet fever.
Atlantic. lo.—Rev. Mr. Grace, pastor cfthe Griswold Presbyterian church, wasplaced on trial yesterday, charged withundue intimacy with a fair member ofhis flock. He protests he is innocent,and it was at his urgent request that theinvestigation was begun.
Albert Lea, Minn.—Sheriff Mitchellwent to Oakland and brought back aaunknown man who is a raving maniac.On the way up he made a sudden lungefor the car window and thrust his headthrough the glass, cutting his face. Heis about thirty years of age and former-ly resided at Minnesota Lake.
Detroit, Minn.—Herman Tietgen, agedabout eighteen years, while attemptingto board a moving freight train at West'sice chute, three miles east of town,slipped and went under the train. Acompanion grabbed him, but was toolate and one foot was cut off and theother one crushed so that the front parthad to be amputated.
Duluth, Minn.—The city is expected toj take early action to raise the municipalbuilding one story, in order that the wa-ler and light departments may be ac-commodated, both for offices, displayrooms, stables, etc The Marshall-Wells Hardware company is building a
I large harness factory in connection withits wholesale stores.
Grand Rapids, Minn.—Charles Crookswas brought down from, one of J. PSims' camp? as a patient to St. Bene-dict's hospital, on which institution heheld a ticket. The appearance of Crooksaroused the suspicions of the attendantsat the hopital. He was sent to Dr. Gil-bert, who made an examination, and im-mediately pronounced the patient suffer-ing from an attack of smallpox. HealthOfficer Russell was next appealed to andthe sufferer was taken to the log build-ing at the foot of Leland avenue, on Fir=tstreet.
IE 1011 CHARGERAILROAD AND "WAREHOUSE COM-
MISSION* FAVORS PUBLIC OWX-ERSHIP OF RAILROADS
BELIEF FOE EXISTING HIS
Suffer as Long as PrivateProperty Rights Are
It Urges That Pnblie Interests Most
The following statement pertaining tothe organization and work of the staterailroad and warehouse commission hasbeen taken from the annual report ofthat body, the statistical portion of\u25a0which was published in the Globe Sat-urday. The report in full has not yetbeen officially published t>y the commis-sion.
In the following review the commis-sion calls attention to the prerogativeplaced in its hands by the legislature of1897, by which it is empowered to examineinto the reasonableness of railroad tar-iffs, as "one of the most potent weaponsever put into the hands of any commis-sion charged with the protection of thecommercial interests of the people atlarge."
Attention is also directed to the recentexaminations of grain and merchandiserates as examples of the exercise of thisnew power. The commission makes arecommendation on the basis of thesehearings as an amendment to the law,in which it is held that if the statutepermitted them to consider the wholerailroad system of the state as a unitand place their order upon a broaderbasis their usefulness would be greatlyaugmented:
ORGANIZATION,The commission, as now constituted isas follows: *
irS6o^ U Beker appointed January,1K», for a term, of tnree years, and XIJ. ivnox, appointed January, lavK) for aterm 01 one year. \u0084 . . _. ,The term or George L. Becker' expiresby limitation January, 1901.
V
,-., Ugh the action of the legislatureof 181W, in enacting chapter 3J* of theGeneral Laws of tnat year, makinir thecommission an elective body, the termor I>. M. Rmgdal was maae to expireJanuary, 1901; T. J. Knox, having- beenappointed to the one-year term, createdby the same act, his term expires bylimitation January, 19ftk \>;?
WORK OF THE COMMISSION.The work of the commission for th«
!S?n-- year has been in some measurealong new lines. The legislature of 1597amended the law governing the work iftne commission by providing that th«commission might proceed upon their ownmotion to investigate the reasonablenessor the tariffs of rates ' fares and classifica-tions filed in their office,-although nocomp.aint had been made. Jan 2.? 19C0the commission adopted a resolution un-der the terms of which t they proceeded
J^a aavantage of this feature of thelaw. A number of hearings were hadat which the reasonabl^esT of the rates!«L^c transP°rtation of grain and ilax&eed from stations on the various linesof railroads in the southwestern portionof the state were inquired into. The com-missioners were of the opinion that theserates were to high. ,-lt is truV thatTuh °fS1'il cS™P lail« had 'been lodgedwith them. But that is hardly to beS«t en
oaSth?V; devnCe that the r^es 1wtrljust, or that they were, so regarded byany considerable number of people af-th*m It is. a well known factthat commercial interests are very t£
to^SE & Caii transP^tation companiesrhrht* tn ?„<° . ustlce to enforce theirrights to fair treatment. "Whether thio
ho^%h fear of retribution ?r frJmhope that patient suffering may brine iits reward, in the course of S, ir if l
inauiS 6intUolD^ o£ this commission tomqujre into. .We .merely cite the fart
XS"I- 'T? 61:"111 Pursuits bftolihom
W^Pf^LJ^£Sdher'i«. thC 3UStmcat'^"M S°^'Sl«
That this amendment is one of the mo=tpotent weapons ever put into theh^ndstecfion oomiSSiOnr iSSiOn cl^ged with th pro!KSK? 2 fif^^^g"?d^sb -s which attended its u^ in!MS fntpi^rtn^faertnafute was without preteden" and larlefy Inrealms'"^ £™;VtXCV5Sion into unknown"realms, it brought about a reduction intransportation rates on the states' moststapte products, which will aggregatehundreds of thousands of dollarYfJer an!fJt^ hve rans P°rtation companies af-iected by the reduction regarded it asthe fact XVta^c iS to belnf^ "romthe fact that
+they accepted it withou*urst resorting to the courts to prevent ii«sHad they : looked nnoneither the reduction itself or the amoSrtgg" af uniusl ly- affectto|.?he rfghSS
interests of their stockholders: it is to"be assumed that they would have ap-pealed to the courts to protect them.P
t-^i +kthe &rain rate casfe had been set-tied the commission took up the question
ot .ratesAfor the distribution of merchan-
fiw in ;Vi c^mmation- of the tariffs oni.ciJ? l*c office of th commission dis-il^ thJ*- fact that manufacturers andjobbers ucmg business^in.the larger cit-ies of the state were distributing their
fh°nS^ nder tariffs which were lowerthan those which their • competitors atthe smaller distributing.., points had tOsubmit to. This tne commission believed+lKObf a vio'atl of both the 1. spirit andthe letter, of the laws ; of the state pro-At^^vS railr(>a<l rate discriminations.-Whether, as a legal proposition, the po-sition of the commission be accepte-3 asconformable to our statute, there can beno oiversity opinion as to the practi-cal effect of the deserimination upon theindustries tv which it applies. Our com-mercial classes toe well-understand thisto need any extended argument upon tLequestion here. They know, from practi-cal everyday experience, that a discrim-ination of a small percentage in the rat«of transportation for or against a per-son or place is sufficient, often, to doeidebetween success or failure of his or itsbusiness enterprise. This commissioncalled the attention of the railroad com-panies doing business within the state tothe discriminations above cited, and de-manded of them that these be removed.After a number of conferences a tariff ofrates was agreed to and put in force byeach company, against whom i the com-mission found, after a careful investiga-tion, that cause for complaint on thisscore existed. The tariffs thus put inforce are based, so near as may be, uponthe tariffs in force from the Twin Citiesover the same lines, in the same direc-tion. This places all, the distributingpoints In the state upon an equal basis,-so far as rates within the state are con-cerned. This commission confidently be-lieves that tnis adjustment of merchan-dise rates, if permanently adhered to,will result in great good to all legitimatebusiness interests of the state by permit-ting the development of .the natural re-sources and commercial advantages of alllocalities where such are shown to ex-ist, . " •' - • . 1 ;;»V< •.."•.:
In addition to the fixing of the tariffof rates, the question of classification en-gaged the attenticn oi the commission."It is a well known fact that the mere fix-ing of rates without any action beingtaken with, regard to the '- classificationunder which they are made to-apply, is oflittle x>r no value. Such partial actionleaves the railroad companies free, when-ever they see fit, to renSe^ any tariffofrates nugatory by a change in the clas-sification. \u0084.,<...--•
In order to prevent possibility-ofsuch a contingency ai*fetng^ the commis-sion fixed the classification, by an orderwhich imposes upon i&e companies : af-fected ; thereby - the necessity of aoplyin*to . the railroad and warehouse commis- -sioners for authority^ before a changein their classification isjnade. -SOME RECOMMEXr^ATipNS MADE.In connection with this, merchandise
Mrs. Wlaiiow'g Soothing Syrup
Has been used for over FIFTY YEAR3by MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their -CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, withPERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES theCHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, AX.LAYSail PAIN, CURES WIND COLIC, and isthe best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Soldby druggists In every part of the world.Be sure and ask for "Mrs. .Win«low*»Soothing Syrup." and take no other kind.Twenty-five cent* a bbttl*.
rate inquiry we "would respectfully callattention to a defect in the law as it nowstands.
Cash for S. D. Schools.
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vitation to come with the chil- Q V^^k^^r^r&&7/ MAJmIdren so they can tell dear old \^ litiSftlSSanta what the}^ want for Christ- | *^^-®_/i^N^N«'«i^%mas. Make a thorough inspec- , " i^^^^^^w"tion of the Toy department and 1 iit>V Uf^^^wr^?^our Holiday stocks. Christmas &' . Ifj IW -^jßK^^^V-Wtime for years has found us with *ii*i"Mlif'Wf|l ' iUi s rfk "^\!fl!iplenty to talk about, but there il-iNjiiJi}!.'/^f^^^Sgiseems to be no limitto the good -fll\l{f||!Jl| llrffm-sWiiß&\ '\u25a0*>Sfe^S^l T/things this season to which we iilV ISra^a ' &vFJk& R^^lKSawould like to call your atten- ' $11 BtT^]^
Our large Basement with the I^^^^^^^^^fJ XwSwlScompleteness. We are sure it V^/y^rrnZ? ]^^^^^S^u)^L.' r^ftTxgreat many to see the great im- V^' J Ii^/^s^S^^^ Wjjj*t, —^"^\provements in our lower floors. &~V £ Ml \\ mWe're not going to talk about JBm 7^ -t\ \£^prices today, but simply to give mSs J :'^^^^Ji^^^ 1you an idea of the Toy depart- llffil'L M_ y/ m <ment, that you may know where i^i ' Iff *^ f^^**^to find the various things when *" *you get ready to purchase. Don't stay away because you are not ready to buy. It willpay you well to go through and see, and we wiil be pleased to have you do so.
If the commissioners were authorizedto consider the whole railroad system ofthe state, as a unit, and to place theirorder upon a broader basis, their useful-ness would be greatly augmented. Asthe statute now stands, it is open toquestion whether the commissioners cantake that comprehensive view of a casecoming- before them which the urgentneeds of our commercial interests re-quire, and whether they are not con-fined, in making an order, to the narrowrange of experience and the lack of di-versity in conditions which may happento affect the road to which the order, ineach particular case, is directed. "Withthe law in its present condition an orderwithin statutory limits which would beof material benefit to the mercantileelapses might prove ruinous to some rail-road properties. Were the statute soamended as to permit the commissionersto take notice of those general conditionswhich do not directly effect most lines,while they may indirectly effect all. theywould be in a much better position tocompel fair treatment of all shippersthan they are now. Sound public policydemands that this power should be grant-ed through such laws as the legislaturemay deem best suited to accomplish thepurpose sought.
This commission is not sure that Itswhole duty, under the statute, has beenexercised with regard to reports when ithas pointed out the defects which renderimperfect the enforcement of the presentsystem of railroad regulation.
If, in their opinion, the system itself isone based upon wrong principles, and byreason thereof is incompetent to carryout its full purpose—the insuring of fairand just treatment of all shippers—theycannot convince themselves that theywould be doing their full duty to the peo-ple of the state, whose servants they are,did they, by their silence, lead these tobelieve that the system itself is good an<jthat minor details alone need legislativeattention.
FAVORS PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.This is the situation that confronts
this commission. Their every effort togain for the people of the state the rightof equal participation in the benefits tobe derived from those public cr quasi-public enterprises which come under theirjurisdiction have brought them to a fuH-er realization of the futility of attempt-ing to harmonize private property rightsin public utilities with the rights of thepublic to adequate, equal and reasonab'euse of those utilities. If property ri?ht?are to be the dominant force behindthem, the public interests must suffer.Upon the other hand, it be conceded thattheir first duties are to the public, pri-vate property interests must be subor-dinated. The commission sees no escapefrom this conclusion. They are convinc-ed, therefore, that the only remedy forthose discriminations, from which the va-rious business interests suffer, that willprove adequate and sufficient, at thef-ame time that it will not prove burden-some to private property interests, Ispublic ownership and operation of rail-roads. Whether this end should be soughtwithin the limits and jurisdiction of thestate is a question for future considera-tion, resting largely upon the action tak-en by our federal authorities.If the way op«ns to federal control, th:n !
the state might escape the duty of un-dertaking the enterprise for itself. Onthe other hand. If, as seems obvious, fed-eral control is a remedy too remote toenter into immediate calculations, thequestion arises as to not only the pow-ers, legal and practical of the state, toengage in this public business on its ownaccount, but also, of its duty to the va-ried Interests of its citizens.It may not be out of place here—in-
deed, we believe it entirely appropriate-to call attention to the exceptionally fa-vorable situation of this state to "meetthe necessities of the case. On our east-ern boundary we touch a great naturalwaterway—the great lakes—which now isonly one step removed from a \u25a0worldhighway. That it will assume the lattercharacter In the comparatively near fu-ture there is ample cause to expejt.When that day comes—if not at the pres-ent moment—the state of Minnesota willbe in a position, if its interests are en-trusted to the care of wise and enlight-ened citizens, to solve the transporta-tion question for itself, without waitingfor the slow and cumbersome machineryof our federal government to come to itsaid. That the people of this state will becalled upon at no very distant day tomeet the question of transportation, on abroader and more comprehensive fieldthan that which now obtains, this com-mission has not the slightest doubt. Inorder that they may have the benefit ofsuch slight observations and experienceas this commission has had the fortunein the prosecution of their official dutiesto make and acquire, these suggestionsare made. If, when the necessity formore comprehensive and adequate legis-lation becomes imperative, they shouldcontribute even remotely to a successfulsolution of this much vexed question, themembers of this commission will ftelhighly gratified.
PIERRE, S. D., Dec. 18.—The state landdepartment today apportioned $>4,4t3among the counties of the state for school
purposes. This is apportioned on a basisof the school population, which has in-creased over 4,600 the past year. Thepresent apportionment will give 45 cent 3per capita to the funds of the variouscounties.
Homesteaders Indicted.RAPID CITY; S. I D., Dec. IS.—lnstruc-
jtions have been received at the local land'\u25a0 office from the general land commission-er at Washington to stop receiving home-stead entries on the Black Hills forestreserve after the ninety days' limit. F rsome time past the. government has • al-JuVml owners of homesteads in the for-est reserve to turn them in, providing acertain amount -of improvements hadbeen made, in return for which they re-ceived government script. A great manyentries have been made, which has keptthe land office very busy. Of late someof the homestead owners have bee ."ass
; moTe or less dishonest in > their rep e-sentations of improvements. Spec iaiAgent Green has made a careful inspec-tion of some of the fraudulent claims anlhe ' has indicted fourteen men to appearbefore the next term of the federal courtin Deadwood. '
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EAP AT THE PRINCE.London's Reverend Editor Objects
: to Princely Gambling-. .LONDON, Dec. 18.—Rev. Dr. Joseph
Parker, pastor of the City Temple, whohas assumed for a week . the editorshipof the London Sun; in today's issue ofthe paper, tinder the heading:, ."Bettingand Gambling-. Forecasts," tilts at thePrince of Wales and Lord Rcsebery asfollows: ;\u25a0 - V '
"Woe to any country in which the heirsto the throne and prime; ministers favorthe race course, as it exists among us
! today. If princes are guilty, it is a poorI consolation for us to rebuke peasants. Ifthe premium can blaspheme, he has \u25a0.r.o
right to rebuke ribaldry on the" street. Iwould rather have- as premier r«. man ofsolid character than one of brilliant mindaddicted to habits that may have, the ef-fect of a pestilence upon the rising gen-eration." •
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WEATHEB FOIL TODAY. ;Minnesota, Wisconsin ' and lowa—Fair
Wednesday and Thursday; fresh wester-.ly winds. :. . ' -. . :
The D'akotas—Fair Wednesday andThursday westerly winds. . - v \u25a0-•"'.
Montana—Fair Wednesday and Thurs-day; west to south winds.
ST. PAUL.Yesterday's observations, taken by the
United States weather bureau. St. Paul,P. F. Lyons, observer, for the twenty-four hours ended at 7- o'clock last night.—Barometer corrected for temperatureand elevation. - \u0084
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Highest temperature '..1.'UV.V.'.?....... 42Lowest temperature .................... 32Average temperature 36Daily range ......: 10Barometer ..'..*;:..:..'... *...1'.'.Y. 30.05Humidity SOPrecipitation ..— —."....:.."... 07 p. m., temperature -. 347 p. m., weather, clear; wind, west.
RIVER. BULLETIN. - -;"_..." Danger Gauge Change in
'\u25a0- - Station. . - . Line. Reading. 24 Hours.St. Paul .f....~.".^4 2.7 *0.3
•Rise. \u25a0 .... ::'l~^£-YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES. T
-V - *Spm.High| :. - *Bp.m.HighBattleford ....15 24,Chicago ......3S 44Bismarck ....32 S8 GincinnaU ...50 66Calgary ......26 .42 Cleveland ...40 45Du.uth .:V.V..SS ; 42Galveston ....64 66Edmonton ...30 .36 Jacksonville .54 68Havre .. ••• •. .38 46}Marquette .. .36 38Helena' ....... 34 42 Montgomery .54 58Huron .:.....^34 Montreal .... 10 10Medicine Hat. .44 tsashville 5S 64Minnedosa .V.20 - 30;-Nerw Orleans.6o 70Pr. Albert ..22 34; New York ..36 38Qu'Appelle ..20 —26 Philadelphia .38 42S. Current .'.34 40 Pittsburg- ....50 52Williston ~r. .-.28 34|'Frisco ....... 54 56Winnipeg- ..:. 20 S2,St. Louis ....50" 54
•Buffalo -....;r:42' • Salt Lake ....44 48Cheyenne ... .28 28 S. Ste. Marie.34 34
•Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul).
MTTBDEB, AND SUICIDE.'iragie'Endins of tlie Career of an
Actress at Hoperrell, Pa.HUNTINGTON, Pa., Dec. 18.-A. C.
Metzg-er, of Newark, X. J., shot andkilled his wife today at a hotelin Hopewell, Bedford county, and.committed suicide with the sameweapon. Mrs. Metzger was tholeading- lady of the Davidson Comedycompany, playing- in Hopewell, and lastnight was escorted to the hotel by Man-ag-er "AJ" Davidson. Her husband, from,
whom she had been separated for somatime, had previously concealed himselfin her room, and soon after her entrancawith Davidson, he emerged from his hid-ing place and shot his wife down. Hethen ended his own life with a bullet in,his brain, falling across the dead body,of his : wife.
NEWARK, N. J.. Dec. IS.— policeof this city received information tcdaythat Alfred Metzger, a stained glasamanufacturer at Newark, had last nightkilled a woman, supposed to be his wife,at Hopewell, Pa., and then committedsuicide. Metzger resided in this - city,where Mrs. Metzger was found alive andwell. She was shocked to hear of thedouble tragedy said to have been com-mitted by her husband at Hopewell: .
The police learned from relatives ofMetzger that he had been at home withhis family but little. during the last three
. months, and . they had a suspicion thathe was livinga dual life.
DRANK TOO MUCH GINGEB.Prospective Bride and Groom DieI After Ante-Nnptinl Celebration.
CAMBP.IDGE, 0., Dec. IS.—CoronerVoorhees today rendered h!s verdict inthe deaths .. of Andy-Nonlck and MaryLaesah, finding that they came to their,deaths from drinking Jamaica ginger.The two were tc have been married, andaccording to the Slavonic custom, wereholding- an ' ante-nuptial celebiation r towhich several of their friends had be?nInvited. The coroner finds that the partyconsumed the greater portion of. thirty-two two-ounce bottles of ginger which,was 95 per cent pure alcohol. There wasconsiderable excitement over a reportthat they had been poisoned. ~
MANY SOLDIEES SICK.Transports en Route From the Phil-
.'•". ipplnes Brin? Eleven Hundred.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. - Within afew days more than 1,000 sick soldiwill be on their way home from the Phil,
. ippines. • The Grant and Sherman ar©
now enroute with GOS men and the Sheri-dan is scheduled to leave on Dec. 22 w»tb500 more. This rush will tax the generalhospital at the presidio lo its utmost ca-pacity. The convalescents will be mus-tered out as soon as possible after theyarrive and if the 867 available beds atthe hospital become overcrowded, a tent-ed annex will be built to accommodatethe overflow. -
mInnovation in Florida. Travel.
"The Chicago and Florida Special," thefirst solid Pullman train ever run Chicagoto Florida, consisting ofmagnificent Pull-man Sleepers, Dining and observationcars goes . into service between JanuaryIst and 15th. Only one night out! 12hours to St. Augustine via Big Four,Pennsylvania Lines, Monon, C. H. & D.,Queen & Crescent, Southern Ry.. PlantSystem and Fla. East Coast Ry.'s. Fullparticulars at ticket offices any of thefines named or of connecting- lines in theNorth-west. '' mmTHrongli. Trains to Omaha, Wit
Sleeping Cars to Kansas City.
The Minneapolis &' St. Louis R. R.,which Is- the shortest line to Omaha, hasextended its through sleeping car serviceto Kansas' City. Get the best. CityTicket Office. No. 338 Robert Street.
$10.47 I 't X^JL SEND oliE iini_i_&R Cnt "^tA- ont•*IV"I..H v:.• .. S teas^—J \u25a0 «&\u25a0»*••> Wild. UUkLnlland send to u«
*ttte=- 'I Bib an<l we "rt" send yon a set of our high grade 4-KNEE'*—.Lj=MSS=gssSßga.mj_ "tt, I*j-LJ*&SSOB SLEDS by freight C. O. D.. rabjectto examination!an^^^-»ati2?i^ls-J> '\u25a0rasr^fl ou caa examine them at your freight depot, and if found
LrJ*^^Xj»aJ|'" '"li" XgggS'ia. tl .tl^perfectly satisfactory and-exaetly as represented, the equalw-MgBrg \u25a0 of bob& thatßel! in yonr netehborhood at about double the
'>«^__Ju-iKi* '\u25a0-*-.. money, then pay the freight aurent Our Special Offor PriceS 10.47 and freight charjres. Bobs wt!-h400 pounds; and the freight ever-,-..--\u25a0\u0084-;.. —._•.; .. ajreabout ILOOfor-JOO miles: 12.00 for 400 miles.. Ifyou tire in No. Dafc., S. Dak
inchts»Hi, Wisconsin. lowa or Minnesota, you need not send one cent with yonr order. Ifyou lire In any otherI; state, send «1.00. the balance, W.47 aad freight charges payable after received. . - - •WE GUARANTEE tnese the flljrticstgrade rcpular steel d-knee bob made. Made with mortised knee. top andi bottom full bolted, best rock e!m runners, balance oak and maple. ' Runners 2x3 in., ft. *In.;onir 10-inch t-hoesturned np behind. Hares, 8 In. wide. 48 in. long. - Extra he*Ty bolster plates, bobs ironed throughout with heavyBessemer steel, extra well braced and finished, made of the very best material throughout, painted with fourcoats of paint, neatly Etrlped and varnished. . ETcry bob is pat out under our binding sruarantee and IfItdoea -not prove perfectly satisfactory, exactly as represented, all and more than we claim for it. and preater valuethan you could possibly get elsewhere, you can return it at our expense and wo willcheerf ally return yourmoney. <T. M. Roberts' Supply House 1«thoroughly reliable.—Editor.) Order today. Don't delay. The flrrtgeneral snow willabsord our entire guppiy ;\u25a0•- Our special t10.47 price barely covers the cost of material and laborThese bobs are made from four year air seasoned material during the dull summer months. W« shall close themoutat once at our special heretofore unheard of 110.47 price. . Send for our Buggy and Harness Cataloirie which
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