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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-14
SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
Nelson Williams, superintendent, suit

Nelson Williams, superintendent, sut-
mitted the following report for February.
Number of applications made at Office,
976; number of visits made by superlnten d.
ent, 1876; number of orders given for gro
ceries, 237; amounting to 1905; number of
orders given for wood, 299; amounting to
1858 .05.
Number sent to hospitals during February
st. Barnabas, 4: College, 3; Sisters, 10 ;
Homeopathic, 5; Northwestern, 4; total, 20.
Number now in hospitals under charge of
city-St Barn abas, g.: College, 3; Sisters, s.;
Homeopathic, Z; Northwestern, 5; total, 90;
hotel expenses, S145 "A.
Number of inmates of poorhouse Feb. 1,
~; number sent to poorhouse during Febru-
airy, 81; number now in poorhouse under
charge of city, So; poorhouse expenses,
S521.47
Number of visits made by DR.. G. W.
Drew, city physician, at hospital, 4S3; at
other places, 100.
Number Of burials furnished, 16; costing
S136.
Number of persons furnished Transports
ton to other places, 10; costing $3.50.
Expended, 81, 941.76; refunded, 81; total
expenses, s2,934.7e.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Bills were allowed and Superintendent
Williams was instructed to report full partic-
ulars of cost, etc, of an ambulance at the
next meeting.
The monthly meeting was then adjourned
and the annual meeting held, with Mr..
Parker in the chair. Superintendent Will
liams presented his annual report aud also
a report showing the work of the five fiscal
years Of the existence of the office. Both
were ordered printed and the board unani-
mously voted its thanks to the superintend-
ent for his faithful and careful work.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-14
YOUNG MEN

Who may be suffering from nervous debility
will do we'll to avail themselves Of this, the
greatest boon ever laid at the altar of suffering
humanity.
DR.. SPINNEY WILL GUARANTEE TO FORFEIT
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for every case of weak
disease of any kind or character, which
he undertakes and fails to cure. He would there
fore say to the unfortunate sufferer who may
read this notice, that you treading on danger
GUS grounds, when you longer delay in seeking
the proper remedy for your complaint. You may
be in the first stage-remember that You are
approaching the last. II you are bordering on
the last, and are suffering some all of its i'll
effects, remember that il you obstinately presist
in procrastination, the time must come when the
most skilful physician can render you no assist
ance; when the door of hope will be closed
against you; when angel OF mercy bring
You relief. In no case has the Doctor failed Of
success. Then let not despair work itself upon
your Imagination, but avail yourself Of the bene
fetal results of his treatment before your case s
beyond the reach OF medical skill, or before grim
death hurries you to premature grave.
Piles Cured Without Using Knife or Ligature
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-14
RA1D1NG THE GAMBLERS.

Il Pleasant Retrospecf-4 Trio of Green
Cloth Knigh,s Yanked APP.
The present administration is reform ad-
last spring by an overwhelming majority
upon platform, the fundamental principle
of which was the absolute suppression of
gambling, closing saloons at midnight on
week days and keeping them closed on Sun
days. 1t was the popular voice of the peo-
pie, and to the credit of Mayor Pillstury may
it be said that he has labored hard to secure
that end. although his political advisers in the
campaign are said to have made overtures to
the saloonkeepers and gamblers, making
most liberal promises in case they sup
ported the Pillsbury candidacy. So candid
and earnest appeared their appeals and
promises that they were not to be molested
that Frank Shaw, the leading gambler of the
city, and large number of saloon keepers
were won over to the Pillsbury ticket. To
the surprise of all so proselyted as soon as
the reform administration was inaugurated
crusade was begun against gambling
houses and wide-open Saloons with varying
success. The gamblers were scattered.
Frank Shaw removed his base of operations
to Chicago, others to st. Paul and
other cities, only to return a few months
later, and open sporting rooms .'all on the
quiet"
1t has been pretty generally suspected that
for many months gambling has been carried
on in various business blocks in the city, and
that the festive sports who care to tuln
card know full well where to 90 to spend an
evening for profit or loss, usually for the
latter), and gambling has practi
eally never entirely ceased, even
under the most radical and reformatory
measures adopted by the present administra-
ton.
Several descents have been made when
gamblers were arrested and fined
during the Pillsbury term, and yes
terday occurred another. Only three
were found in the rooms over No. pa
Hennepin avenue, and they were taken in.
Officer Douglass did the detective work, and
with the aid of Capt Chase and Sergt Nelson
the three were taken before Judge Bailey.
The names given were E. D. Menifee,
John Wilson and T. G. Fletcher.
The two latter pleaded guilty, while Meuifee
said he had not touched a card. The court
discharged Menifee but imposed fine of
$50. so in both the other cases. An investi-
CATION on the part of the court and a few
friends of Fletcher developed the fact that
he was a hard-working young man and that
be had only played game of cribbage for
10 cents, and the court in its usual leuiency,
RENTED the fine. the defendant paying the
costs, $3.50. Wilson paid $50 80 The
property was confiscated and it now devolves
upon the city council to decide what shall be
done with it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-14
Ell MAHDI's WAR MINISTER.
The Han Who Shapes the SouIanese Army
FTenchman.

a FTenchnan.
From the Paris Figaro.
Ell Mahdi's minister of war is French
man. His name is Veret. Since the fall of
Khartoum, the name of Oliver Pain has be-
come worldwide, but the career of Veret is
not less strange. A captain in a regiment
of the line, during the war of 1870, Veret
forced recognition and reward by his bravery
and strong individuality. At Laon, where
he was with Gen. Theremin, when forced to
retreat before the victorious Prussians, he
blew up the citadel, at great personal risk.
For his bravery, on this and a score of other
occasions, he was decorated with the Cross of
the legion Of honor. Subsequently, when
the Com mune broke out, Theirs charged
Veret with the task of recapturing the can
mons of Montmartre. Veret was the first
man to mount the defenses of Montmartre,
but he found himself alone; his command
did not follow him. The rest is known.
In his Journal of an Artillery officer, NJ.
d'Herisson makes no mention of Capt. Veret
but the omission must be Intentional for he
certainly mnst have met the future organizer
and generalissimo of the Soudanese army.
Gen. Schmitze's attention was attracted to
Veret, who became commandant of the
Peace guards of Bagneux, and drew up after
that fight the report that appeared in the Off
ciel. Veret abandoned the army for bust
hess. He made money and lent, but on such
usurious and illegal terms that he became
involved with the courts. His first punish
ment was light, the judge having regard to
his former brave and honorable career Veret
was soon guilty of the same offense and the
Gazette DIES Tribunaux registered his new
conviction just as the Officiel had proclaimed
his former bravery. Veret made money but
lost his honor. His name was erased from
the list of the Legion of Honor.
This was severer blow to Veret than the
fine of $4,000 francs imposed on him. He left
France. He set out for Egypt, went from
thence to the Soudan, and for the past three
years he has been with Ell Mahdi, organized
his forces on the European system and
teaching them how to smash the English
square. He is, if we may use an European
expression minister of war in the Mahdi's
cabinet, where he has for colleague Oliver
Pain.
What strange situation for these two
men, who fought against one another on the
barbados of Paris, thus to meet after an in
terval of fifteen years under the banner of
the Mahdi
In France it is matter of speculation
whether these two enemies of yesterday will
prove capable of ministerial harmony in con-
Quoting the affairs of the Soudan. Capt.
Veret is still in his prime. He is scarcely so
years of age. Will he succeed in chasing
the English from the Soudan? Perhaps. But
let him beware! for in Paris at this very mo-
ment in the Rue du Fauborg st. Honore Ger
tain persons interested in Egyptian bonds
are organizing, or trying to organize, an ex-
petition destined for the Soudan, with the
purpose of tran sforming Veret into an Arab
Pasha This exhibition will be formidably
armed with banknotes!
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-14
A JAIL PROBLEM.
What 70 do With the Fomeu-- Ho,r the Sores
are Separated at Present

Uhot 70 do With The Fomen- Ho,r the Sores
are Separated ut Present
'sWhat shall We do with our girlsi'' is be-
coming serious question at the county Jail
The custom of the municipal court is now to
send women who are arrAigned for visiting
saloons, occupying apartments for immoral
practices, etc, to jail for 8 period
that is not less thanthirty days,
without fine, so there is no alter
native but 70 20. The result is that the vo-
mans department At the jail is crowded TO
oyerfowing. The department consists Of
two rooms in which thirteen women are con-
fined, six being in one room and seven in
the other. Sheriff Bracket is doing what be
can 20 keep the roons clean and the in
mates orderly. aud as the crowd at present
is not very tough one, he is succeeding very
well The condition Of affairs IS sufficiently
unpleasant, however. 20 occasion the query
as 20 what can be done If the number Of fe-
male boarders increases instead OF
decreasing. There sre no cells in the
rooms and the inmates ean1o: be separated,
50 the yO1ng girls who might possibly be
reformed are thrown into the constant soci-
ETY. Of hardened cases OF the worst type
I'D put 'en in the upper tier Of cells in
the county prison. said the sheriff, so 2s 10
keep them apart, but thsy'd Be yelling hack
and forth 70 the men beIoE and that would
raise the deuce viii have 10 do II though.
II arT more come These that are here now
are becoming euister, but ~ Srs. Ne lad
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-14
Pugiiissic Seienre.

The best Of the 6stic soirees thus far given
at Prof. Donalisou's took place last evening,
The occasion being benefit rendered Jimmy
MSehan. The program started of With =
sst-to between the Ss.Plsy brothers, followed
by az exhibition BY Prof. Donaldson aud, Mert
Fahey, his pupil The best thing OF the
evening VAS he set-to between Billy
Wilson, The Boston colored champion heAvy
weight, and Prof. Charles Hadlev.
Ct Bridgeport, Coan., winner Of the Police
Gazette medal Both men we're in good
son iitioa aud gave i rafting exhibition OF
three rounds, which called forth an encore.
Thomas Jefferson, tie black diamond, and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-14
THE ST. JoRNNIES.
CITY Contention To-day Last Nights
CaucWS-Choicc Of the Banner
Eifti Ward.


The ProhibitioUsts of Minneapolis will
hold a city convention at Harrison hall this
afternoon to nominate candidates for treas
urer. members of the school board and park
commissioners. Without the ghost of a
chance Of electiug them they are proceeding
with all the gravity and solemnity Of 4 domi-
napt party, and say, with much feeling,
Large oaks from smaller acOrns than this
have grown Twelve men and one lady
met ia the office OF the hail last evening aud
proceeded to elect delegates from the First,
Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth wards, the
other three having already made their selec-
tons Of delegates, committeeman aud can
didates for aldermen. DR.. L. W. Denton
was chosen to preside, after Mr.. Satterlee had
called the caucus 10 order, aud Mr.. Thomas
acted As secretary. The only business was
II select delegates, and after some little
trouble, occasioned BY the meagre attend
anee, the following were agreed upon:
First Ward-L. L. LOOMS aud W. \.
Quick.
Secondly. ?. Chase and c. l.. Smith.
Third-M VI. DUrnham, E L. Higgins.
George Higgins, George Ward, Edward
Niilward and John Tbraal
Fourth-Silas MoiTat, John Chick. 7. II.
IcEIl, r.. :. AaOcE, W W. SAtteriee and J.
y DUrnham.
Eth Or. /. ". Denton, 5 B. Williams.
W. l. Lawrence. &. l.. Robertson, c. E.
Holt, X. ". King. ". ). GilSersou, Z. D.
Hin, ". II. SSemp ana L. J. Mendeuhall.
Il WAS decided to have the delegations
from the First, second, Third and Fourth
wards assemble immediately after to-dav's
convention and com lete their Organizations
by naming their com mittees and selecting
their aldermanjc preferences
Upon the adjouru ment Of the union caucus
The I've men from the Fifth ward retired to
one corner sud uomiu sted ". NJ. Lawrence
Tor alderman. They organized the ward as
follows: Com mittee-L. W. Denton, chair
mSu, ;. 3. Williams and A. B. Chase. Pre-
cinct Chairmeu-FirSt, w. ). Gilkersor a.:
second. s B. Williams: Third, l.. W. Den
- E-...-.h &
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-14
MAINTA.NING HIS RIGHTS.
4 Salt Abo,h II Street Car Fare WhicI
is Made on PrfncipLe-

is Made on Principle
c. F. Baxter, the attorney, is to com
mence suit for the purpose of ascertaining if
passengers have any rights which street car
companies are bound TO respect. One morn
ing last January, when it was % below
zero he rode from his home on Highland
avenue to the transfer on Nineteenth avenue
north. The passengers who come to
the transfer on the extension car are
supposed TO wait aud take a
flag car. There was no flag car there, and
as it was very cold he boarded the first car
that came along. Having paid his fare on
the extension car he considered he was en-
titled to ride into the city, and so when asked
for an extra fare refused to give it. The
driver Threatened TO eject him, hut as the
lawyer showed dght decided not to do 1t and
called a policeman TO his aid Mr.. Baxter
then got of rather than have further trouble.
He took another car the door Of which would
not shut, and thus caught severe cold,
which settled in his knees. 1t hap
pened that short time previously
while having the nightmare one night he
spraug from his bed to grasp an imaginary
burglar aud struck some article of furniture
with great violence, iniuring his knees very
painfully The cold which he caught by
riding beside an open door in the street car
resulted disastrously and he was laid up for
time. For further complaint, because of
some other misunderstanding about the
payment of the cxta fare demanded by the
tar driver, he alleges that he was attacked
iy Tie driver who sought to force him from
he car when he got of. Finally the driver
watched his chance aud kicked him in the
back. The foregoing is q statement of the
circumstances which are to be set forth in
De complaint Of suit to be brought against
he street car company for SIC, 900.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-14
81. Pa-riek's Dny ceiear-rtion.

The general eomm ittee Of the Irish socie
ties on arrangements for the celebration Of
S. PAtrick's day met last evening a. Attor-
uey COrriyan's Office. The committee on
music reported that Sidvell's aud Thyle's
bands have been engaged for the parade It
WAS decided that SidwelI's baud shall be at
A. Q. Il. hall on Second Svenue south al : a.
N, where the procession forms Thyle's
band will escor. the Crusaders, the Father
Mathew aud Cadet societies AZ Catholic Asso-
eisted hall on Third street north, which are
10 Join the other societies on Second avenue
south 81 $50, when the procession win start
The reports from the various members Of the
committee we're TO the effect that the turnout
viii be unusually large, AID ! most success
fzl celebration OF 81. PGtziek's Gay IS cont
denty expected.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-14
(ltijJcura
THE GREAT SKIN CURE.

Ny wife had most annoying eruption make
its appearance ON the fingers Of both hands about
the first Of last March. Supposed 1t was ivy
poison. Several physicians saw 1t, some dag
nosng it as above, others pronouncing it salt
rheum. A great many domestic remedies were
used, with no effect, The disease steadily grew
worse. The prescriptions Of three of our very
best physicians were tried with but little better
results. The terrible itching was great as al
most to deprive her of sleep. After two months
OF this suffering she began the use Of the CUTl-
CURA REMEDIES. What was the result? The
first application of the CUTICURA allayed the
itching. and now after four months daily use OF
them her hands are sound and well. doubt not
If they had been employed at first cure would
have been effected in a short time.
De. W. Ii. HALL, Druggist.
Frankfort, KY.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-14
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBULEs.

''Minnehaha lodge /. o. G. twill hold an
open meeting tomorrow" said A. VI. Gree
ley yesterday, ''and we want all our friends
to drop in and visit US. l will promise them
that they will bave a nice social time, but
they will get nothing to drink but cold water,
however"
Two weeks ago Harry Allen, II years old,
had some trouble in his home at Glencoe,
and taking a horse belonging to DR.. B. F.
Allen ran away. He sold the animal at
Chaska for $50 and has since been sojourn-
ing at different places. a description of the
boy was sent to this city, and Officer McNa-
mara last night arrested him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-14
DEMOCRATS IN COUNCIL,
The City Contention to be Held March 30,
aud the CGHcHses the PreriOus
SATURDAY EUeninO.


The Democratic city committee met at the
Nicollet house yesterday afternoon for con-
sultaton regarding the spring campaign, and
to decide upon the calling Of the city con-
vention. Only two members Of the COM
mittee were absent. 1t was decided to call
the convention on Monday, March 30, at 2
O'Clock, in Turner hall, and to hold caucuses
in each ward at 1880 O'Clock on Saturday
evening previous.
The grievances Of the Seventh ward were
listened to- but no definite action was taken
other than TO disclose that the action
OF the enthusiastic friends and members of
the party in that section of the city had been
somewhat premature, and that a new and
official caucus should be held at the time
designated for holding the other caucuses.
1t was concluded that every primary should
be regular and in form, and that packing
caucuses should be carefully guarded
against.
\ communication was received from the
Rebunks-Wilson Publishing company, in
which it was proposed 10 start Democratic
two-cent daily, an exponent of the princi-
Piles of the party. A committee of three was
appointed to confer with the company, when
the meeting adjourned.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-14
OLD ENGLISH sCHooLBoYs.
Tie Rough Training They Used to Receive
Fifth Years Ago.

FUty Years Ago.
From London Society.
Since ''the boy is father to the man." as
says the provcrb, 10 understand the natural
history of the full-grown boy at college we
may begin with few words about the said
BOYS character at school some fifty years
since At that time society generally
was in a ruder state. Two-bottle men at
dinner parties; good-fellowship measured by
the capacity of the stomach and the hardness
of the head; prize-fghts so popular as to be
detailed round 10y round in the Morning
Post; Tom and jerry frolics in London and
affairs of honor shot on Vim bledon common
such rough play will give some idea of the
social atmosphere in the paternal home in
which, fifty years since, boys drew the breath
of life. When school days commenced
many boy found himself suddenly
launched into a sea of troubles; whether
from the bigger boys or from the master his
bill Of pains and penalties would be longer,
it were hard to tell. Prof. Greasy bears wit
ness that the life of an Eaton coileger
in the long chamber was about as hard
as that of cabin boy on board ship. AS
the fate of the fag depended on the character
of his senior, naturally it was as bad as
might be expected from the rough training
this petty tyrant had himself received.
Cruelty begat cruelty, and few would believe
the misery which in those days any poor,
weak and nervous boy has been
known 10 endure. l say weak
aud nervous because parents did
not then think so much about the coustitu-
ton, and some BOYS knew were as united
for so hard life as a consumptive patient
for the frozen regions. Pitched battles were
common. Six was the smallest number with
which / could myself escape. The common
course was OF this kind: Thorn pson, would
you take licking from Jones" 'No."
ssWel, then, come TO the corner after
aohool -
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-14
THE "BOSTONIANS."
Who the People are that Henry James, Jr.,
Describes.

VhO the People are that Henry James, Jr,
Describes.
Boston Letter in Albany journal.
Have you read Henry James "Bostonians"
in the February Century! Well, we have,
and feel very much like people who are
blessed with an enfant terrible whose next
speech may be worse than his first 1t is
rather hard on Miss Elizabeth Peabody to be
photographed to the life as ''Miss Birdseye,"
vet the picture is a stunning one as it stands
now:
Miss Peabody, or ''Miss Birdseye," is a
noble figure in "Boston thought" as / have
heard it called. She is a woman of brains,
the quintessence of Concord, the principal
educational mover, a woman's Fighter, a
woman suffragist, former Abolitionist, a
sister of the late Mrs. Horace
Mann and Mrs. Nathaniel Hawthorne,
and good creature whose very
peculiarities entitle her to respect, though
the world calls her an intellectual crank.
Miss Peabody is now in her eighty-third year
and nearly blind, but she still manages to
make her voice heard at the Concord School
of Philosophy and her pen to wag in the
cause of suffrage with as much incisiveness
and determin alton as she did twenty years
ago, when she talked about kindergarten and
radicalism. Vanity and fine apparel are not
her weaknesses, or she would not be the con-
spicuous object she has been since my mem
DRY, and there is no doubt but she is as care
less of her personal appearance as Mr..
James ''Miss Birdseye.''
Mr.. James has drawn Mrs. Mary A. Liver
more to the life in "Mrs. Farrin der" of
whom he says there was something public in
her eye, which was large, cold and quiet; it
had acquired a sort of exposed redcence
from the habit of looking down from a lee
ture desk over sea Of heads while its dis
tingulshed owner was eulogized by a leadin g
citizen" Mrs. Farrinder at almost any
time had the air of being introduced by a
few remarks Now the author will not be
loved any the more for this, and much else
that he has boldly satiriZed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-14
DeafhApta .Nrs. iTuri.

His myriad friends in Minneapolis will be
mother of j. E. Ward of the GLOBE, which
sad event occurred yesterday afternoon at
Pennington. Mr.. Ward received message
announcing her dangerous illness and sum-
moning him to her bedside, but before the
next train left second message came con-
veying the sad intelligence of her death. Mr..
Ward took the next train for Pennington to
make arrangements for the funeral, which
will take place tomorrow afternoon. His
friends, generally, and those of the craft, in
particular, will deeply spmpathize with him
in his bereavement.