St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-22

Yet 1t is possible that the bottle and
paper may have been placed in the mans
pocket by murderer, and to elicit every
available fact in his endeav0r to clear away
the mystery, the coroner will hold an in
quest at 10 o'clock this morning. The body
is now lying in the city mOrgue on Second
street.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Said T. B. Walker the other day: ''The
plumbing in this city is reprehensibly bad. "
eyes," conceded j. E. Bell. ''We
have an illustration of it in the Wagner
block. The soil pipes are of brick-clay,
and the joints are so shabbily put together
that at times the gas which escapes is I'M
endurable. We made an organized effort to
get it remeGied, but failed. Is there no
law to compel the owners of buildings to
correct bad plumbing?"
There is an ordnance" answered DR..
Fairbairn, who was evidently interested in
the theme Of the discussion, ''that covers
it, but it is difficult matter to secure its
rigid enforcement Without the moral sup
port Of the community it is nearly impoS-
sible to enforce refOrmatOry measure of
any character. Should we be unfortunate
enough to have one cholera patient the bad
plumbing of the city and the impure water
will combine to assist in spreading the
disease. There is too little attention paid
to the Importance of perfect ventilation in
our blocks and residences. For instance
every public building should be provided
with a ventilating tube running from the
basement to the roof, and the tube should
be sufficiently heated by gas jets to- create a
strong current of air UP through the tube.
carrying off all foul gases. In many in
stances disinfectants should be resorted to.
[ should recommend sulphate of iron or
copperas as cheap and effective disin-
fectant. l assure you that too much atten-
ton cannot be paid to sanitary or hygienic
matters"
SIN building my house." resumed Mr..
Walker, 81 took all these things into con-
sideration. had ventilators built on my
range chimney, and the ventilation in my
house is always perfect The current of
air is so strong that it will carry match
through the flue at any time"
The conversation was continued at length
in the same strain, and many of our build
ings were pointed out as badly plumbed.
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In speaking of the customary difficulty
encountered in getting quorums at meetings
of public boards gentleman said yester-
day: 81 think no man should accept all
appointment to any office if he cannot at
tend to the duties incumbent upon the
office. have known T. b. Walker to
travel many miles to reach Minneapolis to
attend important meetings. He came once
clear from New York to attend meeting
of tue athen@um board"
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Real estate men and land SPECTATORS are
just now, or have been, bidding high for adj
vance pointers on the location of two prom
inent buildings, the Masonic temple and
the new market house. There is not one of
them but would have given snug little
sum for infallible information concerning
either. Their location is certain to give a
great boom to all adjacent property and a
neat little advance could be at once realized.
Land owners have been equallyIon the alert
and every eligible piece of property has UNI
dergOne sudden and wonderful advance,
which will be maintained until the two loca-
tons have been definitely determined. Thus
far real estate men have obtained very little
satisfaction. If Harlow Gale knows any
thing of the market house site, he has care
fully kept the secret, while the directors of
the Masonic temple have arrived at no con-
clusion, though indications point to the cor
ner of Sixth street and First avenue south.
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A week has elapsed since the close of the
Thomas festival, but the echoes it awoke
have not entirely died out Among the
gaudy announcements of the management
was one to the effect that this festival would
differ from the preceding one in that the
music would be popular" in style. That
L,
so extremely elevated as to place it beyond
the appreciation of the ordinary auditor.
But this was not carried out. The Mime
apolis people are intensely loyal and they
nObly supported the festival, giving it moth
ing but praise. But at the same time there
was silent but emphatic protest against
the first place, there is nothing popular
in oratorio music. 1t is grand and impress
sive and affords admirable chorus oppor-
tunities, but it is not entirely pleasing, and
some of the higher work is above the
average audience. Those bassO recitatives
of Mr.. Heinrich were fine, in their way,
but they entirely failed to please. Thee.
there was that way up" work of Fursch-
Madi. How popular" did MI. Blakely
think the 'sAh Perfdo" was? and how
many Of that indiScriminate audience ap-
preciated that. There was much in the
remark of a lady at the end of the concerts:
''Oh, how L wish Miss Juch OF Nine.
Fursch-Madi had sung ballad On some
thing could understand and enjoy.D If
ever there is another festival in Minneapo-
lis the management should see that It's
promise Of popular music is borne out
Il am of the opinion that the question of
building the new stone arch bridge, to take
the place of the suspension, will be settled
in short time" remarked one of the most
prominent Of the aldermen yesterday.
''Ald. johnson has the subject in hand. I
asked him the other day when he proposed
to bring it up in the council, and he said as
soon as he could ascertain how the council
stands. l told him / didn't think he had
any occasion for alarm. 1 have counted
noses and believe the measure will pass
Furthermore l believe it will be Of great
benefit to the city in more ways than one, to
begin work on the structure as soon as pos
sible. The legislature has made provision
for meeting the expense, and there are
hundreds OF poor unfortunate laborers
in the city who are out OF en-
ployment. To them Job on
public works would besa god send-a boon
almost beyond appreciation. So long at
the contemplated improvement is to the
benefit OF the general public, and the city
can afford the expense, it is UNNECESSARILY
to the interest of the city to effect perma-
nent improvements"
Another alderman was met whose views
were quite the reverse. He did not believe
the measure would pass the city council.
Said he. ssHad Aid IohnSon ood b;c az