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1 Our Second Floor is for Ladies: Furs, Cloaks, Jackets, Millinery,Gloves, Hosiery, Underwear, etc., etc.

W /Ir Leading Stores under One Roof,

Our patrons and all visitors are mostcordially invited to inspect our stocks, our factories and salesrooms,whether they wish to purchase or not.

Bo«vs and Cluster Scarfs JacketsBrown Marten Cluster, $5. Near Seal Jackets, $35.Sable Fox Cluster $15 to $25. Krimmer Jackets $4S>Isabella Fox Cluster, $15 to $25. . \u0084 , '* „ »„„Long Isabella Fox Boa, two skms trim- Astrakhan Jackets, $30 to $50.

mcd with two heada and tails, $35. Beaver Jackets, $100 to $135.Brown Marten Boa, 3 yards long, $30. Otter Jackets, $135 to $175.Stone Marten Cluster, $15 to $50. Persian Lamb Jackets, $85 to $175.Hudson Bay Sable Clusters, $30. Alaska Seal Jackets, $225, $250 andRussian Sable Clusters, $125. $275.

A Most Exceptional Offering ofLADIES' TAILOR-MADE JACKETS

All are of the very highest character in both style and tailoring. Itis a remarkable opportunity to get a stylish winter Jacket at insignifi-cant cost. These suggestions of the Jackets and the prices:

At $7.50, worth $12.00—Pebble Cheviot j At $3.so—Children's long school Coats,Jacket, 27 inches long, storm collar, satin come to shoe top, variety of colors, capelined, pearl buttons; worth $12, special and storm collars; worth $6, special at$7-50- $3.50.

At $12—Fine Kersey Cheviot and Mon- At $7.so—Ladies' black silk Petticoats,tenac Coats, 27 inches long, storm and made with accordion plaited flounce, trim-notch collar, satin lined; good value at $15, mcd at top with niching, bottom with twosPeclal*12- I small rufles; worth $10, special at $7.50.

At $4.50 and $6.oo—Bath robes in large assortment, fancy stripe and plain colors.

The Tlymouth Clothing House. JFijcth and JVicolltt.

THE DANZ CONCERTA large audience attended the second con-

cert of the Danz Symphony orchestra yester-day afternoon in the Metropolitan theater.The program was aa interesting one and theorchestra has been much Improved in the pasttwo weeks. There is better balance, purertone, and th» men play with more ease andspirit The. opening number was a march,followed by Mendelssohn's "MidsummerXlght'aDneam," which was given with a deli-cacy and finish that was heartily applauded.A. Lang^s arrangement of Vieuxtemps' "Rev-erie" was also a pjpular number. Other or-chestral selections were Raff's "Lenora"eynipbony, Brahms' "Hungarian Dances Xo.1 and No. 2," end a "Spring Song" by La-combe.

Miss Clara William*was the soloist, and shegave a most sympathetic interpretation ofGounod's "Father, Hear Us," with organ.,piano and violin acompaniment. Grieg's"Solvjeg's Leid," which ehe sang as an en-core, was a charming number.

The Wagner trio, "March Religieuse," ar-ranged toy Caint-Saens and given by CarlyleScott at IJhe piano, H. S. Woodruff at theorgan and Emil Straka, was one of the fea-tures of the program and was enthusiasticaily

This monogram is on thebottom of each piece ofRookwood Pottery, and thereis no Rookwood without it,

Rookwood is imitated.Rookwood ware isfor sale by a dealerin each of the larger cities and at

Rookwood Pottery, Cincinnati.

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Burgundy \u25b2 rich, old wine; ... SI.2SDargUnfly per gallon ... SI.ZSChampagne Wbito Top, Domestic)UnimßaCne equal to the 01 OC

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° French; per quart.. $ii£OI0OfPnAtii This famous 20 -year - old1001 Grew whisky; quart 52 .80bottles dftaOUKing William ?L.51.80

-.Papl \Uina Made ; from the lusciousFJ!'* ,v'»™ purple grapes, $1.006yean old, per gafion #liUUMalt Extract boufe^pe/Soz. $1.18Rebinhood Ale>£&d.^Sl.sO

MEAT MARKET.Bacon, Swift's, per lb 10c.Sirloin steak, per lb, lie.Porterhouse steak, per lb 13c. ».Rib roast, per lb, 10c.Ham, sugar cured, per lb, lie.Lamb chops, per, lb, 10c. sLamb roast, per lb, 8c ' :Pork loin, per lb, 0c ,

CLUBS AND CHARITIESClub Calendar.

TUESDAY—Liberal Union of Minnesota Women, First

Unitarian church, 10:45 a. m.Minneapolis Union of Primary and Junior

Sunday School Teachers, Y. M. O. A. build-ing, 3 pr m.Colonial Chapter, D. A. R., Soldiers' home;

meet at Sixth street and First avenue S, 2p. m.Diocesan Church Home for Aged Women,

donation and reception, 230 Hoffman avenue,| St. Paul, 2 until 5 o'clock. :7

Authors' club, 917 Fifth avenue S. even-ing.Neighborhood Current Events club, Mrs. T.

C. Merrill, 3037 Bryant avenue S._a- \u25a0 - - - ; \u25a0

ThankngivlDg Reception.The program has been Issued for the re-

: ception of the Y. M. C. A. and of the Y. W.O. A. in the Y. M. C. A. building, Tenth, street and Mary place, Thanksgiving evening, jThese receptions have been held for several'years and will consist as usual of a recep- ]tion from 8 to 9 o'clock in the parlors, and ofa musical program from 9 to .10 in theauditorium. A daintily laid chocolate table,presided over by young matrons, assisted bya bevy of young ladies, will form a center ofsociability. The musical program will begiven .by Mrs. Chloe Palmer Ross, JohnRavenscroft, vocalist*; Miss Agnes Grlswold,pianist; Cragg Walston, violinist. Mrs. E. W.Runyan will be the accompanist. Albert H.Hall will give a short address, "Things to BeThankful For."

Meeting,- of Mothers' League.

The Mothers' League met with Mrs. Chap-man, 2606 Stevens avenue, Thursday after-noon. Mrs. Chapman read a paper on "WhatShall We Teach Our Children," and it wasfollowed by a talk on "Obedience." Mrs.Wells spoke on "Abraham Lincoln's BoyhoodDays" and a Thanksgiving story was read. Apiano number was furnished by Miss McGann.Light refreshments were served. There were

| about twenty women present.

The Colonial chapter, D. A. R., •will give aprogram to-morow afternoon at the Soldiers'home. Members will meet at First avenue 3 Jand Sixth street at 2 o'clock to take thecar. The program will be given by Mrs. iFrank Crowell, Mis. John Harris Chick, theMisses Mabel and Hazel Runge and others.

Club Notes.Mrs. E. F. Pomeroy will speak on "Supple-

mental Work in Missions" to-morrow after-noon at a meeting of the Minneapolis unionof primary and junior Sunday school teach-ers in the Y. M. C. A. building. Miss Bea-trice Longfellow twill teach the lesson.

Mrs. David Owen Thomas entertained the |Coterie Friday afternoon at her home on !Ridgewood avenue. The subject was "Dick- jens, the Humorist of Lowly Life." After the jprogram coffee was served.

A group of North Side women has organ-ized a reading club to be known as theAuthors' Club. The officers are Mrs. B. O.Thing, president; Mrs. M. Haight, vice presi-dent; Mrs. MaeCrea, secretary. Meetings(willbe held every alternate Friday.

The Neighborhood Current Events Club willmeet to-morrow instead of Thursday, withMrs. T. (X Merrill, 3037 Bryant avenue S. .

The women interested In Florence Critten-ton home have made a request for Thanksgiv-ing donations. There are ten inmates of th«home at present and almost. everything Isneeded.

JAMES NEILL HOST AT "A LUAU."James Neill gave a Hawaiian entertainment,

Froffiam by Colonial Chapter.

"A Luau," in Honolulu, Nov. 9, in honor ofthe birthday of his niece, Miss Mary Elisa-beth Forbes. The musical program and menuwere in the Hawaiian language. The guestswere the members of the Nelll company.Misses Edythe Chapman, Forbes, Julia Doan,Louise Brownell, Lucille Spinney, Ruth Hick-stein, Lilian Andrews, Messrs. Robert Mor-hia, John W. Burton, W. B. Farret, ArthurCrosswell, Edwin H. Nelll, Franw Mac-Vl-cars, B. Gardiner-Jones, O. F. Peck andCharles Astor Parker.

STOCKYARD CASE DECIDED.Washington, Nov. 25.— United States

supreme court to-day reversed the decision ofthe court below, which was in favor; of \u25a0 thestate, la the Kansas City stockyards case.The case involved the validity of the statelaw of Kansas giving authority to fix ratescharged at the stockyards. BgHgjl

Homeie*k«n' Excursions.The Chicago Great Western railway will\u25a0ell tickets to various points in the weston Oct. 18, Nov. 5, and li, and Deo. 3 atone fare plus $2 for the round trip. Forinformation apply to A. J. Aicher, City

Ticket Agent, corner Nicollet avenue andFifth street,,, Minneapolis. '

THE MINNEAPOLIS JOUKNAL.

InSocial CirclesMrs. Jacob F. Tourtellotte entertained at

cards Saturday afternoon at her home on WFifteenth street. A profusion of flowers wasarranged through the rooms, and the pinkand white furnishings of the drawing-roomwere accentuated with rosos and palms. Pinkchrysanthemums were In the hail, and thebroad landing of the stairway was a bower ofgreeu. The card tables were arranged in theliving-room and library on the second floor.Red roses and snillax were on the mantel inthe former, and yellow and white chrysanthe-mums in the latter. Euchre was played at?ix tables, and the score cards were iv pinkand blue. The prizes were of cut glass andsilver. Misses Helen Colclazer, Florence Ake-ley and Irene Robinson assisted Mrs. Tourtel-lotte. Supper was served in the music-roomand dining-room. Japanese baskets filledwith roses were the centerpieces, and tapersin silver candelabra were used with prettyeffect.

Mrs. A. W. Hastings gave a dinner Saturdayevening at her home on Ninth avenue S forMiss Esther Eddy and Clive Hastings, whosemarriage takes place Wednesday. The guestswere the members of their bridal party, andcovers were laid for twelve. Chrysanthe-mums decorated the table and were used inprofusion through the rooms.

Mies Lavina Sanborn gave a theater partyat the Metropolitan Saturday evening inhonor of Miss Florence Brown of Duluth andDon Freeman of St. Cloud. The guests werethe members of Kappa Delta Phi fraternityand an equal number of men.

The wedding of Mis# Margaret Whelan,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah AVhelan,and James F. Spencer of Rochester, tookplace this morning In the Church of the Im-maculate Conception.

The marriage of Miss Bertha Agnes Rainesand John Elliott will be solemnized to-morrowevening at the home of the bride's mother onKirst avenue S. Miss Effa B. Hone of ValleyCity, N. D., is to be maid of honor, and Wil-liam A. Elliott, brother of the bridegroom,will act as best man.

Thanksgiving will be celebrated at the Mini-kahda Club with a buffet luncheon in theafternoon. Several dinner parties will begiven and in the evening there will be in-formal dancing.

Mrs. F. O. McClain and Miss E. Mullier willentertain at cards Saturday afternoon at thehome of Mrs. McClain, 2118 Fourth street S.

Mrs. W. L. Harris entertained informallyFriday evening at her home in Kenwood forMrs. M. D. Magatt of New York. Miss Baileygave a program, of readings and later a lightsupper was served. The rooms were deckedwifa a profusion of flowers.

Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. Fred B.Wells gave a dinner of eight covers. Roses

i and chrysanthemums were the decorations.The dinner preceded the Hostesses' ball,which Mr. and Mrs. Wells and their gue&tsattended.

Mr. and Mrs. Ellery C. Holliday gave adinDer Friday evening. The guests of honorwas Mrs. Holliday's father, James C. Wilaon,who left the same evening for the east.Covers were laid for fourteen.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Cooke entertainedThursday evening for their nephew, ArthurM. Cooke. The affair was very informal andcards and music were the diversions. Mr.Ccoke leaves this evening for his home inRhode Island.

Mrs H. S. Wheeler of Central avenue en-tertained at cards Thursday afternoon forhsr guest, Mrs. Frank Sprague of Spooner,Ws.

Personal and Social,

Mrs. Flora Ew Moore is in Zumbrota for aweek.

Loren Fletcher will leave to-morrow forthe east.

Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Williams are InCincinnati, Ohio.

Mrs. Mabel Young has gone to the coastto join Mr. Young.

Mrs. C. A. Vandtver and son are in Milwau-kee for Thanksgiving.j F. B. Semple will go east to spend Thanks-

| giving with his daughter.Mrs. Fred Pillsbury will return from the

east the first of the month.Mrs. W. A. Miller is home from the east

I and is at 1928 Portland avenue.Mrs. Alice Cooley and Mrs. E. E. Cooley

left Saturday for Orand Forks, Nl. D.Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bell and James Bell

have gone to Europe for the winter.Mrs. Thomas Blenkhorn left Friday eve-

ning for a three weeks' visit in the east.R. E. Cutts has gone to Philadelphia and

j New York. He wil be absent a month.I Miss Alice Keator of Rock Island, 111., lavisiting Mrs. C. C. Webber of Clifton aye-

: nue.j The Four-four Cinch Club will meet to-! morrow with Mrs. M. C. Brady, 2801 Chicagoavenue.

Miss Myrtle Perry left for Chicago Satur-day evening to visit her sister, Mrs. GertrudeBrouard.

Mrs. James Ctirtin and Miss Thomas Don-ald are home from a visit in Madison andChicago.

The Hawthorn Euchre Club will meet to-morrow afternoon with Mrs.' Wilson, 3430First avenue S.

Abraham Lincoln Circle will give a socialto-morrow at the home of Mrs. Ranger 3439Nicollet avenue.

Mrs. Bentson will hold her regular informalto-morrow evening in A. O. U. W. hall, 15Seventh street S.

The Manzanillo club will give its next danc-ing party Friday evening in A. O. U. W hallon Seventh street S.The Popular 75 Social Club will give the

second of its popular dances in Masonic Tem-ple to-morrow evening.R. C. Bowman will give a chalk talk andreadings In Riverside chapel Tuesday even-ing, Dec. 3, for the benefit of the Riversidechapel library fund.J. L. Winger celebrated his seventiethbirthday last, week and a group of his friendsarranged a pleasant surprise and presented

him with a gold-headed cane.Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bronson and Mr. and

Mrs. F. H. George have gone to Tomahawk,Wis., to attend a large dinner given in honorof the birthday anniversary of W. G. Collins.

Richard Kent, accompanied by his son-in-law, Stephen A. Hall, left Thursday eveningfor Ireland, to spend Christmas with hismother. They will sail to-morrow on theCeltic.

The seventh and eighth grades of the Sew-ard school were given a very instructive andpleasurable entertainment Friday by Har-

j rington Beard, who gave an illustrated lectureon "Pictures as a Means of Expression." TheI pupils manifested the keneest interest in the! subject.| St. Paul's Guild will hold a sale of cakes: candies and Jellies and give an exhibition ofj Mrs. Crosby's paintings at the residence of| Mrs. M. H. Corlidge, 1906 Kenwood parkway,i to-morrow afternoon and evening. Iv the

evening there will be a program of musicand living pictures, and light refreshments

I will be served.The Holly Social Club was entertained by

Mrs. O. A. Bronson at her home, 74 Westernavenue, Friday evening. Bight games of pro-gressive cinch were played and honors werewon by Miss Ida Running, Mrs. Boyd, LouHall and Will Davis. Light refreshmentswehe served from the card tables. Mrs. 'Bronson will entertain the club Friday eve-ning, Dec. 6.

The regular Thanksgiving sofial given bythe Ladies' Aid Society of the Bethlehem 'Norwegian Lutheran church will take place !in the church, Eighteenth street and Four-teenth avenue, Thanksgiving evening. Anunusually interesting program of music andaddresses by Professor Kildall and otherprominent speakers will be given. Refresh-ments will tie served.

Local union. No. 206, of the Team Drivers'Union, will give its second annual ball onThanksgiving eve, Wednesday, in Centralhall, 305 Central avenue. The committee ofarrangements includes Moses Stone, LewisJansen, W. Hfll, D. C. Wells, B. Berray andJohn C. Alley, president of the union, willbe master of ceremonies. Potter's orchestrawill furnish music and refreshments will beserved.

SLUMP IN DAIRIESCommissioner Norton Reports for

lowa for 190 z.

THIRTY-FOUR FEWER STATIONS

High. Price of Stock mid General\u25a0 Prosper of the Farmer* A«-

Kigued at* Tainted.

Special' to The Journal.' Dcs 'Moines, lowa, Nov. 25.—The fif-teenth annual report of the state dairycommissioner, Byron P. Norton, shows afalling off in the dairy business of lowaduring 1901. Over 3,000,000 pounds lessbutter was produced. Ther are now. 960 \creameries and skim milk stations in thestate, or thirty-four fewer than in 1900. jButter has brought about an average!

!price. A tendency toward the centraliza-tion of creameries is noted, many of thesmaller and weaker ones.dying out andthe larger and more heavily capitalizedones growing up. '

The state dairy commissioner attributesthe falling" off in the production of butterto the high prices of stock and the gen-eral prosperity among the farmers. Hesays that owing to the difficulty of takingcare of large numbers of milch cows, thetendency in good times is invariably forthe dairy business to drop off. \u25a0

The report favors the Grout bill impos-ing heavy revenue on oleomargarine.More assistants to the commissioner to jaid In the rigid inspection of creameries, jthus insuring freedom from fllthlriess, arerecommended. It Is urged' that all testbottles shall pass through 1the hands of jthe dairy commissioner, thus insuring cor- ,rect standards.

The report shows that a bad sanitarycondition exists in many creameries. Amarked tendency among first-class hotelsto the use of "process" butter or reno-vated butter is noted.

TWO CLASSES CONFIRMEDs

Bishop Trobec at Fergus Full* and. Elizabeth.

Special to The Journal.• Fergus Falls, Minn., Nov. 25.—Confirma-tion services were held in the Catholic Ichurches of this city and Elizabeth, Sun- ;day, | Right. Rev. Bishop Trobec of St. jCloud officiating. The class confirmedhere consisted of sixteen young ladiesand eighteen young gentlemen, and that atElizabeth of twenty young ladies and tenyoung gentlemen. J. F. Nangle and Miss ,Ella Ford become sponsers for the class inthis city and B. Schroeder and Mrs. P.Maurin for the Elizabeth class.

The Swedish Baptists closed a dis-trict conference in this city Sunday even-ing, the sessions having lasted* four days.The services on Sunday were held in thecourthouse and were largely attended. Themorning sermon was delivered by Rev.Mr. Lofstrom of West Superior, the aft-ernoon sermon by Rev. Mr. Nielson ofHarris and the evening sermon by Rev.Mr. Sutterland of Alexandria. Rev. J.M. Soderstrom, the local pastor, was for-mally ordained Saturday afternoon.

LIBRARY AXD READIXG-ROOM

Happy Suggestion Leads to Prompt

Results at Crookston.

Special to The Journal.Crookston, Minn., Nov. 25.—Through the

liberal support of the citizens of Crooks-ton this city is to have a well-equipped.library, reading room and gymnasium.The matter was proposed by a local news-paper, and the citizens took it up readily,subscribing upwards of $1,000 in cne dayto the project. The basement of the newOdd Fellows temple will be used for thepurpose, and It will be fitted with all theparaphernalia and conveniences of an up-to-date institution. An instructor will bechosen and classes in gymnasium workwill be drilled regularly. The fund willbe swelled until |2,000 has been raised.

Another means oX winter recreation hasbeen added to the etiy's list, and a largeskating rihk is being erected. The gameof hockey, very popular here owing to thepresence of so many Canadians, will befostered this winter, and a large mem-bership has been attracted to the localorganization. Challenges are coming infrom many points In the valley.

DESERTERS ROtKDED UP

Ponr of Eight Thirteenth Cavalry

Men Returned.

Special to The Journal.Fort Meade, S. D., Nov. 25.—Lieutenant

Matt C. Bristol of the Thirteenth cavalrylias returned from a few days' scout overthe country in search of eight deserters.He succeeded in recovering four of them.One returned of his own accord, and theother three were taken down from Spear-flsh by Deputy Sheriff Cuckler. The gov-ernment pays $30 and expense for the cap-ture and delivery of deserters. In caseof conviction the punishment may be any-where from six months to two years inthe guardhouse, a dishonorable dischargefrom the army and the forfeiture of allpay.

Motor Line Agitation.Special to The Journal.

Spearfish, S. D., Nov. 25.—H. D. Maize, aChicago capitalist, who recently purchasedthe Harrison telephone system of the Hills,is now endeavoring to interest the people inthis vicinity in the construction of a motorline connecting Deadwood, Lead and thiscity. At a public meeting, Mr. Maize brieflyoutlined the proposition and stated that hebelieved it to be a good financial investmentHe estimated it would cost approximately$270,000 to build and equip the road, andasked the people to show their good faithby subscribing for $100,000 worth of stockor bonds. Should the road be built, it willprobably go by the way of Centennial Prairie.

CHILDRENJVERE THEREInterested Listeners to Mr. Seton'c

Lecture on Wild Animals.

The Saturday afternoon audience at Mr.Seton's lecture was made up of aboutfive children to one grown person and itcompletely filled the house. The reunionwith old and tenderly loved "little animalbrothers" was a poyous occasion for thechildren and the sympathetic atmospheregave great inspiration to the artist andstory teller. The audience was distinct-ly a part of the perofrmance, for thepictures of familiar friends thrown onthe screens were greeted with happy butsubdued exclamations and the very littlefolks made frequent excited commentswhich disturbed no one, least of all thelecturer who talked so familiarly with hisaudience.

The subject was "Wild Animals atHome and in Sport." Animal ways, hab-its and means of communication wereshown through the medium of a group offascinating stories in which the chiefpersonages were Chink a heedless puppywho proved himself a loyal and sensiblelittle friend after many foolish adven-tures; a cayote, who made life a burdenfor Chink and was finally shot by Chink'smaster in a moment of appreciation of thedog's faithfulness, although the shootingcaused the mountaineer much loss ofproperty and expulsion from the Yellow-stone Park where the incident occurred;Johnny Bear and Grumpy, a dyspeptic cuband his foolishly indulgent parent whowere utterly discomfited by a mother catmade desperate by imaginary danger toher kittens. These were the favoriteswith the children, while the older peopleundoubtedly found more of interest tothem in the series of incidents of deerthat closed with a thrillingly dramaticaccount of a duel to which in his studentdays Mr. Seton challenged a stag by imi-tating the call to battle of these animals.He demonstrated his theorem that tiecould readily call the animal out by trum-peting, but as his party had not preparedfor an actual hand-to-hand encounter, acatastrophe was only narrowly averted.

An Interesting feature of the Flambeauclub's Thanksgiving dance in the Fourthward wigwam will be the music to be fur-nished by the Flambeau club orchestra, which"has recently been organized. The orchestrais composed of twelve men and rehearsalshave been held under the leadership of H. O.Williams, the composer of the Norwood two-step. The orchestra makes it* first appear-ance Thanksgiving night.

A sale for the benefit of the building fundof the Immaculate Conception ihurch will beheld Dec. 8 in the West Hotel. The arrange-ments are being made by Mrs. A. W. Bronaonand Mrs. F. H. George and aprons and fancyarticles will be sold. Cakes, coffee and sand-wiches will be offered in the clubroom and afruit stand in charge of an old apple womanand a Klondike mine are features for thechildren. A palmist will also be present. Amusical program by Miss Frances Vincent andMiss Celestia Bellaire will be given in the-ladies' ordinary.

All of the stories were interspersed withthe animal cries that varied with theideas which the animals desired to ex-press and there was a measure of imper-sonation in Mr. geton's gestures andmovements which had the grace and free-dom of complete oblivion to self, beingapparently perfectly spontaneous.

To the Editor of The Journal:

Aii Extra Session Justified.

You have very appropriately called atten-tion to the high-handed methods of Mr. Hilland others in their efforts to circumvent thewill of the people, and through the formationof the Northern Securities company eliminatecompetition among northwestern railways.

Our shippers are well aware, and the facthas been set out iv detail in The Jour-nal, that merchandise freight rates in thisstate are entirely too high: that they averageabout 33 1-3 per cent higher than correspond-ing rates in the state of lowa, and that alllocal shipments within the state anywherepay twice as much or more for a given ser-vice than is charged by the transportationcompanies on similar shipments coming fromChicago into this state.

As to this particular matter, the above is athoroughly accurate statement of facts, andyet the larger railways who control the ratesituation so incessantly misrepresent andmisstate the case as to keep a majority of ourshippers, in Minneapolis and St. Paul at least,in doubt as to the real situation, or at any jrate divided among themselves and uncertainas to what should be done to remedy it. TheChicago & North-Western will tell you it isthe fault of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul, and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paulwill in turn lay it off onto the Chicago &North-Western, and so It goes, like a dogchasing his tall. If you get after one of themsingly it raises the hue and cry that its lineIs being persecuted. If you attempt to getthem all together, and ever succeed in doingso, the amount of subterfuge which their ex-pertness can devise and perpetrate is beyondthe comprehension of the uninitiated. I'willventure to say that any committee of Minne-apolis and St. Paul shippers willingto under-take to secure a proper and favorable adjust-ment of the present exorbitant rates on twincity shipments by conferring with all of theroads interested will, if persistent, disbandwithout results in about three years, with[about half of its members in the lunatic asy-lum.

The high-handed robbery which has beenfor years and is now being perpetrated on theEhippers of this etate la clearly fhown in thefollowing figures, which have already beenpublished by The Journal, setting forthcertain facts taken from the reports of theOmaha Railway company:

Forty-one per cent of the Omaha grossearnings for the fiscal year ending June 30,1901, were derived from Minnesota business,although only 28 per cent of the averagemileage operated was in Minnesota.

Fifty-six per cent of the Omaha net earn-nings were from Minneapolis business: inother words, twice as much, compared tomileage in Minnesota, as for the entire line.

Omaha freight earnings per mile of roadwere $7,580.50 In Minnesota, as comparedwith $4,880.90 for the entire line, or 55 percent greater per mile in this state than forthe line entire.

Omaha freight earnings per train mile were41 per cent higher in Minnesota than for theentire line, while the net earnings per trainmile were 73 per cent greater in Minnesota.

Omaha net earnings per mile of road were$5,167.54 in Minnesota, as compared with$2,627.92 for the entire line, or 96 per centgreater for the Minnesota mileage than forthat of the entire line.

I believe figures as to the Chicago, Milwau-kee & St. Paul railway, the Great Northernrailway, or other large companies would showpractically the same condition of affairs, clear-ly demonstrating that Minnesota is paying al-together too large a share of the tax exactedby the railroads in their efforts to show properearnings on their inflated or watered stocks.

Governor Van Sant would, In a year's time,save the people of the state many timos theexpense involved by calling the legislaturetogether in extra session for the express pur-pose of enacting a law similar to that in forcein the state of lowa and reduce the presentexorbitant rates in this state to a properbasis. —Shipper.

A Bitter, but Just Complaint.

The flagrant wrong and injustice done itspatrons by the Twin City Rapid Transit com-pany, in the matter of not providing more carson the Corao-Harriet line between the hoursof 7 to 9 a. m. and 5 to 7 p. m. has forcedvigorous criticism and protest before. Butthe trouble is every day growing worse andworse.

The writer of this communication attemptedto board the Harriet ear at 6:16 last evening,corner of Hennepin and Fourth street, having:gone down the avenue to this point to securea seat. The car made no stop whatever,though twenty people were -waiting to take it,for it was already packed. Accordingly I\u25a0walked down to Washington avenue and wait-ed fifteen minutes for the next car. Iobtaineda seat, but when the car reached Fifth streetthe aisle was packed already. Yet the passen-gers were driven up like cattle, till 158 fareshad been rung up for that trip. Those who

jrid? daily over the line say that 160 to 180I fares are a common occurrence. The car seatsfifty people-

Itmakes the blood boil to acs women st.rur~i glirigto leave the car at points ftiong the line,| painfully forcing a passage through the close-ly packed aisle.

Never, in any city, have I seen passengerstreated with such insulting indifference totheir comfort and rights.

A Harriet oar in the morning and eveningIs more like a cattle train than anything else.Tired men, returning from their day's toil,knaw they must stand in that mob for thelong rlde>, though they have paid their faresand are entitled to seats. This has been goingon. for months. Th& street car people know it

To the Editor of The Journal:

THE SMALLEST MOTOR CAR IN EXISTENCEA Familiar Sight In Portsmouth, Una-land, Is Thin Motor Car, Driven

About Unattended by the Children of Mr. Cooke. Who ConstructedIt Himself. '•;-•'\u25a0 ! \

—From the London Tattler.;

MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBEE 25, 1901.

100 Pianos at50c a Week

each. An offering unprecedented in the piano business. We have decided to make an inno-vation in the staid old methods of the trade. We are to do what has never before been doneor thought of in this or any other city. We will,for th« next thirty days, throw down the barsand make it possible for any person, regardless of income or position to own a reliable andserviceable piano. This is the story: ... ..,.. ...:;\u25a0.;:•;.--.;: ;\u25a0\u25a0

During the summer we called in a large number ofrented instruments, replacing them withnew ones. We have recalled all outstanding stocks in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Dakota. Ourbusiness the past sixty days has been unprecedented. October sales were larger than for thecorresponding month for thirty-three years. We took a great number of second-hand Pianosin part payment. From these sources we have accumulated an immense sto«k of second-handand slightly used pianos and organs which we must move to make room for our great holidaystock of new pianos. We have decided to make this unheard of offer:

50c a « Buys loir CMce of 100 FinosNo Reservation. Every Wiwf of vPiano in this lot 50c a ?^J^SJ^Sr^^ M*&

Ftot Come, yHMl9W™First Served! W ' \USW CQr,

and the choicest worm 43 W^. m* \^gT urcngoes to the early bird. $ 6th St. Jr EVENINGS

DIAMONDSConsult us; see on the new ideas aid designs, get our prices, there by making a good and secureinvestment. We have the most extensive stock of both mounted and unmounted gems ofevery variety in the west, and invite your earliest inspection.Fancy Combination Ladies' Diamond Kings $15.00. $18.00 and $25.00Solitaire Diamonds, In Tiffany Mountings $15.00. $18.00 $50.00Solitaire Diamond Engagement Rings $15.00 to $200.00Diamond and Turquoise, Ruby, Pearl, Emerald and Sapphire Prin-cesse and Cluster Kings, entirely new and of orlfilnal designs.. s2s.oo to $1,000.00Diamond Links, Brooches, Stick Pins, Studds and Lockets $6.00 to $50.00See our collection of rare l'earls of beautiful colors. Goods laid aside forChristmas.

HUDSON'S, 519 Hieollet five.

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II II »'V ' Other styles—

U UlLliU >i^S^ Sos6oc7seW. K. HORISBN & CO., USfST SaSrAv

A Special Exhibition of ITALIAN SKETCHES Collected bySIGNOR PERERA,

Commencing To-morrow at the

BEARD ART CO.'S GALLERY,624 NICOLLET AVENUE.

Texas Standard Oil Co.

Notice to Stockftolte.

\u25a0well. What do they care? They have theirfranchise. They cannot afford to put on extracars night and morning, because that wouldreduce their showing of profits by a fewthousand dollars, and the common stock ofthe company would perhaps not reach sohigh a figure.

Can The Journal tell us what to do?—H. P. K.

The city council has more power in thisconnection than anybody else. The matter inreferred to the city council for action.

Money in Circulation.To the Editor of The Journal.

Will you kindlygive, through your columns,for the information and benefit of the readersthereof, the amount of money- in circulationper capita March 1, 1897; the amounts an.lkinds of money that has been added sinceto that in circulation from "mines, mints andprosperous trade built up with foreign coun-tries." Also include the amounts and kindsof money that hac been retired from circula-tion. You had an editorial In last nightedition In the form of a comment on thecomments of the editor of The Commoner.Give us the facts that we may judge who is."wild, unscientific • and unbusinesslike." Do.this and greatly oblige a daily reader of yourpaper. \u25a0,-:-\- —Frank Warner, jr.

Stewart, Minn., Nov. 18. _\u25a0',-..,;Taking even years for convenience, the per

capita circulation of this country In IBMwas $24.33. The next year the- silver agita-tion had become more active and the per cap-ita circulation declined to $22.96. In IS9«,the great year of the silver agitation, itdropped to $21.10 per capita. In IS9I it roseagain to $22. and on Oct. 1, 1900, it was

; $27.01. In 1897, the amount of money in cir-culation in this country was $1,640,808,946. In

1900 it was \u25a0 $2,113,294,983, showing an increaseduring that period of $472,486,037. This in-cludes the entire circulation and provides forthe amounts retired during that period. Fig-tires for a more recent date as to the amount

v

of circulation per capha are not convenientof access at this writing, but with a coa-Mantly iin-reasing circulation they wouldpimply emphasize the facts uere stated.

As our gusher has come in and all fur-ther sale of stock is discontinued, we,Lawrence & Little, give notice that anystockholder, holding stock purchasedthrough us. can bring his shares, if he sodesires, to this office at any time beforeDec. 1 and we will buy his stock, paying

him the original cost, 25c per share.

LAWRENCE & LITTLERoom * 207 and 208 I 1 ank

of Commerce Building,

MINNEAPOLIS, - MINNESOTA,-AGENTS FOX—

TEXAS STANDARD OILGO.