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.Robbed Itobbiusdale— Four maskedmen Wednesday evening visited the stores atRobbinsdale, and .in ail about $75 in cash

\u25a0was secured. They, met with little resistance,as they had revolvers f and: did not hesitateto use them in intimidating the people whomthey saw. The : police of Minneapolis havebeen notified. • >-.; •,- • '\u25a0'\u25a0' '

A Building Change— Inspec-tor Houghton will recommend ito the , citycouncil \u25a0> at; -its <: meeting *:*to-night,

<"«the

advisability' of. changing • the buiimng ordi-nance to '. allow buildings "of six stories .inheight to be of "slow, burning" construction.Five stories is now the limit. He insists thatthere is no. use In having- an -ordinance ineffect and then continually grant special per-mits to avoid its terms. . -

To ICntei tain Commander ! Harries—A special meeting of Rawlins Post;; Q. A.R., will-be , held this evening "- for . thspurpose of extending a reception to Depart-ment Commander Harries and his staff. Adinner will be served at the Commercial Club,at ii p. m., after which an adjournment willbe taken to the poet hall, where an old-fashioned campnre will be held, with an in-teresting program.

M. & St. L.. Lake Trains—The Minne-apolis & St. Louis will put on its lake trainsto Lake Park, Monday. For the present, theschedule" will -be'as follows: Week days,leave Minneapolis at 9:10 and 11:20 a. m, and5:35 and 6:ls'p. m., arriving at the Minne-apolis station at 7:30 and 10:06 m., and at1:50 and 5:11 p.. m. Sundays, leave Minne-apolis at 9:45 a. m.; leave Tonka Bay, return-ing, at 4:50 p. m.

Child Dies in a Trunk— Berg, adomestic employed at 822 Fourth \u25a0 avenue S.gave girth to a male child last Monday. Thebabe was found In a trunk. An autopsy washeld at the morgue Wedp^sday and CoronerWilliams concluded that the child had beensmothered to death. The mother confessedthat she wrapped it In a cloth and placed itIn the trunk. A charge of infanticide mayhe brought against her.

Vacos Opposed Arrestln the policecourt yesterday Nick Vacos was ararignedon a charge, of grand larceny in the firstdegree,- upon complaint of W. A. Allen." Ex-amination was set for April SI. Vacos wasarrested at the Burlington flats on Fourthstreet N. He made a stubborn resistenceand -was dragged to the station In his nightclothes. The polite say that the watchstolen from Allen was found on the prisonerwhen arrested.' ;\u25a0-•-.•?•.•

Given 11 Vacation—Rev. C. J. Petriwas granted two mouths' leave "of absenceat a; meeting of the Augustana Swedish Lu-theran congregation .Wednesday. He . willprobably spend his vacation at eastern sum-mer resorts. The resignation of CharlesSwenson as organist was not accepted. Ar-rangements were made to lighten Mr. Swen-Eon's work and make his position more con-genial, jHe has become a great favorite inthe church and the congregation would nothear of, bis resignation. ,-;. c ':

5M17.000 Real Kstate Ileal—ThorpeBros. Wednesday closed a real estate | dealInvolving $117,000,.including a $20,000 transac-tion carried through by E. G. Walton. Theproperty sold includes, the Wolford home-stead at First avenue 'and' Eight- street S,sold by R. S. Goodfellow for $35,000; propertyon Second avenue S, diagonally across fromthe New York Life building, for $52,000,and property at Second avenue S and Fourthstreet for $30,000. It was all bought for SallieS. Moon. . .

The Olson Statuary Group—The lastnumber of the Scientific American devoted apage to the monumental group, entitled"Peace," which ornaments the front of theNicollet avenue entrance of the Olson store.The article is by J. 11. Collins and describesin detail the process of making large plastercasts. It is illustrated with six halftones,showing the work in different stages and thefinal result, iin the completed • statue. - Tieselection of this particular work for an articleof this length, in the Scientific American isInteresting as a testimonial to the excellenceof the work. V-.---.^';. .'.

Fine Mnslc Program-The Minneap-olis amateur choral society and also theNorth Minneapolis singing school will furnishan interesting program of music thisevening in Immanuel Baptist ctiurcn, Bloom-ington avenue and E Twenty street.Several fine choruses are scheduled for thisevent, among which will be one sung by boysfrom St. Mark's church choir. Misses "SarahAlice Brooke, Inez Adele Davis, Master Her-bert Chapman and other skilful young vocalsoloists will furnish numbers. There is alsoto be entertaining mandolin duet by theMisses Myrle Kitsman and Irene Taylor, withguitar accompaniment, and a humorous reci-tation by little Miss Florence EhrmantrautNewton. George H. Normington, organtstand choirmaster of St. Mark's church, willconduct the musical numbers of this perform-ance, which is given in aid of the Greeleyschool piano fund.

DIVERSE VIEWSA Discussion Under the Auspices of

the Charities.The discussion which was held under the

auspices of the Associated CharitiesWednesday evening at the Y. M. C. A.developed a disagreement between thespeakers as to state boards of control.

Judge John W. Will's of St. Paul, Rev.Marion D. Shutter, C. E. Faulkner andProfessor Frank McVey were the speakers.

Judge Willis was willingto give the newsystem a trial although he doubted wheth-er conditions would be improved. Profes-sor McVey was opposed to the change un-der the present method, and Mr. Faulknerwas heartily in favor of the state board ofcontrol. .'\u25a0 yy ":yy. : >:.,'',-.•: '\u25a0\u25a0-.y\ .•\u25a0 -•?

CREMATORY OPENEDFirst Garbage Was Burned Tester-

day Afternoon.The Initial trial of . the merits of thegarbage crematory was made yesterday

afternoon in the presence of F. L. Decarie,\u25a0who furnished the plans, City EngineerSublette and other city officials. . Therewas not as much garbage on hand as wasdesired, s but it was thought best to makea preliminary test.

ALBERT LEA INVESTMENT COMPANYThe Albert Lea Loan and Investment com-.y«-h,a" ln«orP°, rated with a capital stock

of ?20,000. Henrik Nissen is president, Au-gustus Armstrong vice-president," Edwin AChurch secretary and Theo. E. Schleudei-treasurer.

Crescent:%fBig Buffer Store. \Ice CreamSpecial^ for" Sunday will bea Neapolitan Brick, FreshFruit Flavors. : |Pineapple I l quart..and \ > ;\u25a0.'-.-\u25a0

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Strawberry v..). 2 quart.. soc !No orders taken Sunday morning. 1

BUTTERMFancy Fresh ttfll^fcMCreamery, lb <£•<£\u25a0> Op*

?r. Dr. i6cJH Choice Dairy, 5-lb. ja. %Hjar, 1b:......::......... IOC §IBExtra Choice *%£*>*. I

Dairy, lb/..... ..... sCIfG IFine Full Cream 4sT*&_Cheese, lb fIUG

j§fVery '\u25a0Fancy Mild 4*T*^llCheese, lb ..;.;. 100

iHiPrimost. Extra -\u25a0/_

MFine, 1b.... /C ||Honey lOc"per'•}glass, 3 for 25c 1

IBe Crcsccaf Creamery c«., 1\u25a0jas 618-620 Hennepin. . Bj

LANDS GOING BASTGrowth of Northern Minn; as Viewed

by W. D. Washburn," Jr.

IT IS A RICH FARMING COUNTRY

Large Areas to Be Added to theWheat District of the

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State.

Maps of Minnesota issued in-the nextfew years will differ widely from thoseof the present time:" Instead of northernMinnesota being represented* as a track-less waste, it will be shown jwithrailroadlines, .new cities and towns," and all ofthose idetails which mark .growing com-munities. The enormous number of col-onists who have'poured through the .twincities the past few weeks gives surety. ofthis change. * W. D. Washburn, Jr.,- speak-ing of this tide of immigration from otherstates, says:

Yesterday," one of the half-fare days, wit-nessed the passage of a large number of set-tlers through Minneapolis. They were goingto northern Minnesota and the Dakotas. Thecrop conditions have -been so very favorablein the northwest that local agents have beensuccessful to an unusual degree in persuad-ing settlers to go into the Dakotas and north-ern Minnesota. .."\u25a0.. .

Tha Hackney-Br.ynton company of St. Paul,which purchased the Northern Pacific landgrant in North Dakota east of the Missouri,is said to have sold 120,000 acres in the pastthree months. , The -Minnesota Colonization,company, which bought the , land grant inMinnesota, has. disposed of nearly 600,000acres. ; ,-*\u25a0 . "\u25a0'''\u25a0'. .. ,

The largest recent sale of Interest is thatof St. Louis and Carlton county lands to theBoston and Duluth Land company. This saleis important in that it takes. out of the mar-ket almost the last of the large tracts ofavailable railway land " in Minnesota, % andshows the alacrity with which lands are beingtaken up in this state. Hitherto St. Louiscounty has been regarded as almost worthlessfor agricultural purposes.' Investigationshows that most of the land may be utilizedfor general farming. :.While this country re-quires considerable draining, it should openup. a large amount of fertile lands tributaryto Duluth and Superior. :>*•!?'' 'v^"-s'3

Opens a" New Territory.

The Winnipeg & Port Arthur road alreadyextends thirty miles beyond Warroad, Roseaucounty, and it is expected that the line willbe completed to Port Arthur by fall. Thisroad will, bisect the last'area'of the aboriginalforest land in the state and open, up the fer-tile valley 0f...the Rainy river. Hundreds ofsettlers have already gone into this regionand are rapidly taking up the last availablehomesteads. ''\u25a0•\u25a0<\u25a0'

Contrary to general belief, the country onthe Rainy river has proved to be a flne agri-cultural district with black loam 60il andclay subsoil. A large portion is "brush prai-rie," which can easily be cleared. This dis-trict will unquestionably add a large area ofland to the wheat raising district of thestate. .- '.'i/.-/'.

Work is now being pushed on the extensionof the Northern Pacific from Duck lake toKoochiching, where it will meet the Winnipeg& Port Arthur road. Work is also in progresson the Virginia & Rainy Lake road from Vir-ginia, St. Louis county, to the northernboundary line. By the completion of theseroads these great counties in the northernpart of the state will finally be opened todevelopment. ' . '..

The three counties, Beltrami, Itasca andSt. Louis, each have an area about the sameas that of Connecticut. Some of this land isfertile, and the lands that are not availablefor agricultural purposes are either coveredwith timber or underlaid with iron and min-eral products. The addition of this great re-gion to the productive area of the state is amatter of the greatest importance. ! Thesegreat counties will easily support a populationof many hundreds of thousands. While therailway facilities in this region will-takemost of this business to the head of the lakes,a north and south line should divert"much ofit to the twin cities. . «\u25a0

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Three Great Counties.

In this connection the projected line of theGreat Northern from Mora to Swan Lake isa matter of the greatest importance.. It willgive the twin cities an entrance to the miningregion of St. Louis and Itasca counties. It isto be hoped that this road will soon be con-structed. '..'.\u25a0 "-,'-;:;;.'.\u25a0*

IN AN ORPHANAGELouie and Emil Foubert Cared For—

No "Word From Father.Louie and Emil Foubert, two little

French boys, -who a short time ago werereported to have wandered from theirhome in South Minneapolis to Sixth ave-nue N, are at present in the hands of theCatholic orphanage. The Bisters of theorphanage visited the mother and tookthe children with the understanding thatif the father was able to take oare of themthey would be given up to him. The Hu-mane society,, which took charge of thecase several weeks ago, has written tothe father in Sparsfleld, Ont., and to thepostmaster, but no reply has been re-ceived. The story as published in Th cJournal J excited a great deal of sym-pathy and offers of assitance from thecharitable citizens of Minneapolis. TheGreat Western road has offered transpor-tation in case the boys are to be sent toCanada..' •'•'.'\u25a0.'\u25a0".\u25a0' ,

HILL LOOMING UPThe Captain Getting Ito . Be Police

Dictator.It was reported yesterday that Capt. Hill'had been promoted to the position of as-

sistant chief of police. This Captain Hilldenies, adding that he does not know howsuch a rumor could have been started itis said, however, that things at - head-quarters are gradually drifting under thesupervision of Captain Hill in so far asthe detective work is concerned. Ac-cording to those who hold this opinion 'Captain.*Hill is to be the man to whomthe "plain clothes-men" will*report. toall critical? matters, Chief . Ames' . wordwill, of course, be law, but in matters ofminor importance, Captain Hill will thewhole thing. v \u0084'.-'-^, . \u0084

MOOSE AND CARIBOUDeputy Game "Wardens "Seize Two

\u25a0\u25a0 ?<\u25a0 .; \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0; Heads.Deputy wardens yesterday seized a moose

head at the St. Paul union depot whichwas consigned by some unknown person toW. C. Putnam, Davenport, i lowa. •"&-'%-A caribou head was also secured, billedto Will C. Ranney, Estherville, Iowa;from Ed Brown, "Minn, taxidermist," atWarren, Minn. The heads are confiscatedand will be sold and prosecutions are like-ly to follow.

MRS. LAIRA WEIS died yesterday ather home, 1416 Third street NE. She leavesa. husband, and a baby boy. The funeral willtake place at the French Catholic church at9:30 a. m. to-morrow. v" ,<-i

NECROLOGICAL

MISS KATHERINE THOMPSON'S fu-elal,waß held from her father's residence.1009 Chicago avenue, ? at : 3 p. >m. to-day. -Troy ATimes. '-:-~ X >..-.-. •

A Hoosick Falls correspondent. writesto The Troy Times: "Quotations fromtombstones in- graveyards sem ": to figureprominently of v late in the Troy Timesand other leading . newspapers of 'to-day,and suggest that this .village,,; being al-ways up., to date. \u25a0 has.* a contribution to"offer ,\u25a0.that \may be worthy.'.off .a ' placeamong the most odd and quaint, and whichcan be seen and | read at any | time: in | thedaylight, in Maple Grove cemetery, southof, the postoffice, ;there, is a headstoneupon which is the following: / '\u25a0"-..-?.-»}\u25a0" 'Her body was :stolen; by ifiendish men,; Her bones anatomized; ;

Her soul, we trust, has risen to God,.. "Where few Physicians Rise."

CHANCE TO GET ACQUAINTED.. Chicago Record. r-"Do you ; think our new ; neighbors will

.call on us.. ?'.L^,...;>:';^.:.- i-u \u25a0'a:.:J^i"Curiosity will bring some of them." ";'

MEN FOR PRINCIPALSBoard offEducation Wants No More

Woman Principals, ;f

ADOPT APOLICY OF SUBSTITUTION_As "Women Retire They Will Be Suc-

ceeded by Men—More MaleHigh School Teachers.

' Men will hereafter be given the prefer-ence as principals of the larger gradeschools in Minneapolis^ if competent 'mencan be found willing; to- serve for themoney the board of education pays for thisservice. Two': of. the veteran school prin-cipals of the city resigned — Mrs.Burdick and I Miss Browp, and* it is theintention of 'the board to All the vacancieswith* men, who wilt;be placed- in"chargeof two of the largest grade schools. - ".:

The board has had in view for :sometime the policy of adding more male prin-cipals to the list as '""occasion *offered;For the past four or five years, the* in-crease in school capacity/ has been mostlyin the form of additions to existing build-ings, with the result that the work.andresponsibility of principals have beenheavier. Beginning with next fall therewill be some eight or "ten schools ** thatwill have from 1,000 to. 1,200 pupils of allgrades. "\u25a0• This number, in the ! opinion ofseveral members of the board, is beyond awoman's strength. The idea is that asvacancies occur in the list of principalshereafter men shall be appointed*. -

• The complete list of teachers and prin-cipals will be reported to the board atthe May meeting. At present there areonly two male principals in the city out-side of the high schools, Jorgens of theJackson school and Painter of the Adams.The largest buildings among the othersare the Madison, Holmes, Monroe, Seward,Emerson, and Washington.

It is also probable that the committeewill recommend the, employment of moremale teachers in the high schools aschanges in the present staff occur.

LEIGHTON IS AN ANTIAlderman Is Opposed to "Hell Hole

Expansion."

APROPOS OF SODINPS THEATER

The Dive Manager Has Started aXew One on Lower Nic-

ollet Avenue.

Alderman H.N. Leighton put in an em-phatic protest at the meeting of the li-cense committee of the council yester-day against the Ames administration'spolicy of "hellhole" expansion. He foundhis provocation in the fact that one Ske-tani, popularly supposed to be in the 'em-ploy of Charles Sodini, proprietor of theColumbia theater on Washington avenueS, had been granted a license to open a"theater" on Bridge Square, equipped withthe customary bar. attachment. :.-

Addressing himself to License InspectorGardner, Alderman Leigh ton said: . •

Sow I would like to know whose fault it isthat that place was started up. Ifthis com-mittee had anything to do with lt, I want toknow it. If it did, then It was your duty tohave told us what we were doing. I believewe have hell-holes enough in Minneapolisnow, without adding any more. If it 13 yourbusiness to get evidence against these places,why don't you do it, so. that we can closethem up* Maybe it is in the line of my dutyas a member of this committee to do thismyself; if it is, I will do it. . And if I haveever voted. for the opening up of such an es-tablishment in Minneapolis, ; I want to saythat I did it not knowing what I was doing,and I want to take it back.

Gardner Explains.

License Inspector Gardner explainedthat it was none of his business to lookafter such matters; that the city clerkgranted the theater license upon pay-ment of the license money. He knewnothing about the character of the place,he said. '..'• -~yy'is'::.yyy^i: k \u25a0-:;;:

It is the understanding at the city hallthat Sodini arranged for jthe opening ofthe new place to give himself-a soft placewhereon to land in case the Columbia isclosed up as a result of the recent rowthere resulting in the death of one of thewomen. The mayor and judge of \u25a0 themunicipal court alone have power to closesuch places, and the latter can only do itindirectly by revoking the license for thesaloon attachment and then only uponcomplaint and after conviction for someviolation of the law. The'ordinance saysthat liquor shall not be sold in any placeconnected with a theater,, but like a goodmany other ordinances it is not enforced.

THE ELEPHANT AT HOMEA Great Spectacle In an African

Jungle.

E. S. Grogan, in Everybody's .Magazine.Our tents were barely pitched when we

saw an enormous | bull elephant emergefrom the.papyrus and come gliding acrossthe open country to reach the welcome'shade of the trees in a gorge to our right.Then two more big bulls appeared and fol-lowed majestically in his wake. They hadnot gone far when the wall of papyrus be-hind them shuddered, staggered . and col-lapsed, while a ceaseless stream of ele-phants, big and little, stately and skittish;burst upon our astonished gaze. On theycame, a herd of fully two hundred, thebulls in front straggling in twos or threes,then a solid phalanx of cows, out of which,from time to time, little fellows not morethan three feet high ran bewildered, then,steadied by the shrill trumpet of theirmammas, scurried back. The- mass seemedto glide over the . country like an ava-lanche, raising a great .trailing cloud ofred dust that dimmed the outlines . andgave the impression of some hateful ' tidesoaking up the land. Great clumps ofbushes, acres of elephant grass loomed upin front,. swayed and were no more. ..,=jj On it swept, this wondrous mass of life,nearer and nearer, till great ivories'glinted white |in the red-gray wave, andyet, never a sound except the screech of acircling kite and the occasional ludicroustrumpeting of an anxious mamma. 3 Ourcamp was too high, and the motion of theelephant jis peculiarly noiseless. As jwewatched *another herd of thirty emergedfrom the papyrus, then another herd, andyet another one hundred strong, till thewhole valley seemed, to be streaked withelephants. ;Ye gods! it was a wonderfulsight, and to us. reclining at |ease in ourchairs and puffing at our pipes, it seemedsomehow unreal. All my life I had longedto see the; Africa of :- Gordon, 3 Cummingand Oswell, and there it was! .I was calm-lylounging on a chair, and watching some-thing : between . two thousand jjand fifteenhundred elephants strolling about my feet.

The whole herd passed to " water at asmall swamp; then, just as they emergedfrom their stifling struggle with the veg-etation,* streamed, out : once ; more J across.the plain. The huge beasts struggled outtill they covered fully a mile and thegreat tusks of the bulls gleamed white andenticing in the sun. They - were withinhaif a mile and looked truly magnificent"as they swarmed • along, all unconsciousof the three small specks that hovered re-lentlessly on their, flank.. - From bush tobush, i|bunch of grass to bunch of grass.those three small specks flitted/steadilydrawing * nearer" to the -huge-tusked "*bullthat led the van.

THE EFFECT OF OIL.;Yonkers Statesman. :

Crimsonbeak— Did you s see " Dauber'sminting of the ocean?,.', Yeast—Yes. ". ,;'."-,' .'....

" J Crimsonbeak—Whatdid you think of it'-;=Yeast—Oh, .I>t thought • the • water - lookedtoo calm. .:-y. 'nJnf'l Tfiflmli^ff^Tfff'firiiTiTnlT^snnliit

', Crimsonbeak—-you know it's theoil on it that does that. '; : ' • *"vs

THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

THEY WANT IT DONEPublic in Favor of ; Granting Wis-

consin Central Petition.

THE ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL

It'lst'Waited For With Suspense—At-titude of Certain Members*' '

Inexplicable.

;;\u25a0 The meeting of the city council i thisevening will be watched with unusual in-"terest by the business men of .'the/city tosee .what: progress"' is made :by "j\ the ; or-dinance to .vacate the stub; streets on "" theproperty .of the Wisconsin ; Central in or-der to permit sof ,the big improvementsplanned by 1 the road.* * A petition* wassigned by all of the large shippers .thisweek requesting the council to \u25a0 pass" theordinance. A delegation of Commercialclub members will attend \ the meeting .ofthe" -council to urge the passage of themeasure. . : - \u25a0 - ; \u25a0

| Many laboring men, who want to see thedemand in the local labor market as goodas possible, are* becoming interested "inthe movement. " The passage of the .or-dinance means that 300 : laborers will jbeput to work at once on the improvements.Some L of them condemn the attitude* ofAlderman Foell on the ground that by hisefforts to block the ordinance and therebydelay tiework he is doing an injury tothe army; of laborers Iin. Minneapolis..

C. O. Peterson's \u25a0 Attitude.Business men generally express surprise

at the attitude of Alderman Claus O.Peterson of, the eleventh ward, who votedagainst the ordinance the last time it wasbefore the council. - Many of them saythey are unable to understand why heshould take a position against a measuredesigned to aid in the general improve-ment of Minneapolis. '

Ernest F. Smith, chairman of the rail-road committee of the Commercial clubsaid: : -yi:.... \u25a0.If we ever expect to make Minneapolis arailway renter, we must have increased ter-

minal facilities. The Wisconsin .Central isready to begin the expenditure of a half mil-lion dollars on an improvement of that kindand asks but a small matter of the city coun-cil in its request for the vacation of the stubstreets. If attempts made* in the city councilto block improvements of this kind are suc-cessful, it will discourage railroads from en-tering Minneapolis and have a tendency todiscourage those jof her citizens who areworking for the betterment' of the city.

Looking Into Water Supply.

The Comemrcial club committee on pub-lic health has been at work.for severalweeks conducting investigations as to thewater supply of the city. A large amountof valuable information has been gathered.The committee is composed of Dr. C. A.McCollom, chairman; Doctors Bell, Wes-ton, Roberts, Williamson, former City En-gineer Cappelen and ex-Mayor Pratt. Thecommittee meets regularly every Wednes-day.

WISCONSIN CENTRAL OFFICIALSThey Are Here to Help Along; the

Terminal Project.

General Counsel Morris and Chief Engi-neer Tweedy of the Wisconsin' Centralrailway are in the city again to-day. Thereseems to be no doubt but that the ordi-nance for the vacation of the streets willbe passed at to-morrow night's meeting ofthe council. Messrs.* Rand and Foell arestill plotting actively and ex-AldermanKiichli has again postponed his trip toMontana to help them out. Their schemenow is to get enough of the aldermen toabsent themselves from to-morrow night'smeeting to prevent reconsideration of thevote of two weeks ago. -v">".- \u25a0

There were twenty-one aldermen pres-ent at that* meeting, seventeen of thesevoted for the ordinance I,' just one less thanthe S three-fourths required to adopt anordinance. - Alderman Powers immediatelychanged his vote and gave notice of a mo-tion to reconsider. To do this, theremust be as many, present as at the meet-ing at which.the notice was given. '\u25a0•'\u25a0)h ..•.\u25a0-

If the plotters can arrange to .have;sixaldermen out of town that night they willcarry their point. : It is believed/however,that they, will "fail to. make connections.Every member of the council is now inthe city. Colonel Adams is yet:a sickman, but it is planned to take him to themeeting in a carriage, take up the twoimportant matters of business before themeeting, the Wisconsin Central ordinanceand the paving bond issue, promptly uponhis arrival, and then leave him free to gohome again. ..*.,,

• Nobody knows what Messrs.- Petersonand Nels Nelson are going to do this -time,but the popular Impression is that theywill remain obdurate. With all, or eventwenty-two members of the council pres-ent, however, it is believed that theirvotes will not be needed. ' sr-'-

TESTING PRECIOUS STONESHow to, Distinguish Between Gen-

nine and Spurious Article.Washington Special to New York Times.Consul General Guenther of Frankfortunder date of Feb. 11, 1901. writes to thestate department as follows':

"Ina lecture on precious stones, recent-ly delivered before the Industrial Asso-ciation of Berlin, Dr.: Immanuel Fried-laender said that the testing of diamondsis comparatively simple. The commontest for hardness suffices. \ If the stone re-sists strong attacks it is certain to-begenuine; if It does not the damage is in-significant, as only an imitation has beendestroyed. This; test, however,- is doubt-ful with rubies. If a ruby can be affectedby.a :steel file or, by quartz it is surelynot genuine, but, such a test with a topazis liable to injure a valuable stone. v,,^

"The test for hardness is of\ no availwith |emerald s, as jthis stone jis not muchharder than quartz, and, in addition pos-sesses the quality of cracking easily' -"For examining rubies and emeralds theoptical test is best. A glass magnifyingabout 10 times \u25a0 suffices. Every expertknows that almost "all precious stoneshave little;flaws. Nearly every ruby andall emeralds have many defects whichare so characteristic that the genuinenessof the jstones Is readily established. Sucha test, is very necessary with rubies, be-cause the imitations are very | deceivingTheir color 'is absolutely, durable andoften much finer than that of the genuinealthough it may be stated that \u25a0 a some-what ' yellowish tint is always suspicious..', "The only reliable way in which genuinerubies can be told from imitations \u25a0is bythe • minute "air' bubbles of the latter;which | become; clearly visible under themagnifying \ glass. These are \u25a0 not to -befound ;in the natural gem; on , the otherhand, the imitations lack certain defectscharacteristic a of genuine rubies—certainvacuums, .whose, outlines are much; moreindistinct than those of the air bubblesin imitations. : v.-; •

i "True emeralds have similar character-istic defects, such |as inclosures of liquids ,and.; curious , dendrites.' Sapphires , alsoshow ipeculiar netlike formations." "*" i >": -

: THE NEW'"; REPORTER /AGAIN. \u25a0

:'%.;, Baltimore American.;: :The . new reporter ; tore his hair,' which

was the proper length to proclaim hima journalist. * •" He tore his hair, having plenty of it,for some minutes.. •.:.,;.:.: jNot; that " any one cared,*"' even "'if hescalped himself, but just for curiosity, hewas asked to explain. ; '*"- - :\u25a0' "In my article : describing * the ' amateurtheatricals." he ,; wailed. "I wrote: .'MissVera Hevvisette wore a/ costume whichemphasized ; her' fitness for* the ? part,' 'andthe printer, made it read 'fatness.' ".\u25a0>!*/;*-;r • Whereupon we left him alone with hisgrief. -. ;--..0\.;"> .-\u25a0. ;\u25a0\u25a0<.\u25a0•;• v-. r .-,-,-.,

THE AWFUL SIGNIFICANCE. •\u25a0 \u25a0•;•.\u25a0\u25a0/ \u25a0...•;•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 v-j.'Judge';.:"•\u25a0•*•\u25a0"--- \u25a0?>;--'•'<''\u25a0• ;-.-

Wearie Willie—l dreampt last:night"datIidied 'and went ter heaven! > Wot 'do' yers'pose*dat?means?;;' -!;:/\u25a0'_\u25a0; -v>--• ;

:^\Frayed *Fagln—Dat" you're going to liveand; get': married! Dreams "allers J goes 'bycontraries] -~'-;'y/--' \u25a0 \u25a0 ';\u25a0 •; ;'•-•" '•\u25a0\u25a0;-."*\u25a0'- v

INHALED POPPY VAPORSFRANKIE WILEY IS CONVICTED

Opium Smoking Cases of John "Wil-liams and John Wiley Are

-\u25a0.-' Now Up.

Swift punishment was meted out by thejury"in the case of the state againstFrankie Wiley, the colored damsel whowas charged with frequenting an opiumjoint at 112 Second street S. The case,which was tried before Judge McGee, wasgiven to the jury this morning. In fifteenminutes a verdict of guilty was .returnedand the prisoner was remanded for sen-tence. _' . ,'\u25a0[\u25a0• '-'.'. -!;,'.;'

The 'court then took up the case of SamTurner, who, with: the woman, John Wil-liams and John Wiley, was arrested in thesame raid. The penalty for puffing thesublimated juice of the poppy is $500 fineor six months in the county jail, or both.

IT WAS STRICT LAW

Court May Interfere Between Guar-

r ";-'•- ',' \ dian and Child. \u25a0£ :J \u25a0 "'"./." In referring to the : decision of JudgeBrooks in.the case of the La Plant minors,in jwhich the habeas corpus proceedingswere dismissed and the custody of the twoboys given to Mrs. Dunham, their grand-mother, it was Intimated that in reachinghis conclusion the court had not adheredto the; strict letter of the law. This Is amistake, :as Judge Brooks bases his decis-ion wholly on the law, as is shown in hisvery able and exhaustive memorandum.l

Many cases are cited in support of thecourt's right to deny the guardian the cus-tody of his wards, and' to the effect, also,that the rights of a guardian are nogreater" than' those of a father, who has inmany instances been denied the custodyof his children when It appeared that

| their welfare would be best subserved by

i leaving them with the mother or otherrelative. Among other decisions cited bythe court is on© by the supreme court ofthis state' holding that in habeas corpusthe. court "may upon a proper showing re-fuse - the guardian the custody of hisward," and that "it jj always requires amuch stronger jcase to induce a court ofchancery to interfere between parent andchild than it does to invoke such inter-vention between guardian and ward."

,- - —. • Court Notes.The hard luck story narrated Iby Helen M.

Wise in her complaint for a divorce' fromJames J. Wise, filed this morning, shows that.her marlred life has been anything but a pathof roses. She. alleges that the defendantearns $200 a, month as a salesman for lubri-cating oils, and;asks for permanent alimony.£ Judge Elliott and a jury are engaged in try-ing: the case of Christ Oppegard against theC. A. Smith Lumber company, in which ac-tion is brought for $1,008 damages, alleged tobe due on a contract for scaling over 5,000,000feet of logs. i->. \u25a0 ' " '„<; Judge Pond and a jury this morning tookup the case of Conrad J. . Ertz against theProduce | Exchange of Minneapolis, in whichaction suit is brought for $25,000 damages al-leged to have resulted; from injuries to \u25a0 theplaintiff's business brought about by his ex-clusion 'from the Produce Exchange. ./.Thecase was tried last year, the jury finding forthe defendants, but on an appeal. this decisionwas r reversed by the supreme court, and thecase was sent back for a new trial.

Judge Simpson this -morning took: up thedivorce case of Mary E. Grimes against JohnGrimes, in which action was brought about ayear ago on the ground of adultery. Whenthe case was called Mrs. Grimes failed to putin an appearance, and an attempt was madeto have Grimes give ;! his :. testimony on hiscross bill for • a divorce "on| the grounds ofdesertion. Judge Simpson told. the attorneysfor Mrs. Grimes that it was his duty to haveher in court. The case was continued.vThe application of Cady Webster for a di-vorce from Benjamin H. Webster on theground of desertion was denied, as the chargewas not proven. ''-T:'-' />;.",.:":,';' \u25a0'\u25a0'-\u25a0''

Hannah E. Jennings was granted a divorcefrom James G. Jennings for drunkenness.' Augusta Comstock]was granted a divorcefrom Charles A. Comstock for desertion. - \u0084'

The case of the state against Bertha Shil-ling, jthe variety actress who" Is charged withbeing accessory to the death of Hazel Murpry.who died from injuries received. in a drunkenbrawl at the Columbia theater, will be takenup next Monday. ':\u25a0\u25a0)>•;= ":\u25a0

William James, .who was indicted on 'thecharge :of grand larceny in the first degree,changed his p'.ea of not guilty to guilty in thesecond degree this morning, and was. remand-ed for :sentence. v *:\u25a0.;*, ' - \u25a0'\u25a0-:;.:',Hi'All of the offices at the courthouse were this

"morning connected-.with the Twin Ciey Tele-phone company ; central "energy" telephoneswitchboard, which is in charge of an opera-tor on the second floor of the building.;

DISAPPOINTED AGAINClass of 'Ol Can't 'Get President :Me-

, President George E. McLain of the Uni-versity of lowa, formerly a professor jofthe university of Minnesota, has informedthe: class of '01 that he cannot accept itsinvitation \u25a0'' to deliver the J commencement

Lain for Annual Address.

address in June. The"' class has *been' pe-culiarly unfortunate ';,this year. * It hadbeen planned \u25a0* to jjhave ':• Hamilton WrightMabie ideliver : the {annual address, but cmthis the class was disappointed, likewisein efforts:to : secure Vice ' President' Roose-velt and Professor Harry ,Pratt Judson ; ofChicago University, in turn. ';'"

TAKING A LIBERTY." v.- ; •;\u25a0;• Puck.

\u25a0' Kerrigan—We're thinking "ay" nafminghim Garge ;Washington. ; ''i Casey—Have got Kelly's permission?

,That's the name »ay" bis) goat. y "'\u25a0"-. ';'\u25a0•\u25a0" \\u25a0

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FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL '26, 1901.

n*Dollars do Double Duty /v/Ifir Shoe Buyers Saturday %j¥ftA AjaMf QUR Shoes are long: wearers. They wear almost frj|

Ha w twice as long as ordinary shoes, because they are ' fejaji mmT\ S3 made by thoroughly reliable makers, and only of best jmmI vsl wearing materials. That's why our Saturday sales ex ISMf\ ceed in volume those of any other three ordinary stores. fiSBW\ Saturday we will try to beat our own record. Several WW

lines have been backward sellers—because of the un- \u25a0\u25a0s*r-

n"Vv\ settled weather conditions. We're going to unload themSaturday and make itofunusual interest for you to come

Ladies' Shoes. Children's Shoes. a-w^m* ••*\u25a0.. ix*.Ladies'heavy extension sole, kid lace Children's $1.25 heavy sole Kid, lace 35p©C13l*S IO?boots, $3.00 grade. «*•s AC sizes B>s to 11. Saturday, 7K« '*-...5aturday;..:...;........ 3* !.«9» pair .;... ..:V.;;....;.. .Joe +« Vilfii<«\u25a0Ladies'flne hand tnrn, kid lace, city Misses'9l.7s fine black Kid, lace, dress \- 0«* *'****1***>J*made, excellent boot at fl*o IE shoes, sizes 11}£ to 2, tf> «# AC " - \u25a0r. \u25a0

\u25a0 ;$3.50. Saturday..';...... •***\u25a0<\u25a0.lU pair.!.. ..........' 9>E..£o \u25a0 , .--• ——\u25a0\u25a0•--,.. \TT^.Ladies' dull top, patent tip. Princess, Child's $1.00 Kid, lace, \u25a0".- KO^ >"• ""•"* BffiftH'S^Sllilfea'"\u25a0*" •"shoe, stamped and ad- fl^-fl OA sizes to 11 ©ittj© .MMSJI » fc3.U.U*?avertisedats2,so.Saturd'y^lß*O?F Child's 75c spring heel,-\u25a0but-'- Fa A«> Men's $5.00 Shoes for eAH-A.Ladies' fine Velours,' leather, lace, vel- ton, sizes to 8. fy&G only :,.v..9uiOU.'Sfig^ftESß* $1.39 Hants' fine lace and button, tan, See them in our window. •

.quality , Saturday...... a. «9<Z9 black, wine or red. Sat-: •; 07a xt » c^u '«•• i "-^ .- ~Several lines of ladies' stylish $2.00 urday "^..^ 37© M^S^SnT- Hide $3.30Boots, to close, o : fl[|:.'AA"Child's $1.50 finest kid lace AAW ? ?«- «, "',"'" ?? 1-:^Saturday ........*$ sizes to 11el Km Jace > «9tfC Men's $5, wine Bluchers,|*.m mmg\

'\u25a0g^-'^m sT%«Ts\""•••••••••••• big eyelets, rope edge :."*,»**.OIF

$3.00 At $3.00 the most su- BOYS' SIIOGS Men's $s,"new patent ..^Q m-gmy*******perb lineof ladies' fine , nAA . „J , •^"v"oa

colt skin lace - StJitf IIboots in the city. Our ladies' $3.00 2 'oooairs B°ys' Shoes at 1/3 off.colt sun

,•lace

v"";V*&%*m%s 1

shoes beat most $4.00 boots, and equal Boys' $1.50 seal calf, lace, AA'A u^ll^SfnlSSiSlvftliftß'most $5.00 boots. sizes up to 5"^.. «^||@ lace, $2.50 shoe, Saturday.^ \u25a0 .?2?^,

Ladies' hand welt and sole, lace, new Boys' Kant Rip 'Em kangaroo calf, XS'S?Sm c^f laee^splendidpatent tip, $3.50 in OO Fa E sizes to s"^, 6*+ s%m

double sole, &2.G0 Cf Alsquality, Saturday...... pair .... . $1.35 shoe

' 5aturday........,...-^ Ib**®.j\ v -. *

—, Rnva' 9,? hn-r naif ' i«no mm. - « **. Men's $2.50 fine Vici Kid, lace kid orOxford Low Shoes.

*'-> $1.50 floth £1 ASLadies' fine $2.50 welt, extension sole i*™,twmmi»il^ ' i—.*— top \u0084..,;...\.OIiOB

Bicycle Oxfords-Satur- i^|i-j#j: i*^£^ss'^?,r^Sßo Mjns $3.00 - Goodyear welt I^xssiaLadies'fine $2.00 hand "turned Oxford s^si^T^f covered7© o ?*.\u25a0*•\u25a0'•••••:•••\u25a0 ...$2.45jTies, the kid and cloth <S> 4 «Am „

nv' >»,-***>

/z '"*,*, -r• •\u25a0. wv Men new heavy sole patent leathertop-Saturday .......... $1.48 If™?-$ .2 5 ; SSF?.I^ $1.95 :.Bikeßoot sHWW"'WViljll Bicycle ShoeLadies 1 $3.00 New I am K•. «. MHL. I\u25a0| II-»» V «fi \u25a0 sV TIJK8&eh $1 00 1 H,^XkJr» U,kJL3IP^ lAfllII »\u25a0 Men's $2.00

Saturday. *B«asMßsfc»MfcßaAsfcsssC^" BJ J k ""^^»^J jp^\jf||»»»y| gj Calf...V" SIO

FRESH CRUSHED STRAWBERRY ICE CREAMFor Sunday. Most Delicious, Regular Price AOc a Quart. 7

Special Price, i q! 50c; 2 qis 50c.Oily and country orders promptly filledand special

attentionglvon to country dealers' trade. Orders de-liver donSundays. Telephone on both lines. 868 Main.

Ives lee cream to., 2,s,iv:f y

A NORTH END BATHHOUSE EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS

NONE ON CALHOUN BOULEVARD

Bid of Leek & Prince Favored—An-other House on the

...,. \u25a0 .. River. ' , '

'- The council committee on public groundsand buildings recommended- yesterdaythat the contract for constructing twobathhouses, one at Lake Calhoun and oneon the river at Riverside park, be awardedto Leek & Prince. The committee, incompany with Park Commissioner HarryW. Jones, went out to view the proposedsites at both places. .-,

There is a pronounced difference .ofopinion regarding the "location of the Cal-houn bathhouse. The protests !of theresidents along the boulevard againstbuilding on the site of the old houseshave been effective with the park board.All but two or three of the board favorthe location at the north end the lake.

The members of the public grounds andbuildings committee. believe that the in-terests of the public require that the newbuilding be placed on the boulevard site.They will be outvoted by the park board,however. ;.-•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 . -n-iivy

The park board, it is said, would gladlyturn the management of bathhouse af-fairs over to the city council :

The proposed buildings will cos! $883each,' according to . the present specifica-tions. Each will contain thirty-fourdressing-rooms for women and twenty-four for men, with ample room for thesmall boys. : ' '-y^-y^ '

PATRICK IS INDICTEDMurder in the First Degree for Kill-

ing the Millionaire.New York, April 26.—The indictment

against Albert T. Patrick for murder inthe first degree was handed up yesterday.Patrick is charged : with the murder ofWilliam .Marsh- Rice. There are tencounts.' ''.-'\u25a0;.'*;';'. '"':»\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0•

Photographs of Them Will Be Sliowi'_\u25a0.!..\u25a0 at Buffalo.. \u0084

" ,";5v-'-iThe Minnesota commissioners to the Pan

American exposition will exhibit a collectionof • large ifframed., photographs - 'showing theprincipal educational institutions of the state.A- set of .special photographs of the state uni-versity buildings Is being" taken under, order* \u25a0

of President Northrop. There will also *cphotographs of the Augsburg seminary, th*Minneapolis, academy, Stanley Hall and theMinneapolis Central high school! In allabout thirty institutions will be represented.f P. A. Converse, superintendent of agricul-',tural and dairy,exhibits, has wired the com 'missioners that Minnesota will be allowed ailthe space it-wants in the poultry building.

TALKS TO IOWA GROCERSP. G. Hanson Attends Their i State... Convention at Waterloo.,.\u25a0„'•

P. jG. Hanson, president of the Na-tional Association of Retail grocers re-turned yesterday from a visit to' th»state convention, now in session at Wat-erloo, lowa. Mr. Hanson \ says the exhibit at the convention is of unusua'merit and attractiveness. He deliveredan address yesterday on the national asso-ciation work. About 100 were in attend-ance. . -yy w?r'">-'yy~r'py

TAX COMMISSION LONELYNo One Calls to , Give' It Soggei.

tions.The tax commissioners adjourned for

lunch at noon yesterday a disgusted trio.They had announced a series •of openmeetings for .Wednesday, Thursday andFriday of this week, and invited all per-sons in the twin cities interested in thesubject -of taxation to meet them andmake ; suggestions. They expected a busytime of it, but yesterday not a soul ap-peared. They ..came down this morningand went to work, momentarily expectingthe' rush of visitors to begin* but the -morning passed, and still no one camebut the newspaper reporters.

MtfODTITOITl>JOM«. &CQXSly*VrJcv J. *»jy^|^?jlVill^l\I*^W cJ '

I Absolutely Free From Weeds 1I Tested Germinating Power, B

?Sff"uJ??w?tS N. K. & Co.'s "Sterling" Lawn Grass \u25a0'\u25a0" i m.,xtu^ e '? com llosed of » number ofvarieties-Including Early, Medium and \u25a015S%Jft Por*^^^^ velvefy sward, unequaled »>r Quart, 25c (by mail, 35c); peck, $1.1$; bu.. $4; 5 bu. lots, $3.75 per bu. J?« N. K. & Co.'s "Park" Mixture. «<? Equal in purity to our \u25a0•Sterling" brand but contains fewer varieties. " 8|,«; Quart, 15c (by mail, 25c); peck, 90c; bu., $3.00. (?

>< niY^n»r™yc-i^,|-Wy ow«? <*grass is wanted; N. K. & Co.'s "GOOD !>

H wherifoS money. Qt., 10c (by mail, 20c); peck, 60c; bu., $2.00.tobl had %£ >><? v"Dere tor tue money., Qt., 10c (by mail, 20c); peck, 60c; bu., $2.00. ..-, v >5

jj N. K. & Co.'s "Shady Place" Mixture. :1$ tOTOveffi^ whTe'otw^fas^, 8, thY thr,ve ,n s£ ite of Is excellent $< > to cover Dare spots wnere other grass willnot grow; qt.; 50c: pk„ $1.50; bu., $5. <'>|i< - ' (let our free pamphlet on building and repairing lawns and keeplne" < >>< -\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0 .'• -\u25a0 •'••\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0-

' \u25a0'-.'\u25a0;:;-.v-. >;'-v:-< tbem green;-, •,.,>:.\u25a0. ..\u25a0"•::'".i, • I)

8 What fir. „,^HfJ?RUP,- »Kl^Gv&°°- Minneapolis, (kamawat My lawn at «!<« P.M. : W"0 «»»»«» of about eight acres/and was seeded with your ><A'i Pe-vey for^ mr,»nrt*,^,,MKXtS re l £»*»*«*«*/An™, entirely ~ satlsfac- )<(J says; lor> to me, and much admired by those who see It. - Vq i \u25a0 lours very truly, ;\u25a0: FRANK H. PEAVEY./ \t\'J*--.'".' MAIL;ORDERS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE ft

jjMAINSTORE, : 2*-28-31-32 Hennepin Averse, MINNEAPOLIS. |i| Up-Town Stow '^Z^ZMKNicollet 1