St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-07
AN OUNCE or PREVENTION.

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jority.
AN OUNCE or PREVENTION.
The City Fathers Guarding Against
Possibilities of Trouble.
All the members of the council were
present at the special meeting last evening
and considerable routine business was
transacted.
On motion of Aid. Petsch it was decided
not to canvass the vote of Tuesdays cleo
ton until the next regular meeting.
Communications from Mayor Rice SUBJ
mitted the appointment OF John Gleason as
special policeman to take charge OF the
public pound; of George Anderson and
Olivier Pieller as special policemen to
enumerate the dog list; recommending
committee of three to consult with the COM
mittee on health of the county commits
sioners relative to the establishment of
hospital for scarlet fever and diphtheria
patients, which was referred to the board
of health.
About forty owners of real estate near
crossing of the Chicago. Milwaukee, & st.
Paul railway and West Seventh street, pc
titiOned that the city ordinance relative to
the running of trains be enforced as the
trains on this road were run at the rate Of
twenty-five miles per hour, greatly damag-
ing the sale of real estate. The petition
was referred to the committee on streets
A communication from Comptroller Roche
called attention to the resolution previously
passed by the council, increasing the salary
of Assistant Health Inspector Meyerding
from $40 to 81, 900 per annum and declar-
ing its confliction with the charter. as sal
aries could not be raised during a term of
Office. By resolution of Aid. Bryant, the
city engineer was ordered to have Wabasha
street bridge sprinkled during the coming
season.
NOT THE COUNCILS BUSINESS.
The board OF public works returned
final order for opening Broadway. from
Grove to Thirteenth street, with a long,
racy communication, Directing to the lin
itatiOn and qualification on the assessment
of benefits and damages implied in the
order, and requesting a new uncondi-
tional final order. if the council
still wished the improvement made.
1t enumerated court decisions to the effect
that it was none of the councils business
how the assessment was made, but that the
board had sole jurisdiction in such matters.
The letter was referred to the committee
on streets and Aid. Dowlan.
A resolution was presented by Aid. San
born and adopted requiring the Chicago.
Milwaukee & ST. Paul railway to construct
bridge over its crossing of Summit avenue
according to plans approved by the city
engineer. The following improvements
were ordered on recommendation Of the
board of public works:
Opening, widening aud extending Owasco
avenue sixty feet from st. Adams to Lexing-
ton nndn inn for
for slopes in grading Goodrich avenue be-
tween Dale and Lexington avenue; grad
ing Decatur street from Preble
to Payne avenue; paving Dayton
avenue from a point 260 feet west Of
Summit avenue to Dale street with cedar
blocks; opening, widening and extending
Arundel street from Minnehaha to Como
avenue.
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION.
On motion of Aid. Starkey the council
went into executive session which lasted
nearly half an hour. The topic under dis
cussion was the possibility of the socialistic
riots which have been destroying property
in Chicago and Milwaukee being repeated
in this city. After the doors were closed
the matter was presented by Aid. Starkey,
chairman of the police committee
Speeches were made by Messrs. Dowlan.
Starkey, Murray and Minea, when Clerk
presented by Aid. Starkey, embody-
Ing the sentiment of the council
in the matter, which was adopted. giving
the police committee such authority as they
saw fit to exercise in case of an emergency.
ADJUSTMENTS.
NThe Ratcatcher'' ut the Grand
Last Night.
For the first time a st Paul audience
witnessed one of the Kiralfy Brothers
Spectacular performances at the Grand
opera house last night. 1t was a large and
critical audience, and seemed to thoroughly
enjoy the artistic rendition of the charming
legend of the ''Ratcatcher, OF the Pied
Piper of Hamelin.'' The performance was
a grand combination of the lyric, dramatic,
romantic and spectacular in which sprightly,
beautiful music and intensely dramatic
situations abound. The only unfavoiable
criticism that can be made with Justice con-
corning Kiralfy's rendition of the famous old
German legend is that in few instances,
in the hurry to reach Climax the plot is
marred and it's smoothDesS destroyed. Mr..
Hubert Wilkes singing is splendid and his
voice was i'll most excellent trim last even
ing. All of his numbers were enthusiast
ically encored. His acting is just as good
as his singing. In TACT, the talented young
actor and vocalist bears the brunt of the
singing and acting throughout the perform
ance, and is entirely capable of doing So
Mr.. Hunt filed the comedy part of the play
to the satisfaction of the audience. His
song, ''Just as Transparent as Glass" re-
ceiyed number of hearty encores which
We're responded to with admirable To-
cal hits each time. The ballet
part of last nights performance was
by all odds the best ever
seen in this city. Mile. de la Bru-
jeres variations. particularly in the second
act, created furore among the ballet adj
nlirers in the audience The valse pic
lures and floral pyramid by the entire bal
let corps in the second act, and the grand
festival ballet in the fourth act, were
among the most artistic features of the
performance. The chief beauty of it all.
however, lay in the effect of the grand
scenic display. For the first nights per
Torrance the pOnderous scenery was
moved and manipulated with wonderful
smoothness and celebrity. The same per-
Torrance tonight, tomorrow night and
Saturday matinee.
Sale of seats for the Hanlon Brothers
''Fantasma," which begins an engagement