MARCH MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE A SHOCK BY...

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MINNESOTA LEGISLATUREAFTER STATE CASHA Peculiar "Combine" Seems to Be

at Work.

SEVERAL APPROPRIATION BILLS

Counties That Want tbe State to

Pay lor Their Murder

-' Trial*.

The indications are that certain mem-bers of the senate have "combined" tohelp the counties they \u25a0 represent to: fundsfrom the state treasury. \u25a0

The- demand is made that the state shallbear the expense of certain murder trialsIn the counties in question. Itascaounty took the lead in the move, and this

morning Swift county's claim for $1,600 tocover expenses in trying Floyd Lundeenand Martin county's claim for convicting

the Kelllhan boys of the murder at Sher-burne, were recommended for passage.

Senator Wilson objected to the Swiftcounty claim on the ground that If Swiftand Itasca counties were entitled to be re-imbursed for the cost of murder trials,even though the principals were non-resi-dents, the money should be appropriatedon the strength of some general law which

•bould apply to all counties alike. Swift•ounty won, however.

>tui'kwi-ll'k Notice.

When the Martin county claim came up

Senator Stockwell made a decided protest,

but it failed. He then gave notice that

he would introduce, Monday, a bill tocompensate Hennepin county for the ex-

penses of the Moshik trial at Minneapo-

lis.Anxious to get a chance at the "loot

McLeod county wants $3,269.96 for con-victing the murderers of John Rogers,

back in 1896, and a bill to that end wasintroduced this morning.

A Peculiar Combine.It is evident that the authors of the

bills referred to are in a "combine" with

the promoters of the many "'road andbridge" bills which have bee^ piling uplor several weeks past. Senator Schell-bach swelled this pile with a bill thismorning for a bridge in Lyon county

across the Yellow Medicine river, andSenator L<ord presented a bill appropri-ating $600 for a road and bridge in Dodge

county.In order to get votes to carry their

•looting" propositions through enoughsenators have been secured by variouspersonal concessions to secure a goodworking majority.

When the two bills, proposed by Attor-ney General Douglas and providing for acompromise of the long standing dispute\u25a0with the Northern Pacific regarding theland grant for the Little Falls and Dakotarailroad, were called up on general ordersSenator Daly demanded that they be madea special order for some day next week.The public, he said, was entitled to a fairand full discussion of the question; thepeople would not tolerate any further con-cessions to the railway company. In thesebills, he added, there was only one ques-tion to consider, whether the railroad com-pany had complied with the contract ornot; if it had it was entitled to the land,and if it had not it was not entitled toanything. It was his opinion that thebills were intended to relieve the railroadcompanies. Otherwise he could see nonecessity for trying to hurry the billsthrough and no reason why there shouldbe any objection in making them a specialorder. He thereupon moved that the billshe made a special order for next Fridayafternoon. Objections were made by Sen-ators Young, Wilson and Snyder, whoohowed that the measures had been recom-mended by the attorney general and thestate auditor in order to settle cases whichhad been long in litigation. Senator Daly'smotion was lost, and afterwards the billswere recommended for passage by a voteof 22 to 16.

Other Bill* Acted Upon.Altogether twenty-three bills were fa-

vorably acted upon by the senate thismorning. Among them being the follow-ing:

Creating a commission to investigate theadvisability of establishing.a state sanator-ium for consumptives.

Providing for the incorporation of insurancecompanies on the stiuplated premium plan.

Relating to the preservation of the originalrecords of the civil war in the adjutantgeneral's office.

Giving horseshoers a lien on horses andother animals for the cost of shoeing thesame.

The X. I*. Coinpromiie.

Requiring notaries public to give the dateof their commission on all their officialsignatures.

Authorizing courts to give married womenthe control of their separate property.

Requiring all road taxes in Hennepin coun-ty to be paid in cash.

A memorial to congress for legislation rela-tive to drainage in the Red River valley.

Farlbault'n Hi« Snprise.

Senator Stockton presented the wants ofthe school for defectives at Farlbault ina bill asking for $384,000. Of this. $169,000is for maintenance, $150,000 for newbuildings, $30,000 for furnishings and $31,---000 for rwo wings to the hospital. For theschool for the blind. $50,250 is wanted, ofwhich $20..°>0() is for maintenance and $23,---000 for cottage for boys. The deaf anddumb school asks $51,460, of which $40,000is* to cover the maintenance.

A bill introduced by Senator Dickey au-thorizes military companies under certainconditions to own and control real estate.It is specially adapted for the Red Wingcompany of the national guard, whichwants to build an armory.

Jury Trials fur the Insane.A jury trial for persons charged with

insanity is proposed by Senator Schaller.He is under the impression that the pres-ent system of committing the insane may

ROUGH SPOTS.Good Food Smooths Them Over.

"There is probably nothing in the worldthat produces as much happiness as thepeculiar feeling that comes over themind when well fed with nourishing foodthat particularly rebuilds the brain, andmakes everything on earth have a rosytint. Ambition is renewed, spirits areof the most sanguine, and confidence hasrestored that feeling within us which car-ries us over the rough places."

So writes a man who was built up froma wretched invalid to a fine condition ofhealth by changing his diet and usingGrape-Nuts Food.

'There is no sense of enjoyment equalto that of being well physically andmentally. I can hardly realize that sucha transposition has been made. Frombeing ill-tempered and disagreeable Ihave changed to something like enjoy-

. ment of the society that I had grown toavoid. From feeling that life was notworth living, I now feel that I wouldlike to live always.

"I enclose a sample of my handwritingshowing my nervous condition before us-ing Grape-Nuts food, and you can compareit with my signature to this letter."

The writing done while he was in a ner-vous, ill-fed condition is shown on an old-time check and reports a series of dates

ness. His signature was made in linesthat consist of minute waves or wiggles,Ehowing the desperately weak condition,while the signature to the letter is re-markable for its clear penmanship.

It is the old story over and over againthat when a man is broken down because

when he was absent on account of sick-

cells and brain from overwork and Im-proper food, he can rebuild that gray mat-ter by using Grape-Nuts, for this foodcontains phosphate of potash direct fromthe natural grains of the field, and this,united with the albumen of the grains,makes the only combination that will re-build this peculiar soft, gray substance.

he exhausts the gray matter in the nerve

be abused. He would not abolish the sys-tem but seeks to have the law amendedso that an appeal from the probate courtmay be taken to the district court.

A constitutional amendment is proposedby Senator Wilson. His aim is to limitthe subjects on which there shall be nospecial legislation. The bill is Intendedfor the relief of cities.

Senator Snyder's probate court bill pro-vides for an additional clerk in the Hen-nepin probate court at $800 a year.

THE FIRST ROI.ND

Gross Etrningi Bill Cannes Fight inSenate.

The arrival of the Jacobson groas earn-ings bill in the senate yesterday causedsomething of a fight there at the outset.Senator Knatvold moved that tbe bill bereferred to the committee on taxes andtax laws, to be reported back Thursday,and that it be made a special order for11 a. m. that day. The motion promptlypassed, but had scarcely done so whenSenator J. D. Jones objected that therehad been no vote to suspend the rules,certain senators having voted "no" on themotion to place the bill on special orders.The president sustained the objection.-Theroll was then called on the motion tomake the bill a special order, resulting asfollows:

Ayes—Baker, Batz, Benedict, Brower,Coller, Daly, Pltzpatrlck, Gausewitz,Grindeland, Halvorson, Jepson, Johnson,Knatvold, Larson, Lord, McCarthy, Mc-Gill, McNamee, Meilicke, Miller, Myran,Nixon, Schellbach, Snyder, Somerville,Stockwell, Sweningsen, Thompson, Vles-selman, Wilson —30.

Nays—Buckman, Dickey, Dv Toit,Greer, Ives, Jones, E. J.; Jones, J. D.; Mc-Govern, McGowan, Potter, Reeves, Ryder,Sheehan, Shell, Smith, B. E.; Smith, J. H.;Young—l7.

The president ruled that the motion waslost, as it required a two-thirds vote topass it under suspension of the rules.

The negative votes come from the oldopponents of the measure who killed ittwo years ago. It will be Been that Sena-tors Jepson, Shellbach, Lord, Gausewitzand others who were lined up against thebill two years ago, have deserted, havingprobably heard in no uncertain wordsfrom their constituents since the last ses-sion of the legislature.

Senator McGill announced that the com-mittee on taxes and tax laws would meetTuesday evening.

S. F. 504, Dickey—To amend section 135,chapter 118, laws of 1897, defining corporatepowers of companies of the national guard.Military affairs.

S. F. 605, Myran—To amend chapter 143,laws of 1893, as amended by chapter 124,iaws of 1895, providing for the organizationof new counties. Towns and counties.

S. F. 506, Schellbaeh—To appropriate moneyto assist in the construction of any wagonbridge across the Yellow Medicine river inLyon conuty. Roads and bridges.

S. F. 507, Young—To amend section 3393,statutes of 1894, relating to corporations.Corporations.

S. F. 508, Schaller (by request)—To amendsection 4680, statutes of 1894, as amended bysection 267, chapter 46, laws of 1889, pro-viding for the trial by jury in the districtcourt of persons charged with insanity. Ju-diciary.

S. F. 509, Potter—To amend chapter 312,laws of 1899, relating to persons and corpora-tions engaged in installing or repairing elec-tric wires and apparatus. Municipal corpo-rations.

S. F. 510. Sivright—To reimburse McLeodcounty in the sum of $3,269.96 for expensesincurred in the arrest, trial and convictionof murderers of Joseph Rogers in 1896.Claims.

New Senate Bills.

S. F. 511, Young—Relating to the designa-tion of candidates for office on the officialballot at elections. Elections.

S. F. 512, Wilson—To amend section 33, ar-ticle 3, of the state constitution, relating tospecial legislation. Judiciary.

S. K. 513. Wilson—To amend section 2,chapter 120. laws of 1897, relating to senato-rial and representative districts.

S. F. 514, Schaller—To authorize cities of10,000 inhabitants or less to sprinkle publichighways and grounds and to assess the cost.Municipal corporations.

S. F. 515. Lord—To appropriate $600 to aidDodge county In erecting a bridge in townof Claremont. Roads and bridges.

S. F. 516, Knatvold —To amend section 1957,.•hapter 15, statutes of 1894, relating to over-seers of the poor. Towns and counties.

S. F. 517, Stockton—To appropriate moneyfor the school of deaf, dumb and feebleminded at Faribault. Finance.

S. F. 518, McCarthy (by request)—To de-fine and punish habitual criminals. Judici-ary.

S. F. 51J, Snyder—To amend chapter 145,laws of 1899, fixing compensation of judgesand clerks of probate courts. Judiciary.

S. F. 620, Benedict—Authorizing independentand special school disrticta to Invest thefunds thereof for certain purposes. Educa-tion.

Mellicke to the Rescue.

Senator Meilicke yesterday saved AlbertSchaller's bill to recompense owners of horses«nd cows killed by order of health officers.In explaining :he difference between "rin-derpest" and "Wienerwurst" he got the sena-tors in such a good humor that they would

r.o-t have voted against him for anything. Thebill provide* that when an animal is not dis-eased the owner shall be paid its full value;if it is diseased, then only two-thirds, butnot to exceed $30 for a cow and $60 for ahorse. In other words, if the bill becomes alaw, they are to be rewarded for having ani-mals which are a menace to public health.

New Home Bill*.H. F. 665, Jackson (by request)—To pur-

chase the oil painting of Cushman K. Davismade by Carl L. Boeckman. Appropriations.

H. F. 666, Gras6—To amend section 2 ofchapter 214 of the general laws of 1897, beingsection SOl7 of the general statutes of 1894.Judiciary.

H. F. 676, Lane—To amend section 2 ofchapter 34 of the general laws of 1893, beingsection 3749 of the general statutes of 1894,relating to teachers' certificates. Education.

H. F. 677. Yon Wald—To repeal chapter 179,special laws of Minnesota for 1883, to appro-priate money to build a bridge across theCannon river, in Ooodhue county. Passedunder suspension of the rules.

H. F. 678 (substitute for H. F. 522), Sa-geng—To amend section 309 of the penalcode, the same being section 6603 of thegeneral statutes of 1894, relating to acts ofintoxicated physicians. Public health, dairyand food products.

H. F. 679. Whitford—To authorize all citiesof this state having a population of 10,000 in-habitants or less, to sprinkle their streets,lanes, alleys, avenues and public grounds,and to assess the cost thereof on abuttingproperty. Municipal legislation.

H. F. 680, Dobbin—Amending section 6 ofchapter 122 of the special laws of the stateof Minnesota for the year 1891, relating tothe department of corrections and charitiesof the city of Minneapolis. Municipal legis-lation.

H. F. 681, Gainey—To appropriate money tobuild a bridge in Winona county. Roads,bridges and navigable stretms.

H. F. 682, Harden—Relating to the tuitionpaid by students of the public schools at-tending school in districts other than the onein which they reside. Education.

H. F. 683, Larson—Relating to the designa-tion of candidates for office on the officialballott at elections. Elections.

H. F. 684, O'Neil—To reimburse the townof Akeley, Hubbard county, for moneys ex-pended in caring for smallpox cases. Ap-propriations.

H. F. 685, O'Neil—To protect "esox nobil-ior," commonly called sand lake trout or St.Lawrence maskalonge. Game and fish laws.

H. F. 686, Ward—To legalize the executionand record of certain instruments authoriz-ing attorneys to foreclose mortgages by ad-vertisement. Judiciary.

H. F. 687, Cooke—To define and punish ha-bitual criminals. Crimes and punishments.

H. F. 688, Sageng—To amend section 93 ofthe general laws of 1893, being section 98 ofthe general statutes of 1894, relating to elec-tions. Elections.

H. F. 689, Jackson (by request)—To estab-lish a probation system for Juvenile delin-quents and regulating procedure in prosecu-tion of such persons. Ramsey, Hennepin andSt. Louis county delegations.

H. F. 690, Stevenson—To legalize mortgageforeclosure by advertisement upon real estateIn certain cases. Judiciary.

H. F. 691, by Committee on Education-Substitute for S. F. 166, H. F. 596 and H. F.363 —To amend section 3674 of the generalstatutes of 1894. as amended by chapter 251of the general laws of 1897, relating to publicschools. Read a second time and advanced togeneral orders.

H. F. 692, Umland (by request)—To amendsection 6513 of the general statutes of 1894,relating to the conducting of barber shops.Crimea and punishments.

H. F. 693, Benson—To amend section 3393of the general statutes for 1894, relating tocorporations. Corporations other than mu-nicipal.

H. F. 694, Noyes—To repeal H. F. Xo. 1 ofthe thirty-second session of the legislatureof Minnesota. Taxes and tax laws.

Tax Commission Law Repealed.

A Bribery Committee Report.

Action on Other Hill*.

AGREE TO A.\ INCREASE

THE MINNEAPOLIS JOUKJSAL.

A SHOCK BY NOYESBarnum's Representative Wants

LAYBOURN BILL IS REFERRED

This Gives the Tax Commission aChance to Investigate Gross

Earnings System.

Representative W. H. Xoyes, of Ber-num, introduced a bill in the house thismorning repealing the act creating thetax commission. Quite a sensation wasproduced and Mr. Noyes had to answer agoood many questions. He said:

"I introduced the bill to do away withthe tax commission because we have nouse for it. The principal thing for it todo was io consider the gross earningsquestion. If we pass that gross earningstax bill there will be nothing for the com-mission to do. 1 dont care anythingabout the bill, but I couldn't see any usefor the tax commission. So I introducedit. About twenty-five members have cometo me since to tell me that they wouldvote for it. I don't know whether it willpass or not, but I will work for it."

The friends of the gross earnings taxbill consider the action of Mr. Noyeavery significant, as he was one of thosewho opposed the bill from first to lastIt tends to confirm the suspicion that thetax commission was created with the in-tention in certain quarters to use it asan excuse for sidetracking the grosßearnings tax bill.

Referred to the Comuliilon.The house committee on taxes and tax

laws reported the Laybourn bill with arecommendation that the subject matterbe referred to the tax commission and thereport has been agreed to. Thiß means, insubstance, that the commission will becalled upon to investigate the gross earn-ings tax system.

The Laybourn measure provides thatthe tax shall be collected as at present,but that it shall be allotted to the var-ious counties, cities and villages in whichrailroad property is to be found, in theproportion that this local railroad prop-erty may bear to the total of railroadproperty within the state. The report ofthe committee as adopted by the house re-quests: "That said tax commission inves-tigate the proposed plan for the distribu-tion of the tax upon railroad gross earn-ings."

A report will be submitted by thehouse committee appointed to investigateacts> of bribery and corruption either Mon-day or Tuesday. Mr. Schurman of St.Paul introduced a resolution this morn-ing fixing April 2 as a day not later thanwhich some information should be con-veyed to the house by the committee.

The S. D. Peterson "mental anguish"bill was taken from the table this morn-ing and amended so that the total amountto be recovered in the suit against anytelegraph company under the act is not toexceed $300. It was then recommendedto pass as amended. Mr. Roberts wasaggressively against the measure, de-claring that it was a "leg puller." Mr.Larson called attention to the fact thatfor weeks the paid attorney of a tele-graph company had had the freedom ofthe floor.

The senate amendments to H. F. 364,authorizing the settlement and dischargeof special assessments in certain cases,were concurred in and the bill re-passed.The Hennepln county bill, H. F. 428, au-thorizing cities to issue and negotiatebends for certain improvements, waspassed under suspension of the rules.

The Sikorski game and fish bill was alsogiven the benefit of a suspension. Theconference report on S. F. 167, was agreedto on motion of Mr. Ryan and the billpassed with amendments suggested by thecommittee.

Speaker Dowling is sick in his room atthe Windsor, and the chair was filled thismorning by Mr. Allen.

IT WILL MEET MONDAYTHE HOUSE BRIBERY COMMITTEI

It Is Predicted That the Session WillBe a Very Short

One.

The celebrated investigation committeeappointed to inquire into the charges ofbribery and corruption will have its meet-ing Monday. It is predicted that the ses-sion will not he a long one and that thecommittee will content itself with takingthe evidence offered by Messrs. Washburnand Jacobson. It Is not expected that theevidence will be strong enough to convictany one of an overt act of bribery. ButIt is felt that it -will be sufficient to es-tablish the fact beyond a reasonabledoubt that there lias been corruption dur-ing this session.

SEVERAL BILLS PASSED

House Clean* Up Some Work on theCalendar.

The Martin bill regulating the "practiceof barbering" was defeated yesterday af-ternoon, the only bill on the calendar thatdid not carry. Bills acted on were:

H. F. 25G—To prevent the abandonment ofwife and children by persons charged by lawwith the maintenance thereof.

H. F. 562—T0 determine the descent of realestate in certain cases, and to assign thesame and to make a record thereof.

H. F. 525—Providing for additional com-pensation to certain clerks of the districtcourt in this state.

H. F. 277—T0 amend an act entitled, "Anact to regulate the practice of barbering, thelicensing of persons to carry on such practice,and to insure the better education of suchpractitioners, in the state of Minnesota," ap-proved April21, 1887. Lost.

H. F. 321—Authorizing the deposit in cer-tain cases with the treasurers of the variouscounties in this state of moneys heretoforeauthorized by law to be deposited with theclerk ot the various district courts.

H. F. 536—T0 amend section 53 of chapter221, of the general laws of 1897, for thepreservation, propogatton protection, taking,use and transportation of game and nsh.

H. F. J6s—To amend an ace to prevent theuse of chemical agents as preservatives infood products.

H. F. 571—T0 provide for the disposition offines and penalties imposed and collected atthe instance of the local boards of health.

S. F. 173—T0 amend section 89 of chapter 1,general laws of 1878, to provide for the assess-ment and collection of taxes, said section be-ing section 1601, general statutes of 1894.

S. F. 127—T0 cure defects in real estate tax 'judgment sales made to enforce payment oftaxes delinquent upon real estate,, where no-tice of sale la defective by reason of such no-tice not having been published or postedwithin the time prescribed by law.

S. F. 292—T0 amend an act to revise andcodify the insurance laws of the state.

Beltraml Connty and the Lumber-men Reach a ( omprom t»e.

WEALTH IN BUTTERCreameries Are Potent Factors for

Prosperity in S. D.

STATE ON THE UPWARD GRADE

Land Prlcea and Rentals Advancing;

—What Charlea Mix County ' ; ;>

Han to Offer.

Armour, S. D., March 30.—The surestsign of the prosperity of any commuifity.is the condition of land prices. Lands areon the rise In every part of South Dakota,and conditions which existed a few yearßago, when a man of many acres wasspoken of as "land poor," have given wayto brighter prospects and realities.South Dakota is a large state and it hassome of the beat farming land to be foundanywhere, and it Is land that is plentifullysupplied with moisture from the naturalrainfall; it also has thousands of acresthat are only good for grazing purposes.Then there are many more thousands ofacres, the larger portion of the state,which will become valuable for diversifiedfarming just as fast as the inhabitants pro-vide Irrigation, as it has the richest kindof soil, lying level and with few or nostones, and only needs the water to makeIt the most productive land that can befound anywhere. This water is being sup-plied much more rapidly than the averageperson supposes, by the tapping of thegreat artesian basin.

Special to The Journel.

The cheap grazing lands are fast disap-pearing in these sections of the state andit will not be long before the profits fromstock raising alone, because of the in-creased cost of providing range and se-curing hay land, will be confined to thatgreat area popularly known by Dakotansas "across the river," meaning the Mis-souri, and all the land on the east sidewill be devoted to diversified farming.

The past five years has witnessed agreat change in this respect. This isevidenced by the recent rental of schoollands. These lands are rented for cattleraising only. Some of the sections,rented at $200; two years ago they broughtonly about $50. A few years ago one manleased a certain section at $45 a year forthree years; this year it was leased at$145 for a single year's rent. A few yearsago land owned by private persons wasfrequently cut over, unmolested, by hay-makers; when paid for at all, $5 was theusual price, and once In a great while $10was given for an unusually productivequarter that was wanted, because of Itslocation, by a half dozen people. Now $20and $25 is the rale and there is a sharpscrimmage after it at that, and often forland that lies several miles from the placewhere th-e hay is to be used.

One of the most potent influences thathave been at work bringing prosperity tothe state is the creamery industry. Manya farmer who used to buy his groceries"on tick" now pays his bills with cash orbank checks. Formerly a cow was valu-able in so far as 6he proved her ability toraise "steers": now there is another fac-tor and she must also be able to place- acreamery check into her owner's hands.Five years ago there was hardly a cream-ery in the state; to-day they are plantedin nearly every community. When a mancan get a $35 income from a $45 cow, hemust make a little money in the deal, andthat is just -what many of them are doingnow. Every new settler makes the oldones, who have been spreading out overthe whole area, draw in and practice thatconcentration which is the law of thepresent age. It is going to be the bestthing that could happen to them and theirstate, though the exclusive cattle raisersare inclined to resent the necessity ofmoving on, as "Lo, the poor Indian" wasforced to do when these same cattlementook possesslim. and the same argumentsthat hold good in the case of the formerare equally applicable to the latter—theyare making way for the onward march ofcivilization.

Another influence is the building ofrailroads and bringing the market pointtwenty to forty miles nearer to theproducer. In Charles Mix county, wherethere were young people who had neverseen a train until last summer, when thefirst one was run on the newly built road,there has been a great influx of settlers,both to the new towns and on the farms.This county has never known a completecrop failure, as have some of the ad-joining counties, and it has only neededthe railroad to make it one of the mostdesirable places for a man to settle. Thisis one of the largest counties in the stateand has a river frontage of nearly a hun-dred miles. There is every prospect thatthere will be more road building in thenear future in South Dakota. Thesethings, with other influences that areslowly but surely at work, make us feelthat Dakota people have seen their hard-est times, and Dakota lands their lowestprices.

OXFORD WINS THE RAGEVICTORY BY CLEVER STEERING

Cambridge Is Defeated by Only 2-5of a Boat's Length—Crews

Evenly Matched.

London, March 30.—Oxford won the Ox-ford-Cambridge boat race this morning,over the course from Putney to Mortlake,by two-fifths of a length.

A half gale was blowing from the south-west and the water was rough. The rivalsled alternately until they reached theThorneycrofts, where it looked as if theodds were on Cambridge, but Oxford,keeping an even pace, wore down the op-posing crew and won in 22 minutes and31 seconds.

Both crews were greatly distressed atthe finish.

The Transvaal war left its mark on thecrews this year. Several that might haverowed were fighting in South Africa, andtwo of them were shot. Two recent uni-versity coaches, McLean and Trevor Jones,died within a few weeks of the race. Tocrown all. Indisposition, and influenzahave played havoc with the men, so thatboth crews were composed of practicallynew men.

Oxford's coxswain snatched the victoryfrom Cambridge in a boat steering raceafter Cambridge had led by a length anda half at Barnes bridge, an advantagewhich at that point is supposed to mean asure victory. The crews were so evenlymatched that clever steering meant every-thing. In this alone Oxford had the ad-vantage.

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A NEW CREAMERYMinneapolis Cold Storage Company

Beltrami county and the lumbermenhave effected a compromise, which wasratified by the house committee on townsand counties this afternoon. The lumber-men had made no fight in the senate, butwere preparing to use every effort to de-feat the Beltrami county bill in the house.Both sides finally agreed to increase thelimit on the tax levy for the counties ofBeltrami and Oass to $50,000, exclusive ofa 10 mill levy for schools. The billsvalidating the Indebtedness and the pasttax levy were agreed to. but the countiesmuat not anticipate their tax levy to anamount exceeding $20,000.

TWO FOR THE SIXTH

General Wliaou Wanti That Wardto Have Two Representative*.

Senator Geo. P. Wilson of Minneapolisintroduced in the senate this morning abill providing that two of the representa-tives from the forty-first (Minneapolis)legislative district must come from thesixth ward.

The primary election gave them all tothe fifth ward last year.

Is to Start One.

A new creamery is to be 'constructedon the Great Northern tracks on Nicolletisland by the Minneapolis • Cold \ Storagecompany. The new plant will have acapacity of a carload of butter per day.E. O. Quenvold of Owatonna, who wonthe I national buttermakers' prize at therecent convention in St. Paul, will behead buttermaker. The Cold : Storagecompany will establish creamery 'stationsin : adjacent territory in charge 'of|retailmerchants. The new enterprise will ben-efit retailers throughout a large sectionof the northwest. The establishment ofthis': large creamery i will help the dairyInterests of the state as there will beone large' creamery producing a uniformgrade of . butter. It will add to the repu-tation of Minnesota as a dairy state, andresult in paying: higher prices for good 'cream on account of the reduced cost ofmanufacture.

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ALTNOW WALKS A PLANKDISMISSED BY MR. DICKEY

Chief Deputy Clerk-of-Courttt In Dis-charged With Brief

Warning.

Henry Altnow's connection with theclerk of courts office ceased at 1 o'clockthis afternoon when the department shut Iup shop for the week.

Mr. Altnow's dismissal from office will'cause a ripple of surprise in some quar-ters. While it was known that he hadbeen threatened with discharge ever sincethe re-election of C. N. Dickey, clerkof courts, it was supposed that the stormhad blown over and that his superiormight consider it politic to retain Mr.Altnow during what will, in all probabil-ity, be Mr. Dickey's last term in thatoffice.

While Mr. Altnow did not care to dis-cuss the merits of the case this morning,he admitted that he had been suddenlynotified that his services would no longerbe required. He also intimated in a waythat Mr. Dickey had not exactly acted ingood faith with him in the summary man-ner of his dismissal. Some time ago hetook pains to have an understanding, andMr. Dickey, he says, assured him that heneed have no fear, and that he was se-cure in his position.

On the strength of that assurance, Mr.Altnow says he was persuaded to forfeita good position.

"But, all's fair in war," said Mr. Alt-now, laughingly; "I harbor no particularresentment against Mr. Dickey."

Mr. Dickey said he had no comment tomake on Mr. Altnow's dismissal, whenasked for a statement this afternoon.

What might be termed Mr. Altnow's"pernicious activity" as a candidate forthe republican nomination in other years,particularly last campaign, doubtless in-fluenced him in demanding his subaltern'sresignation. Mr. Altnow also had cer-tain views as to the conduct of the office,it may be said, not in accord with Mr.Dickey's Ideas. Mr. Dicßey also sus-pected that Mr. Altnow was back of thesuit recently brought against him by thecounty commissioners.

Mr, Altnow has been in the clerk ofcourts office during all the years of theseveral Dickey administrations, whichcommenced in the old courthouse. Per-haps no man is more familiar with theins and outs of the office than Henry Alt-now.

Minneapolis Business Men Are Wide

Awake a« to Several Projects.Minneapolis business men intend to push

the ordinance vacating the streets on theproperty recently acquired by the Wiscon-sin Central to a vote in the council assoon as possible. There is a sentiment infavor of adding certain reservations mak-ing it obligatory upon the railroad com-pany to erect a freighthouse, machineshops, repair shops, etc., in Minneapolisin return for this action on the part ofthe city, to make assurance doubly sure.

The business men generally are also in-sisting upon another reservation in con-nection with the telephone privileges.Whether it is prejudice or not that keepsthe Twin City telephones out of the rail-way offices, the business men want thecorrection made and the 'phones of theTwin City company accorded equalprivileges with the competing line. Manyof the shippers are back of this movementand they are starting the ball rolling byasking that such reservation be made inthe agreement with the Wisconsin Cen-tral. It is quite likely that the matterwill be taken up with all of the roads inthe next few weeks.

Several more of the business organiza-tions of the city have passed resolutionswithin the past few days urging the 8.,C. R. & N. to enter Minneapolis direct.President Ives of the road is ill and Presi-dent Cable of the board of trustees willreturn from California some time nextweek, after which the business men ex-pect a conference with those officials.

Labor Organiier Say* There Will BeSo Anthracite Strike.

John Swift returned this morning froma four-months' stay at Washington,where he is employed in the documentroom of the senate as clerk. He had atalk with President Mitchell of the UnitedMine Workers Union and PresidentGompers of the American Federation ofLabor, a short time before leaving, andboth assured him that there would be nostrike in the anthracite region this year.

INMATES OF INNSFred S. Goddard, editor of the Ellendale

(N. D.) Leader, U in Minneapolis after astay of several weeks in lowa. He foundhawkeye people more than interested innorthwestern land values. Many of themwill go to the coast this spring to investigatefarm realty in Washington and Oregon, butMinnesota and the Dakotas appear to be themost attractive to lowa money. Mr. God-dard says that the southern part of NorthDakota is becoming so well entrenched instock that a crop failure has not the terrorsthat it once had.

, George K. March of Pierre is at the Nic-ollet. Mr. March went to Pierre years ago.He has been there through all of thesweats and chills of capital removal discus-sion and he smiles with the rest of thePierre people over the outcome of the lastone. Pierre hopes to have that railroad tothe Hills before another session of the legis-lature is held and that will help much. Mr.March was formerly a general merchant, buthe sold out that business, with its trials andtribulations, to follow the more carefreelife of the stockman. Stock on the Missourislope is a paying proposition.

M. B. de la Bere, editor of the Sheldon (N.D.) Progress, is in the city. He says thestate -which Alex McKenzie claims as hishome is doing all it can to help the politicalchieftain out of trouble. Petitions to Presi-dent McKinley asking him to pardon Mc-Kenzie are being circulated in nearly every\u25a0town in the state and freely signed. Editorde la Bere says that the Sharpe seed grainlaw passed at the last session of the legisla-ture is causing county commissioners allover the state to scratch their heads and lookserious. The law provides that the commis-sioners may, upon being petitioned by 100freeholders, bind the county to furnish needyfarmers with seed grain, each farmer beinglimited to 100 bushels, and in return thecounty is to be given a seed lien on thecrop. Petitions have been filed with thecommissioners in many counties. Barnescounty turned the proposition down. La-moure tried it on, and Ransom is thinkingIt over. In years past when this plan wastried collections were not a howling successand it is that expereince which causes thecommissioners in several counties to hesi-tate. There are no jarring sounds in statepolitics now. Spalding and Marshall arefavorites for congress.

A. L. Miller of St. Thomas, N. I)., who hasrecently returned from the Hot Springs, saysthat the sporting fraternity in Arkansas werenot a little concerned over the passage ofthe anti-gambling law by the legislature.They were hoping that the governor wouldnot sign the law. The volume of travel southabout equals that of former years. Northerninvestors are beginning to show much in-terest in Missouri and Arkansas properties.

L. A. Warnken of Fargo says that the RedRiver Valley, farmer will begin sowing inanother week if weather conditions remainfavorable. The land on the Dakota side of

\u25a0tue river is in excellent condition. Ou theMinnesota side north of Crookston an ex-ceedingly dry spring will be required to makethe wheat acreage compare favorably withthat of former years. With an adverse springthe ground will be sown to flax. Farmersare being cautioned by all good authoritiesto test their seed carefully.

Short Stop*.

E. C. Carruth, editor of the Grand PorksPlaindealer, is in the city.

H. L. Haussamen of Orafton, a prominentrepublican ot the Red River valley, is at theVendome.

J. W. Wheeler, banker, of Crookston, Minn.,is here on a business mission.

J. H. Thompklns, the electric light manfrom Minot, is at the West.

George A. McCrea, the Drayton, N. D.,banker, Is at the West.

S. E. Forrest of Brltton, S. D., is amongthe visitors in the city.

Mrs. J. H. Smith and Miss E. Smith ofFargo are at the Nlcollet.

P. J. Beltz, owner of a big farm near Bux-ton, N. D., is at the Nlcollet.

H. L. Laird of Marshalltowu, lowa, ishere on a business mission.

G. F. Gage, the Olivia. Minn., lawyer, isat the St. James.

Rev. G. Hoyne of Eau Claire is hare onbusiness connected with the Norwegian Lu-theran church.

M. A. Hanson of Osage, lowa, is one of thehawkeye business men attracted to this mar-ket this spring.

MUSTER OUT AT SAN FRANCISCO.Washington, March 30.—The war depart-

ment has received the following telegramfrom General Shatter at San Francisco:

"Commanding officers Thirty-thj.rd andThirty-fourth regiments, which "arrivedthis morning on Logan, report as resultof vote taken on board ship to-day that itis the unanimous wish of the enlisted menof their commands to be mustered out inSan Francisco."

For throat and lung troubles One Mto-ute Cough Cure Is the only harmlessremedy that gives Immediate results.

ELLENVILLE TO KINGSTON

"The Land of the Sky" Country.

Project of the New York, Ontario <fcWestern Railroad.

Special to The Journal.New York, March 30.—Articles of incor-

poration of the Ellenville & KingstonRailroad company have been filed in Al-b&ny. The company, which is organizedwith a capital stock of $300,000, purposesto operate a standard gauge road fromEllenville to Kingston, traversing muchthe same route as the Delaware Valley& Kingston road, which project wasabandoned when the Pennsylvania Coalcompany was purchased by the Erie rail-road.

The Ellenville & Kingston road is pro-jected by the New York, Ontario & West-ern railroad, and has been substituted bythat company for the Kingston & Rond-out Valley road by which the Ontario &Western originally designed to connectPort Jervis with Kingston. The Ellenville& Kingston will acquire all the propertyof the Kingston & Rondout Valley com-pany, •which was organized originally bythe Port Jervis, Monticello & New Yorkrailroad, which itself was acquired by theOntario & Western and now forms thePort Jervis branch of that road.

The new road will be twenty-eightmiles long, extending from a connectionwith the Ellenville branch of the Ontario& Western in or near the village of El-lenville, Ulster county, to Kingston, X. Y.While covering much the same line asthe Delaware Valley & Kingston, It is notthe intention of the Ontario & Western touse this extension to carry its coal totidewater, that object being attained bythe road through its docks and coal ter-minals at Cornwall.

Avoid the rigors of early spring in thenorth by going to the mountain sectionof western North Carolina, one of the.most beautiful countries on earth, withclimatic advantages second to none. Inthis region are situated the attractive re-sorts of Asheville, Hot Springs, Tryon.Sapphire and Black Mountain, where thereare superior hotel accommodations andvisitors to this country find it at all sea-sons of the year most advantageous.

Round trip tourist Tickets on sale fromall points. For literature, rates, etc.,write or call on Geo. B. Allen, A. G. P. A..Southern Ry, St. Louis, Mo., or J. C.Beam, Jr., N*. W. P. A., 225 Dearborn at.,Chicago, 111.

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