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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
THIEVES IN PARIS.
The Exposition Great Render
vous for Notorious Pickpockets.

The Exposition q Great Rendez-
vous for Notorious Pickpockets.
Prince Soutzo in returning from the
exhibition, says a Paris letter. was
pushed against rather violently on the
Solferino bridge by three or four we'll
dressed men, who. after having made
hurried apologies. disappeared. On ar
irving home the prince found that his
purse, containing a considerable sum
of money in bank notes, had been taken
out of his breast pocket. This was the
first exploit of the gang of international
pickpockets or sWell-mobsmen by whom
Paris is invaded at the present moment,
and some of whom are said occasionally
to conduct their professional operations
with ochred faces, and attired in mag
nificent oriental costumes. None of
these sharpers have as yet been cap
tured in fragrant delictO within the pre-
cincts of the exhibition, but three 1tal-
ians were arrested on information re-.
ceived yesterday, and in their posses,
sion were found various articles which
demonstrated their calling abundantlv.
One of the men is a notorious rascal,
who has made a name in profession"
as a ripper of pockets with raZorS.
Mr.. Goran. the head of the detective
department. says that bands of pick.
pockets have been organized for the
Paris exposition both in London and
New York. These people give the
French detectives no end of trouble.
owing to the conSummate skill, GOODNESS
and audacity with which they work.
Even when detective thinks he is sure
of his man and arrests him, he finds
nothing in the fellows possession, for
the plumber has been adroitly passed.
to a confederate. Then the gentle
manly, or. as the case may be, ladylike,
pickpocket reports the detective at
headquarters and endeavOrS to set dip
l0matic or consular machinery in mo-
ton, as was notoriouSly the case about
twelve months ago, when great fuss
was made over an American woman
who had been arrested for pOcketpick-
ing.
NJ. Goran has organized his little
plans as well as the cosmopolitan
sharpers. He has had from the London
and New York police photographs and
full personal descriptions and biOg-
American pickpockets. These the
French police officer has bound in a
book, which he facetiously calls his
"breyiary." and over which he pores
diurnally, just as priest does over his
mathis, lauds, compline and vespers.
Furthermore, the astute NJ. Goran has
formed special brigade DIES pick
pockets, which is composed of his best
pupils. whom he had instructed, with the
aid of his 'breviary.' Finally, the Chef
Surete has qualified himself and some
of his pupils for the task before them
by learning English, so that Anglo
Saxon sharpers will have to be extreme
ly active and "wide~awake" in order to
carry on their operations in successful
manner during the exhibition. NJ.
GOran and his men may be fooled fire.
quently, but, on the whole, they have
given proofs of remarkable ability down
to the present; and, with their newly
acquired attainments, they ought to
prove match for the most formidable
of the modern cutpurses who are at
present within the walls of Paris.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
Masonry and Liquor Selling.

Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Grand Lodge of Ma
sons IN annual convention assembled,
have resolved that saloon keepers and
liquor dealers are ineligible for mem
bership. and that those who are already
in the order can not be advanced to
higher degrees. This course has also
been adopted by the states Of Ken
lucky, Missouri, Nebraska and
Michigan. The Masons are
large and influential body, and
generally on the side of law and order
and morality, and their influence must
be large. Their indirect condemnation
of the saloons show that they regard re-
strictions On the liquor traffic essential
to the veal and welfare of the commu-
nifty. The Masons are not prohibition
its. but generally high-license men, who
regard that as the wlSest and best form
of abating the evils of the liquor traffic.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
THE WEEKLY OUTPUT.
Editorial Contributions to Cur
rent Local Opinion.

The new city directory seems to con-
tain quite number of errors. Mayor
Babb's and City Clerk Haney's initials
are given wrong, and eXCounty Au-
ditor T. S. Mcdonald, who has lived in
Minneapolis thirty-five years, is not in
Guided in the list of residents in Mime
apolis. The directory company should
have been little more PARTICULAR
West End Herald.
The North feels bad because Police
Commissioner GjertSen is the lonely
man of the board at present, and adds
that the Scandinavians are thus left
without a representative on one of the
most important branches of the city
government. Ii Mr.. Gjertsen had
worked more for the welfare of the pO-
lice department, and less for the Scan
dinavians, he would feel better now
Irish Standard.
Those who attended the meeting of
Minnehaha Avenue Improvement asso-
citation last Monday evening. getting to
Libey's hall, corner Minnehaha avenue
and Lake street, by circuitous and tor
tuOus routes, were more impressed than
ever with the righteousness of their
cause, and the opinion Was expressed
that those who are not already con-
NlHCCO vi tllC iii pun ldllCO VI OpOHihN VI
this thoroughfare had only to stand at
the junction of Minnehaha and Lake.
Looking toward the falls wide ave-
nue., bOrdered Oh either side by magniti-
cent trees, is seen, and looking toward
the city. which is not far off, one can
but realize that this avenue, broad and
direct. is a natural outlet and destined
to be a grand driveway to the falls and
the State park.-South Minneapolis
News.
Lowry and Morrill, do not appear to
very good advantage in print, as both
lack dignity and decorum in their re-
marks. Morrill, says Calvary church
does not want LOWry'S dirty money,
and Lowry retorts that Morrill, made
application for motor pass and didn't
get it. Hence these tears and perhaps
language which has the spirit OF curses
without their exact form. Morrill, and
the ministers are too hasty in denounc-
ing Lowry for the acts of several lily"
young men in advertising and having
one Sunday performance at Lake Har-
riet in the absence of MI. Lowry
Spectator.
The doings of Minneapolis officials OF
late have been of such character as to
arouse the disgust and fear of every
citizen who has the honor and welfare
of the city at heart. Carefully hedged
and cloaked about by the screen OF Sc
crecy as these questionable actions have
been, yet enough has leaked out TO
cause the public to stand aghast at the
mass of official corruption which these
indications seemed to point as existing
beneath the surface in our city affairs
Northwestern Labor Union.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
sHEME TO CATCH BURGLARS

Electricity Sounds the Alarm and
Lights the Gas at the Same
Time.
The burglars lot, says the Washing
ton Post, is not happy one in this lat
ter part of the nineteenth century. Not
only does Judge Bradley take every OPP
portunity of intlicting long sentences
j npon him, but the fertile brain of the
inventor, where the inventions are ap-
piled, has either made it almost impos
Slbfe for him to carry on his business or
made it easy to catch him in the act of
so doing.
Inventions of this kind are we'll nigh
j perfect, and the inventors are practic-
ally at a StandStill until Mr.. Burglar
adopts some new way of circumventing
them.
The devices used by our great safe
deposit companies, such as the time
lock, are we'll known, as are many of
those for the protection of houses and
stores.
The latest in the latter line is
known as the electric burglar alarm.
This simply consists of an annunciator,
piece of mating, the electric wires,
and the battery. The mating is lined
with the wires, which are connected
with the battery and the annunciator.
This mating is placed inside the door,
near the safe or other place where
valuables are kept, or anywhere
that the burglars might be
supposed to step. The moment he does
step on the mating the annunciatOr
rings and keeps ringing until some one
comes. 1t also shows the location of the
burglar, and by an electrical attachment
for lighting the gas enables the burglar
to be observed.
In the device used for stores there are
three switches. By raising one, when a
customer enters the store the bell rings
twice, thus indicating the presence of a
customer. If two switches are raised
the bell keeps ringing as long as the
person remains on the mating. while if
all three are raised, as they usually are
at night, the bell keeps linging even
after the visitor leaves the mating.
In the same way the wires may be at
tached to the doors, and if an attempt
is made to open them the bell rings as
it the mating had been stepped on.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
ALL SORTS.

The sun stood still,
The stars popped out
When Hengle made hit.
Three planets and q satellite
Upon the grand stand did alight
When Hengle maze hit.
What wonder that he made hitf
He has made hits four score
He made it when they needed it.
Which he never did before.
Free Lance Maben and A. D. Smith
are at it again. This time the lawyer
demands from the editor a retraction
and the editor declines his request. The
council ought to interfere and relocate
these men iii opposite ends of the city.
Minneapolis never did have any luck
playing ball on Sunday. The boys are
always thinking of the ten command
ments and especially "Thou shalt not
steal" so thay are generally caught at
second.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12

not read poetry; or poetry, but not he
ton. But we can draw broad lines be-
tween the character of this book and
that. j. G. Hollands fiction is Chris
tan. James Thompson's poetry is pol
son. A good deal of Victor Hugo's fic-
tion is history, and some think that
much of Macaulay's history is fiction.
Shakespeare is history. fiction, poetry,
all combined In the Bible there is
poetry i'm the form of prophecy, songs,
proverbs, parallels and tragedy; in it
there is law, history, biography, trav-
els, character sketches. precepts. prom
ises, warnings; the Bible is whole re-
pository of the choicest literature this
world possesses. In seeking Christian
reading we should seek it first. All de-
ponds on the spirit of book whether it
is Christian or not. Theological books,
written in the spirit of Satan, are not
Christian.
There are commentaries that deal
with the infnity little: verbal criti-
cisms: obsolete doctrines: iots, TITLES
and trifleS; too dull for anybody in this
world to read, and fit only for infection
on theological students. On the other
hand, John Ruskin does not pretend to
write commentaries, yet some have said
that his Modern Painters is the best OF
all the commentaries on the Bible.
AS much depends on the spirit we
bring to book as on the spirit of the
book. One may be positively injured
by reading the Bible. Evidently the
devil has read the Bible. but it made
him no better. OF late years the saloon
lists and beer brewers have been read
ing the Bible to find sanctions for their
bad business, and to get arguments
against prohibitionists. Thirty years
ago the Bible was used to defend human
slavery. Sectarians read the Bible to
find their pet doctrines in it.
Profitable reading is the reading of
profitable books in a proper spirit.
Christian reading is the conservation of
our reading to Christ. 1t is reading
that we may attain to what Ruskin has
called ''truer, thoughtful state, and a
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
RAN INTO AN OFFICER.
Runaway Horses Dash Up a
Crowded Street.

The wheel of buggy containing a
gentleman, and drawn by a pair of
spirited horses, came off on Second
street near the city hall yesterday after
noon, letting the bottom of the carriage
down onto the pavement, frightening
the horses SO that they became unman-
ageable, and ran like mad up Hennepin
avenue, knocking down and running
over Officer johnson. who attempted to
stop them near Washington. The officer
horses were soon afterwarG stopped
before any one was injured. The gen.
tleman driving saved himself by Jump
ing when the accident first occurred.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULEs.

The county commissioners will build the
Cedar avenue bridge at Elm pass.
Morris Dunn, an employe Of the motor
company, has invented a switch which it is
claimed will greatly reduce the danger of ac-
eidents.
Mrs. Baird, wife of DR.. George Baird, of
Wheeling, w. Va, is visiting the family of
her niece, Mrs. c. F. Williams, at 3045 First
avenue south.
The ST. Paul Unions and the Palace Cloth
ing Store Nine of Minneapolis played close
game at the Cedar avenue and Fortieth street
grounds in the latter city yesterday after
noon. The Minneapolis aggregation won by
q score of IL to 10. The batteries were: Pal
ace. McGonagle and Fewer; Unions, Nor
Iisey and Williams.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
JUSTICE, MERCY, HUMILITY.
These Three the Prophet of Old
Asked Of the IsraeIiteS.

ASkou Vi lI1c lStdcIIGtS.
Rev. Joseph Dunn BurreIl, of Clinton,
To-, preached yesterday morning at
Westminster churcn, taking his text
from Micah vi, s: do justly, love
mercy, and walk humbly With thy God"
Micah, the preacher said. lived in the
eighth century before Christ. 1t was a
time of material prosperity. The
two Jewish kingdoms after a
period of warsand pillage had re-
turned to something like state
of peaceful prosperity. Jerusalem
had regained something of its old
splendors: every one was getting rich.
1t was indeed period not unlike the
one in which we live, and the advice
the prophet then addressed to the Jews
cannot come amiSS now. The prophet
asks first that the people accord the
least thing they could if they intended
to do right; do justly" Justice, ac-
cording to Justinian, is the consistent
purpose to act SO that each shall have
his right. But what is each mans
answer that question. We have three
ways of attaining knowledge on
this point-natural reason, :human
laws, and the Word of God.
Natural reason tells that every man
has a right to life. If that is denied
human thinking is at an end. Human
laws are the historic expression of lea
son. They contain what men for ages
have found to be right, and
those who seek to overturn human
law-who deny, for instance, the
right of private property-must
remember they are trying to turn
by the stream of human experience.
The Word of God is our final guide in
establishing justice. Prof. Huxley has
said that this passage from Micah con-
tains the motto for just life, and while
Prof. Huxley has not found his way to
become believer, it is encouraging that
he can take his motto from the Bible.
To love mercy is a higher attribute
than to do justice. Justice is a right,
mercy is free gift from the heart.
Justice is the decimal point from which
our moral arithmetic starts. Without
it the figures have no significance, but
we do not end with the decimal point
Mercy lies beyond. Justice is the cleo
trio light, mercy the sun which warns
and quickens the human Sympathies.
The third thing the prophet demand
ed was the most difficult of all. To
walk humbly is more trying than to do
justice-pride might urge US to that
than to be merciful. To walk humbly,
not in the presence of God. but with
God, is the crown of human career.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
"THE PRETTY PEItSIANS"
Are Here, and Will Appear at the
Harris Tonight.

Laura Bellini and her opera company
of fiftY-four artists arrived in the city
yesterday from Chicago, and are quar-
tered at the various hotels. Among the
new features which will be introduced
in "The Pretty Persian" at the Harris to-
night is a cocoanut fandango danced by
twelve pickaninnies; also grand Perlet
ballet by the company. Miss Bellini
says she was never in better voice.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12

there's my darter M'randy. It's all
| kin do to git that girl out of her
bed by 4:30 of mornin', an if she
milks nine keows an weeds out an
inyun bed an totes in days supply O.
stovewood for her nav, she thinks it's
all she'd orter do till breakfus is ready,
an like as not, she'll want to quit work
by sundown of an evenin'. Oh, tell
We, but the risin' gineration is a-goin' to
destruction through the shif'lessneSS
and etarnal idleness of their ways. In
deed an they list airr'
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
LOCAL MENTION.
THE HOLMES,

Minneapolis Elegant New Hotel,
At Eighth and Hennepin, is not sur
passed in appointments by any hotel in
the Northwest. The cafe in connection
is in all respects the finest.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
What He Went BY.
Time.

Customer told you that l wanted
two hip pockets in my trousers, sir. but
l didn't say make them quart size."
anvahing about the n size You S said y SaS
were prohibitionist, though.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
Degenerated.
Time.

SIN my days gals an boys was some
Count" said old man Barleycorn to a
sympathetic and like-minded neighbor,
but tell We it's nip an tuck nowadays
If We make 'em arm their salt. Now
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
THE FORESTERs.
A Party of $50 Delegates Will
Arrive This Morning

Arrive This Morning.
A party of $50 delegates to the Forest
ers' national convention will arrive this
morning at o'clock from Chicago over
the Chicago, st. Paul & Kansas City
route. The main body of the delegation
is expected to be in the city to-day. The
day will be devoted to an excurs ion to
Spring Park under the charge of local
courts of the Foresters. Tomorrow the
convention will formally open at Har-
mOnia hall.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
It Was Wicked, Wasn't It,
Mr.. Morrill,? But They Did
1t, Just the Same.
j. F. Colon Spent His Sunday
Quietly in the County
Jail.
Those Not in Jail or at the
Lakes We're Obliged to
GO to Church.

There were no developments of an
important nature in the great Colon
Blaisdell forgery case yesterday, and in
fact appearances would indicate that all
the parties directly concerned in the
matter are lying on their oars until
after the examination, which is to COM
mence tomorrow. When that is fin
ished, or, on the other hand, in case eX-
animation is waived, both factions will
have a more solid basis to stand on, and
some new movement may be expected
from either or both.
Hon. E. NJ. Wilson. attorney for Col
lom, was seen last night. He didn't
care to say anything. but did admit that
examination might be waived. He
would neither affirm nor deny the re-
port that COLON will go to the grand
jury without hearing. He seemed to
tLilk Colon might waive under
certain circumstances. In speaking
of the creditors promised appli-
cation for the appointment of a
receiver Mr.. Wilson let drop the sug-
geStion that such application would be
made in case COLON did not assign.
On being questioned regarding the
probability of his assigning, he said:
laws Ids lOlCCN It'll luGO IL Wy OC7 III
ming civil cases, which make it his duty
so to do. 1t may not be done for few
days, perhaps not until after the result
of the examination in the municipal
court has been settled. ] see nothing
else he can do"
Later in the conversation Mr.. Wilson
remarked: II do not think we shall
experience any difficulty in establish
ing the fact that no forgery has been
committed. At least, we anticipate
none. Mr.. Blaisdell simply signed a
much larger amount of paper than he
had any idea of, and now that it is
necessary for him to pay 1t his counsel
desires to induce the holders of
the Endorsed paper to settle at a
low rate if possible. Blaisdell has IN
dorsed paper for other parties in the
same hap-hazard way, though he has
probably taken pains to discover the
amount and whereat OTIS of it by this
time"
If the defense concludes to waive an
examination in the municipal court, an
argument for reduction of bail will
probably be made to-day, and in case
the reduction is granted the father and
father-in-law OF the defendant will sign
his bond.
Street talk regarding the case, which
at first indicated general belief that
COLON was guilty, seems to have I'M
dergOne change. and now many peO-
pie are found who believe him inuo-
cent, and are convinced that all the i'll
dOrSementS are genuine.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
GLASS BROKEN
In an Alleged Search for a Lead
Pencil.

A nineteen-year-old German lad, CIV
ing his name as George Schmidt, broke
in a whole window sash, glass and fly
screen at the Office of the Northern Mill
company, Thirty-second avenue north
and the river yesterdayafternoon and en-
tered the Office, evidently in search of
plumber. The Waterman, who heard
the sound of broken glass, hurried to
the Office and captured the lad, who
seemed much frightened and timldly
explained that he went in to get lead
pencil. He was turned over to the
notice and locked M
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12

Tboeo who advertise in Sundays GLOBE
sHoSe say it pays the best
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
CAPTURING BUFFALoES.
How Two Young Texans Caught
Five American Bison.

st. Louis Republic.
Five full-gIown American bison, the
buffalo of the frontiersman and Indian,
sulk in a close corral at the ranch of
Steve and William Williams, near Rock
dale, Carbon county. The captors are
adventurous fellows, who came here
from Texas three years ago.
OF the notable successful chase Will
son, the other brother, said: I'VE have
known for long time that the herd
ranged on Red Desert, ninety miles
northwest OF Rawlins, but l realized
that the capture would be laDorious and
dangerous, because the country was
open, and an Eastern menagerie with
whom we correspondent offered $500
head for the wild beeveS, and Steve and
| determined to make some money!
The expedition included the young
ranchmen and tho cowboys, who are
lariat. For the chase they selected
powerful horses. possessing both bot
tom and speed. There was no trouble in
lariating the herd, but the animals were
fearfully timid, and were away like the
wind at sight of the hunters. The four
plainsmen rode their mounts for all that
was in them. Each cast was successful,
but big bull, roped by Steve Williams,
would not be conquered, and was killed.
Before being dispatched, he gored two
horses.
The second effort was fruitless, but
= the third added three more to the cap
tured. Each buffalo was dashed to
heavy work OK. taken along for that
purpose. En- route to the ranch one BIZ
son became frightened, struggled gal
lantIy, but finally fell and broke his neck.
The head, splendid trophy, was
brought to this city. The hunters say
there are fully fifty buffaloes in the
herd, and express ability to capture all,
if properly outftted. They now think
their prizes worth more than the price
offered before the chase.