Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-19
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Permanent Fund Proposed for the Wild
ow of the Murdered Policeman-The Gar
field Monument-Sawdust in the River.
At the meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce yesterday morning, Gen. Averill
submitted the following report which was
adopted:
To the President and Members of the
Chamber of Commerce of the City of
st. Paul:
GENTLEMEN: The special committee to
whom was referred the matter of making
some suitable provision for the support of
the widow and children of Officer Daniel
OConnell, respectfully report that Police
Officer O'Connell was killed on the morn
ing of the 18th day of June, 1882, while
engaged in making an arrest of persons
charged with the crime of burglary.
Officer O'Connell left a widow and
two children-John O'Connell, aged three
years and five months, and Hannah O'Con-
nell, aged two years and four months.
OCOnnell was an excellent officer, fearless
and prompt in the discharge of his calling,
and the fact that he turned aside from his
homeward path, after having been relieved
from his beat, at the first alarm, that
crime had been committed, to aid in the
arrest of the offender, the morning en-
counter, the attempted arrest and his death
prove conclusively that he knew no dan
ger when he thought duty called.
Your committee believe that there is an
obligation resting upon our citizens in re-
gard to the police force; one that no right
minded taxpayer can take exception to,and
one to which our people, always SO generous,
will all cheerfully respond, viz: That the
widow and orphans of any member of the
police force killed while on duty protecting
their lives and property, shall be provided
with the means of a comfortable support,
| and not allowed to suffer.
The family of Officer O'Connell was left
penniless.
Your committee, in view of all the facts
| Recommend that the common council be
requested to procure such legislation as
will authorize the payment of Mrs. OCon-
| nell and her two children, during their
minority. annually the sum of five hundred
| dollars; and that copy of this report be
| transmitted to the common council as an
expression of the chamber of commerce.
Respectfully, Signed JOHN T. AvERILL.
GARFIELD MONUMENT.
Mayor Rice presented communication
| which he had received from Washington
setting forth that the Army of the Cumber-
| land proposed to hold National Bazaar
and Industrial Art Exposition in that city
| from November 25th to December Sd, the
proceeds to be devoted to the Garfield mon
| ument fund. The fund already amounts
| to $4,000. The communication asked the
appointment of committee to circulate
information and solicit exhibits. Messrs.
Day, Averill and Lee were appointed as
| the committee.
SAwDUST.
Mr.. McClung called attention to the saw
dust agitation, stating that only very
| small number of persons in Minneapolis
were in favor of obstructing the river in
that manner, and offered the following:
ResOlred, That this chamber is willing
| to cooperate with Minneapolis in any and
| every enterprise which contributes to the
interests of the people of Minnesota or of
the cities of st. Paul and Minneapolis;
that each city is vitality interested in what
ever will build up a united and powerful
metropolis. able to resist the schemes of
| outside cities and railway corporations,
which seek to wrest from us the empire
upon which each city depends for its fu-
ture growth and prosperity; that the i'm
provement of the Mississippi river SO as to
give both cities five feet of water to the
Gulf of Mexico, cheapening the freights
upon the exports from the great mills at
Minneapolis, and upon the imports of the
articles of necessity into the daily living
expenses of the great mass of her citizens,
is matter of vital Importance to both
cities, and upon which there should be no
division of sentiment or influence. There
fore,
Resolred further, That the practice of fill
ing the river with mill refuse, carried on by
a very small portion of the citizens of Min
| neapolis, having been pronounced by every
government engineer who has passed upon
it, and every practical river man, ruinous
to river navigation and destructive of the
works and Improvements made by the gen
eral government should be condemned by
the leading citizens and masses of
the people of Minneapolis, as we
believe it is, and that all such
citizens should cooperate with this
chamber in the effort to prevents such prac-
tees hereafter. To this end, be It resolved
that the president of this chamber appoint
a committee of five of the leading citizens
of this city, himself acting as chairman of
said committee, and the writer Of this res
OlutlOn not TO be one OF Sa1Q cOmmlttee, TO
proceed to Minneapolis, consult with her
leading citizens, outside of the lumber in
terests, and ascertain if the cooperation
of such citizens cannot be relied on to
bring about remedy for the evils COM
planned of, and policy adopted upon
which the disinterested and patriotic citi-
zens of both cities can heartily aud cor
daily unite.
DR.. Day took the ground that it was
was state and not congressional
action which was needed. He had talked
with Senators Mcmillan, and Window and
Representative Washburn, and all had
assured him they opposed obstructing the
river with sawdust. There were only
twenty-one persons interested in putting
sawdust in the river.
Mr.. Hodgson favored continuing the
agitation.
1t was very decidedly voted to strike out
the clause of the resolution excluding Mr..
McClung from the proposed conference