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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02

The st. Paul Street Railway company
enjoys the singular notoriety of being
the only corporation in the world that
is trying to reverse the tide in favor of
cheaper transportation. Under ordinary
circumstances it would be a very risky
experiment for public carrier to UNI
dertake to raise the fare for travel over
its line, but it so happens that the street
railway company of this city is hedged
about with most extraordinary security
against competition, and therefore
boldly walks in where other corpora
tions fear to tread.
The mere matter of raising the price
of street car fare one-tifth Of a cent is
not such grieyOus matter if it was not
for the inconvenience inflicted upon the
public by the additional order for
bidding the drivers to sell tickets.
If the street car company has
the right to charge full scent fare,
and if it were policy to do so (Which is
questionable, still, the company might
have regard enough for the convenience
of passengers TO put the tickets on sale
dG SOllc dCCcSSlDlt punt. IL blCJ Wdut
% cents for five tickets let them put the
five tickets i'll an envelope and permit
the driver to sell them for quarter Of
a dollar. Nobody would grumble at
that. But just imagine the confusion
and Inconvenience in crowded car of
people, tramping each others toes and
climbing over one another to get to the
front door for change. 1t is an abomni-
able arrangement, and the company
merits all the maledictions that are
being pronounced upon it. If tickets
are not to be sold on the cars, or at con-
Venient and accessible points along the
line, then let the company put conduc-
tors on the street cars to wait on the
passengers and collect the fare. The
public have some rights which even
we'll hedged-in mon0polies must respect
The manifestation of a spirit of accom-
mediation never hurts anybody, least Of
all a corporation that is dependent on
public patronage.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02

cabin, its barn, feEces and other sur
roundings bearing the marks of de-
mOrallZation and lack of care so COM
mon upon the farm of Southern men.
Gen. Gresham's experienced eye at once
detected the fact that this settler
was refugee, and when lank, raw
looking wan with Sun-burned hair and
an old greasy slouch hat upon his head
came ambling up the hill, accompanied
by six dogs, the general hailed the man
and asked him where he was from. In
answering that he was a settler from
tennessee, whence he had been driven
because of his loyalty to the Union, the
settler was much harasSed by one of his
dogs. This animal kept jumping and
barking about and making such a nuis-
ance Of himself that the settle rwas prone
to make frequent and profane remon-
STRANGE, and to administer sundry kicks
and blows. ''CusS that 'ar dog" he eX-
claimed; ''he'S the meaneSt pup | ever
raised-the orneriest dog l ever had OH
my place. Eve got big notion to shoot
Kim. Can't teach the durn fool any
thing. He mought be good dog, fer
he's named after one O. the best men in
Injeanny, but he amt" ''And what do
you call him?' inquired Judge Turpie.
'.Oh, that's my pups name," replied
the settler, lis Gen'l Gresham, cuSS his
fool Soul.r
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02
THE CANAL SCHEMES.

In favoring the Nicaraguan canal
scheme so far as to consent to the incor-
poration Of the company the senate has
given an impetus to what is probably
the most feasible method Of trans-isth-
milan transportation, not even excepting
the ship railway scheme Of cur own
WILLIAM WINDOW. The government
in no way involves itself, and the way
is opened for the exercise of consider
able amount of American ingenuity and
American capital, with the guarantee
that in the event of the success of the
enterprise the government will reap
substantial benefit from it.
Inasmuch as along the route proposed
nature has already done much in fur
nishing highway by lake and river,
the actual amount of canal cutting will
be comparatively small. This, of course,
gives the Nicaragua route an immense
advantage over all others. and lays the
foundation for the hope that the route
may be opened within the present cent
ury at least.
So great are the possibilities accruing
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02
The Panama Canal.

PARIS, March IN. DeLesseps, in
his report to an extra meeting of the
Panama Canal company to-day, states
that the ill-will of the opponents of the
canal, which resulted in compelling the
company to borrow money at a higher
rate of interest than was expected, is
the only cause of the increased cost and
of the intimidation Of certain of the COM
pany's contractors. Referring to the
number of cubic metres eXcavated in
1887, the report states that owing to the
prevalence of the rainy season and the
difficulty in procuring Workmen, NJ.
DeLesseps can hardly insure completion
in 1890. The directors have been in
duced to agree to the construction of
locks, by means of which vessels of the
largest tonnage may traverse the canal
in 1890 before the work is absolutely
completed,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02
THE JERSEY LILY.
Mrs. Langtry Gets Into Legal
Trouble at Chicago.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, March IA writ of at
tachment was issued against Mrs.
Langtry's property at McVicker's
theater to-day. 1t was granted to
Nadage Dorce, the actress who was dis
missed from the Langtry company for
refusing to play role she considered
beneath her abilities. Miss Dorce
brought suit against Mrs. Langry to
recover 1920 salary, which she claimed
was due her for the uneXpired fourteen
weeks of the season, for which she had
a contract. The attachment was the re-
suit of the suit. James CrichtOn, gold
smith and jeweler at Al George street,
Edinburgh, Scot. also brought an at
tachment suit in court here to-day
against Mrs. Langtry. Crichton claims
Mrs. Langtry owes him i 40 l6s
Cd for merchandise purchased of him
between Oct. IS, 1884, and Dec. Is. 1887.
Mrs. Langtry has closed her season
here, and it is reported she intends dis
banding her company as she is too i'll to
continue Oh the stage. The Crichton
claim was paid in full, and bonds were
given for the DOrce suit. j. II. Nc
Wicker, of McVicker's theater, has also
brought suit against Mrs. Langtry for
compensation for the nights his theater
was idle by reason of her non-appear-
aDce,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02
STATE PRESS CLIPPINGS.

Hard to believe: That theRepublican
party of Minnesota will be as reckless
as it was in 19S6.-Red Wing Repub-
lican.
The Sherman boom is so icy that fears
are entertained it will not thaw out suf-
fciently to run after June 5, next
Houston Valley Signal.
The nail manufacturers are working
up a little trust to curtail the out put
the screw, that's all.-Waterville Adj
vance.
When the election shows man run
ming far behind his ticket and an adj
miniStration characterized by mistakes
and weakness, the obligation is on the
other side.-Austin Transcript.
In casting about for candidate for
congress in this district the Republicans
should remember that Judge John Q.
Farmer has excellent running qualities.
Albert Lea Enterprise.
Men are thrown out of employment,
but that is of small moment. That's
the way labor is protected. The
Sugar Trust" IS only a sample of all
the other protected 'trusts." lie Sueur
Sentinel.
joel P. Heatwole, editor of the North
field News, has been told by his many
admirers that he would grace the halls
of congress, and so he thinks he is a
''biger man than old Grant."-St. Peter
Tribune.
The Chicago Tribune. which hates
John Sherman and doesn't like Blaine's
tariff ideas, is booming Gresham for the
presidency. But, then, how is the
Judge on reduction of the tariff
st. Cloud Times.
The Eastern milk trust can hardly be
cIassed among the ''infant industries"
protected by the tariff, yet it seems to
be quite as powerful as any protected"
trust, and to have lawless ways of its
own in conducting business.-Winona
Republican.
1t seems that in his acceptance speech
Congressman Lind declared himself in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02
Drinks Like a Fish.
Washington Letter.

Washington Letter.
The following is said to have been an
actual occurrence one day last week at
the house of a certain Western senator.
whose little daughter is known for her
brightness and precociouS ways. Sena-
tor b, of Kentucky Doth the sena-
tors names begin with B, and you may
therefore take your choice, strolled in,
in the course of an afternoon reception
given by the wife of his Western col
league, and presently escorted another
lady to the refreshment table, where
large bowl of lemOnade-the hostess
belongs to the Blue Ribbon army-was
provided for the thirsty visitors. In the
act of raising the glass to his lips and
looking as if he were preparing to Swal-
low dose of medicine, the Kentuckian
felt the hostess little girl cling to his
coat tail, while at the same time she
made an importunate request to be al
lowed to look on while he imbibed the
cooling liquid.
Il don't quite understand" said the
puzzled senator. "May L inquire, my
dear, why you are so interested in the
matter?"
so, yes" cried the child, promptly.
81 want to see you drink, cause mamma
says you do it like fish,"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02
Then she blushed once more, and
the colonel appeared not to notice her
embarrassment,

Then she blushed once more, and
the colonel appeared not to notice her
embarrassment.
''We are going to break the will on
the ground that undue influence was
used upon the te3tator by his wife, who
wanted to cut out the two children,
Oh, yes, it was quite absurd for him to
think was after his money instead of
his daughter when he left only $4,000
or $780, 600. Now if he had left as much
as Smell he might have had cause to be
suspicious"
''And, then, just to think that
young lady shouldn't know her own
mindE' exclaimed Susie. Its per-
fectly Ridiculous
Eyes, it's absurd, downright absurdw
snorted the colonel. 81 know my own
mind"
''Old man Rand lived in Iowa about
thirty-three years. | lived at Lyons,
and we used to visit back and forth
there. Once reception was given at
his house to Gov. Gear, and it was quite
swell affair, and 1t was under my dl-
rection. But he got down on me for all
that, and he was /, fool for doing it.
He moved back to Rochester about three
years ago, but kept his property in
iowa"
Col. Burbank is said to have been
paying attentions to Miss Rand since
long before the Objectionable will was
made. 1t is not known why the twain
never welded when only paltry $685.
GOO was at stake: but it is safe to say the
consummation will soon be reached, if
present indications mean anything, in
case the strange will is broken.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02
VITALIZING GRESHAM.

The st. Louis GlObe-Democrat is en-
gagged in a very c0mmendable but fruit
less effort to restore vitality to the
GRESHAM Doom. The fact is that Judge
GRESHAM is i'll the wrong party. If he
were a Democrat he would have an eX-
cellent show for going on the ticket
with CLEVELAND at the head of it. But
having identified himself with the
stalwaIt wing of the Republican party
by going into the ARTHUR cabinet, he
couldn't expect honOrs at the hands of
the Democratic party until he had first
purged himself of past political affilia-
lions. But for all that the judge is
pretty fair Democrat in principle. At
least, he is not a Republican. He is
the pronounced enemy of pools
and trusts, and that brings him over
on to a Democratic platform. The man
who will snap his fingers detiantly in
the face of JAY GOULD is not the man
who can win Republican nomination.
The Republican nominees are not built
that way So the Giobe-Democrat may
hang its GRESHAM fiddle on the wall
and begin to tune up monopoly instru-
ment, if it expects to play in the Repub-
lican orchestra this season. Judge
GRESHAM is popular enough i'll Missouri,
but then it must be remembered that
Missouri is Democratic state.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02
Mrs. Stoves --latest Works.

New York Times Hartford Special.
The latest thing from the pen of Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe is Renaissance
of her childhood, contributed for the
benefit of the City Mission fair now in
purgress in this city. The anecdote. as
told by Mrs. Stowe, was published this
afternoon in the City Mission Record,
which is edited by the authoress,
Mrs. Florine Thayer McCray. The bit
of humor is appended in the language
of Mrs Stowe:
"When l was eight years of age
had favorite cat of which / was very
fond. PuSS was attacked with fits,
and in her paroXyisms flew round the
top of the wall, jumped on to our heads,
and scratched and tumbled up our hair in
a frightful way. my father shot her.
and when she was cold and dead my
former fondness returned. / wrapped
her nicely in cloth, and got my brother
to dig grave and set up fiat stone for
a monument. Then went to my older
sister, Catharine, and asked her to write
me an 'epithet' tOsput on the stone. She
wrote:
Here lies poor Kit
Who had a fit
And acted queer;
Killed with gun,
Her race is run
And she lies here
| pasted this upon the stone and was
comforted."
Mrs. Stowe writes very rarely of late,
and it was only on account of the chart
table character of the fair that she was
persuaded to make the contribution to
the Record.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02
THEY HATE MATINEEs.
Actors Regard Them as Cold and
Clammy lmpOsitiOns.

Actors Regard Them as Cold and
Clammy lmpositions.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
~ hate matinees,' said an actress TO
me yesterday at the close Of Il perform
ance, as she walked into the lobby.
"And why particularly?'
81 hate them for a lot of reasons.
You'd find it very hard put your
hand on the man or woman in the pro-
fessiOn to-day who doesn't hate matt
neeS. Everybody hates them, and Pm
ashamed to say if itwaSn't for Il pack of
women we shouldn't have to give matt
nees at ALL"
but why do you hate matinees?"
Firstly, because | regard one per-
fOrmauce Il good days work, and as
much as any conscientious actor ought
to do. Secondly, because the daylight
struggles into the theater and gets up q
fight with the gas almost every time
and I'd like to see the woman who looks
well under daylight and gaslight mixed.
"Thirdly and chiefly, | hate matinees
because at them the audience is almost
always a cold, chilly thing, cllary of its
applause and scattered all over the
house like a flock of dumb geese. The
reason for the meagreness of applause
always to be noted at matt
nees is that the audience is usually nine
tenths women. Nature has not built
women for extravagant manifestations
of delight in America; and the makers
of gowns and applied machinery in
dress have decided that what little dis
position the American woman has for
applauding shall be thwarted by innu-
merable and complicated devices. You
can't expect a woman to crack her
gloves or bring about an attack Of heart
disease to crafty an actress, can you?
That's what she'd do at the very least,
the average tailOr-made woman, If she
clapped her hands and cried 'brayOn
-i,n,,ItananusIy -
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02
UNPROTECTED England.

LONDON, March 1.-Mr. StanhOpe,
secretary for war, has issued memoir
andum relative to the army estimates
and to the report of the committee he
appointed to consider the condition for
defense of military and mercantile ports
of the kingdom. lie admits that after
careful inquiry it has been ascertained
that deficiencies exist in the defenses of
Portsmouth, Plymouth and the Thames,
which render England's position dan
gerously insecure. The Standard in an
article praising Mr.. Stanhope's courage
urges the government to give up their
pretended policy of economy and ask
parliament for money that is needed to
protect the empire.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02

from the completion of the work, the
government might well be justified in
aiding in it's construction itself. Ger
tainly it would be fully as much war
ranted in doing SO as it was in lending
millions to the Pacific roads. But that
is not asked. Only the protection of
American laws is requested, and there
can be no mistake in granting that.
The only one of the various trans
isthmian enterprises that is exclusively
American in both capital and compost
ton, it is fitting enough that it should
be given the quasi-goyernmental back
ing necessary to insure its success.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02
NEW TARIFF BILL.

1t is born at last. The ways and means
committee have brought new tariff bill
into the world. At first glance it looks
to be clipper toddling. 1t is not so
horizontal as some of its predecessors,
and yet if it had been broader across the
chest its many waiting friends would
have been better pleased. But taken
all in all it is pretty fair sort OF look
ing tariff kid, and by the time congress
has shaken it up and Strengthened its
limbs and dressed it up in the best bib
and tucker the infant is likely to mature
into a tariff measure that will give
reasonable satisfaction to the country.
The one thing that this new tariff
measure will dB which will strike the
country with most force is that
the revenues are to be reduced by some
thing like S55,O00,0OO annually, and that
this reduction is to be made by taking
the tax off OF many of the necessaries OF
life. The main points in any proposed
tariff measure should be to get rid OF
surplus and to relieve from taxation all
articles that are necessary to the COM
fort Of the masses. The principal
criticism the GLOBE has to make Oh the
bill is that it is not comprehensive
enough. There are some articles not
embraced in the free list that ought to
be there and on others there has not
been a sufficient reduction. Tariff re-
form can not be complete until the
revenues are reduced to the actual
necessities of the government. Instead
of a S55,000,000 reduction there should
be at least SS0,000,000.
There is one feature of the bill that
does not commend itself to popular
favor in this section of the country. we
can see no reason why duty on coal and
iron ore remains unchanged. The
GLOBE does not undertake to speak for
other sections, but we do affirm that the
Northwest is more interested in secur-
ing cheap coal than cheap tobacco.
1t is possible that the retention of
duty on coal and iron was intended as a
tub to the RANDALL whole. 1t looks
that way at all events, and it was prob
ably thought necessary to cater to the
PENNSYLVANIA element little in order
to secure the passage of any sort of q
tariff revision measure. If this be true,
it is unfortunate. But even with this
defect in the measure the bill should be
passed because it establishes the prin-
ciple of tariff reform. With this
done the time will come later
on when the law can be per-
fected. Revolutions never go back
ward. With the tide once started in
favor of placing all raw materials on the
free list, and Of keeping the revenues
down TO the basis of government eX-
penses it VIII only be question Of
time as TO arranging details in strict
conformity with the exact principles of
justice.
The iron kings and coal barons pos
sibly have power in congress that
they will not have in the future. If, by
their affiliation with the Republican
members Of congress, they are strong
enough to defeat a straight out tariff
reform bill, then it is wisdom on the
part of the tariff reformers to make
some concessions whereby they will be
enabled to establish the principle for
which they are contending.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02
He Sold Smith.

Pitlsburg Dispatch.
Talking about ''sells," l have one in
mind which was rather lovely in its
operation. Smith hated Brown. Jones
presumably loved neither Brown nor
Smith too well. One day Jones came to
Brown and said: did you hear Of
that excellent joke the boys played Oh
Smith?"
mo; but" anxiously, 'what is it?"
'Somebody sent Smith a large pack
age wrapped up in paper. When he took
off the first covering of paper he found
another, and when that was removed
another. and so on until he had taken
off about a score of wrappings. At last
he got down to little wooden box; and
what do you think he found in it?''
II don't know; nothing"
'No; pigs tail!'
.'Yes; and l know where it comes
from; yes, and so do you, you rascal"
mo, don't; where?"
"A pigm
They say that Jones owes his life alone
to his great fleetness OF foot.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02
BICYCLES FOR LADIES.
The Wearing of Bicycles Is to Com
mence in Washington.


sMr. Smith, how about those female
bicycles?" L asked Of dealer, writes
Washington correspondent Of the st.
Lows Globe-DemOcrat.
"There is one," he remarked, point
ing out one that leaned languidly
against the partition. Just lift it"
did. 1t was very light
whats the use of lady'S riding a
tryicle, the highest of which weighs
sixty pounds, when she can ride BIZ
cycle that weighs only thirty-fye
pounds, and go a great deal faster with
a smaller expenditure of force?" That's
what Smith said.
did not answer the question, but /
inquired if bicycles were used by women
anywhere else.
.'Nowhere else in the world,' said
Smith triumphantly. II make these
myself and put them on the market
"WhO are the gay girls L saw out Oh
them to-day?" inquired.
''They are not gay" he answered,
''they are not lithsome maidens like
Mary Walker; they are staid and con-
ventiOnal dames-wives and mothers"
''Will women wear bicycles anywhere
else?' l inquired of Smith.
VI COuloC tllCy VIII. w oSilliiS IOu VIII
set the example, New York, Boston and
Chicago will follow. OF course, no other
city is quite SO well adapted to their use
as Washington is, because no other in
the world has such smooth streets: but
others will use them. There are $4,000
cyclers in this city. and these new low
bicyclers will gradually supersede the
tricycles. 1t must be so. The survival
of the fittest requires it,"
l consulted professional lady of
forty-fve, who is familiar figure on
tri. II shall get bi if it will better an
swer my. purpose" she said. sit in
wolves no more exposure than my
machine does. The talk of immodesty
is all an affectation. Look at the way
those bashful creatures dress for ball.
Modesty is largely question of fashion
and temperature anyway"
So woman is completing her conquest
of the planet. She rows. She smokes.
She breaches. She hazes. She shoots.
She rides. And now she has lassoed the
iron grasshopper that man has hitherto
exclusively bestridden, and has fear
lessly mounted it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02
TO-DAY'S WEATHER.

SIGNAL OFFICE. WAR DEPARTMENT, ST.
PAUL. Mimi. March ., 1888, 12:l3 a. M
Indications for twenty-four hours commenc-
ing at a. IN. to-day: For st. Paul, Mime
apolis and vicinity: Light followed by
colder, fair weather, with cold wave; fresh
northerly winds For Minnesota and Eastern
Dakota: Light snow, followed by colder
fair weather, with cold wave; fresh
northerly winds. For Southwestern Dakota:
Colder and local SHOWS followed by warmer,
fair weather; fresh northerly winds, becom-
ing variable Cold wave signals are con-
tinued
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
ST. PAUL, March 1.-The following observa-
lions were made at 8 rs D. M, local time:
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sistently do it and accord to the Repub-
lican party their old-time support.
The time has arrived, they see, to
''break away" and the breaking process
has already begun. In fact even West
ern Republicans of the original dyed-in-
the-wool stripe have begun to do some
thinking of the same kind, and when
the monopolists and trust robbers come
to their next counting of noses there is
strong probability that they will find
considerable shortage.