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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24
MINNEAPOLIS
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

Why the executive session? The aid
ermen of the city council were elected
to transact public business, and why
should not public business be transacted
in public manner? Why is it then,
when any matter of Importance is re-
ferred to committee for recon-
mendation likely to influence the action
of the council, that the aldermen lock
themselves up and take every precau-
ton to prevent the public from learning
what is being done, and is likely to be
done; to head off discussion and check
investigation?
Are not the aldermen doing them
selves an injury, and perhaps creating
needless suspicion and diStruSt? The
board of education formerly held eXecu-
tive sessions, and barred newspaper
representatives from its meetings. The
result was that many of its actions were
misiudged, and its members were sub
iected to criticism that did not improve
their individual standing in the COM
munity. Now that the sessions of the
board are open, and the public can
learn how its affairs in this department
are being conducted, the board does
not seem TO be seriously hamp-
cred in its actions, nor embarrassed
by interference. The members get
credit for devotion to their duties, and
enjoy a confidence of the community
never before reposed in them. The po-
lice commission, on the other hand. has
been holding secret sessions, and the
consideration in which it is held is ap-
parent. One scandal after another has
followed. Political, religious and ma
tionality influences, and even cor
ruption are generally ascribed to
acts which may spring from Wor-
thier motives which would be
approved if they were understood.
AS it is, the feeling against the board
amounts to Indignation and bitterness.
Only the consciousness that its abolition
would pe tacit admission of the UNI
worthy purpose for which it was ere
ated keeps the Republicans from seek
ing the repeal of the act which foisted
the commission upon Minneapolis. The
board, as it is now constituted, cannot
hope to win the respect even, let alone
the favor, Of the people of Minneapolis
but if the light of day should be let in
upon its star chamber sessions its
transactions would not be open to the
diStrust that is so universally enter
tanned
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24
PUGS MUST PACK UP.
Mayor Babb Expresses Him
self as Opposed to Public
Slugging Matches,
And Will Do What He Can to
Prevent Them in the Flour
City.
The Pensioners Of DR.. Chase
Give Him a Farewell Re-
ception.
A Man Charged With Being a
Fence for the Boy
Thieves.

Mayor Babb and Supt Bracket eX-
pressed themselves yesterday as being
of the opinion that the spiritless glove
contest between Cardiff and Fell, and
the attending exhibition of rowdyism at
the Washington rink Tuesday evening
is the last that will take place in the
city of Minneapolis. Supt. Brachett,
however, stated plainly that the au-
thorities have at present no power to
prohibit the holding of any such
exhibition and can only interfere
when the contest becomes brutal
OF there is quarreling or disorderly con-
duct. He also intimated that but for
the trouble and dIsgraceful row With
Which the fight on Tuesday night
euded, the administration would not
have interfered with future glove con-
tests. The matter will be thoroughly
considered now. however, and the prob
able end will be the prohibition Of glove
contests.
City Attorney Russell is now engaged
in drafting an ordinance which will
place the power to allow or forbid such
contests in the hands of the mayor and
superintendent of police, OF put an end
to them altogether. 1t is understood
that an amendment to the penal code
covering the case will also be introduced
i'm the legislature.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBULEs.

Yesterdays bank clearances were $685.
1899.
Helen Barry, the great English actress, will
appear at the Grand next week.
Scarlet fever is reported from 2O9 South
Twelfth street, and 1916 Harmon place.
The Street Railway Employees Protective
association will give grand ball and oyster
supper tonight.
The scarlet fever case reported yesterday
at 220S Portland avenue should have been
22OS Portland place.
Tomorrow will be st. Paul night at the
Grand, Minneapolis, and seats will be on
sale at Manager SCOTS office to-day.
The entire fire department, of 1s5 men,
went to the city clerks Office yesterday and
took their oath OF office for the coming two
years.
The veteran volunteer iremen have BAN
quet and dance tonight at Engine House
No. l, corner Third street and Sixth avenue
south.
The regular meeting of George n. Morgan
W. r. c. to be held at abe post hall on Nicol-
let and Third street Friday evening, will dis
cuss important matters.
The sale of reserved seats for the enter
tainment of Bill Nye and James Whltcomb
Riley opens this morning at the Hennepln
avenue theater box office.
Some amendments to the park ordinance
are being made by Commissioners Board
man, Ingenhutt and Folwell to simplify the
acquisition of lands for PARK purposes.
A civil service competitive examination
for postal employees will be held in the coun-
Gil chamber on Feb. 5. Applications have
been already filed IN large numbers for posi-
tons as clerks and carriers.
The revenue OF the Homeopathic Hospital
Patience benefit is about $500. The
friends of the institution expect to clear the
entire debt by the grand concert to be given
soon at the Washburn residence.
The Minneapolis Heating & Power COM
pany has filed articles of incorporation, with
a capital stock of 100000. The incorpora-
tors are W. Fl. Eustls, H. E. Fletcher. W. II.
Sawyer.
1.-THE Kings Foor' has made big hit in
Minneapolis. The Hennepin theater is
crowded nightly. Special short line trains
will be run for the accommodation of st. Paul
parties, as the opera will not be produced Ill
ST. Paul.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to
Franz Sodergreep and Hedvig Ostling; w.
Irying Kellem and Edith A, Snow; Walter
w. Munger and Belle D. Hughes; Elmer E..
Henderson and Marie EvitZ; Charles s..
Boucher and Augline Scott.
Articles incorporating the Minneapolis
Heating and Power company were filed yes
terday morning by William H. Eustis, Henry
E. Fletcher, William Ii. Dunwood, John s..
Pillspury and Andrew J. Sawyer; The com
The buffalo scheme is again being agitated
in Minneapolis. There is talk of forming a
company with 100000 capital. Buffalo
Jones' ~ herd will be placed on the 5OO-acre
farm of ellison q ElWell, near Fridley with
fur, for which the half breeds are noted
The herd is valued at $4,000, the rent of
the farm for five years, S25.OOO The re-
naming stock will be placed on sale,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24

eat. They got pretty tame and came
close to the boat. Then took the.c can
the tongue came in, put in it signal
torpedo had to hail boats with, lighted
it and tossed it overheard. One of the
sharks swallowed it, and it exploded in
side of him. That was the last of him.
One of the strangest experiences of
the captain was the hearing of voices
made by the sound of the waves. His
little cabin was only six feet long, two
feet three inches wide, and the sides of
the boat acted like sounding boards
when beaten by the waves. His great
est inconvenience was from water. the
back part of the boat being open. His
OilskinS became worn out, and he suf
fered great deal from being constantly
wet. He says he was never sick but
once, and that was after he had taken
some medicine. Still, the strain on his
constitution must have amounted to
considerable, as he lost eighty-three
pounds in weight during the sixty-tWo
days he was at sea.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24
TO CLASSIFY CRIMINALS.
The Grand Jury Makes a Sensible
Report to the Court. 81.


The Hennepin county grand jury fin
ished up its labors yesterday afternoon
and adjourned sine die. The main
cases considered were the ones against
the prisoners now in the county Jail.
The jury did not go into outside matters
to any extent. The small boys charged
with stealing from store in South Min
neapolis were ordered discharged, as no
indictments were found against them.
The jury paid visit to the Jail in the
morning, and, after careful inspec-
tiOp, announced that it was an outrage
to lock small boys up with hardened
criminals. The following report was
made in reference to the matter: The
grand jury would respectfully recon-
mend that the Jurisdiction Of the NUM-
cipal court of the city of Minneapolis
be extended SO as to enable
that court to make final DISPOSE
instead of binding them over to the
grand jury, as is frequently done now
for lack of Jurisdiction in that court,
thereby resulting in confirming in the
county Jail of the supposed criminal
for weeks and perhaps months before
trial. Many of these cases are against
boys under sixteen years OF age, and
they are confined in the county jail
with older and confirmed criminals,
much to their injury. In our judgment,
all criminals under sixteen years of age
should be confined separate COM
partment in the JAN, and thereby avoid
contamination from older and II ore in
corrigible criminals. The jury finds
that the Jail has now thirteen boys i'll it
as prisoners, ranging in age from nine
to sixteen. Some of their cases have
been disposed of to-day, but any other
boys confined in the jail within the next
ensuing few weeks will have to await
the action of the next grand jury in
April, before Indictment or trial. The
demoralZing influences of such con-
tinement upon boys whose characters
are yet uniformed can readily be i'm
agined, and should be remedied by eX-
tended jurisdiction of the municipal
court, and separate confinement for
criminals.
The grand jury would further recon-
mend that separate lever and bolt be
furnished each water closet door in the
county Jail, so that the turnkey can
close the closet from the outside corridor
at the same time the cell doors are
closed when he goes in to feed the
prisoners, thus obviatng the liability
for such assaults as that upon Turnkey
Riley
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24
DIR. CHAsE's FAREWELL.
The Pastor of the First Baptist
Church rendered a Recep-

Ine fdSCOf OI UuS FIfSC DapeiSo
Church rendered a Recep-
ton.
The members of the First Baptist
church last evening gave a most pleas
ant farewell reception to the Rev. DR..
William L. Chase and family.
The great church was lighted through
out and opened for the entertainment of
the many guests. Not only all the
members of the church were there to
join in the good wishes to DIR. Chase as
he met them for the last time but
also many from other churches
The tables were spread in the parlOrs
up stairs and the company partook of
the refreshments served there, after
which they gathered in the lecture room
below for good social time.
Toward the close of the eAening the
party was called to order by j. G. Hob
lett, master of ceremonies. to listen to
remarks appropriate to the occasion,
bidding the doctor gOdspeed in his new
place of work and many good wishes
for his life in the new home, as we'll as
words showing the brotherly feeling of
all who had been associated with him in
his work in Minneapolis. Among those
who spoke were JIG. Hoblet. Geo. A.
PillSbury, j. A. WOerton, s. q. Cook,
DR.. Maybe and DR.. Burrell.
DR.. Chase responded to these speeches
with words full of warmth and feeling.
thanking those present for their kind
wishes and regreting that he must part
with the many kind friends he had
made during his stay here.
The company joined in singing
'.Blessed Be the Tie That Binds" and
then Oh the singing of the doxology the
company broke up. many seeking the
hand of DR.. Chase for farewell shake.
Next Sunday the doctor breaches his
farewell sermon, and Monday he leaves
for his new home in Boston, where he
is to preside in the Ruggles Street Bap-
fist church
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24
DISTRICT COURT NOTES.
A Number Of Interesting Items
From the Temple Of Justice.

from the i GInpic Oh % uStlCc.
William Mckay, formerly employed
as a switchman at Brainerd by the
Northern Pacific Railroad company, be-
gan an action against the road yester-
day to recover $4,000 for injuries re-
ceived on Nov. %, 1888. About 10
o'clock on the night of that day he was
switching cars in the yard, when he
was caught and badly crushed between
two freight cars. which were sent up
againsthim without any warning. He
declares that the cars were defective
and unfit for use.
The State Sash and Door Manufac-
turing company has begun suit agains t
J. j. Evans and others to recover 1887
for goods sold.
Emily G. Wilkins is made defendant
in an action begun by Eugene J. Brown
to recover $3.50 on board and room
rent bill.
The Layman will case remained on
trial before Judge Rea again yesterd ay,
and will probably continue for the re-
mainder of the week. The time was
occupied yesterday in taking medical
testimony in regard to Mrs. Layman's
mental condition at the time she made
the much contested will. The case is
attracting considerable attention.
Frances E. Uhlein, the daughter of
Benedict Uhlein, deceased. has begun
an action against Edward E. Uhlein.
her brother, and Oscar Won Kuster, his
guardian, to have a di vision made in
certain real estate, of which they are
the joint owners.
John B. Waddick, who was suffering
mentally from all overdose of whisky,
was sent to the asylum yesterday by
Judge Won Schegell.
The real estate suit of Saunders
against Letcher, which has been OH
trial before Judge Young for several
days, attracted large crowd yesterday.
No new points of any particular inter-
est were introduced. The case will
probably be concluded to-day.
q
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24
A NICE MESS.
George Werner Is Engaged In a
Dispute With the Law.

Judge Rea late yesterday afternoon
issued warrant for the arrest of George
Werner, a we'll known man about town,
and the warrant was placed in the
hands of the sheriff to serve. 1t ap-
pears that Werner and his wife, Julia
A. Werner, have not been living to-
gether for some time past, and that Mr..
Werner has had the custody of their
child, pretty little girl. Yesterday
morning Mrs. Werner swore out writ
of habeas corpus, in an endeavor to
gain possession of the child. When
this writ was served by deputy sheriff
Werner tore it from the officers hands,
tore it to pieces, and then trampled the
fragments under foot. This was re-
ported to Judge Rea, who at once is
sued an attachment for Werner.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24
Naughty Lazarus.

Lazarus Sternberg is the Biblical
name of hard-looking little Israel
lite who was brought before Judge Ma
honey yesterday on charge of incor-
rigibility, preferred by his father, David
Sternberg. smiling Hebrew who re-
sides on Washington and Eleventh ave-
nues south. David said that his son
had repeatedly run away from home,
sometimes being gone a month OF more.
that he had lived at the newsboys'
home. telling the people there that he
had no home, ana also that he was in
the habit of shooting craps" with de-
PRAYED street boys and otherwise mis-
behaving himself in mannervery dis
tressng to his parents. He will be sent
to the reform school.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24
ALL SORTS.

A great many Minneapolis people
seem to think local option would be a
good thing if there were only enough
liberty-loving American citizens in each
and every city to make it wet" town
when it came to ballot.
The uproar of ''The Kings Fool" at
the Washington rink was an amusement
event that caused sensation.
When the stock companies get to play
ing "a Dark Secret with water that
refuses to splash and boats that creak
and get stuck at an interesting crisis,
the calm sense of that trite saying,
THE plays the thing" will be more
apparel than ever.
A pre- linent Swedish-American, who
was told that eileen Oge," the Irish
drama running at the Peoples this
week, was Scandinavian play, bought
box and took his family Monday night,
and now he treats on suspicion if any
one mentions theater to him.
l.. ID. Welsh has gone to Chicago for
the purpose of making different az
rapgements'' for obtaining quotations
at his alleged "bucket Shop on First
avenue south. Patience and persever-
ance are Oh record as overcoming every
thing but the Chicago board of trade,
and if Brother Welsh succeeds in his
venture the aforesaid p. and p. will be
considered invincible.
Bill Nye and James Whitcomb Riley
are billed for Monday evening at the
Hennepin Avenue theater, and still the
cOnfidant joke carpenter of the Evening
Journal goes gaily on; fearing neither
competition nor remorse.
Our PatSy's" right arm seems to
have lost its cunning, and, following
close upon this, comes the startling in
formation that glove contests will no
longer be allowed here. Surely Mime
apoliS would lose caste entirely but for
Sig. Buffington'S twenty-eight-Story
building scheme.
THE sLUGGER's LAMENT.
il amt no use ter train yerself
Ner git up muscle now;
know'd we'd hev ter take ther shelf
Wen l seed that Used row.
Bet yer neck it queered our game
When them fools got ter jawin'
Old Babb way layin fer that same
Good chance ter put his paw in.
Iknoved they'd bust the hull darned thing
If things want on the squar.
! SEE ter Mike deye l make US sing
If there's monkey work up thar,
Wed STAN the pressure, though, guess,
II fights was all like that;
We've queered Their mayor and Their press,
Onr fakes is busted fiat.
But then we hain't no cause ter kick,
Ner buf agin the town;
We've ketched the suckers purity slick,
And did 'em up quite brown.
I'll pack my bleedin' old valise
And sneak TO Californy;
We can't buck agin perlice,
Our oath is 0ettln thOrnV.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24
Starr.Burt.

Hon. ]. S. Starr, of Peoria, H., and
Miss Evelyn Burt were last evening
united in marriage at the residence of
DR.. ?. S. Calkins, 1929 First avenue
south. in the presence of about sixty
friends. The residence was beautifully
decorated with flowers in honor of the
happy occasion. The ceremony was
performed at O'Clock by Rev. M. ID.
Shutter, of the Church of the Re-
deemer. After a reception and re-
Peoria. The gifts were numerous and
costly, testifying to the popularity of
the bride at Minneapolis, where she
has resided during the past few years,
among them being beautiful ice cream
set from the Cecilian Opera company,
of which she was member.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24
A SAD CASE.
Hans G. MichaelsOn Sent to the
Hospital for the Insane.

There was sad scene in the probate
court yesterday afternoon when Hans
G. Michaelson, a we'll. known Scandi
navian residing at 1882 Fifteenth street
south, was brought in by the police to
be tried as to his sanity. He was ac-
companed by his daughter, pretty
young girl. dressed in black. During the
examination Michaelson grew exceed
ingly violent, and it required the COM
bined efforts of four big police officers
to hold him, He offered to fight every
one present, collectively or individu-
ally. and seemed sorry because his in
vitation, was not accepted. Michaelson
was released from the asylum two years
ago. He owns considerable real estate
here, and has brother at Burkhardt,
Wis
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24
THE DEFENDANTS WIN.
The Peculiar Case of Milliken VS..
GOsS Decided at Last

The somewhat peculiar suit of Charles
c. Milliken against Herman Goss and
others. to recover $3.50 on promissory
note, said to have been obtained by
threats of imprisonment, came to an end
in the district court yesterday afternoon.
when the jury returned verdict for
the defendants. The court granted a
stay of thirty days. The case was an
interesting one in many particulars, as
it was shown by several witnesses that
a police officer had taken Goss to the
less he signed the note. W. Fl. Place
and B. j. Mclntire, the attorneys for
the defendants. feel considerably elated
over the victory, and especially so as it
is the first time case of this kind has
ever been tried in Hennepin county,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24
AFRAID OF WHALES.
These Elephants of the Sea Both
cred Capt. Andrews More Than

-
cred Capt. Andrews More Than
Storms.
Capt. William A. Andrews, whose
trip of 1865 miles in the little boat, the
Dark Secret, which appears in the play
of that name now on the boards at the
Grand opera house, is an entertaining
talker. and the yarns he reels off con-
corning his solitary voyage are decid-
edly interesting. Last evening he
entertained group of listeners
for an hour at the GLOBE office, and in
his quaint way related his experiences.
The captain does not follow seafar-
ing life as profession, being only an
amateur sailor, and a piano-forte maker
by trade. His trip in the Dark Secret
was not his first attempt to cross the
ocean in sail boat, for it should be re-
membered that in 1878 with his brother
cedar dory. called the Nautilus. That
boat was four feet longer than the
Dark Secret, which has keel
twelve feet long and has mast eight
feet high carrying a latteen sail. The
first trip was made in forty.five DAYS,
but the voyage in the Secret lasted
sixty-two days, twenty eight days being
passed before he could get. by
st. Georges shoals on the Massa-
chusetts coast and put out to sea-,
He started June Is, and had con-
traoted to join the Dark Secret
company Sept. s, so this delay
caused him to give up his voyage after
he had sailed 1.555 miles of the $500,
and return to New York on the Nor
wegian bark Nor. He proposes to make
another attempt next June, and his
boat, which is to be provided by the
New York Herald, will be the same
length. only little narrower, and a
little less in depth. His son, a
youth of eighteen, is to accompany
him. sit may seem rather strange
to you,'' he said, ''but my greatest dam
ger was from whales--I can outride any
storm, but it's another thing to guard
against whales. Ships have often been
sunk by them. A whale, you know,
has some four or five hundred horse
power in his tail alone, and if one of
'em butts up against ship, the ships
apt to know it. 1T good deal differ
ent whether you are hunting whales, too,
or whether they are hunting you. A
COW and two calves played around me
all one afternoon and worried me half
to death. had to take an oar and pad
die away from 'em. You see, was
afraid one OF 'em might whish it's tail
around, and it would not be dark Sc
cret as to what would become of me if
they ever hit the boat. Sharks?
Lots of 'em. Three of 'em fol-
lowed me for quite a while.
l got to feeding 'em with some
picked lambs tongue I couldn't
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24
The Chamber on Ton.

Broker l.. D. Welsh, charged by the
Chicago board of trade with running a
"bucket shop" and denied the quota
lions. as member of the chamber of
commerce telephoned the changes in
the market to his office, using the tele-
phone of the Scandinavian Elevator
company. The elevator company de-
MED him the use of the telephone. as
all the tenants of the building are
bound by the rules governing the cham
Der. Welsh is now in Chicago making
other arrangements.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24
A New Lumber Company.

A lumber company was formed yes
terday afternoon in Lumber Exchange.
1t was incorporated under the name of
the Cottonwood Lumber company. The
officers are as follows: President, Paul
Blackman, of Minneapolis: vice presi-
dent and superintendent, M. Norseth,
of Cottonwood; secretary and treasurer,
W. ii. Curran, of this city.
The authorized capital is $4,000: the
stock paid in cash $1,000. The head
quarters will be at the offices in Lumber
Exchange. A lumber yard is now es-
tablished at Cottonwooa and others