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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19
AN ENIlOUS SLUR.

st. Paul glorieS in the building of an ice
palace. Omaha cannot have an ice palace,
but ii experiences no particular difficulty in
escaping death by freezing, and is therefore
perfectly willing that st. Panl should ear its
pneumonia breeding luXury.-Omaha Her
aid.
Comments like this have not been in
frequent, particularly in Eastern pa
perS, since the announcement that St.
Paul would have an ice carnival this
year greater than any before. But our
Omaha contemporary, which might be
supposed to know something about the
delights of winter life in the North
western cities from personal experience,
should not range itself with the enyious
Fasteners. 1t ought to look at things
in little broader spirit.
Of course Omaha can't have an ice
palace, but the reason is not that there
is any essential difference between the
conditions obtaining during the winter
in Omaha and in st. Paul. Each has
about the same amount of cold weather,
and though the muddy ice of the Mis-
souri, would hardly make as good ice
palace material as the clear lake ice of
Minnesota, yet, such as it is, Omaha has
it in abundance.
The trouble is not with the climate,
but with the people of Omaha. They
lack the spirit of enterprise, of 60
aheaditiyeness that is exhibited in con-
nection with st. Paul's ice carnival. If
they possessed it Omaha could have a
carnival almost as easily as st. Paul.
Nor is our ''pneumonia-breeding lux
ury'' thing to be fought shy of. The
ice palace and the carnival afford pleas
ure to thousands who might find winter
life otherwise tedious enough.
Not only does it delight thousands of
people in the Northwest, but it attracts
hundreds of strangers to the city and
makes them acquainted with the sur
passing advantages of st. Paul both as
aplace of residence and for investment.
Our Omaha friend may not have looked
at the matter in this light before. We
therefore invite him to come up and see
what glorious thing an ice carnival
really is
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19
THE NEW EXECUTIONER.

The commission appointed by the
New York Legislature, in 1856. to inquire
into the best modes of punishment,
after two years of careful investigation
decide that electricity is the best death
instrument. And there is no reason to
que stiOn the correctness of this decis-
ion. The bungling executions by hang
ing are so common as to make the prac-
tice of this method reproach upon our
civilization. There is something abso-
lutely revolving in the idea of hanging
man in mid-air and leaving him to die
OF slow strangulation. AS shown by
the New York commission in their
report to the state legislature the
process of killing a person by the dy-
namo-electric machine is as painless as
it is swift and certain. 1t is to be
hoped that New York will take the ini-
tiative III this much-needed reform. and
that all the other states will quickly
fall into line and electricity be substi-
tuted for the gallOWS as the legal mode
OF executing the death penalty.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19

be managed on much better basis than
before. The new blood in the manage
ment, too has been very advantageous.
The success of the carnival, Of
course, depends upon the diSpOS-
sition of the clubs, and l be-
lieye enough patriotism and love of
fun exists to bring ont the clubs
whenever they are asked to come.
l may be too demOnstratiye, but if any
of our citizens don't say that the carni-
val is the grandest spectacle the world
ever saw, will be ready to resign all
connection with its management. The
committee is working day and night,
and don't think better one could be
found i'll the city.
ID. *. NOyeS-The ice palace and win
ter carnival at st. Paul is less of a nov
city than heretofore, and the enthusiasm
Is not so apparent as. in former years.
At the same time there are more uni
formed men prepared to engage in the
carnival. We are hearing from friends
and customers all over the country who
say they are coming. / believe the
carnival will be the best we ever had.
q. Il. Finch-It will be a grand sue
cess. Far more strangers than ever be-
fore will flock to the city. All the ar
rOngements are SO made that the work
runs much more smoothly and nicely
than ever before. Experience has
brought many improvements.
j. S. RobertSOn-We are going to have
the greatest carnival the world ever
saw. The pyrotechnic display will be
grand. have shells here, imported
from Paris, such as have never been fired
III America. l am going to make this
display the grandest ever made, if in
my power.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19
Abused His Trust.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1S.-Jan. 1S.-John P d.
Hutchinson, with his brother and sis
ter, brought suit here to-day against
Jason c. Ayers, capitalist of Dixon,
ILL.,, for $40,0 600 alleged to have been en-
bezzled under very peculiar circum-
stances. Ayers was trustee of the
will of John Hutchinson's father,
and was business agent for the
widowed Mrs. Hutchinson, now
dead. John Hutchinson said tonight !:
1.-The bills of the estate which have
been approved by the court are ON file
and show that it was Mr.. Ayers custom
to charge the estate with all
money that he gave my mother.
Then when she desired to make
any purchases or to pay any bills she
gave him the money to do it with, and
when he expended this money he
charged it up to the estate again. My
mother, like great many other ladies,
knew absolutely nothing about business
and thought it would be all right. Mr..
Ayers" added Mr.. Hutchinson, ''denies
the charges entirely"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19

Improvement convention, steamboat cap
tainS and the owners of. steamboats,
were requested to remain for the pur-
pose of forming permanent
organization. About fifty gentlemen,
practical navigators, ramained. Mr..
K. M. Dickey was called to the chair,
and was heartily In favor of such an
organization. He thought the recon-
mendatiOns Of men engaged in naviga-
ton would have more effect on congress
than those from persons or Organi-
cations who are only incidentally
interested in the river. Mr.. James
Stout was elected secretary. Plans of
organization were advanced by Joseph
Stout, M. III. Moore, Capt. Samuel Van
Zant and others, The result of the
meeting was that the following gentle
men were appointed an executive COM
mittee to perfect a formal organization
and to act in behalf Of the steam
boat men, with an organi-
Zation having for its object
the improvement of the Upper MiSsis-
sippi: E. NJ. Dickey, Dubuque, chair
man; James II. Stout, ST. Louis, secre-
tary: Sam Van Zant, Winona; Leopold
McShudy, st. Louis; w. j. Young,
Jr., Clinton; Joe Benson, Wabasha; E..
V. Smalley, Minneapolis; ID. A. Melon
aid, La Crosse.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19

give up their gentlemen friends. For.
as a rule, she who is self-support-
ing is not sought for by men;
1t is the helpless dependent ones
who are society's favorites. When men
show appreciation Of honesty and true
worth In woman methinkS the standard
of womanhood will be raised, but not
till then. COmpanionship between the
sexes is what is needed-women must
be companions of men before true hap
piness can exist i'll this world. A
woman must be ready, for love Of her
husband, not only to bear with him but
II necessary to work with him. The
idea that man must not marry until he
can support a wife may be all right, but
understand that woman was made as a
helpmate to man, not 10 stand by him i'll
prosperity and be burden to him in
adversely, but, as far as she is
able to carry her share of their burdens;
to show her husband that life with him
under any conditions is her happiness;
that it is himself and his companion
ship that she wants; this is always the
condition of mind of wife who loves
her husband as she should. There are
still many women Of this class in the
world, in spite Of the surplus of fair
weather partners.
Now, therefore. in conclusion. my
brethren. let me eXhOrt you if you have
any influence over any woman, use it to
elevate her ideas of womanhoOd. 1t is
you who hold the hearts and lives of
women in your hands, and you may
mould and educate them as you will.
ONE WHO KNOWS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19
MORE CELEBRATIONS.

OF centennial celebrations there seems
to be no end. For the last twelve years,
beginning with the great Philadelphia
exposition of 1876, this country has been
enjoying succession of centennial Gel
ebratiOnS such as the world never saw.
And the end is not yet. Senator EUsTIs
has introduced bill in congress provid-
ing for joint celebration at the ma
tional capital in 1889, by the sixteen
American republics in honor of the cen
tennial of the constitution of the parent
republic, the United States. Follow
ing on the heels of Senator EUsTIS' bill,
Senator HOAR introduces another bill,
providing for a worlds exposition at the
national capital in 1892, and thereafter
Permanent Exposition of the Three
Americas, in honor of the 4OOth anniver-
sary of the discovery of America. The
government of Spain has already COM
municated through Minister CURR Y its
desire to participate in the celebration
of the discovery of America, and, if
deemed advisable, will take the initia-
tive. The purposes of Senator EUsTIs'
bill are evidently in accord with popu-
lar sentiment, judging from the express
sions. that have already been given on
the subject. In 1886 the National
Grange adopted resolution favoring
both the centennial celebration in 1889
and the worlds exposition in
1892, and this was reaffirmed by
the National Grange at it's ses-
sion in Lansing, Mich, last year.
Similar resolutions were adopted by the
National Board of Trade at the session
held in Washington last January. by
the American Bar association at the
Saratoga convention last August, by the
International Medical Congress in
Washington last September, by the
American Builders association at Pitts
burg in October, and by the American
Association of Agricultural Colleges at
its annual session held in Washington
last October. So that upon the whole
there is forcible and fairly unanimous
expression of public sentiment in favor
of both the EUsTIs and HoAR bills, and
we take it for granted that congress will
make the necessary arrangements for
both celebrations.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19
san FRANCIsCo's CHANCE.

San FRANCISCO people nave all IDEA
that their city is the proper place for
the holding of the next national Demo-
cratic convention, and they have started
out to capture the prize with the vigor
and energy characteristic of the Golden
Gate city. Their prospect of success is
reasonably good. A large number of
the members of the national committee
have already committed themselves to
San Francisco, and good many others
are on the fence debating the question.
The GLOBE has no fayoritiSm in this
matter, but when we come to look the
whole field over, and to consider the ar
gumentS which are advanced in favor
of the various cities contending for the
prize, we are inclined to the opinion
that San Francisco has the weightiest
arguments in its favor. In the first
place, the Pacific coast is good mission
airy ground for the Democratic party.
The states of California, Oregon and
Nevada legitimately belong to the Dem
Ocrats. The losses in that direction in
the last presidential campaign we're due
more to inattention than to any other
cause. San Francisco's principal COM
petitorS will be the cities of New York
and Chicago, neither of which need any
particular cultivation from the Demo-
Gratis. The former is in state
which is reliably Democratic under
every circumstance, while the
latter is in state which is just as relia-
bly, Republican. The holding of the
convention in either New York or Chi
cago would not add one iota to Demo-
cratic success in the next campaign. 1t
is different, however, with respect to
San Francisco. 1t is reasonably certain
that if the convention be held at any
point Oh the Pacific coast il would mean
the certain addition of fourteen cleo
toral votes to the Democratic column
when the resultof the election comes to
be counted up. A second argument
in favor of San Francisco is that
the Republican programme has been
arranged for the landing of Mr.. BLAINE
on the Pacific coast in the month of
June, to be followed by political Mardi
Gras procession across the continent.
The Democrats could very nicely knocl,
the spots out of this mountebank per-
Torrance of Mr.. BLAINE by supplement-
Ing it with the national convention at
San Francisco and an array of their
most brilliant orators, who would open
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19
He Found Out His Name.

Philadelphia Times.
81 am usually very good at remem-
bering Names" said Senator Davis, of
Minnesota, "but / did get stuck once,
and under the most embarrassing cir
cumstances. l was sitting in my Office
at st. Paul, when in came a man whom
l was delighted to see and who was de-
lighted to see me. We had been raised
as boys together, had enlisted in the
same company and served through the
war together, he being lieutenant of the
company of which l was captain. l
knew him as well as my own brother,
and as we had not met for many years
| was glad to give him genuine
hearty welcome, but for the life Of
me l couldn't think of his name.
He remained with me all the morning
and invited him to go to my house to
stop. He consented to do so, and as it
approached dinner time [ commenced
to grow nervous, for of course l would
have to introduce him to my family land
L couldn't ask my old chum and COM
rade what his name was. Finally I
thought of funny eXpedient. Getting
a pen and sheet of paper l told him
thought it would be good idea for us
to join in letter to another of our
comrades with whom we were both very
Intimate during the war. He approved
the suggestion and l wrote a couple of
pages, telling our friend how pleasant
it was to meet again and wishing he was
with us. Then l signed my name and
passed the paper over to him. Much to
my relief, he signed his full name and
was saved the impending modification"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19
REA,S PENSION IDEA.

Gen. JOHN P. REA, grand commander
of the Grand Army of the Republic, is
a Minnesotian whose ability the GLOBE
took occasion to refer to in terms of
commentator before his elevation to
his present honorable position. 1t has
never had occasion to withdraw its
opinion of his good common sense, and
recent expressions Of Gen. REA In
the East only tend to confirm it. The
general has pension ideas of his own,
and doesn't hesitate to express them.
He is not at all in sympathy with those
who for selfish or partisan purposes adj
yocate the throwing open of the treas
ury doors by means of injudicious pen
sion legislation in order that every one
who handled a musket, for however
short time, on the federal side during
the war may become beneficiary of
the government.
But he does favor a form of pension
legislation which every fair-minded man
can indorse. He believes that pension
should be given every discharged SOL
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19
Elect the Best Men.

ST. Vincent New Era.
If any locality in Minnesota is Demo-
cratic it is st. Vincent, and no newspa-
per in the nation more sincerely desires
or more industriously works for the sue
cess Of thatp than does the Era. Yet
we admired the splendid work done by
the Hon. w. R. Merriam, president Of
the State Agricultural society, and we
sent our proxy, and the other st. Vim
cent proxy of the county agricultural
society was sent to st. Paul
this week to be used in behalf of Mr..
Merriam'S reelection. We not only
did this but shall plant all the garden
seeds Congressman Nelson may send
US. In return for our fair dealing with
these great Republicans, and on the
principle that one good turn deserves
another, it behOOves them and
members of that party generally
to reciprocate next November
and omit the farce of putting up
candidates for the electors to bowl down
and join to help the Democrats elect the
best men in their party for state repre-
sentativeS, and thus place Minnesota
where the patriots in the state wish to
see her.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19
RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.

1.-The Mississippi river is Gods high
way" was the remark of the tempo
rary presiding officer of the Dubuque
convention. And there is world of
truth in the statement. The Mississippi
river and its tributaries are natures in
terState commerce laws, which provide
more effectually for cheap transporta-
ton than all the legislation that con-
gresS can enact. We do not mean to
inSinuate that the interstate laws
passed by congress cannot be made
effective, nor that they are useless. On
the contrary, they are both useful and
necessary, but with the most rigid en-
fOrcement they can never be made
to secure cheap transportation
on the railways so effectually
as is done by water competition. Moth
ing could be more erroneous than the
idea advanced in certain quarters that
our improved railroad facilities have
superseded the necessity for the water
transportation, and that consequently
the money expended OH river improve
mentS is useless waste of public funds.
The money annually appropriated to the
improvement of the Mississippi and its
tributaries would not be wasted if an
other steamboat never ran on these
rivers. The Tery fact that the rivers
are there and are kept in nayigable
condition would of itself bc complete
check against eXtortionate charges on
all railway lines where water competi-
ton would be a possibility, and thus
the expenditure for the improvement of
our waterways would be wise and jul
diciOus outlay of money on the part of
the government. But as a matter of
fact, the river traffic has not been killed
by the railways. 1t is as heavy as it
ever was. The building of railroads has
stimulated an increase in production.
and there is freight enough for both the
roads and the rivers. The necessity for
river improvement is just as great to-
day as it ever was, and there never will
be time when it will be unnecessary to
keep Gods highways" i'll good, navi-
gable condition.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19

the campaign in California Immediately
upon the conclusion of the convention,
and then sweep eastward in the wake
of Mr.. BLAINE's march. 1t would be a
mastery movement on the part
of the Democrats, and would un-
questionably take the life out of
BLAINE pageantry. In view of these
facts it occurs to us that when the ma
tional committee meets in Washington,
on the I'D of next month, to select the
place for holding the convention, if San
Francisco is not chosen it will be be-
cause the Democrats will feel so sure Of
victory they will not deem it necessary
to make any extraordinary eXertion to
secure it,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19
The Dentists,

New YORK, Jan. 1S.-The nineteenth
anniversary proceedings of the first
dental society Of the state of New York
were brought to a close tonight
at Masonic temple. Dr. Atkinson
read paper on ''Pyorrhea Alocolaris, >
and the discussion was joined in by Dr.
A. W. Harlan, of Chicago; Drs. z. n
Pierce, Edwin t. Darby and James
Truman, of Philadelphia; DR.. r. B.
Adair, of Gainesville, Ga, and Drs. L.
NJ. Rhein, A. r. Carr and j. n. Forrav,
of New York,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19
IN WOMAN'S DEFENSE.
What One Woman Has to Say Of
Her Sex.

Her Sex.
To the Editor of the Globe
The press of the present as we'll as
the past seem to derive a special salts
faction in slurring upon women, simply
because they are women-holding their
many little foibles up to ridicuie by
passing every account of their short
comingS on-from one to anOther-for
each and all to pick at, until it would
seem, at times, that to be woman is to
be altogether creature devoid of that
sterling article, common sense.
Now, L am woman, and ask the
privilege of saying few words in be-
half Of the SiSterhOOd. That there are
many weak sisters, l grant you, but in
return ask if the Sterner sex cannot fur
nish mates inS every respect for
each one of these, no matter how
weak they may be. Is there, any
woman, be she ever SO brainleSs, that
cannot find one of her kind among your
brotherhood? But because such cases
exist is there any reason why either sex
as sex should be placarded by such a
model? While not in any sense strong
minded and in every way at variance
with the so-called 'woman's rights adj
vocate," the writer inclines to the be-
serves credit that she does not receive.
Men we cannot be, we are women and
women we must remain to the end of
the chapter. Some of us might even
be willing to become men if we could,
in that we are obliged TO bear the bur-
denS usually supposed to devOlye upon
that fraternity, but as it cannot be we
must remain as we are, and as it is so,
let US reason together and see
if we are altogether the 'weaklings"
we are so often called. 1 am con-
strained to believe that men are to
blame for the condition of wOmanhood
at the present time. A man chooses a
wife, not for her cOmpanionablenes
and adaptability to the wants of his
nature, but for her pink and white
complexion, her long visiting list or
by the weight of her or her fathers
coffers-thinking little or nothing of
the real woman, whether she has
heart of putty or one throbbing and
beating noble impulses into her life, set
to tie music with which his love in
spires, until the stern realities of after
days lead him to look for comfort and
companionship to the wife of his bosom,
and he finds in place of the
pretty girl-face wreathed in smiles
that prosperity has placed there,
d UldllCucu lace dllu utTVcIcSS Idllu DIS
the helpmate of his day of need, instead
of noble, earnest woman ready TO be-
gin with him at the bottom of the ladder
Ito inspire him with hope and courage
and bear with him, heart to heart, every
care and sorrow of life. But men must
reap as they have sown.
There are girls and women all over
this land whose help is needed at home.
where the necessity faces them daily of
earning as least portion of their liYeli-
hood, who are deferred from taking any
steps by which to fit themselves for self
support. because by so doing they must
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19
The Hotel Men.

New YORK, Jan. 1S.-The corridors
and parlOrs of the Hoffman house are
crowded this morning with jolly looking
BonitaceS from all parts of the state. 1t
is the semi-annual convention of the
State Hotel association, and the num-
Der of delegates who are here to
participate in the proceedings is
between 400 and 500. The con-
yentiOn was called to order by the
president, Host W. ID. Garrison, of the
Grand Union hotel, who delivered an
address of welcome. The most import
ant business to be transacted is the
formulation of instructions to the legis-
lative committee of the body regarding
the action to be taken upon the excise
and other measures. The committee is
also expected to devote considerable
consideration to the Interpretation of
the Sunday closing law.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19
Murder and Suicide.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-Insane jealousy
resulted in terrible crime being COM
mitted in South Brooklyn this after
noon. Frank FOuckner, young Aus
trian, shot his wife, Addie, three times
in the head, intlicting wounds which
will probably prove fatal, and
then shot and instantly killed
himself. The couple, were only mar
gether some three months, separated
on account of Fouckner's jealousy
of his wife. Mrs. Fouckner had begun
an action to compel her husband to
contribute to her support. To-day the
judge advised them to make up and live
together, and they had gone to the house
of the wife's mother for the purpose of
talking the matter over when the trag-
edy was enacted.