Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-18

bad that they shamelessly glory in being
lower and more infamous than the vilest
brute we quote the following from yester-
days Pioneer Press:
W. P. Clough, counsel for the Northern Pa
cihc, stated yesterday that the purchase hereto
fore noticed of the two lots, corner Fourth and
Broadway, and adjacent to the general offices
was made to protect the Office from being en-
croached upon by any other business that might
prove objectionable. The silly story pronlul-
gated last evening to the effect that the company
had purchased the property located at the cor
| Tler OF Fifth street and Broadway, Mr.. ClOugh
said scGS avithout foundation, as no such pur-
chase had been made nor was contemplated.
REALTY INIAGININGs BY WIRE.
1t was impossible to avoid oVerhearing the
| following conversation which occurred yester-
day over the telephone wire:
sHellor'
Hello! Who are youf''
"Hall, GLOBE office.'
SAD right! Go ahead! This is Ham David
son.''
H. P. H.-What do you know about the re-
ported purchase by the Northern Pacific of the
Fifth and Broadway property for depot pur-
posesf"
Ham D.-Nothing.
81. P. H.-You surely must have heard some
| thing! Can't you imagine what such scheme
would embrace, and give me general idea?
H. Dwell, 1 might guess at it.
81. P. H.-Write Ser up from imagination
| and make FER stiff. That's the way the P. P.
does, and makes it pay.
H. D.-But know nothing of the facts
H. P. H.-That don't make any difference.
Write FER up. We can tone the thing down to-
morrow if it isn't exactly right or anybody OBJ
jects.
H. D.-W-e-l-l-an right.
81. P. H.-Good! Goodbye!
| FL. D.-Good bye!
This is the first instance which ever came
under the observation of the GLOBE where
dirty sneak was so proud of his own vile
ness as to parade it before the public, and
| it is from desire to warn the public of the
contemplate character of the Shiny YER
min who conduct the most disreputable
sheet in the country, that this publication
is made.
While the conversation By telephone
alleged to be reported, is a gross falsehood
and burlesque, there toas q conversation
which took place between tie GLOBE and
Mr.. Davidson, and the opening paragraph
q loted, which precedes the bogus dialogue
bears internal evidence that dirty puppy
who edits the Pioneer Press had his putrid
ear at work to eaves-drop a conversation
between gentlemen, from whose personal
presence he would have been kicked as
NANCY cur. And now for the facts which
convict the indecent, whelpish beast.
Mr.. Davidson undertook to communi-
cate with the GLOBE relative to the con-
templated use which the Northern Pacific
Yves about to make of the property
purchased of D. NJ. Robbins, at
the corner of Fourth and Broad
way. The listening scoundrel of the
p. p, having his prolonged ear at the wire,
made the connection indistinct, and Mr..
Hall could hear very imperfectly what Mr.
Davidson had to say. In fact he wholly
misunderstood, at the outset, Mr.. David
sons communication, and to learn what
was being said, he repeated back to Mr..
Davidson what he understood, which was
that the Northern Pacific had purchased
the corner Of Fifth and BroadlCGy. Mr..
Davidson proceeded to correct the error,
but it was very evident that
there was listener on the wire, as his
explanation was too indistinct to be in
telligible and the following warming was
given Mr.. Davidson from the GLOBE.
''There is some internal scoundrel at the
Pioneer Press office listening to all we are say
ing and when the rascal gets tired of ca yes
dropping we can hear better.'
That was the message which hit the
tympanum of the dirty worm who was
listening, but he seems to have forgotten
to include In the alleged interview which
it was impossible to avoid hearing" 1t
proved to be a center shot as the editor
os the P. P. apparently chung up"
moment later aud Mr.. Hall
and Mr.. Davidson were then enabled to con-
verse as readily as if they stood side by
side.
If the reader will go back to the first
paragraph quoted from the P. P. above
and note the words italicized he will see
how the listening thief gave himself away.
There was no such 'silly story promulga-
ted" anywhere, but Mr.. Hall, in calling
back message to Mr.. Davidson to be
sure he was correct, said he understood
him Davidson to say that the Northern
Pacific had purchased the cor
ner of Fifth and Broadway. 1t
was at this stage of the CONVEX
sation and while Mr. Davidson was trying
to explain the error, that the warning
message was given, which caused the
eaves-dropper to leave. With the wrong
scent thus obtained the editor of the p p.
rushed to MrClough and Of course obtained
his emphatic denial that any such purchase
had been made. Imagining that the
GLOBE was about to make a statement of
the purchase the z. p. gave itself away in
the manner noted and invented the talk
quoted in order to puncture the story
which it was supposed would appear in the
GLoBE-but which didn't.
The report which the GLOBE did publish
and which, in spite of denials, will prove
correct, was that, new passenger depot
is to be built on the Robbins purchase, and
that was obtained after the dirty listener
had hung up his telephone.
In all this, probably, the public have
little orno interest, but they do have an
interest in the development that the tele-
phone service of st. Paul is subject to the |
violation of privacy by the dirty creatures
at the p. p. Office. Note their statement: |
sit was impossible to avoid overhearing the |
following conversation which occurred yesterday |
over the telep hone wire.''
Of course everyone understands that in
stead of being impossible not to hear over |
the telephone, it is impossible to hear I'M
less person becomes deliberate listener,