St. Paul daily globe., 1885-11-07
EDITORIAL ETCHINGs.

While the public was prepared for devel-
opemnts of Importance in the police COM
mission investigation, the revelations made
under oath and printed in this mornings
GLOBE will fall with startling and uneX-
pected force. To the initiated there is moth
ing in yesterdays testimony that has not
been already told to the four winds in street.
corner gossip, and it is doubtful whether
anything can or will be revealed to the COM
mission that has not been anticipated by
either idle goSSip-mongerS or by the per-
sonal enemies of the several individuals i'm
plicated. For months the storm that ap
parently hangs lowering over the chamber
of investigation has been rumbling in a
threatening way ON the horizon and the
mayors order has simply been the touch
that brought on the shower. Thus far but
a portion of one side of the testimony has
been taken, and the most damaging revela-
tionS have been made. and it seems that
''worse remains behind" The first intima-
ton that public hearing would deter wit
neSses from freely and fully unbOSoming
themselves is not borne out by the opening
scenes, and appearances would indicate
the commission is bent on thrusting the
scalpel to the very bottom of what now
seems malignant ulcer ON the municipal
body. The testimony speaks for itself and
comment would be manifestly improper at
this stage of the proceeding.
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The gratifying results of seasons work
among the saw mills is given in another
column. Minneapolis has another cause
for graduation, in that the cut has exceeded
any year in her history and indicates con-
tinued expansion of one of the branches Of
industry that has made the city famous.
Even in boom times, when the city sprang
up in night, Ike Jonah's gourd, but, I'M
like that vegetable, to remain and flourish,
the immense lumber cut to supply the de-
mand was not as great as that chronicled
elsewhere. With better market, higher
prices and increased demand the lumbermen
face new year bright with the promise of
renewed and improved business.
Supt. Williams Denies the Report.
A Mrs. Phillips fell on a dilapidated
sidewalk and so seriously injured her spine
that she will probably never fully recover.
Since the accident she has been kindly
cared for by Mr.. Williams, who keeps
boarding house at No. 713 Hennepin ave-
nue.. On Thursday the report was given
currency that the superintendent of the
poor had been very derelect in failing to
give needed relief, but Supt. Williams EN-
phatically denies the allegation, and states
that he knew positively nothing of the case
until o'clock Thursday, and that he then
made an investigation without delay. Mrs
Phillips has brought an action against the
city to recover damages.
Mysterious Disappearances.
Henry Kergan, who lived on Sixth street
between Nineteenth and Twentieth avenues
south, mysteriously disappeared on Friday
night last and his family fear that some
fatal accident befell him.
Joseph Schwartz of No. 31S Eighth ave-
nue. northeast is also missing. He left
home on Monday and since that time no one
has heard from him. He was foreman in
the o. A. Pray machine shops and he drew
about $50 on Saturday night. When he
left he wore his best suit of clothes and
took with him his gold watch and other
valuables.