St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-26
SAINT PAUL.
Additional City News on the Eighth Page.
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

Bank clearances yesterday were
S4911, 50.S4.
Eight births and ten deaths were re-
ported at the health office yesterday.
The ladies of the Central Park NJ. E.
church will serve lunch at the church
parlorS from IL to 2 to-day.
Andrew Anderson, the smallpox vic
tim, is doing nicely at the pesthouse.
The council committee OH public ac-
counts met at city hall Yesterday after
noon and transacted routine business.
Marriage licenses were issued yester-
day to Fred Tenner and Pauline Witte
and Ludwig Markoe and Mary Do
maine.
A fire at s o'clock last night in Hoff-
mann's feed store, near the corner of
Wabasha street and Central avenue,
damaged the stock and building to the
amount of $50.
S. Rydquist, a tailor suffering from
delirium. caused by excessive drink,
was arrested by Officer Weidle on lower
Seventh street last night and taken to
the central station.
A false alarm from the mercurial
alarm at Smith Brothers restaurant, at
Fourth and Sibley streets, caused the
fire department needless run shortly
after o'clock last night.
Reports were received at the health
office yesterday of scarlet fever at 163
West Third street, $50 Sherman street
and 327 Won Minden street: diphtheria,
$40 Blair street and III McBoal street.
The general offices of the Omaha rail-
way, which were destroyed by fire last
winter, will be partially torn down and
rebuilt at once. The new building will
be five stories high. and will be as
nearly fire-prOOf as possible, with iron
staircaseS and all modern improve
mentS.
Mayor Smith received information,
from the governor yesterday that he
had signed the bill recently passed by
the legislature providing for a justice of
the peace and constable in the Sixth
ward. William I'll. r. McMartin was
appointed justice of the peace and Ber-
nard Minea constable for the period
ending with the next general city cleo
tion, when the offices become elective.
Fred Humphrey, another of the gang
of unprincipled loaferS who infeSt East
Seventh street, Insulting women and
children, was brought to justice yester-
day afternoon by Officer Fillingim. He
followed two young girls about fifteen
years of age into hallway, and grossly
lnSulted them. He was complained of
to the officer, taken before Judge Cory
and sent out to the work house for
sixty days.
Speaking of the future plans of recon-
structiOn of the ST. Paul Meat and Pro-
vision cOmpany's building and plant.
Senator Albert Scheffer, president of
the company, stated to a GLOBE re-
porter that the officers and directors
would either engage in the work of re-
building at once or determine upon
some suitable location to establish new
yards. Nothing definite could be
learned, but Mr.. Scheffer thinks that in
all probability the yards and buildings
will be rebuilt upon the present site.
The South st. Paul city council met
last evening, all the members present.
President Fitch took the chair and all
the standing committees were APP
pointed. The question of impounding
stray cattle occupied a large share of
attention and was laid over until next
meeting. The committee on bonding
reported, recommending the issuance of
$4,000 worth of per cent bonds. re-
deemable in thirty years. divided as fol-
lows: $4,000 as all educational fund,
$1,000 for two engine houses, $4,000 for
q court house and $4,000 for local inn
provement fund.
THE quotation Of $1,000 per front
foot for business property in Tacoma
and Seattle is incorrect" says Robert
G. Mackay, who has just returned from
there. In justice to commercial inter-
ests, between those points and the Twin
Cities, will state that the highest price
ever paid Tor property in either city was
$1,000 per foot, such property facing
extending through the block. Such
value is exceptional, however, and
property is selling for intrinsic value,
and not at the inflated prices so often
represented"
Auditor Kahn has prepared a state
ment showing the expenditure up to
date in connection with the new court
house. The fund originally set aside
for this purpose was $4,000. Suisse
quently this was increased to $500, 900,
and afterwards TO $1,000,000. 10 this
latter sum premiums and interest have
added S27, 600, making total of Sl,027.-
600. The total amount of contracts
awarded was SSH, 2T.47: the amount so
far paid upon these is S746, 1902. ieav-
ing balance still due on work not yet
pol1OIliltu dilu cOulTdctOfS peTc6nl-
ages of S131 ,0SS.45.
The following deaths were reported
at the health office yesterday: Iva
Laura Morris. two years. hemorrhage
pulmonium, 239 Colburn street; John E.
Budges, sixteen months, meningitis, st.
Anthony avenue: Mrs. Parlee Williams,
thirty-nine years, merropausis,E Exchange
street: Frank l.. LIE Doux, thirty-seven
years, clrrhOsiS kidney, "a Alabama
street; Baby Johnson, sixteen hours,
non-viability, 395 East Seventh street;
Baby Mclean, one day, marasmus,
Broadway street: Willie Randall, three
years, diphtheria, Gil Livingston ave-
nue.; Gus Magneson, twenty-three
years. internal hemorrhage, city hos
months. 954 Gaultier street; NJ. Green,
twenty.eight years, opium poison, city
hospital