St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-30
SAINT PAUL.
THE GOSSIPER.

Archbishop Ireland is here from
Stearns county. and says he is well sat
isfied with the franchise which was
granted his company. I'VE shall &C
cept it at once" said he, land hope
that by Dec. we will have our lines
running. We have not decided the
full details as yet, but practically the
arrangements are all made. The city
council treated me very nicely in the
matter. There were few who voted
against the franchise, but after the mat
ter had been explained to them they
gave us very complimentary
vote. wish to discredit the statements
that are going around, that was treated
discourteouSly by Acting Mayor YOerg.
The questions he asked me were not
offensive in the least, but on the other
hand. were of friendly nature, as
they gave me an opportunity to explain
things more fully to the council. Mr..
Yoerg behaved very friendly to me. and
at the afternoon session voted in my
favor, and also gained other votes for
me-"
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Hon. Seth Lowe, of Brooklyn. n. Y,
accompanied by his wife, arrived in the
city yesterday and registered at the
Ryan. Mr.. and Mrs. Lowe have been
on a three months jaunt through Call
fornia ami Alaska. and returned from
there yesterday via the Canadian Pa
cific and Winnipeg. Mr.. Lowe is one
of the best known men in Brooklyn,
and is a member of the well-known I'M
porting firm of A. A. Lowe q Sons.
He served two terms at mayor of the
CITY of Churches and conducted such a
popular administration that he was
looked upon as David Hills most dam
gerous adversary in the gubernatorial
fight during the Cleveland-Blaine cam
paign. He had formerly been Repub-
lican, but in this fight he was acting in
dependentIy of party politics.
One of the marine fire patrol boats
that ply about New York harbOr is
named 'tSeth Lowe" after him, and the
tug boat made famous through its con-
nection with the Monitor was named
"Seth Love-" after his grandfather.
Mr.. Lowe, in speaking about his trip,
said: II came through ST. Paul twelve
years ago, and you can imagine my sur
prise when | stepped off the train here
to-day. The growth and development
of the city are stupendous. My wife
and / visited Sitka while we were up in
Alaska and found things quite inter-
esting. In regard to the Behring
sea troubles l can say moth
had very little opportunity of reading
the newspapers since l have been travel
ing. I think. however, that the Amer
lean newspapers are saying great deal
more about the matter than the Canad-
ian papers. 1t is to the interest of both
America and England to keep the
poacbers from despoiling the fields, be-
cause, if they do not, the seals will dis
appear as the buffalo did"
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J. W. Doscher, of Staten Island, is a
guest at the Ryan. He was formerly a
resident of Brooklyn and spoke very
highly of Hon. Seth Lowe. Mr..
DOscher was for thirteen years a mem
Der of the Twenty-third regiment of
Brooklyn, which ranks the same as the
famous Seventh infantry of New York
in point of excellence.
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Genial Ed Hilton. formerly manager
of the Olympic theater of this city, is
back again. He dropped into town from
Cleveland, where until recently he has
been in charge of the Columbia theater.
1t is currently reported that Ed is look
ing for something in the theatrical line
here, but just what is in the wind is not
known, as Ed remains dumb as an
oyster. 1t was reported from Minneap-
oils that he was negotiating for the pur-
chase Of the Comique in that city, but
when asked what truth there was in
the report he replied emphatically:
"No, sir! No, sir! There is nothing
In it,"
Outside of twins or triplets there are
very few people who resemble each
other to any marked degree. But there
Is man in this city whose resemblance
to the somewhat erratic proprietor of
the Minneapolis tribune, Alden j.
Blethen, is so great that it is almost
startling. His name is Murphy, and he
drives an express wagon, and can be
seen almost any time of the day loading
and unloading trunks at the union de-
pot. He has the same broad face and
the stubborn looking punches of hirsute
that adorn the sides of it, and were it
not for the fact that his clothes are
those of workingman, he would be a
living counterpart of the great newspa-
per observer. In fact, the resemblance
Is so striking that many people who
know Mr.. Blethen quite well stop and
look at his double in an undecided way,
thinking perhaps that Mr.. Blethen is
simply lndulying in playful joke, and
has donned the overall and blouse for
the purpose of watching his st. Paul re-
porters.
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There was no dearth of distinguished
visitors at the Merchants yesterday.
There were enough statesmen present
there at one time to formulate laws OF
almost any description. Here is the
list: Senator Marcus Johnson, of At
, water; Senator e., e; G; Holmes Of DE De
gus Falls; Senator G Henry Keller, O Of
Sank Center; Congressman D. S. Hall,
of Stewart, and Representative j. c.
Frynn, of Little Falls.