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St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-23
RESERVOIR APPROPRIATION.

The action of the senate in striking
out of the river and harbOr bill the
S12,C00 appropriation for keeping the
reservoirs at the head of the Mississippi
in repair is little singular. The gov
ernment has already expended nearly
100000 in building these works. If the
reservoirs only accommodate private
enterprises then the government was
foolish for ever eXpending any money
at all on them. If they were deemed of
sufficient Importance to justify an eX-
penditure of over half million in their
construction, they are surely worth tax
ing care of. The ground upon which
the senate committee struck out this ap-
preparation was that only few lumber
men were benefited by the reservoirs,
and that it was not considered advisable
to spend the public money in support OF
private enterprises. The argument is
good if the committees premises were
correct. But there is where they are
off the track. 1t may be true that lum-
bermen may be benefited by these
works, and it is fortunate they are.
Still the benefits are not confined to the
loggers. We know that since the resor-
voirs have been built navigation Onthe
Mississippi has been vastly improved.
And we know also that these works
have been great advantage in
the way of checking floods on the
river. 1t is safe to say that
but for the dams and the reservoirs
which the government has constructed
at the head of the river the destruction
by the late flood on the Mississippi
would have been tenfold more than it
was, and that in this one flood the
saving to property in the Mississippi
valley has paid the cost of the
works hundred times over. And yet
the senate committee is too niggardly
to appropriate the pitiful sum of $4,000
a year to keep them in repair. Out on
such parSimony.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-23
THE PuBLIC LIBRARY.

The chamber of commerce has very
thoroughly investigated the question as
to the adviSability and feasibility of es-
tablishing public library adequate to
the needs of the people, and has come to
the only possible conclusion, that such
library is vital necessity.
Though the present library, consist
ing of some $1,000 volumes, serves its
purpose admirably, as is evidenced
from the fact that over $4,000 volumes
were taken out last year, yet its field OF
usefulness is painfully circumscrlbed.
The present quarters are crowded, and
even if the fund for the purchase OF
new books were sufficient, and it is not,
there is no room on the shelves for ad-
ditional volumes.
The contemplated removal to more
spacious quarters in the new city hall
will for time remove the overcroWd-
ing, but it is only a question OF time
when those quarters, too, will be either
insufficient or required by some depart
ment of the city government 1t is much
better to provide for the future, as the
chamber of commerce suggests, by the
erection of a suitable building as soon
as possible. The required outlay for the
purchase of site and the erection OF
building could in all probability be
brought considerably below the cham
ber's estimate of S350000, and in the
form of bonds the tax upon the people
would be slight.
A public library is too valuable as
public educator to be treated in spirit
of false economy. 1t should have its
own building; and the library fund,
which is now only about $4,000 annually,
should be increased to sum sufficient
to enable it to keep abreast of the times.
The improvements is one which the peo-
pie as a whole will not be Slow to en-
dOrSe.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-23
THE CHANNEL BRIDGE.

This an age of stupendous engineer
ing achievements indeed. Though as
tonished at the feats performed by the
engineers of the transcontinental line
and startled by De LEssEPs' projected
isthmian enterprise, the world is in
formed of another scheme now on foot
which will overshadow even these gi-
gantic engineering triumphs.
1t is no less than a proposition to
bridge the English channel. Though to
the average mind the feasibility of such
a scheme seems incredible, competent
engineers pronounce it entirely prac-
ticable, and a company has already
been organized to go on with the work,
which is estimated to cost S160,000,000.
The bridge will be twenty miles long
and will support four tracks of railway.
The channel passage has long been
regarded as the most disagreeable bit of
seagoing possible, and the proposition
to make it possible without the dreaded
seaSicllness will excite general Eu-
ropean interest. In this latter day
nothing seems impossible to science.
With the completion of the channel
bridge, the engineers will look for new
worlds to conquer.
Perhaps the next gravely-made prop
osition will be plan to tunnel beneath
the Atlantic.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-23
ADJUSTMENTS.
Mrs. James Brown Potter-Wall-
ace ID. Shaw's Benefit.

Mrs. James Brown Potter-Wall-
ace ID. Shaw's Benefit.
A large and fashionable audience was
in attendance at the Grand opera house
to witness the rendition of 'Lytton's
play, Lady of Lyons" as performed
by that famous New York society anna
teur, Mrs. James Brown Potter. The
public interest in this beautiful woman.
who has just adopted the stage. is not
by any means on the Wane, and her per-
fOrmance last night certainly indicates
that with close application to her
new vocation she may interest the the
ater-goer and not the curiosity hunter.
The audience last night was cold and
critical, and the announcement that
Mrs. Potter was suffering from cold,
did not apparently awaken any COM
ment, yet the performance worked so
smoothly and the personal lovelineSs of
the fair star so charmed the auditors
that she awakened them to applause and
even to enthusiasm. Mrs. Potter now
has certainly as much claim for recogni-
tion as did Langtry during her first
tour. The crudities of her performance
can easily be CLOSED by time. There is
ring beneath the surface, that pre-
sageS power and dramatic instinct and
without doubt she will maintain
a first position as a society
star. At best Lady of Lyons" is a
hrrd play to measure one in, as it is the
essence of artificialty and sentiment.
Of the players Kyrle Bellew played the
role of Claude with grace and ease, as
might be expected of an accomplished
actor. The remaining parts were well
cast. Tonight "ROmeo and Juliet"
will be played, and this performance
will close the performance.
NOTES.
!, Hicks q Sawyer's minstrels will fin
iSh out the week at the Grand, ,cOmmenc-
ing Thursday.
Annie Pixley will play three nights
at the Grand commencing next Monday.
'M'liSs'' and ''The DeacOn's Daughter
will be presented.
Mrs. Potter has a great neck move
ment. Her undulating cervical verte-
bre would set swan wild with envy.
She says ''My own dear love-" and darts
her head at Claude Melnotte like snipe
at helgromita.
"Our Boys drew a good house at
the Peoples theater last evening. The
play, an ever popular one, was well put
on, and the various characters were
we'll sustained. This evening. on the
occasion of the benefit to Wallace ID.
Green, that pathetic drama. "Hazel
Kirke," will be presented. The COM
pany is cast to its strongest, Edwin Bar
bour taking the part of Dunstan Kirke;
Edwin Ferry. as Arthur Carringford;
M. Shaw, as Pitticus Green; Neil Soul
ly, as Barney O'Flynn; Miss Marie
Wellesley, as Hazel Kirke: Carrie
Strong, as Lady Carringford, and Mary
Clifford, as Mercy Kirke.
The announcement that Miss Jennie
O'Neil Potter will appear as Hermion,
in damon and Pythias," at j. B.
Browns benefit, at the Peoples, Friday
evening, is creating great deal of in
terest among that young lady's friends,
who are numerous.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-23
Mrs. CA. Wright, ao5s Bloomington

Mrs. G. A. Wright, 265s Bloomington
avenue.
r. Goodfellow and family have gone
east to attend the funeral of Mrs, Fred
erick Harwood, niece of Mrs. Good
fellow.
A strawberry festival was given last
evening by the Young Ladies' Flower
Mission of the Church of the Redeemer
at the residence of Miss Stickney, 1904
Clinton avenue.
The Young Ladies' Auxiliary Society
of the Northwestern hospital held a
business meeting yesterday afternoon
at the home of Miss Barton, POP Clinton
avenue.
The o. U. Y. II. lodge gives a social
and musical entertainment tonight at
the Elks' hall, corner OF Washington
and First avenue south.
IAN ice cream and coffee sociable will
occur tonight at the residence of Mrs.
Marilla Mayall, 2Ol Harvard avenue,
East division. 1t will be under the au-
spices of the George r. Morgan post.
"a pleasant party was given at Twen-
ty-SiXth Street hall last night by the
W. E. Jeffery Lodge S04, United Order
OF Honor. Ice cream and supper was
served by the ladies.
Iu0 uidllldSc VI MISS 11dIGle OIldUl-
berlain, daughter of II. Il. Chamberlain,
to Edward d. Hamill will be solemnized
tonight at $50 at the family residence,
lis Twelfth street south.
The Minneapolis Division No. 20 of
the YardmaSters' Mutual Benefit asso-
citation hold their first annual basket
picnic at Lake Park to-day. The first
train leaves the Minneapolis & st. Louis
depot at $3.50 a. m. There will also be a
train at Sis to accommodate those de-
string to attend the dance this evening.
The Young Folks Guild of All Saints
church gave successful musical enter
tainment at the Eighth Ward Relief
hall last evening under the directions of
Miss Lucy Williams, president of the
society.
Rev. W. I. Chase, pastor of the First
Baptist church, retnrued from a trip to
California, yesterday, where he has
been recuperating his health. He will
probably occupy the pulpit next Sun
daV
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-23
RAILWAY RATES.

Live Stock to Be Charged for at
Actual Weight---Through Bust
ness From st. Paul to New York
---ViiIard's Work on the Trans
cOntinental---New Directors for
the Burlington.
CHICAGO, May 22.-The general man
ayers of the Western and Northwestern
ailway lines met here to-day and con-
sidered the suggestion which had been
made for new form of organization,
but deferred action until to-mor-
row. Action was taken, however,
looking to the establishment of
rates per 100 pounds on live stock ar
irving at Chicago on and after June 10.
Commencing on that date all stock will
be charged for at actual weight instead
of by the carload The Western States
Passenger association met to-day to
further consider the question of Iowa
rates. Before the new railroad law
went into effect in that state it was
customary for the railroads to carry
state troops and firemen to and from
their annual encampments and tourna-
ments at a rate of 1 cent mile, al
though higher rate was charged the
general public. The association de-
cided that this custom would have to
be discontinued on the ground that it
would amount to discrimination under
the Iowa law. The Chicago. st. Paul
d Kansas City road has given notice
that June it will put into effect the
same rates that have been adopted by
the Chicago, Burlington & Northern on
through, business from New York to
st. Paul. This means that it will ac-
rse re sS eD fs proportion aS n6rd of the dn t4Tgh g
class freight. None of the other roads
have met the Burlington & Northeru's
rates, reports from st. Paul to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-23
MODEL SCHOOLS.
Closing Exercises Yesterday Aft
ernOOn at WinOna.

Special to the Globe.
WINoNA, Minn., May 22.-The clos
ing exercises of the model schools took
place at Normal hall this afternoon. The
exercises were very interesting and
were witnessed by large audience.
The programme was opened by Bucca-
lossi's ''Fedora Waltz" by the orches-
ira. A chorus, ''Come, Merry Birds of
Spring." was then sung. The first
models rendition of Paresies followed.
A piano duet by Ida Ludwig and Della
HasS was very prettily rendered. Long
fellow was the subject of the
third models part. 1t included
by Cameiia Teause: sentiments by the
off the sHespru by Mablez Marvin.
Rounds by the second and third model
and waud gymnastics by the second
model followed. The Kindergarten
children made a very pretty showing in
their parts, which included Merry Mary
Bells, Busy Children, The Shoemaker,
and ''SOng Of the Brooklet." Elmer
Sheard played a piano solo. "a Bird
from Over the Sea" by White. The Songs
of Seven were then recited by HELEN
Nevins, Mary Roberts, Ada Eagles,
Eta Coward, Maggie Mccarthy. Anna
Doohan, andCatherine Knapp. During
each recitation, Alfred Saari, a bright
artist from the school, drew offhand,
charcoal sketches of the characters in
the poems that were much admired by
the audience. "a Million Little Dia-
monds," ''Luther'S Cradle Hymn" and
g A Little Thing Like That" were songs
that were very prettily sung by the
children of the first model. The chorus
sang "Home, Sweet Home" and the pro-
gramme closed with WaldteufePS Min
uet Polka by the orchestra. Commence
ment exercises take place at Normal
hall tomorrow morning at o'clock.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-23
TUSSLE OF The TWINS
ST. Paul Beats Minneapolis in
a Deeply Interesting
Contest.
The DeS MOines Pennant Win
ners Strike a Snag at
st. Louis.
Omaha Wins at Kansas City
and Milwaukee Beats
Chicago.
Three Full-BloWn Surprises
Turned Out by the Ma
tional League.

The Minneapolis ball cranks have
come to think there is fatality in st.
Paul beating Minneapolis at the ma
tional game. 1t seems almost so, as the
Minneapolis players lose the game,
without having it won from them. The
teams met for their first league game
yesterday, and, though the locals out
batted the visitors, had fewer errors and
ran the bases more freely, they could
not win the game. Winkleman and Tuck
erman were the opposing pitchers and
both were hit hard. st. Paul punched
its hits in the first and fourth innings
and won the game, though Minneapolis
almost threw it away by poor judgment
in base running at critical points. The
Minneapolis sluggerS fell upon Tucker
man hard, keeping the st. Paul out
flelders busy pulling down flies,
no fewer than fifteen men going
out on flies, as against seven for
st. Paul. Both teams played for blood
until the game was half over, when the
locals seemed to lose their energy. The
home crowd complained of Hagan'S UNI
plring and Missed vigorously a decision
which put Winkleman out at second,
Noe eAAN 'ioAeIh3 OO. iul
made it up in applause, the decision
Suiting them exactly. The batting OF
Walsh, Carroll, Winkleman and Nor
rissy led the stick work, and the fielding
of Jevne and Murphy was the best
McCullom and Patton had nothing to
do, the former getting not a ball hit to
him, and the latter but one chance on
an assist to first base. In the
third inning, Walsh made a fool
ish attempt to steal in from
third, with two men on bases, but one
man out and McCullom to bat. Pickett
made pretty throw to Ringo, and
caught him on the plate on a decision
which was justly questioned. In the
fifth inning, with Pickett on first base,
Tuckerman popped up fly to Brosnan.
AS Pickett ran down the line, he tried
to interfere with Brosnan, but the lat
ter's complaint to Eagan got only
scowl for its pains. In the sixth inning
an effort was made to substitute Earle
for Morrissy, who said he had strained
his ankle. A doctor was called. but the
big first baseman dropped his limp and
took his place. A moment after he
brought out laughter and applause by
running nimbly and taking in foul
fly from Brosnan'S bat. The official
score is as follows:
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-23
DOWNED BY ST. LOUIS,
Kennedy Proved an Easy Mark
For the Whites.

Special 10 the Globe.
ST. LOUIS, May 22.-The.dickey-b birds
in Des Moines will say some very sar-
castle things in the morning about the
boss club from Iowa. To-day the team
made its first appearance in this city
and came with the laudable desire to
show the st. Louis cranks what the
players from Iowa could accomplish in
nine innings. Kennedy, who has had
some experience in the American asso-
citation, was put in the box, and although
he worked hard and faithfully his curves.
were solved, and the Whites secured
victory. Staley pitched one of his most
effective games, and he was brilliantly
supported all around. The only field
ing error outside the batting was a wild
throw by Nicholson. DoIan handled
Staley's cyclonic delivery in excellent
style, and his throwing to second proved
fatal to several fleet-footed sprinters
from the Hawkeye state. Hynes led at
the bat, and occupied every chance in
center field. Alvord. Quinn and Holli-
day, the st. Louis contingent ON the
Des Moines, were applauded at the
plate, and the ''Orator'' came in for the
same honor. Holiday and Kennedy
batted in couple of runs, and the
former covered his territory in a very
"Welch'' like manner. The score:
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-23
RISE IN WHEAT,

II. S. FAIRcHILD's cablegram from
Berlin to the GLOBE this morning
brings the gratifying intelligence that
wheat is going to reach the dollar and
a half mark this year. Mr.. FAIRCHILD
has been spending several months in
Europe, and as he is an observing man
he generally hits the mark when he
makes prediction. Of course there is
no suspicion among Mr. FATRCHLD's
friends that he is interested in wheat
deal, for it is against his religious con-
yictionS to make money out of anything
except real estate. And he makes
enough out of that to satisfy the ambi-
ton of a modest man. So the GLOBE
readers can rest assured that when Mr..
FAIRCHILD makes the statement that
wheat is going to touch dollar and
half this year he has good reason for
thinking so. The news he sends us
will be morsel of comfort to our Min
nesota farmers and will go long ways
in compensating them for the discour-
agement resulting from the backward
SDriug,
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-23
BLAINE TALK.
His LIE tier a Fraud.

Chicago Globe
1t is about time for the friends of Mr..
Blaine to put stopper Oh the false
pretense that he is not a candidate for
the Chicago nomination. From the
hrst 1t was suspected that his Florence
decllnatiOn was a fraud. designed to
d!Sarm his active enemies while leaving
his friends free to advance his canvass
secretly by the methods of sapping
and mining most congenial to him and
them. Two of those nearest his counsels
have substantially settled the question
within day or two. Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie, the Pennsylvania mill owner,
says Blaine ''cannot and will not de-
cline to serve his country when duty
calls"-meaning that when his friends
carry the convention by trickery he
will accept the fruits of their labor.
Hon. Stephen b. Elkins says he ''does
not believe that Mr.. Blaine will decide
against the entire body of Republican
national delegates, if they vote to place
him i'll nomination"
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-23
VILLARD'S WORK.
How the Oregon & Transconti-
mental Was Saved.


New YORK, May 22.-The annual
meeting of the Oregon & Transconti-
mental company will be held ON June Is.
1t is not understood that there will be
any opposition to the present manage
ment, although Henry Willard will be-
come the official, as we'll as the real,
head of the company. The following
address has been issued to the stock
holders, signed by Henry Willard, and
indorsed by Sidney Dillon and others:
Last August L was enabled, through
the confidence of my German business
friends, to render to your company
financial aid to the extent of S5,000,000
at a critical period in its affairs. The
result of this intervention was that |
was requested at that time by your
directors, and by many of the largest
individual stockholders, to become again
president of your company. l declined
to accept the suggestion then because l
was expected to assist financially some
OF the corporations in which your COM
pany holds large stock interests. This
assistance having now been rendered to
those corporations, feel called upon as
the founder of your company and from
sense of duty to you to aid to the full
extent of my power in securing more
satisfactory results in the future for you
as stockholders. l am authorized to
state that, for this purpose, l have ob-
tanned the cooperation of the foreign
capital which l represent. and my
friends, in evidence of their intention
to infuse new life into your company,
have already acquired large interest
in your stock. In behalf, therefore, of
them, and all my friends who are inter-
ested in your stock, and of myself per-
sonally, respectfully request your CO.
operation in our proposed efforts for the
rehabilitation of the Oregon & Trans
continental company, and the placing
of its securities upon a substantial,
permanent foundatiOn.'
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-23
LONG LIVE THE KING.
"The King is dead .''

Tine King is DEAD :.
The velvet pail, with its thick silver fringe,
On the cold marble pavement streams;
The guttering candles burning by the bier
Flare i'll the gusts; Il as he 20 Is and
dreams
A drowsy monk prays for the souls repose-
Thrusts his lean fingers in his sleeves of
serge,
Watching alone: the hour is not yet come
For knell, and requiem, and funeral dirge.
''Long live the King!''
The smiling courtiers pause amid the feast
And pledge their vows to their new liege in
wine;
Ger nodding plumes, and silks, and flashing
gems
A thousand tapers with soft brilliance
shine;
Laughter and jest blend with the sound of
flutes,
OF harp and vol, and the heavy air
Is sweet with musk only little page
Weeps as he WATTS without upon the stair.
M. Ii. h. in America.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-23
MARINE.
PORT OF ASHLAND.

Special to the Globe.
ASHLAND, Wis, May 22-Arrived: Keystone
and consort Masten; steamer H. B Tuttle
Cleared: Propellers Vanderbilt and Idaho,
for Duluth; Louisiana. ore, Cleveland.
PORT OF DULUTH.
Special to the Globe.
DULnTH, Mimi, May 22-Arrlved: Ossi-
frage and Roanoke. Departed: Anna Smith,
Red Wing, Kate Butteroni, Galatea, Altoona,
Alta, Morsley, Maray1a, all to Buffalo with
wheat: Keystone, Masten, Ashland, light for
ore. Wind northwest; foggy.
DUBUQUE.
Special to the Globe.
DUBUQuE, To-, May 22-St Paul, up at
noon. Hon. Jerry Murphy and Laughter were
numbered among her passengers. Rafters
up-Moline, Iowa, Brother Jonathan, Silver
Crescent, Tenbrock, A. Lamb. Down-Isaac
Staples. Water six and half inches down
Special to the Globe.
PORT OF SUPERIOR.
SUPERIOR, Wis, May 22-Arrived-Glidden
and Morse with coal. A dense fog is still
hanging over the bay. The pleasure yacht,
Louie, of Superior, is sold to Duluth party.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-23
THEY ARE COMING.

They are coming by the thousands,
the tens of thousands, and the hundreds
of thousands. We refer to immigrants
from foreign countries. One day last
week 1912 immigrants were landed at
New York. Two days afterwards an
other batch of 4,717 stepped ashore, and
it is now estimated that not less than a
quarter of a million of foreigners will be
added to our population during the year
1888. The steamship capacity of the
Atlantic is said to be unequal to the
accommodation of immigration de-
mandS.
What does it all mean. why are these
immigrants tiocking to our land in such
vast numbers, and what will be the re-
suit of their coming? These are ques-
ti0ns worthy of consideration. We
know that the steamship lines and their
connecting railway dependencies have
been working up foreign immigration
for no other purpose than to build up a
lucrative carrying trade. But does that
benefit the country, or is it likely
to improve the labor condition of
this land. These immigrants bring no
Cdplldl WIFI llclu. 1HGy are Ue6lng
from want and penury in their own
countries with the hope of finding some
thing better here. 1t is probable that
when they get here the large proportion
of them will crowd into the already
OvercrOwded centers of population.
They come at time when business is
stagnant and when wages are low, only
to be competitors with our own labor
population. And probably this is Just
what the millionaire monopolists of the
East are depending upon. They expect
to defeat the MILLS tariff bill in the SEN
ate; then they will go ahead making and
selling protected goods at high prices,
and hiring labor at starvation prices.
And yet these Eastern capitalists are
appealing to the labor element to sup
port the protective tariff policy. 1t is
about time the labor population were
doing something to protect themselves
against the protectionists. Protective
prices are to be kept up under the ex-
listing tariff, and labor wages are to be
kept down by the importation of foreign
laborers. Such. in short, is the policy
the Eastern capitalists have shaped out.
ought not to take any intelligent