TnAcH a v Fvpnina- T H E M I N N E A P O L I S J O U R N A L . ^ ^ Decen iber -27, 1 9 0 4 . ; - _ _. . . • A i ^ d ^ * V - & Tuesday ^Evening,

ASKS MAYOR TO VETO FRANCHISE

p; D. LARRABEE ^WRITES A LETTER TO MBu'HAYNES. a r ' ^ • , 'I

Wanous' Orange Cream

For Chapped Hands

THE skin will lie rough, the lips and hands chapped, in

winter, unless you use a toilet cream—like Wanous' Orange Flower Skin Food. This prepara­tion is winning great popularity. It makes the skin soft and vel­vety. I t heals chapped lips and hands, roughness of the skin, pimples and all skin eruptions.

Why not try it? 50c a jar.

Miss Wanous s Ladies' Drug Store" 720 Nicollet Av. ! 'The

Of St .

Club C a l e n d a r . A n n u a l m e e t i n g , b o a r d of d i r e c t o r s

t h e She l t e r i ng A r m s , gu i ld h o u s e M a r k ' s , 2:30 o 'clock.

Ladles* Aid soc ie ty . T u t t l e U n i v e r s a l i s t c h u r c h , Mrs . G. H . R i c h a r d s , 2633 H a r ­r i e t a v e n u e , a f t e rnoon .

W o m a n ' s gui ld, G r ace Ep i scopa l c h u r c h , Mrs . Norby , 2431 B l o o m i n g t o n a v e n u e , a f t e r n o o n ; e lec t ion of officers.

The marriage of Miss Hazel Brown and Earl Luce will take place this even­ing at 6 o'clock. Last evening the bri­dal party was entertained at a dinner given by the prospective bridegroom at the Hampshire Arms. The color scheme of the decorations was pink, and a: mound of roses and ferns formed the: centerpiece of the table. Streamers or pink tulle fell from the chandelier, and a pink taper burned at each cover.

The guests were Misses Mabel Lane, who will be maid of honor, Ethel Ridge-way, Grace Hegman of Sioux City, Iowa, and Helen Ball, the three bridesmaids;: Sue Weir, Alice Tapping of Peoria;-111.,1

and Helen Blackmar, the Messrs. George Webster, Clarence Brown of Boston, who is to be the best man; Charles Buckbee, Monroe Fowler, James Iresfield, George; Tyler and Sidney Meyer. - •/;•

The rehearsal at Calvary Baptist church followed the dinner.

Miss Lily Hoxtell and George L. Coe were marri«d quietly last night by Rev. G. L. Morrill at the parsonage on Stev­ens avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Hoxtell will reside in Minneapolis.

Mrs. Charles Fisher Hepburn will give | a New Year's reception on Monday at * ^ her apartments at the Swinford for Miss Beatrice Ireys, whose engagement has just been announced, and Miss Marion Ireys, a debutante. : ;; '

Says Grant to Proposed Electric Com­pany Is Undemocratic; Describes I ts Possible Political Effect; Declares Council Is Acting With Undue Haste, for Which City Will Be Sorry. > > '

F. D. Larrabee, the local attorney, to­day sent [to Mayor J ; C. Haynes a letter urging him to veto.the franchise which the city council purposes to grant to a new electric company, giving' in detail -his reasons for the request. The letter is as follows:

Within the last thirty days an ordi­nance has been proposed' to the city coun­cil and is now pending before it, which, if enacted into law, will give .a thirty-year franchise to. a private corporation -to lay wires, etc., :with the necessary; earnings,

in politics, spending its money tp elect the very aldermen who are to .choose the arbitrator'upon behalf of the city, and the maximum rates fixed by such board of ar­bitrators will permit the company to continue to rob the, people by excessive r a t e s .

T h e s e ob jec t ions t o t h e p roposed o r d i ­n a n c e u p o n t h e s e b r o a d g r o u n d s a r e suf­ficient t o d e f e a t i t r e g a r d l e s s of j u s t o b ­j e c t i o n s t h a t can be m a d e to m i n o r *con-d i t ions of t h e o r d i n a n c e . B u t s o m e of t h e m i n o r cond i t i ons of t h e p roposed o r ­d i n a n c e a r e so ob jec t ionab le a s - t o be suff ic ient r e a s o n s in t h e m s e l v e s for t h e v e t o i n g of t h e o r d i n a n c e . .

T h e r e is no r e a s o n w h y t h e who lesa le p r inc ip le should b e app l ied in t h e s u p ­p ly ing of e lec t r i c i ty . W i t h t h e p l a n t c o n ­s t r u c t e d a n d t h e w i r e s m a i n t a i n e d , t h e r e is n o reason- w h y t h e big c o n s u m e r s should , g e t b e t t e r r a t e s t h a n t h e s m a l l c o n s u m e r s , a n d y e t by t h e t e r m s of t h i s p roposed o r d i n a n c e t h e - s m a l l c o n s u m e r m a y be r e q u i r e d to p a y 1Q c e n t s for w h a t t h e b ig c o n s u m e r m a y be r e q u i r e d to. p a y on ly 6 c e n t s . D o y o u t h i n k t h a t t h e m a j o r i t y of t h e v o t e r s of t h e c i ty of, Minneapo l i s would f avor s u c h a p r o ­vision,?

T h e G r o s s E a r n i n g s T a x .

T h e g r o s s e a r n i n g s t a x Imposed byF the o r d i n a n c e is a de lus ion a n d a s n a r e . I n t h e first p lace , t h e g r o s s e a r n i n g s t a x is a n u n j u s t t a x ; Peop le should no t be obl iged t o s u p p o r t t h e i r g o v e r n m e n t In p r o p o r t i o n a s t h e y u s e e lec t r i c l igh t or power . T h e r e shou ld be no t a x u p o n t h e

b u t t h e r a t e should be so r e -

"Comparisons are Odious'' ; but see the Wight, clear, flavory infusion of

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ASBURY BAZAAR PROFITS

Proceeds Exceeded the Expectations of the Deaconesses' Aid Society.

A report of the proceeds of Asbury hospital bazaar was given yesterday at a meeting of the Deaconesses' Aid so­ciety. The receipts for the five days' sale were $3,066.52, of which $2,214.77

poles/etc., in, on, over; under and across t l ie s t r e e t s , a v e n u e s a n d a l leys of t h e c i t y , of Minneapo l i s .16 e n a b l e sa id com-; p a n y to fu rn i sh e lec t r ic l igh t a n d power! for publ ic a n d . p r i v a t e u s e . A c o m m i t ­t e e of t h e counci l ; c o m p r i s i n g a m a j o r ­i ty of a l l 8t t h e - m e m b e r s , h a s u n a n i ­m o u s l y r e c o m m e n d e d I ts p a s s a g e , a n d . i t wil l p r o b a b l y be p a s s e d b y t h e counci l t h i s w e e k a n d be s u b m i t t e d to y o u for

s i g n a t u r e before you r e t i r e f rom office.

You could p r e v e n t 1tsr b e c o m i n g a l a w d u r i n g y o u r a d m i n i s t r a t i o n a n d lessen i t s . c h a n c e s of eve r b e c o m i n g so, a n d I w r i t e to u r g e you t o v e t o it.

C a l l s I t U n d e m o c r a t i c . . • )l T h e F . F . C. G. w i l l h o l d i t s p i c n i c p a r t y t o n i g h t a t M r s . N o b l e ' s ha l l . - T h i s w i l l b e t h e l a s t l e a p - y e a r p a r t y of t h e d u b a n d w i l l b e o n e of t h e p r e t t i e s t p a r ­t i e s of t h e w e e k .

M i n i k a h d a c l u b w a s g a y y e s t e r d a y a n d t h e h o l i d a y p l a n s w e r e a p p r e c i a t e d . T h e r e w a s a t a b l e d ' h o t e , d i n n e r , ; a t w h i c h t h e r e w e r e a n u m b e r of p a r t i e s , , e x p r e s s e d yoursel f a s a g r e e i n g s u b s t a n -Th'e w h o l e h o u s e w a s d e c o r a t e d ! , w i t h t i a l l y - w i t h m a n y of u s w h o w e r e a d v o -

d u c e d t h a t t h e c o m p a n y wi l l n o t e a r n m o r e t h a n a r e a s o n a b l e r a t e of profit. Bu t , t h e p roposed o r d i n a n c e does n o t p r o ­pose t o col lect a g r o s s ' e a r n i n g s t a x f rom t h e c o m p a n y if t h e c i ty p a t r o n i z e s t h e c o m p a n y b y . t a k i n g e lec t r i c i ty f rom It a t t h e m a x i m u m r a t e p rov ided In t h e o r d i ­n a n c e , v

T h e r e , is n o t h i n g in t h e o r d i n a n c e in ques t i on to p r e v e n t a l l of t h e s tock of t h e h e w c o m p a n y b e i n g o w n e d b y t h e s a m e people w h o o w n t h e s t o c k of t h e Gene ra l E l e c t r i c c o m p a n y , a n d t h e oppos i t ion of t h e old c o m p a n y to " the g r a n t i n g of t h i s f r anch i se t o t h e n e w c o m p a n y h a s b e e n so feeble t h a t I a m susp ic ious t h a t t h o s e i n t e r e s t e d in t h e old c o m p a n y a r e i n -

CEYLON AND INDIA NATURAL GREEN tea and then look at Japans. Sealed lead packets only. 60e and 7Qe per 4b. By all grocers. Try a ten-cent sample packet.

Received highest award and gold medal, World's Fair, St. Louis.

IT IS SETTLED NOW CALL IT "ORPHEUM" OR BE AS QUEER AS KOOPSKIRTS ON AN EQUESTRIENNE.

t e r e s t e d in '.. t h e n e w . B u t if n o t now, I a m just i f ied in a s k i n g y o u to v e t o t h e y m a y b e In t h e fu tu r e .

i t b e c a u s e i t is u n d e m o c r a t i c arid ; be - Y e t o r . t h e - a p p o s e d -ord inance ' and- tel l c a u s e d u r i n g t h e l a s t p r i m a r y -elect ion >th<j.; people/rOT-this c i ty t h a t t h e g r a n t i n g c a m p a i g n , a t w h i c h iyou r ece ived - the [ o f : ;tljis h e w f r a n c h i s e will n o t fu rn i sh n o m i n a t i o n by t h e ' d e m o c r a t i c p a r t y 7 tbt t h e office of m a y o r ; p f t h e c i t y of. ^Mfii-i., neapol i s , in m a n y , $ut i l ic ~ m e e t i n g s Vypu

C h r i s t m a s g r e e n s a n d p o i n s e t t i a s ? a n d the lights were shaded with red. ; , In

and an oyster roast about the jjrertt; fireplace in the parlors.; ... ^ .'v"'',/-'-.'?;:tf i

Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Butterneld of 79 Ninth street S gave a dinner of ten

eating the ownership" and control by the city of public utilities

the evening there was informal dancing "IXam impelled to write this letter to

was profit. Of the'profits, $1,566.57 are covers last night. The decorations were cash and the remainder provisions and ."i Christmas colors, and the place cards.

were water colors.

Donaldson' Linen and

Muslin Underwear

Sale, \ January 3.

other articles which will be sold or turned over to the hospital. , , . 1.r ..,. _,. . , . . . . . -,. ••

The aid society hacf made a pledge Miss May McElhgott entertained ,in-of $1,000 to the hospital building fund, ' formally last night for Miss Beata Wir-and the bazaar was given to raise tha t , denhjes, who is home from .Wellesley money. The surplus will be used for ±or the holidays. • , . . . _ ;. . the hospital, probably to furnish somo • • w •":-^ -'- . . portion of it. In the five years of its I. Miss Grace Woodman ^gave a charin-existence the aid society -has raised ™g luncheon Saturday ^ t e r w o n a£. i e r $5,000 for the hospital, providing all *Pme in St. Paul for Miss .Grace Nor-* - - *• -• ' r -i-—!--°*.x.:~ ton, who has been visiting relatives' m iate in pur city

the twin cities for two weteW. T3i'e;^'r- EKnowledged tha lor decorations were holly,; palms and public service corporations from owning

•RAthnr.̂ WoTYifl Will Receive carnations. In the diningrbonv" smilax the cities is for the cities to own the Bethany Home Will Receive. f e U f r o f f i t h e c h a ndelier to the table, Public service business Who JiaVe been

Friday Bethany home will keep open ' b e i fastened with tulle b'ow^Vto the the bribers of city officials and of alder-house for its friends, and will be open c l o t h < The,centerpiece was white" car- m e n i n t h i s a n d o t h e r pities in the past?

P e ° P l e nations, and the table was lighted with None' other than the,' hirelings of pub

New • Y e a r ' s Informal

the linen and provisions during this time.

to visitors from 10 to 4 o'clock.

you t o l e t you- k n o w t h a t t h e r e a r e s o m e d e m o c r a t s s t i l l t r u e t o t h e fa i th , e v e n t h o in t h e c i ty counci l n e a r l y al l , if n o t a l l ; .of t h e d e m o c r a t i c a l d e r m e n f avo r ; t he p a s s a g e of t h e s a id ^ord inance , a n d --even t h o t h e p r inc ipa l p r o m o t e r s - o f t h e cor ? p o r a t i o n a r e d e m o c r a t s , a n d t h e a^ttpr-n e y s of t h e p r i v a t e co rpo ra t i on a r e d e m ­o c r a t s .

T i l t is pa infu l in t h e e x t r e m e to see . d e m o c r a t i c off iceholders l a b o r i n g to c r e ­a t e spec ia l p r iv i l eges—con t r a ry to t h e f u n d a m e n t a l d o c t r i n e s of o u r p a r t y . *

' N o w a d a y s , in t h e p r inc ipa l c i t i es a n d v i l l ages of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s the! people a r e t r y i n g to g e t r id of j u s t s u c h b r i b e r

, g i v e r s a s t h i s o r d i n a n c e p roposes to e r e -_ ' ; . I t is now g e n e r a l l y a c -l^n owl edged t h a t t h e only w a y to p r e v e n t

t h a t ^compet i t ion s o n e c e s s a r y t o r e g u l a t e t h e . p r i c e so t h a t t h e o w n e r will n o t r ea l i ze m o r e t h a n a n o r d i n a r y r a t e of profit .

T h e r e c a n ' t be c o m p a n i e s e n o u g h In t h e s t r e e t s to avo id r e g u l a t i o n . W i t h t w o o r m o r e compan ie s , t h e c o m p a n i e s m u s t be r e g u l a t e d or w e will be robbed .

green tapers shaded with held by silver candelabra.

Friday Evening — Masonic Temple. Music by C. F. Kelsey Orchestra

Program at 9 sharp.

.'• •* 2 & T 0 ; 3 O F I F T H - S T . S . ^

Inventory sale to reduce stock before Jan. 20th.

interested in the home take this oppor tunity of visiting it and noting its con­ditions, in this way keeping in touch with the work and the needs.

CLUB NOTES. '•'' Stf'-''MirMj/ ""Offlcert will be electisd:. "

The annual moetlng of the board of directors . . - _ . -_ . . . a . , - ...-of the Sheltering Arms will be held tomorrow m u s i c . M i s s N o r t o n l e f t - W a t u T d a y - ^ e y e r ^ ^

white and ' !'Q s e r v i c e c'orPPrattons."' 1̂ has becomef Misa Nor | t n e c o m m o n custom thruout the country

ton's place was marked1 by, a knot' {i \ ^ Pu> l lc. service:corporations .̂ to con^ darnatlons../ Among-. t h e ^ ^ w ^ y - s U tribute money to ^m p a , gn funds/to put guests were a n u m b f r > o £ M d ^ Wellesley college •• a s s ^ t e s ^ ^ i l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ h . 1 ' 6 0 ^ ! lunpheon .was followed- Vb^ t©a»taoandi^ y :^ ; , b r l b i n f f o f f i c , a J s- :; •• ,t ,

... __ Its Political Effects afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, In the guild house of fiing f o r h e r h o m e , i n - W i n d u ' a , ' accon i - -' „ ^t,ov,jn+„ « : ' t v , i « - ' ^ « « « o ^ r.y.

Mme, w . ^ . T h o m a s , Long and Norcroas p a n t e d b y M r s . H o r a c e . M e r w e l l ^ - a n d „ . I n a l j ' l ™ ™ , Y ' LI % l l ^ ^ t ^ l will entertain the women of Oliver Presbyterian H o r a c e D a v S h e w i l l r e t u r n to" M l n - < L i n a n c e b e c o m e s a JajW, :.'.the . .Minnesota church, in the church parlors, tomorrow after- j „ ° ™ ^ f l ^ f ' f flT\ 7 h i ^ « ^ T ^ « ^ « f " - I ' a w ^ * T r o l l e y c o m p a n y , , t o w h o m t h e

ineapohs^to^attend the^annual ^ban^uet. f p a n c h i s e w i l I b e s r a n t e d , will be a Po _ ^_ _ . . , „ „ ^ „ . . „_ ter i t f ac to r in t h e pol i t ics of Minneapo l i s

Plea for Public Ownership. You should v e t o t h i s o r d i n a n c e a n d tell

t h e people t h a t your r e a s o n s for do ing so a r e - t h a t t h e r e is only one j u s t so lu ­t ion \ of t h e ques t i on of " p u b l i c s e rv i ce In c i t i e s 7 a n d - tha t i s o w n e r s h i p by ' t h e public! Tell t h e m t h a t r egu l a t i on by t h e public of publ ic service corporat ions has b e e n a n d is a fa i lure , t h a t i n s t e a d of t h e c i t ies r e g u l a t i n g t h e c o m p a n i e s , t h e c o m p a n i e s h a v e r e g u l a t e d t h e c i t i es by con t ro l l ing t h e i r officials or e n o u g h of t h e m t o influence leg is la t ion .

T h e r e is a n o t h e r t h i n g t h a t should be t o l d also> if t h e c i ty is n o t to o w n a n d o p e r a t e , ' v i z : I t Is t h e l a w In t h i s s t a t e , dec la red t o t be so b y our s u p r e m e cour t , t h a t in r e g u l a t i n g t h e c h a r g e s of a p u b -l ie s e rv i ce co rpora t ion , t h e b a s i s of profit i s ' t h e r e a s o n a b l e cos t of r e p r o d u c i n g t h e ^ a n t . o s / ) t h a t If t h e c i ty shou ld u n ­d e r t a k e t o i r e g u l a t e t h e r a t e s t h r u t h e cor i r ls t h e ' r a t e s could n o t be r e d u c e d beh?w. w h a t would n e t t h e c o m p a n y a

R e a s o n a b l e i r a t e o f - p r o f i t u p o n w h a t It would cos t to ^-reproduce t h e p l an t . T h a t i s r t he ru le^ , w h e t h e r i h e r e be o n e r o r a d o z e n c o m p a n i e s ; t h e m o r e t h e c o m ­p a n i e s , €he- m o r e t h e cos t to r ep roduce ,

I t should be pronounced ORpheum, with the accent on the first syllable. This is the pronunciamento of the pow­ers that be in the local learned world, and has been given to the public in the interests of those who are fiercely wag­ing a war of words on the subject of pronunciation.

Co-incident with the opening of the Orpheum theater the word invaded the community and the general public has displayed an ingenious variety of ideas j in pronouncing the word. Some have let " o r P H E u m " drop "trippingly from the tongue"; others have blithe­ly called at the box office for ORpheum tickets, while a certan few have spoken vaguely of the "OrpheUM."

The dictionaries do not include this form of the word. The noun, *' Orphe­um, ' ' the name of the Greek deity from which is derived the name of the thea­ter, is 'pronounced "ORpheus. As the dictionaries shed no further light on the subject other authorities, have been consulted and bets may be decided ac­cordingly. -

Dr. Cyrus Northrop, president of the University of Minnesota, says: " I am inclined to believe that the word should be pronounced 'ORpheum.' There is_a law for the pronouncing of words in the English language called the law of recessive accent, according to which the accent is pushed ag far to the front of a word as euphony will permit. / Or­pheum' can well be pronounced with the accent on the first syllable; in fact, to the trained ear, the sound of 'OR­pheum' is better than the sound of 'Or-PHEum.' "

On the other hand .Professor Charles F. McClumpha of the' English literature department of the state university, says: "The word should be pronounced 'OrPHEum.' The Greek accent is on the second s.yllable, and this is true in the German and French. The modern trend of English is toward giving clas-* sical words their classical pronuncina-tioni = Just as 'museum' should be pro­nounced 'muSEum,' 'Orpheum' should be pronounced ' OrPHEum.' ' '

Assistant Professor Frances B. Potter of the department of English literature at the state university, says: "The word should be pronounced 'ORpheum.' The analogy to 'museum' is not quite accurate. The closer analogy is to ' Or­pheus,' which is accented on the first syllable."

Miss Hilary Peck of the same depart­ment, is of the same opinion, while Dr. Charles M. ..Jordan,, superintendent of

WORE ONLY A SHIRT

Phrenologist, Parading the Streets in" Airy Costume, Is Arrested. ^™

Professor A. P. Morse, a phrenologist,"'8

living at 1829 Fourth avenue S, was picked up by the police last night the charge of insanity. He wore ^ other clothing than an undershirt, itf-fi whieh airy costume he had persisted in^|il parading all the evening. -r

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S I N F U L N E G L E C T How is it possible for a sane man with

good teeth to destroy them through careless negiect! SOZODONT is positively bene­ficial. It has made the. toothbrush habit a real pleasure. \

SOZODONT TOOTH POWDER

the natural complement of SOZODONT Liquid, is a beautiful polisher, absolutely free from grit, and acid. Are you using it r You ought to be .

3 FORMS: LIQUID, POWDER. PASTE.

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n . l a l * A A Choice Burbanks,

POtatOQS perbu CabbagG HSuid ButterEKSs^ Dairy Butter K & Butterine Best Lard Grape Jel . Orange Marmalade

9 25cifirs

Maraschino Cherries « 68c : t U . . H Brackett 'a Beat, patent, r l O U r 98-lb. bajra

Corn Meal sacks Buckwheat ^ Rye Flour °pound

2-lb. -b r i cks . . .

Per lb

| u Large IV glasses. . .

38c 3c

$1.40 $(.15 25c

8c 12c

I m p o r t e d .

Past lady commander. May F, Jones; lady com­mander, Ruth Walker; lieutenant commander, BUa C. Cndwell; recordkeeper, Frances I*. Austin; i t '-nartv lodt flnancekeeper.: Emma Campbell; chaplain, C'asstc Vle™J Vat}A 1 . a ? t

Maxim: sergeant. Alice Rose; musician, Nellie g i v e n Mason; mistress-at-arms, Florence Wood; seriti ncl. Jennie E. Fuller,., and .picket, Gertrude M Hudson. -

The younger school set had a very d u r i n g i t s life of t h i r t y y e a r s ; " t h a t i t will cont r ibute money to influence elecf

. - , ..... , , , ,. 1 - e tibns and use money to corrupt official party a s t . ^ l j t ; « r£Ue^:dancr action. These considerations alone are

at. Elks' hall by- ?the -Phi*Alpha ^ffiei

onri tv,U m n r p mrttvpv t h a t m u s t hp Earned i n s t r u c t i o n m t h e p u b l i c s c h o o l s , a n d

tral high school, are . inclined to hold

HAMLINE

sacks.

Corn Starch parages Sago or THUNjr?r Santos Coffee S e . perfb. Tea SiftingsSs:"?'..,... Navy Beans 5SS±rr Lima Beans ^ B r 7c Quaker Oats -'""

$3.10 14c 32c 21c 3k 10c 17c

121c 6c

9e Cigars, Tonoria 2 for 25 cents,

each 1 cents; per box of 50, $3.15.

Many odd boxes of cigars at less than cost before inventory.

$1.50 B a r t o n P o r t , p e r q t , $1 .18 . $1 o - y e a r Old P o r t , 84c .

. . . 8 5 c 3 - y e a r O l d P o r t , p e r g a l , 70c . -. $2 .25 W h i t e T o k a y , p e r g a l , $1 .60 . . $1 C a l i f o r n i a S h e r r y , p e r g a l , 80c .

$2 .25 S p a n i s h S h e r r y , p e r g a l , $1 .55 . $ 1 M u s c a t e l , p e r g a l , 80c . $2.50 G r a p e B r a n d y , $1 .95 .

' $ 1 B l a c k b e r r y B r a n d y , 68c . $1 .75 S c o t c h W h i s k y , p e r b o t t l e ,

$1.30

Mrs. Kelsey is visiting in Ashland, Wis. Mrs. Frank Cole has returned from Olivia.

••• Mr. and Mrs. James Bryan are spending a month in San Francisco.

Mrs. John McCormlck has gone to New Jersey to spend the winter.

Miss Maude Walker is visiting at Drayton, N. D. ^

Dr. and Mrs. De Forest Catlin of Owatonna are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Montgomery.

Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Holley and Miss Belle Holley are visiting at Mankato.

Mrs. A. Willielmi has issued invitations for the marriage of her daughter, Cora, and George" Macloaski. Jr . . of Schenectady, N. Y. The wed­ding vt l l take-place at the home of the bride's mother. Wednesday evening, Jan. 4.

Mrs. George S. Innis is visiting her son in Oregon.

Tlij' Sunday school of the Methodist church gave A Christmas party last evening In the church parlors.

Miss Anna' Davis Is vlsltins at Goodhue. Miss Mmy Seamer and Miss Eva Graling are

guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Seamer of St. Paul Park.

Mr. and Mrs. Fowble entertained at a family reunion Sunday. •- '

Miss Margarot Andrews has gone to Grinnell, Iowa, for the holidays. ' Miss -Winnifred Fleming of Mora is spending

the holidays with her parents here. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Kaley are visiting their

daughter in Bralnerd. Miss Eliabeth Higgins has returned from St.

Louis. Miss Alta Robinson of Erwin, S. D., is spend­

ing the holidays with her parents here. Mrs. Ellison has issued invitations for a party

of young people Thursday evening. Miss Gertrude Stowera is at home- from Gran­

ite Falls for two weeks. Miss Florence Wells of Marshall is visiting

Mr. and Mrs. George Wells. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Koerner leave this week

to reside in Cincinnati, Ohio. Miss Hattie Ryan gave a luncheon party yester­

day afternoon in honor of Miss Georgia Kelsey. Sliss Louella Webb has returned from Pipo-

stone and Mrs. Webb has returned from Spring­field.

Miss Anna InwoocT has returned from northern Minnesota.

Miss Grace Dunn spent last week in Wisconsin. Mrs. M. A. Johnson Is entertaining her sister

from Duluth. Miss Kelsey goes this week to Cincinnati for

the winter. Miss Blanche Seeley Is in Blue Earth City. Miss Ella Conrad is visiting in Ortonville.

• C M , , & > - •*.. ±m - •- » * £uffi<?ieht to jus t i fy t h e defeat- of t h e E p s i l o n f r a t e r n i t y . ; Al l .abxif ia^ncevpfs; p r o p o s e d o r d i n a n c e . red; m i n g l e d w i t h ho l iday^ g r e e n , f o r d e d , j . ^ T h t e p roposed o r d i n a n c e Is t h e m o s t a n o t e of g a y e t y . J a p a n e s e l a n t e r n s j i m p o r t a n t p iece of leg is la t ion t h a t h a s a n d C h r i s t m a s b e l l s h u n g , f r o m : t ' h e i ; ^ e n - : before t h e counci l for m a n y y e a r s , c h a n d e l i e r s . O n t h e stage-;...;were j a r s ; r and y e t t h e r e is d a n g e r of i t s b e i n g of f l a m i n g p p i n s e t t i a s , . a n d : thte:-t|Lbles,', p a s s e d w i t h i n t h i r t y d a y s f rom t h e t i m e i n t h e s u p p e r r o o m w e r e a d o r n e d ' w i t h - i t w a s proposed , by a l d e r m e n , m a n y of p o i n s e t t i a s a n d s m i l a x . T h e d a n c e p r o - J w h o m a r e a b o u t to r e t i r e f rom office, g r a m s w e r e i n c l o s e d i n w h i t e k i d e a r d - -1 h a v i n g been de fea t ed a t t h e l a s t e lec t ion, c a s e s h a v i n g o n t h e c o v e r s t h e G r e e k l a n d i t is t h e h o p e of t h e p r o m o t e r s t h a t l e t t e r s d o n p i n g o l d on a r e d b a c k ­g r o u n d . T h e r e w e r e a b o u t s i x t y y o u n g p e o p l e p r e s e n t , c h a p e r o n e d b y M i n e s . C. G. G o d d r i c h , W . L . B a s s e t t s L ; T . Sowle, William Rand, Olga Haskell, George Daggett, S. H. Bowman, T:B'ast-ing, W. \G. Shull, Dodge and; SV;c Tooker. =•. -

The hosts were LouisV',. PyserV JGtalph Shull, Merton. Sowle, Wilbur Ho'pp'in/ Harry Shull, Sam Bowman,: John" Sny­der, Edwin Fish, Louis Bastinjj, N.eit Jamison, Donald Goodrich, Jay Bassett, Ray Gillette, Lyall Decker, James Haz-lett, Eliot Daggett, Donald l)6dge, Richard Phelps, Morris Hallowell, Welles Hodgson.

Their guest were Misses Katherine Shull, May Donaldson, Ruth Dunwoody, Beatrice Wilcox, Harriet Loring, Flo­rence Buck, Charlotte Partridge, Marie Gillette, Alice O'Brien, Louisa Jami­son, Priscilla Rand, Ella Sage, Dolly Winston, Clara Hudson,- Peg -''Tooker, C e l i a H a s k e l l , M a r i e MeTJtqjiald, H e l e n Truesdale, Marjory Pond and Anna Woodcock.

A FEW DOSES

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. Floyd E. Cates ds home from Chicago for the

holidays. Miss Amy Cook Is spending two weeks visiting

In the city. The Enterprise Social club will be entertained, Thursday afternoon by Mrs. Johnson* 2914 Four­

teenth avenue S. The Elliot Avenue Cinch club will be enter­

tained Thursday afternoon by Mrs. F . A. Green-v law, 3238 Elliot avenue. : *

On account of the storm, the sleighrlde and supper of Holy Trinity Sunday school will be postponed until tomorrow. ..-

Monitor hive, L. O. T. M., will hold a= dan'ct; tomorrow night at Richmond hall. There "will also be" a raffle of a quilt. . . : . , ;

Mr. "and Mrs. F. Warren Tldball are. occupying their new home at 3247 Calhoun boulevard, and:

entertained a family party yesterday. e The juvenile dancing class • conducted at Powr

SHELF-WORN GOODS AND ODDS always keep a bottle in the house.

Of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters at the,

been the means of counteracting a long sick spell. It is therefore a wise plan to

AND ENDS ON HALF-PRICE COUNTER BEFORE INVEN TORY.

,m FOOD

A baby who frets, worries, cries or sleeps poorly is .prob­ably poorly nourished unless

. there is actual disease. MeHih's \ Food provided plenty of good nourish* ' ment; easily digestible and does away

. -withj.au fretting and crying. .Try Wd-lin'a Food, we will send you a sample. , * i \

' M E I i L I N ' S FOOD CO.,

M^toS^Mi&i

BOSTON, MASS.

Bostetters Stomach

Uitters STOMA^^ during its50 years' | ^WnfJBfiC^ e x p er*ence' ^ a 8

" 5^*«».J, done more to pro­mote health than

( any other remedy. ' No wonder it has

been so successful. I t always cures

Poor Appetite, Indigestion, ;: « Dyspepsia, Costiveness,

- chills, Colds* or Lirer Troubles.

Try it todav, also get a free copy of our 1906 Almanac from, your druggist or dealer.

The I>. P. Plnmmer Social club will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Alice Warring­

ton, a t 3 i l3 Nineteenth avenue S. . * -The Henley club will have its. holiday party

New Year's eve, at Masonic Temple. George H. Friedland will act is.master of ceremonies.

Northwestern arrivals a t . .New Xork hotels': Minneapolis—Criterion, G. C. Siioyer. Duluth— Grand Union, W. H. Ransom; Belvideie, Kt Lachmund.

Mrs. Clara Spilane and her mother left"Satur­day night for Milwaukee, to spend the holidays with Mrs. . Spilane's father and brother,: -Rev. J. F. and Rev. William Brown^

Miss Caroline Dean, formerly associated with Misses Abbott and Kenyon at Bennett seminary, ...... and now a teacher a t Carleton college, is spend- : put in opera t ion , lng the holidays in the city, making her head--quarters at the home of A. A. Abbott, 2650 Pleasant avenue. - . . , ; : . .

y o u r s i g n a t u r e will be p r o c u r e d u p o n t h e eve of y o u r r e t i r e m e n t f rom office. ',

W h y th i s u n d u e h a s t e ? L e t . t h e n e w counci l a n d t h e n e w m a y o r a l so considejr i t ; g ive t h e people a c h a n c e to eonpidSTM: t h e n e w s p a p e r s , t h e people ' s w a t c h d o g s , h a v e no t a r o u s e d t h e people on t h e s u b j e c t

j ' y e t . If i t i s a good t h i n g le t t h e m , inform the. .pepple and ? a r o u s e t h e m t o s u p p o r t a n d siustain i t : if i t is a b a d t h i n g le t t h e m ' a rouse^ t h e peonte t o e f f o r t - t o de fea t i t W e h a v e n o t y e t J ieard f rom t h e p u b l i c we l fa re "commit tee of t h e C o m m e r c i a l c lub . L e t u s g ive t h e m a c h a n c e t o - i n ­fo rm t h e m s e l v e s a n d l e t t h e m i n f o r m / t h e people . . '' , , ; ' . .,''" _,. .' ...'',,. v*',,.:

.This u n d u e h a s f e c a n n o t be due,vio.-the f ac t t h a t t h e c i ty is in d a r k n e s s , b e c a u s e i t is no t . We. a l r e a d y h a v e ' one^ e^ectfric l i g h t c o m p a n y a n d w e h a v e ' a g a s ' c o m ­p a n y . Bes ides t h e c i t y could 4niild a p l a n t i tself t o fu rn i sh l igh t a s qu ick ly a s t h e p r i v a t e : c o r p o r a t i o n caii . -: j'_'^;£_[

Value,of the Franchise/' t",.. In reality th is has te f s o n 'account of the

v a l u e of t h e f rancMse . under" t h e ; p roposed o rd inance . T h e , .atfoVlieys of* t h e M i n n e ­so t a P o w e r a n d T r o l l e y c o m p a n y h a v e openly avowed t h a t t h e y a r e in a hur ry-b e c a u s e t h e y Wilt b e ab le t o bo r row :

m o n e y a s soon a s t h e s a m e is p a s s e d . -T h e c i ty might . , a s wel l g ive m e t h e c i ty

ha l l t h a t I -may. b o r r o w mt iney on i t a n d a l so c h a r g e t h e c i ty for t h e u s e of it.

I t wou ld be*far bettjer t o p a y ou t of t h e c i ty t r e a s u r y t h e v a l u e of t h e , f r anch i se in m o n e y a n d k e e p t h e f r anch i se . B u t ; I Object t o a n y t h i n g b e i n g g iven a w a y b y t h e c i ty t o a n y b o d y e x c e p t for c h a r i t y , un l e s s t h e s a m e a m o u n t b e g iven t o e v e r y ­body, In w h i c h e v e n t i t w e r e a s wel l t h a t no o n e rece ived a n y t h i n g . -..'_ ' '* ' " ; . . -

If t h e c i t y woifi't bu i ld i t s own p l a n t ^and s e r v e t h e people , fo rce t h e counci l t o t a k e t i m e to l ea rn if s o m e o t h e r c o m p a n y m a y n o t d o ' b e t t e r t h a n t h e p roposed o r ­d i n a n c e wiLlreq-vtire t h e M i n n e s o t a P o w ­e r a n d T r o l l e y c o m p a n y t o do . G r e a t God! W h y d o e s n ' t t h e c i t y counci l a t l e a s t a d v e r t i s e for b ids—give a l l of t h e people a c h a n c e t o b id . on t h e j o b . . If

t o ^ p a ^ 'd ividends 1"upon t h e *amo'unt: o t h e r words., t h e m o r e c o m p a n i e s t h e r e a r e fri t h i s „ b t t s ineas , t h e h i g h e r t h e rprice of. E l e c t r i c i t y m a y be , or, to p u t •it. d i f ferent ly .arid p e r h a p s m o r e e x a c t -'ly.fcIf t h e r e ' ' w e r c ^ ' o n l y ' . o n e c o m p a n y w e cpuld;,-.compel i t ^to fu rn i sh e lec t r i c i ty a t a> l e s se r rateT , tha.n w e could compel a n y one c o m p a n y if t h e r e ' Were m o r e t h a n

^ n e i c o n i f e a n y ; ' . ;-!

;.Tpe p roposed o r d i n a n c e g ives t h e c o m ­p a n y n i n e t y d a y s t o a c c e p t ; ve to i t a n d g ive t h e people of t h e c i ty n i n e t y d a y s t o . ' cons ide r i t . W e o u g h t to reflect a t l e a s t niheity d a y s before w e e m p o w e r a n y o n e - t o rob u s for t h i r t y y e a r s . ' i P ' b e g r of you to y e t o t h e o r d i n a n c e f 0 r t l iese a n d other"; r e a s o n s t t h a t will o c c u r t o you. . I, a i n go ing t o cause t h i s l e t t e r t o b e

p u b l i s h e d In o u r dai ly p a p e r s , if I can , t o i nduce o t h e r s t o go to you w i t h s u c h a d d i t i o n a l r e a s o n s a s m a y occur t o t h e m . Your.s* - v e r y respect ful ly , . - • ' . '

.,".•••';,;•' —F f , D . L a r r a b e e .

t o t h e o p i n i o n t h a t t h e a c c e n t g o e s o n the antepenultimate, according to Greek r u l e . '"••' , - ' ' ' • • ' ' ' ' ' • " • ' • .

T h e w e i g h t of o p i n i o n b e i n g i n f a v o r of p r o n o u n c i n g i t " O R p h e u m , '•' t h a t f o r m w i l l b e t h e off icial p r o n u n c i a t i o n of t h e Word a n d d i s p u t e s w i l l b e s e t t l e d W i t h t h a t u n d e r s t a n d i n g .

A w o m a n . w h o i s w e a k , n e r v o u s a n d s l e e p l e s s , a n d w h o h a s co ld h a n d s a n d f e e t , c a n n o t f e e l a n d a c t l i ke ; a w e l l p e r s o n . C a r t e r ' s I r o n P i l l s e q u a l i z e t h e c i r c u l a t i o n , r e m o v e n e r v o u s n e s s a n d g i v e s t r e n g t h a n d r e s t .

A SKIN OP BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVBR.N

TYR. T . FET.1X GOTJKATJ1VS O R I E N T A l t I) C R E A M , O R M A G I C A L B E A T J T I F I E R

Removes Tan, Plmples.Frackles, , -,, Moth Patches, Rash, and Skin * ^ diseases, and every blomlsh

on beauty, aad efles detection. I t •-&*<•

iaaa stood the test ''ZM<: 'of 66 years, and. is T- 3 3 ao h a r m l e s s wa * ->f* taste it to be snr» It Is properly made. Accept no counter- <•?? , felt of s i m i U r * ^ name. Dr. L. A. Sayre said to a lady of tho haut-ton (a patient): •'As you l a d i e s -will use them, I r e c o m m e n d

'Gouraud's Cream' as foe least harmful of all the to OTpawttOTi" For sale by all Druggists and Fancy Goods pealer* In the TJ. 8., Canadas. and. Enrppe. . . -FERD. T. HOPKINS, Prop'r, 37 Great Jones 8 t , M. b

NEW IDEA Straight Front

Double Laced Corset Gives erect form and round­ness of figure. Especially adap­ted for fleshy ladies.

M I S S L . S H E A , 816 Nicollet Ave.

BEGfiN CHARITY AT HOME ONE FIRM DONATED ONE HUN­

DRED AND FIFTY CLOAKS TO NEEDY WOMEN IN MINNEAP^ OLIS.

One hundred and fifty needy women of the city will be made glad this week I !by the."R/WV-Munzej company, the new ' cloak".and suit house at 608- Nicollet. A letter was sent to all clergymen in the city last week, requesting that each one should send three women, in need of warm cloaks, to the Munzer com­pany between Christmas and New Year's, , 1

. A more opportune time for sueb. ap­propriate and generous giftB could not have tteen named. In the face of the cold, piercing blizzard, a great number of women, who were obviously in need •of a warm cloak, called at the Munzer store this morning and received their garmeiitsl Every woman who left the store was wreath'ed with smiles of grat-' itude, and the happiness of the donor was rendered twenty times greater by the score or more,orrwomenrwho called to receive their cloaks. None was made to feel that she was a caller for charity. Each woman simply had a Christmas ' ' order' ' for a nice, warm cloak, and the appreciation of the. gift was most noticeable. '

The following is a copy of the letter to a well-known Minneapolis, clergy­man, and handed by i i m to a Journal, man. The minister was ereiatiy pleased with the well-directed kindness of the Munzer company: *

Dear Sir: A custom I haye carried out ever since I have been able, \& to help as many less fortunate celebrate a Merry

anybody is to rob us let us find out who i Christmas as is within my power. This will rob us the least. j Christmas. I propose that you send to us

In truth and in fact the. city ilias: water} three women. in heed, of..:, warm; cloaks, power of its own in the city aufficjeut to those who cannot afford tp.>buy1 them,.and

POWERS ^icolfet Ave. First Ave. So. Fifth St. Minneapolis

Open 8:30 Close 5:30 Except Saturdays.

J •!

e n a b l e i t t o bu i ld a •plan1?'"«.nd^furriislii*it' self w i t h a l l t h e l i g h t w h i £ h i t pefeds."; i

I n t r u t h a n d f a c t t h e "City h a s -power

w e sha l l see t h a t t h e y ge t . a C h r i s t m a s p r e s e n t .

W e send t h e s e no t i ce s t o y o u ,so a s . n o t

Watch bur advertisements from day to day and prof it yourself accordingly.

Sanitary Meat Dept.

to compel the present G e n e r a l : JSlectric to humiliate these women and they'can company to furnish lights in this city for! g e t the coat at any time between Christ-I public and private use at' just and rea- j m a s and "New Years. liaye them hand a sonable rates, and" this could be accom-j note from you to me, and not even" the plished much sooner.... than- a new elec­tric light plant ^n.pe.constructed and

OFFICE FULL OF SNOW

Burglars Leave a Fuel Office Window Wide Open.

Thomas Skellet's fuel office at '228 Fourth street N was broken into last night and some small change was taken from a drawer. The side office window was left open by the burglars and the room was filled with snow.

Burglars also broke open the Tear door of Tooze Rogers' saloon at 301 Third street S early this morning and tgtfc some bottled goods and cigars.

R e g u l a t i o n o f C h a r g e s , g ^

If t h e c i ty wil l n o t r e g u l a t e t h e c h a r g e s of t h e p r e s e n t c o m p a n y t h e r e I s n o r e a ­son t o bel ieve t h a t i t wil l r e g u l a t e t h e c h a r g e s of t h e n e w company . . T r u e , t h e p roposed o r d i n a n c e fixes a , m a x i m u m r a t e for t h e first t e n y e a r s , b u t u n d e r t h a t m a x i m u m r a t e n i a y ' n o t t h e c o m p a n y m a k e e n o r m o u s ' p r o f i t s d u r i n g t e n y e a r s ? B y t h e t e r m s of t h e p roposod o r d i n a n c e t h e r e a f t e r , n o t o f tener t h a n once i n five y e a r s , a r b i t r a t o r s m a y d e t e r m i n e t h e m a x ­i m u m r a t e to be c h a r g e d b y t h e c o m ­p a n y . One a r b i t r a t o r is t o b e chosen by t h e c o m p a n y i t s e l f , a n d t h e o t h e r b y t h e „ — ~ - — - - - , 6 i ty counci l , a n d .these t w o a r e t o choose D e c . 2 3 , 24 , 25 , 2 8 , 29 , 30 a n d 3 1 a n d a t h i rd , if t h e y , c a n ; b u t t h e M i n n e s o t a J a n . 1 , 1»Q5, R e t u r n . l i m i t . J a n . 3 , 1 9 0 5 . P o w e r a n d Trol ley c o m p a n y will t h e n b e l T i c k e t office, 119 T h i r d s t r e e t S .

e l e r k s Shall k n o w a b o u t it.f

Send only t h o s e w h o m you k n o w to, b e in need , a s w e h a v e a . g r e a t m a n y poor , a n d I h a v e s e n t t h e s e n o t i c e s t o fifty p r ies t s , ; c l e r g y m e n a n d r a b b i s in ou r c i ty . Y o u r s v e r y t ru ly , ' . . .

. - . •-. —R. W . M u n z e r & Co., -"** . . B y B- W . Munze r .

BUEHETT'S EXTRACT OF VA1JILLA Is the standard everywhere. Sold by best grocers.

Writers' league will meet this evening At tb% residence of Frank G. O'Brien. 917 Fifth avenue S. Paper by J. O. Pierce. "Military and Politi­cal Development of Japan."

* Soo Line Holiday Excursion Bates.

A rate of one fare for the round trip will- be in effect between all stations,

Under management of Witt Bros.

t,argest and best equipped market west of New York City. -«• j;

Extra Specials for Wednesday Only Any <tot Pot Roast,

pound .<...• Any cut Round Steak

pound

Any cut Rump Roast, pound

Wit t ' s Picnic Haras, per pound

Wit t ' s Hams, per pound

Wit t ' s Bacon, per pound

7c lOo 11ft

7c 8c 7c

Corned Beef Sale Qowf Solid Cabb.««?*; B J | v 2 heads let. .'»,'. * - : . ^P I»

T«le5>hog«.-Twin City f8-U8.Jtt • A r ' ' * C j -if D r t , « i * » ' t o i n f1**.

Rump, lb., 7 c Shoulder, l b . ^ 7 o Boneless Rump,lb. ,9« Plate,lb. S e

' Dairy Butter, per pound... .".V;18« Fancy Brick Cheese, per l b . . . .14©

k.. . ,1*0

N. W. Main 4500-4501 ?„/* of the city.

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