St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-05
SAINT PAUL.
CAPITOL CULLINGS.

Vice President W. 81. Fisher and At
torney f. Warner, of the Duluth q
Winnipeg railroad, visited Gov. Nc
Gill yesterday and made application for
land grant upon the twenty miles OF
their completed road. The governor
assigned Monday for hearing the APP
plication. The state will be represented
by Gov. McGill. State Auditor Braden
and Attorney General Clapp. Ihere
are several adverse claimants expected
to oppose the granting of the land, the
Manitoba and the Duluth d Iron Range
companies being prominently inter
ested.
Mai. Hiortsberg is busily engaged
preparing a new legislative manual.
1t is to be more pretentlouS volume
than it's predecessors. " am lnclud-
ing.u said the major, ''some interesting
matter respecting the state public In
Situations, and digest of the electoral
and other important legislative acts
will be given,'
State Treasurer Bobleter is looking
forward to a busy season during the
ninety days of the legislature. Mem
beers of the legislature" he Salu re
ceive their salaries every ten dayS-that
is, the pay roll is made up then. some
legislators do not draw their money
until the adjournment Of the leglS-
Iature. Each legislator receives So per
uay. and the speaker of the house ana
president of the senate each $40 per
1ay. Legislators receive their pay I'D
cash and are the only officials OF the
state who do. all other salaries being
paid in checks"
Deputy State Treasurer Sander is
aaymaster during the meeting OF the
legislature. but there is some doubt as
10 whether he will be this year. Thurs
dav he was at the Office i'll the best OF
health, but during the night was
stricken with hemorrhage OF the
stomach, and yesterday was lying Ill
dangerous condition.
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The state capitol has been given over
~ decorators and carpenters, VINO are
rapidly transforming the pam stfuct-
ure into delightful picture OF feStlvlty
for the occasion of Gov. -elect Merriam'S
Inauguration.
Four hundred thousand dollars repre-
sent the bond of State Treasurer Bob
Letter, which was filed yesterday, signed
by a. II. Wilder, G. II. BigeloW, J. l..
Merriam, Frank A. Seymour. w. DaW-
son. Robert A. Smith, w. Dawson, Jr.,
Edmund Rice, Gustav WilliuS. Joseph
Lockey. W. Lindeke, j. B. Sanborn,
Alex Ramsey, Anthony Yoerg, il, w.
Banholzer, J. Hoag, Albert Scnetfer
and Charles Kittelson.
Gov. McGill has appointed W. r.
Frost, of st. Paul, a member of the
state board of pharmacy. K. y.
Sweeny created the vacancy, having
resigned on account of his duties on
the fish commission. He stated that IL
was not possible to fully attend to the
duties of both boards, and in the inter
ests of the pharmacy commission he
considered it better that some other per-
son shonld DE appointed who had time
to attend to the work.
Clerk Jones, of the supreme court,
says there is nothing he enjoys better
than a good days hunting, but his adj
vancing years make it difficult for him
to 90 into the field as often as in the
balmy days of youth.
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Secretary of State Mattson has for
warded certificates of election to judges
and officers of the state.
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Gov. McGill. Attorney General Clapp
and Deputy State Secretary StOcken-
strom, forming the board of auditors of
the state treasury, report favorably on
state finances for the year ending 1888.
The actual amount in the treasury is
$493, 791.40.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed by the Winona Bar association, to
establish legal society to maintain the
honor and integrity of the legal pro-
fession and create law library in the
city of Winona. Capital stock, $4,000,
in shares of so each, the incorporates
being twenty-three of the leading law
NarS nf Winona