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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16
SAM JONESIsNIS.
Thoughts From R ecent Georgia Pull
pit DiScOurseS.

God wont keep young lady pious who
has her waist encircled seven times week
by the arms of spider-legged dude.
Some of you little sinners are sitting
around here waiting for salvation to strike
you as it did st. Paul. Snowbird waiting
to be hit with cannon ball. God adjusts
His ammunition to the size of the man He
is after Mustard seed shot will do for you.
Sow billiards, reap fools. Sow cards,
reap gamblers. Sow whisky, reap drunk
ards. Sow germans, reap spider-legs.
The dude looks as if he was melted and
poured into his pants.
There's many fellow with a whitewash
brush trying to clean up little before he
goes to God.
Many men think the people don't know
that they are gamblers. but they do You
wear fine clothes and look like gentleman
and think people don't know what you are.
But you don't find the town full of green
les, you big old fool you.
Some men are feeling all right, because
all their boys are girls; but the first thing
that you know the devil VIII pack off a
drunken son-in-law on you. He couldn't
do anything worse than that if he had a
thousand years to work up bad thing.
There is not man in America who
doesn't have family prayers that has got as
much religion as goat
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Explains His Decision.

WASHINGTON, July 15.-Judge Dur
ham. first comptroller of the treasury, has
made the following statement to the secre-
tary OF the treasury in regard to a re-
cent decision rendered by him: On the
23d of June, the Hon. +. W. SwitZler, chief
OF the bureau of statistics, addressed you
letter in which he pr0pomds three questions.
Among them was the following: us the
secretary of the treasury authorized to APP
point and employ five copyists, allowed the
bureau of statistics by the appropriation
act approved March 5, 1885, for the fiscal
year ending June 10, 1886, at the annual
salary of S720 or less each, and thus enable
the department to select such cOpyists from
persons qualified as such who have not UNI
dergOne the civil service examination. /
answered said question as follows: 4
think the secretary of the treasury has the
right to make such selections from persons
who have not undergone the civil
service examination. In eXamin
ing the civil service law, L
am satisfied that it was not intended to
include the cOpyiSt referred to in the in
quiry. There is no doubt in my mind as to
the correctness of that opinion. but l find
that the sum of 5000 is allowed to each and
not S720, as stated in the inquiry. l desire
now to say, if my opinion had been asked
as to whether the copyistS provided for in
said act 1.-THE sum of 5000 to each being therin
appropriately L would have said that under
the classification made by the treasury de-
partment, said copyists would come within
the classification and civil service law
Why Mr.. Switzler in his question said sal
AIRY of S720 or less, when $500 is provided
for in the appropriation, | cannot say. |
deem it just to you and to myself to make
this explanation and statement"
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Helping Women OFF the Cars.

LOUISVILLE AOurlGr-Juurial.
\ few days ago Supt II. II. Litten of
the Louisville City railway, issued an order
inStructing conductors 20 assist all women,
irrespective of color. on an off the cars.
This was because of a complaint lodged by
a cOlored woman. who had been refused
assistance by an Oyer-dainty employee. The
order threatened TO bring trouble, but
passed off without any, and no more was
thought of il until a card sent by lady to
the COurier-JOu found its way into
print. The writer, who objected TO con-
ductOrS being Over-OfficiOuS, and who did
not care TO have her 500 dress sOiled by
dirty fingers. urged that instead of conduc-
tors being instructed 10 help every woman
off the cars, they should be required to help
only those who made a request for their
services.
For once the writing Of a card had some
effect, and Mr. Littell promulgated an order
resembling the first issued, and instructing
conductors to assist ''all aged and infirm
people, from the cars. This. it is pre-
Sumed. will settle the matter, and all aged
and infirm people, whether men or women,
white or black, will be assisted. As the
conductors are not instructed TO help agile
young women. or any others whose age has
not made them decrepit, it looks very much
as if this class would have TO help them
selves-requeSt or no request.
A wicked male citizen. who claims a
thorough acquaintance with the ways of
women. insists that conductors will have a
very easy time of it now, as the men, old
or young. always prefer to help themselves,
and no woman will be found who will ac-
knowledge herself ''aged or infirm."
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Cleveland i'm Earnest.

WASHINGTON, July 15.-The Evening
Star says editorially: Notwithstanding
the impression sought to be conveyed in
various quarters that the Stars statement
the other day, to the effect that the presi-
dent had called halt1in theSmatter of re-
movals from office, was put too strongly.
there were substantial reasons at the time
for believing ii correct, and evidence not
wanting since that those swinging officials
are moving with much more moderation
than they were a few weeks ago. 1t was
not claimed then and is not claimed now.
that removals are not to be made 1t
would be nonsense to suppose that many
changes will not be made in important
places as well as in those to which the pub
lie give little or no attention, and doubtless
as fast as prudence will permit But the
president will see to it that his party is
not hurt more than can be
helped by the process, as it
was in danger of being by the acts of those
who regard ofiice-seeking and office-giving
as the sole object of existence. Those who
know Cleveland best are foremost in the
belief that his expressions in favor of civil
service reform are not mere idle words.
That he is partisan president is not TO be
denied, but he believes his party will be
strengthened most by giving to the country
safe, conservative administration. and il
is becoming tolerably clear that he does not
mean to surrender his convictions at the
clamOr Of those who hold SpOils above every
other consideration. Some additional light
is thrown on this point by the report of
recent exchange of opinion between a
prominent Democratic member of congress
and Secretary Bayard. The interview
above referred TO is as follows:
Il had serious talk with
Secretary Bayard not long ago."
remarked a prominent Democratic congress-
men TO a Star reporter. II warned him
against the policy this administration is
pursuing in reference to appointments. l
told him the Democrats had not maintained
a political warfare for over twenty years
just to keep their political enemies in Office,
and l warned him if the administration did
not change its policy it would become in
volved in a sea of complications. The sec
rotary looked me in the face and, straight
ening up, replied: "a sea of complications
viii be welcomed in such an issue" ''But.
Mr.. Secretary" pursued, ''let me tell you
the Democratic maSSes-men who do the
voting and give their time and their money
to secure party succeSs-will say if Repub-
licanS are only fit for Office, if the Demo
cratic administration cannot find Democrats
to fill places, they will quit work. and they
will do it, too" To this Secretary Bayard
replied: ''Then popular government is a
failure. If a party is TO administer govern
popular government is failure"
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Letters TO the President.
Special to the Globe.


WASHINGTON, July 15.-The presidents
daily mail shows no signs of dimunition.
Probably One-half of the letters have no
direct reference to patronage. People
write the president on every conceivable
subject. Some would be pleased to have
the president write his name on the en-
closed card to paste it in an autograph
album. Others write under the seal s'con-
fidential," detailing nasty bits of gossip
about this or that candidate A curious
feature of these communications is that
they bear the Gate almost universally of
small villages and towns. and that the per
centage of those which come from the
cities is practically trifiing. Letters from
the bucOlic statesmen, cranks and others
offer the president advice as to the best
method of conducting the administration.
1--WE use our judgment as TO which of
these the president cares to see" said an
attache of the White house. Autograph
letters are laid aside until he has leisure
moment when he sometimes answers fifty
at sitting. Foolish or ridiculous letters
are destroyed, applications for Office, where
they appear TO come from men of intelli-
gence and character, are sent to the differ
ent departments to be filed. Occasionally,
where the writer is known TO us or his let
ter indicates prominence rather above the
average, it is left on the presidents table,
but as / say, there is no rule for these mat
tiers. 1t is simply question OF individual
judgment. 1t is safe. to say. that not more
than one in twenty of the letters received
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The East Saginaw strikers.

EAST SAGINAW, Mich, July 15.-Five
companies of State militia and 100 Pinker-
ton men are guarding property here, no acts
of violence having occurred to-day. Two
SawnillS are running under old basis as to
hours and wages, and two more will start
tomorrow morning. Nine saw and
single mills and nearly as many salt
blocks on the river are idle, and 5000
employees, who were earning on an average
nearly S1.25 day, are OH the streets or at
their homes in idleneSS, with no immediate
prospect that the wheels of industry will
soon start. ID. c. Blinn, leader of the
strike at Bay City, who was here with the
strikers on Friday, was arrested this after
noon on a warrant issued ON complaint of
the mayor of Saginaw City, charging him
with melting conspiracy. He was brought
to Saginaw City and lodged in Jail, in de-
fault OF S., 900 bail.
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REINFORCED.
The Munster Bank Failure.

CORK, July 15.-The excitement over the
failure of the Munster bank Qimited) con-
tinueS undated. At an early hour this
morning depOSitOrS began assembling at the
doors of the bank Here and at Dublin. Linn
erick and other cities and towns in ireland
where the bank has branches. At noon
the streets i'll the vicinity of the bank in
this city were blocked with crowds of peo-
pie clamOring for their money. A large
force of police was stationed at the bank
to preserve order. The crowd was large and
diSOrderly and fears of riot were enter
tanned. Dispatches from Dublin, Limerick
and other points where the bank has
branches state the same scenes were enacted
Munster bank has had the effect of para
lying business here. Among the
patrons of the institution was the
municipal corporation, which had an
deposit at the time of the suspension
50 600. The harbOr board also had large
sum in the bank. The Individual deposits
were large. A feeling of despair prevails
throughout the city. Mr.. William Shaw,
NJ. p. for County Cork, and who was for
merly chairman of the bank, is strongly de-
nOunced by the people, who blame him for
the difficulties in which the bank was in
vOlved. Much sympathy is felt for the
employees OF the bank, 200 of whom, mana
gers and clerks, are thrown out of employ
ment A large number of these are mar
ried and have families, and to them the
disaster is particularly serious. The fail
ure has not only greatly affected trade here,
but it has caused aigrievOus check to trade
throughout the south of Ireland. where
business was already depressed. The bank
officials inform inquirers that they hope to
be able to nav all deDOSitOrS in fulI aS soon
as the assets remaining can be realized
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4 Sensational Affair.

NEW YORK, July 15.-AugustuS Erwin.
a dry goods salesman, shot his wife to-day
in East Tenth street, and put bullet into
his own abdomen. He was lying tonight
in the hospital, while the wife is believed to
be in a fair way of recovery. Erwin is a
Hebrew, twice the age of his wife.
who is a Roman Catholic, and married
him without her fathers knowledge.
The marriage was the direct outcome of the
Victoria MorriSini elOpement. The girl
Adele, whose father, Patrick O'Thayne. is a
wealthy laundryman, was a claSSmate of
Victoria, and the sensation caused by''Vic's
eScapade" apparently suggested a similar
exploit to her too romantic
mind. Her own marriage occurred
Immediately after, and was unexpected by
everybody. The brides father has sup
ported them since. Erwin spending what
money he made on betting on horse races.
Lately Mr.. O'Thayne has made persistent
effort To wean his daughter away from
him. and all but succeeded last week
in carrying her off to Europe. The hus-
band upset his plans in the eleventh
hour by trick and the steamer sailed with
out his wife, but with her father on board.
Immediately after Mrs. Erwin left him and
went to reside with her stepmother. She
called at the hotel to-day at his request
for an interview, and it was then that
he tried to kill her and himself.
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ENGLISH AS SHE Is STOKE.
A Clerk Whose Education Had Been
Sadly Neglected.

Soy, pOdner, 1 want ter get mug
pinched." said a man with a black eye, as
he eXpectoTated ON. the floor vi the Cincin-
natl police court clerks Office.
want wh2t?" asked the clerk.
''Wanter get mug pinched."
''What kind of a mug. What do you
want il pinched fOr?'
''Why. for nipping some stuff; he col
Jared couple of cases from me-" answered
the tough.
Il don't see what I've got to do with
him. What kind of cases? Are you a law
yer?"
Nav, amt: can't yOu tumble to me
racket? You see, dis bloke, Jimmy Kelly.
wuZ tendin' bar i'm me joint, an he's bin
knOckin' down"
You ought to get warrant for assault
and battery then. Did he hit you?" asked
the bewildered clerk.
''Ah, rats, Soy. he didn't slug me. He
was dippin' his claws into my Doodle Bin
blowin' my rocks agin' the tiger"
Throwing rocks at tiger? Where? Out
to the geological garden, l suppOSe?n'in-
quired the now thoroughly dazed clerk, as
he leaned over the desk.
Soy, yure de prize ehumpl" diSgustedly
answered the bad man. Where was you
ejikated? Can't yOu see dat want ter get
dis mng pulled for biiking me?"
Say. my friend, don't want any more
foOlishness," holly answered the clerk.
on tell me what You want or get out. :"
Il amt monkeyin'. pOdner. on de dead
square. i wanter have that crook jagged.
SpOsin' YOU wuz gettin' your leg pulled by a
out-and-out crook, what would You do but
get him nahbed-"
He picked the grass out Of his ears and
mouth, Strengthened out his hat. and. after
pulling out a couple of teeth, remarked TO
the policeman who had picked him up:
dis aint right, my friend; they've got n
crazy mug in dare who, bekaSe he couldn't
tumble TO my chatter when 1 wanted to get
a paper to have a crook whose bin bitin'
into my role pinched. fred me out the
windy into de park here. n-Cmcinnati
TimeS-Star.
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here each day ever reach the presidents
eye"
Does the president receive many appll-
cations for charity?',
"a great many. Sometimes they are
written by people whom the president has
known in his younger and less prosperous
days. In the majority of cases there are
confidential begging letters asking for a
temporary loan of anything from IS TO
$50, 600, until the writer can get on his feet
again. Every man prominent in public life
is familiar with this class of letters"
Does the president ever respond to
these calls from his old friends?r
when he knows them TO be deserving
eases he does. 1t is so with certain organ
lied charities. They often write the presi-
dent asking for subscription of any amount
he chooses to give. He sometimes COM
plies with the requests, but invariably
couples his donation with strict injunction
that his name is not TO appear in the mat
fer -
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already been issued. The president wrote
in reply that he appreciated the validity of
the reason which had been given him, and
would counterinand the order for the trans
fer. He also expressed wish to meet this
correspondent whenever the latter should
find himself in Washington. A brief
friendly correspondence grew out of
the episode, and the gentleman, who
had business at the capital one recent Sat
urday. called at the White house. Although
a new custom excludes visitors on that day,
the caller was cordially greeted. The pres
ident sat for an hour converSing with him
and spoke freely upon many general mat
tiers of PUBLIC policy. He expressed a de-
termination to have none but good men i'm
office, and said with some emphasis that
when politician deceived him in making
recommendation to Office that would end
that mans influence with this administra
ton. Among the topics referred TO more
particularly was the selection of Collector
Hedden for the port of New York. The
president is reported to have said that this
was not made in compliance with
the suggestion or wishes of any
politician or political organization, but
with view solely of meeting, as far as
possible, the views of business men. To
ascertain these views he (the PRESIDENT at
first set on foot a private inquiry among
business men to see whom they would like
to have in the place. In this way Mr..
Hedden'S name was brought to the presl-
dents attention, and thereafter the inquiry
was pursued more directly TO ascertain If
his appointment would be acceptable. The
result was strongly affirmative, and the APP
pointment followed at the proper time.
The president said he was giving personal
attention to the matter of appointments,
and that personal fitness of the applicant
for the Office was the first question con-
Sidprad
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Administration Relieved.
Special to the Globe.

special 10 the Globe.
WASHINGTON, July 15.-Treasurer Jor-
dan, on his return TO Washington from the
conference with the bank presidents at
New York. was not disposed to talk on the
subject. Notwithstanding the treaSurers
reticence, it is known that the department
and the administration are much relieved at
the result of the meeting. A prominent
treasury official, in discussing the subject
to-day, said: ''If careful examination is
made of the reports of the treasury depart
ment for the past three years it will be seen
that the step to which the banks have been
compelled to resort was reached none too
soon. The supply of gold for the treasury
during the last three years has been pro-
cured by receiving gold or gold certificates at
New y ork and other Eastern points for silver
certificates. These were transmitted at the
expense of the government and diSbursed
at extreme Southern and Western cities.
such as New Orleans, San Francisco and
other distant commercial centerS. Through
this process the treasury succeeded in MAIN
tanning itself on a gold basis, but in reality
it was putting off the evil day. 1t can be
seen that the new administration is not re-
sponsible for the compulsory payments of
silver. Such payments are the result of the
indifference to this great subject with which
affairs have been managed i'm the past. The
extent of the operations described above
reached, according TO the treasury reports
for that period, the enormous sum of SSH
600, 600, thus entailing a very heavy and
unnecessary expense ON the nation"
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SUCCESSFUL FIRE BUGS.
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING AFFAIR.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

The directors of Pacific Mail declared a
dividend of Il per cent yesterday.
a. b. Porter, prominent member of
the Jackson club at Columbus. o., shot
himself yesterday. He had been drinking
for several days.
Prof. Charles Kendall Adams of Michi-
gan university was yesterday elected presi-
dent of Cornell university, to succeed Presi-
dent White.
The United Nailers of America at yester-
days session of the annual convention
agreed to consolidate their organization
with the Nail Heaters and Rollers union.
The ninth biennial convention of the
National Cotton exchange opened yesterday
at Greenbrier, w. Va. The president read
an address recommending an expression by
the body rs TO the basis values and continued
coinage of silver.
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Ouief nj RaY City.

BAY CITY, Mich. July 15.-Everything
remains quiet to-day. The troops arrived
and are quartered in the city. The strikers
are behaving quietly and generally keeping
out of saloons Subscriptions are being
taken by the strikers, and considerable
money and provisions have been raised to
assist them to stand the siege in case of a
prOtracted strike. Both sides seem to be
settling down for contest of endurance.
1t is thought no more business will be inter-
fered with. The strikers lost much SYM
pathy by such action.
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Disappointed Illinois Politicians.


NEW YORK, July ia Washington
special to the Post says: The Illinois con-
gresSmen, who remain here for longer
time and in greater numbers than the con-
gresSmen from any other states, have for
weeks supposed that the appointments to
the interal revenue and other offices in that
state would at once be made by removal of
all the Republican incumbentS. One of
them accordingly was very much Inundated
and amazed on Friday when the president
asked him if as matter of fact the people
of that state are not satisfied with the col
lectorS now in Office. He thought that they
ought TO be, as he heard no complaints. and
the daily reports received from special
agents in the government repositories
where the money is placed, all indicated
that the federal business was well and hon
eStly done. The same day the commits
siOner of internal revenue told the same
applicants that he supposed that all the Re
publican collectors in Illinois were to be
at once removed, and he knew of no reason
for the delay except that it was necessary
to await the presidents convenience. In
stances of this sort occur every day. and
the best proof of the presidents intention
is. that there have been very few cases
where removals have been made except for
good cause.
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Fitness the First Requisite.

WASHINGTON, July 15.-The presidents
habit of seeking information with regard to
men and public affairs from other than Gus
tOmary official sources, has already become
a matter of considerable comment. Re
Gently prominent business man in one of
the Middle states, whose name is entirely
unknown in politics, became personally in
tercsted in the proposed transfer of an Off
cial from one post to another, and wrote to
the president giving his reasons in bust
ness mans way for opposing the change.
which reasons were chiefly personal to the
official, the order for whose transfer had
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Statistical.

WASHINGTON, July 15.-The chief of
the bureau of statistics reports the total
values of the exports of domestic cattle.
hogs and beef, pork and dairy products
during the month of June. 1885. and dur
ing the six months ended June 80. 1855.
also of beef and pork products during the
eight months and of dairy products during
the two months ended June 80. 1855. as
compared with similar exports during the
corresponding periods of preceding wears
were as follows: June, 1885, IS. O66. OsI:
1884, S9,372, 74S; six months ended June
80, 1885, SIS, 23S, IA; 1854. SAB, S37, 4i9.
Beef and pork products for eight months
ended June 80, 1885, SCI, 242, 1896; lsS4.
SS7, $40, 73S; dairy products for two months
ended June so, 1855, S1,75O, sos; 1884,
S2.66 Q66