St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-03

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public officers are looked upon as the
special prey of the book agent and the
collectors of the Ladies' Aid society.
The officials of the state capitol, court
house and city hall dread the sight of a
lady entering the portals Of their par
ticuIar domains. Owing to their sup
posed higher rank, the state officials are
the most prosecuted of men. There are
daily book agents by score, and lady
collectors by almost the hundred. Prof.
Fletcher Williams is so scared by the
sight of book agent, that at the last
meeting of the Historical society he
suggested that trap door should be
placed near his desk, by which means
upon the approach of book agent. he
could instantly transfer himself to the
region below. The lady collectors
rarely take mo" for an answer from
the head of state department, and the
past week the state treasurer was be-
moaning the loss Of Sos.
was seated in the rOtunda Of the
Hotel Ryan the day of the visit of the
gentleman entered the hotel and seated
himself at my side.
"Are you resident heref" he shortly In
qulred.
''Then you won't object to me asking a
question:
mo"
The gray haired veteran collected himself
and yanked off the following at my head:
when the government demonitized our
silver dollar they separated the money from
the dollar, and left the dollar moneYless-
what was the money!
The old mans face frightened and
his eyes glistened as he watched me
writhe under his inquisition. bore up
manfully against what was undoubt-
eddy a subject which he was riding to
death, and when we had come to a
mutual understanding that the power
OF the government was the money, he
confidently informed me that he had
come to the Ryan for the purpose of in
terr0gating the Pan-A American delegates.
I therefore took the liberty of intro
ducing him to Senior Romero and had
the satisfaction of hearing him pro-
pound the hackneyed question: when
the government demonitized, etc." My
satisfaction was not long lived. The
pain and dismay which took possession
of the courtly sen0r's countt nance was
heart-breaking, and l Immediately re-
membered an engagement in the par
l0rS above.
The coming year is going to be
frought with considerable interest to
the educationalists, not only of st. Paul,
but the state at large. Two educational
conventions will be held i'm the Capital
City-the National Teachers Educa-
tionai association and the National
council. The latter body is somewhat
of a close corporation, being composed
of none but acknowledged leading
educators, who discuss educational
problems from philosophical stand
point. The National council meets
three days prior to the Teachers Educa-
tional association. and its secretary and
treasurer is our own state school super
intendent, Prof. d. L. Kiehl.
will be largely benefited by these edu-
cational conventions the ensuing year.
The 10000 teachers who will be gath
cred into the city from all quarters of
the North American continent will take
away with them--at least they ought to
"a good impression of the Northwest in
general, st. Paul and the state of Min
nesota in particular, and the school
houses throughout the land will ring
with its praises as the SchOolma'ams re-
late their experience to the budding men
and women under their charge. This
will not De the first time the national
teachers educational association has
visited Minnesota. as the annual con-
vention was held at Minneapolis in
1876. The association was created in
1857, and conventions have been held
yearly since, with the exception of the
years 1861. '62. '67 and rs.
Col. Bobleten. Fl. G.. Braden. Matt
Clark, Capt. Chantler and other re-
nowned spOrtSmen dOmiciled in st.
Paul. have just returned from duck
and geese hunt at LakOta, n. d. They
They had excellent sport. Capt. Chant
Ter shot one goose-his first shot-in
four days; while Bert Braden and
becoming fnIl-fedged spOrtmen. The
story is told by Col. BObleter in his
apocryphal style:
~ had ding pit few hundred yards away
from that of Braden's and Clark's," the
colonel remarked, land had been having ex
cellent sport. I could not understand why
the other fellows were not attempting to
bring down flock Of geese lowering around
their pit. and at last walked over. Clark has
the idea that to keep the cold out of his body
it Is necessary to imbibe something in. He
had done this very freely and had fallen
asleep. anu WneI1 ldDueU HI tDe pit ue was
dreaming that big goose was fighting him,
while he was attempting to put some chew
ing gum between his bills"
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Citizens are becoming aroused as TO
the great destitution among settlers Of
North Dakota. ard there is little doubt
their response will be worthy of the
city. While packages of clothing may
come in very servieeable to these dis
tressed fellow citizens. gentle hint
might be given that articles of wear
will not exactly satisfy the stomach of
the hungry man, the wan wife, and the
CRYING children. Provisions and fuel is
what Is wanted above everything. and
where this cannot be forwarded in kind,
money is an excellent substitute. While
the inhabitants of the Twin Cities are
responding well to the cry for assist
ance, iJ would be well for some infor-
nation as to how the wealthy citizens
of North and South Dakota are acting
in this grave emergency? In the recent
electoral campaign. hundreds of thou
sands of dollars were expended over
the capital fight. What are the capital
lists doing to mitigate the distress exist
ing in their territory?
The property owners on Randolph
street find themselves in an unenviable
hole. They promised to provide the
bonus for an electric line through their
property, then. believing they could
get the line without parting with their
money, went back upon their promises.
The line will not be built but what is
the position of the people who the past
few weeks have purchased property on
this street with the expectation that the
line would be built? These are GER
tainly in the SOUP.
That portion of Third street between
Broadway and the bridge. has as heavy
road traffic as any other public thorough
fare In the city. In the best of weather
the street is disgrace to any city street
department, and yesterday it was ver-
table quagmire. The powerful drays
that are ever and anon passed along
were in imminent daRter of being
swallowed up by the pile of mud they
simply wallowed in. Certainly some