St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-16
WANTED THE GAS PUT OUT.
The Narrow Escape of a st. Paul
Business Man.

business Man.
Last Sunday night about o'clock a
GLOBE reporter had occasion to call upon a
gentleman in one of st. Paul's best hotels
after the gentleman had retired. His room
was on the fourth floor and the elevator
was not running at that unreasonable hour.
On the third floor, as the echo of the re-
porterS feet ON the uncovered stairs
echoed down the long hail, voice said
''Hist!" Paying no attention the reporter
had gone nearly up the last flight, when
voice behind him said ''Say, come down
here" Turning around the reporter
saw, way down the dimly-lighted hall, a
man without rag of clothing on his body.
His hair was sticking wildly in all direc-
tons, and his heavy breathing could be
heard for the twenty feet or more that he
was away. ''Come ERE, come 'ere," he
said, as the reporter turned to look at him,
and at the same time he staggered further
along the hall. He looked like a crazy
man.
''What do you want?" asked the
reporter, who had been thinking over
the MaXwell-Preller hotel murder in st.
Louis, and other pleasant episodes of sim
liar nature, while looking at him.
unclothed midnight prowler in tones so
thick that no doubt was left of his intoxi-
Gated condition.
The reporter turned and went near the
man, and recognized well-known citizen
of st. Paul, very much muddled He did
not recognize the reporter, but said:
'.Zyou blong to thish hotel?"
You bet" said the reporter sswhat can
l do for you?"
''Well, Pm drunk, an I vanish you
come and shee if l turned off my cash all
right. If l didn't rsh die fore morning,
then everybody shay: 'thersh mother d-n
fool blew out CASH"
He was laid between the sheets, the gas
turned out, the door closed and when he
met the reporter on the street yesterday NO
allusion to the gas was made.
FLOUR AND BUTTER PRIZES.
Hon. oliver Gibbs Tells How They
Came 10 Minnesota.
Hon. Oliver Gibbs, Jr., state commits
sioner at the cotton centennial at New Or
leans, came to st. Paul from his home at
Lake City yesterday to report to the gov
ernor. 70 a GLOBE reporter last night he
said that while Minnesota had taken many
prizes, which have been fully published, the
greatest benefit to the state would come, not
from its competitive exhibit, but from the
general collective exhibit, which had adyer-
tised the state and proven what has been
claimed for its leading products. He said
he believed that one result would be large
tide of immigration to the state from sec
tions South, where farmers had worked the
soil until it had become worn out The
summer lake resorts had also been so freely
advertised that the result would be noticea-
bic in the hotel receipts. Mr.. Gibbs said he
expected to hear in about week whether
or not the Exposition will be continued next
year.
TWO INCIDENTS.
81 want to tell you," said Mr. Gibbs,
1.-TWO incidents III connection with the flour
and butter prizes and the way they were
awarded. Mr.. Porter, the Winona miller,
was selected to make an analysis of all the
fOurs on exhibition, not knowing where
any of the samples came from. He anal
yzed the samples, and on this the award
was based by the committee. 1t came out
that the first prize had been given to Mr..
Porter's own flour. OF course there was a
new award necessary. A new committee
took the matter in hand and decided to
award the -four on tests rather than analy-
sis. They examined the various specimens
with reference to gluten, albumen and
starch, and made the award on that basis.
When they came to look up the owner of
that to which they had given the first prize
they found that it went to Mr.. Porters
flour. OF course that settled it."
THE BUTTER PRIZE.
ION the butter prize, the grand sweep
stakes, there was objection made to the