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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-27
TOPICS 80 TIMES.

The public actions of a public official
should ALWAYS be open 10 The scrutiny
of the world at large. There is. how
ever. to-day tendency on The part OF
public officials to transact the business
of the public bptind closed doors. his
is not only wrong: ii Is OUTRAGEOUS anu
a breach OF the 90 sfideHce repoSed by
the people in their rrpr. SentatlNeS.
When public men begin To pass upon
petty municipal details in private. de
pend upon II, there is jobbPry IN the
BACKGROUND. The above thought
is suggested by recent Incl
dent. The reporters of She daily
press attended meeting of the
Joint committee of members of
the city council, the chHnber of
commerce and j0bherS' union. which
had the arTangPu entS in band tor The
entertainment OF the Pan-AmerIcan
delegates. A communication was read
from the Sta,e department In which IL
was stated that Mhile the government
was prepared to meet all expenses. II
was desired that the cities visited should
voluntarily entertain the Distinguished
guests The communication had hardly
been read when mPiuhPr Of tile COM
mittee-an alderman. y the Way-Sa%-
geSted that the + pnrtrrs bad better
withdraw Now. why should the re-
pOTterS have been asked To Withdraw?
What was there in the discussion or de-
ciSiOn of such matter that the public
should not have known? The public
will be called upon 10 foot the bill;
then why should they not know the de
tails, the circumstances of the case?
CitiZenS-taXpayer would do we'll 10
insist that all meetings affecting Their
interests should he wide open to the
newspapers as the representatives OF
the people. -
The keyes election law will shortly
be tested in Duluth in connection with
the voting on The issue of park bonds.
The law in an attempt To- introduce
the Australian voting SYSTEM int" ms
state and, in itself. is cummenGabie
effort. Under its provisions. State Au-
ditOr Braden has prepared list at m
StructiOnS to voters, which were yPSter-
day published in English. German and
Scandinavian and forwarded to the Ze-
ninth city. The working of the law
will be watched with considerable INFER
est. though its good effects will not be
apparent tor some years. There Is
large class of citizens who Will
have to be educated up to
the system which requires something
more than the mere selection of a num-
Der of tickets and Their conveyance TO
the spacious hand OF Il judge nf election.
A voter must necessarily be able To read
as well as understand the manner in
which his vote is to be recorded. the
Australian voting system Is practically
identical to that which has been size
ceSSfully operated in England since the
passage OF the great reform bill in 1863.
10 record your vote it is necessary that
a cross az should br placed opposite
the name of the the candidate voted for.
For example:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-27
A Fatal FALL.
James NOrmile Plunges Into an
Elevator Shaft.

James NormiIe Plunges Into an
Elevator Shaft.
James NOrmile, porter at the Ryan
hotel, sustained possibly fatal Injuries
yesterday morning by falling down the
freight elevator shaft from the third
floor. The elevator was at the bottom
of the pit in the basement. NOrmile,
who had been scrubbing on the third
floor, opened lie dO9r and stepped off
into the pit. presumably under the i'm
preston that the elevator was at the
landing. He struck upon the top of the
cage below, and when aSSistanceTeacbed
him was unconscious. He was removed
at once to st. J0seph's hospital, where
the surgeons ascertained that his skull
was fractured, and that one leg and one
arm were broken. He was still living
at last reports. but his recovery is con-
sidered doubtful.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-27

Eard Coat. e. G. KolfR.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-27
THAT PRETTY GIRL. /"
Miss Libbey. the AuthoreSS,
Night Have Been Her Own
Model.
She Chats Easily OF Novels
and How They Are Con-
Stpucce1.
English Publishers Are Rum
ming Away With Her
Writings.
Amateur NoVelistS Who. Write
Tor Advice in Forming a
Plot.

Among the many guests at the Hotel
Ryan is Miss Laura Jean Libbey, of
Brooklyn. n. Y. author of THAT Pretty
Young Grip and Miss Middleton'S
Lover" A reporter of this journal
called upon Miss Libbey yesterday after
noon and was willingly accorded an in
terview. Miss Libbey is a charming
young lady. brilliant eOnversationalist
and an altogether very attractive per-
son of medium height. She has bright
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-27
Grand Prize 30 merica.

Among the most notable displays at
Che Paris Exposition was that of L.
G. Hawkes.. the maker of the celebrated
Corning Cut Glass. which is ackpowi-
edged the finest in the world, and. of
course, was awarded the grand prize.
Billiard Bros, the Third street jewel
ers. have for the past four years had the
largest assortment Of this glass in the
Northwest, and have lately added
largely to their stock.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-27

There is no fool ike young dude.-Gen.
Johnson.
IT is an Ill wind TINT blows about itself
William NJ. Bushnell.
Wine is a mOckPr at 0-cent table hote
dinner.-Luher Newport
Better be ri ht than lie president of an
electric light company.-Ald. Yoerg-
Take care or The peI,1'ie> and let the ex-
peuse take care of ilSelf.-Jnhn W. Roche.
Don't 90 into an air SHY if the walking l.
al ali what il ought 10 %. col P. r. Barr.
The man is vain who " rites for praise. but
you wouldn't suspect it from his clothes
Condo HamliD.
Put a begsar on horse ack ami he viii ask,
s'Whats the matter Win The family car
SiageE'-Ehle Allen.
Answer a / oil according To his folly. but
don't vote the prohibition Ucket with him.
Stanford Newell.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-27

in t e lie ct ual
& lookin G face,
eyes of dark,
lustr0us SPLEEN
dor and a sweet,
silYery voice.
Her = converse
ton is thought
full, enlivened
wit h SIN art,
witty remarks,
dIspla yin g a
thorough ac-
quaintanee with
the best litera-
ture of Europe
and America.
wv hat a re
Y our favOrite
authOrS?" the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-27

We have the largest from great
variety OF designs in Gas Fixtures carried by any deal
in the Northwest We mean exactly what we say,
and wen be pleased have parties call and compare
goods with other dealers.
Now, to prices, in position to guarantee
from Is to 40 per lower prices than any dealer
mtted to the policy and rules Of the Gas Electric Light
Fixture Trust Combination
The combination dealers have been obliged pay
than the goods WORTH and have also agreed eharg
the public still greater price propoptionatey.
They under heavy forfeit to carry out the terms
the compact and by doing share the profits OF
with the manufacturers composing the combine The
whole scheme imposes heavy burden the purchasing
public. We have refused 0lutely be party the
outrage for it can be elassed as little else
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-27
WANTS TO BREAK AWAY.
A Little Lady Wants Divorce
From a Puoilistic Husband.

Celia NJ. Renslow is a comely little
woman with blue eyes and a. pouting
mouth. A cynical smile played over
her countenance as she told Judge Otis
the story of her married life yesterday.
According to her story Charles Rens-
low, her husband. must have been a
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25
MEYERS NOT GUILTY.
The Jury Bring in a Verdi
Which Clears the Old Man.

The Jury Bring in Verdict
Which Clears the Old Man.
The jury in the case of The State
against Henry Meyers, indicted for
criminal intimacy with an adopted
daughter, Mabel Meyers, brought in a
verdict of not guilty yesterday after
noon after being out about an hour. Mr..
Meyers seemed very happy over the
verdict, but not more so than the men,
bers of his own family. 1t seemed to
take him some time to realize that he
was free to go his own way. When
asked by reporter what he intended
to do with the girl, he said they would
see that she was provided for, though
he would not allow her to live in his
family hereafter. He said that they
took the little girl into the family when
she was but five months old, and that
she was an iilegitimate whom they be-
friended out of pity. They then lived
at Petersburg, Ontario, Can. The men,
bers of the family stated that they had
never been able to depend upon MabePs
veracity, but had not suspected her of
any such conduct as they were now
convinced she was guilty of from evil
dence that they had found since the
trouble began. They take the matter
quite philosophically, and think that
lack of virtue is hereditary in the little
girl. They also assert that they have
evidence which would prove conclu-
sively the guilt of boys and other men
in her case. There was no teSti-
mony introduced during the day in the
court that was new. Meyers is car
penter by trade, and is planning to go
to work again this morning.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25
WILL PROBABLY go"
The Council Railroad Committee
FayOrS the Electric Line.


Vice President Goodrich, of the Min
neapolis Street Railway company, was
before the council committee OH Srail-
roads yesterday to urge the cause of the
proposed electric line down University
avenue. to connect with a similar one
from st. Paul, making through rapid
transit iOw-fare line, with frequent
trains, between the two cities. Several
property owners along the proposed
line were also present to speak in favor
of the new road. which would bring the
Sister Twins into such close and inti
mate connections
The ordinance submitted to the COM
mittee is for an overhead wire system
on Third street south, from Hennepin
to Fifteenth avenues: OH Fifteenth ave-
nue. to Washington. W ashington to Cam
bridge street east, and on Cambridge
to University avenue, and down Uni
versity to city limits. The franchise
asked is for thirty years. and the ordl-
nance provides that the line shall be
finished ready for use by the 1st of Jan
uarv next. A similar franchise has al
ready been granted the Lowry company
in st. Paul, and the committee, after
discussing the matter for some time,
voted to recommend to the council that
the PRAYER of the petitioner be granted
and the ordinance passed.
The committee also agreed to report
favOrably in the matter of allowing the
company to lay temporary tracks on
Third street and other streets where
necessary during the construction OF the
cable lines
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25
RETRENCHMEN1's BACKsET.

The board of tax levy, composed this
year exclusively of Republicans, at its
meeting yesterday, saw fit to increase
the rate of taxation "a mills on the dol
lar, proceeding which will cost the
taxpayers over $500. O00neXt year. This,
from a retrenchment and reform adj
ministration, is pretty good, and it
seems still better when it is added
that the ward tax for street pur-
poses is increased in every ward
In the city except the Second,
Seventh and Eleventh, where it is not
reduced any. The board gives in de-
tense of this apparently reckless eX-
travagance the reason that it will wipe
ont all arrearages and unable the depart
ment to start anew, clear of debt. But
the arrearageS in question never
amounted to the large sum that has
been added to the county and city tax.
The Democratic administration of
1855 inherited a deficiency of $685..
600 from its Republican predecessors.
That deficiency was reduced somewhat
by the Democrats, and has been still
further reduced by the Republicans. 1t
amounts now TO about 100000, and
might have been still further reduced
by cutting off some expenses such as
the bills for lighting the farms about
Minneapolis. Other departments might
have been pruned in like manner. with
out impairing the efficiency of any one
of them. Ii must be admitted that re-
trenchment and reform were for the
time lost sight of, and the board forgot
how tender the people are on the sub
iect of taxation
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25
ALL SORTS.

Postmaster Ankeny is besieged by
candidates for appointment in the post
office building. but those who really eX-
pect to get there of course took the pre-
caution to see Capt. Snider also.
Minneapolis has only five more games
to play, three of which she will win.
and third place is just as secure as the
pennant is to Omaha.
E. ID. Taylor does not know what to
think about Boston. He fears, and yet
he fears to fear.
If Judge Rea should get Tanners
place after all, what show would Char
lie stand to get his pension rerated?
John II. Long officially announces
that Loren Fletcher has Joined the Dem
ocracy. The impression had gotten
abroad that he had Joined the great ma
iOrity- politically.
1t is denied in the evening papers that
Rev. s. NJ. Campbell has been released.
He may not sign for next year. however,
as the Presbyterian League of Oregon
has made him good offer.
Tim Byrnes must be saving a good
deal on living expenses when he can
afford a 81 800 house on a 81. $50 salary.
The city engineer has the misfortune
to differ with the editor of the Tribune
about $4,000 on the cost of building a
bridge. Will the engineer take water,
or will he take bridge?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25
AT THE BAIL PARK.
The Reception to DR.. Ames Will
be Held There Saturday Night.

The general committee on reception
of DR.. Ames met again last night at the
West hotel, with Chairman c. NJ. Fo0te
in the chair. There was large attend
ance, and preparations for the reception
went forward with good deal of vigor.
The committee decided to hold the re-
ception at Athletic Park, which will
be decorated and illuminated with
over 100 arc lights. The best of pre-
paratiOn will be made to accommodate
the audience. and ladies are specially
invited. There will be a procession
from the Milwaukee depot at about 7:30
o'clock, and many civic and military
companies have already accepted invita-
lions to participate. Among these are
Company A and the old volunteer fire
company. The latter was the first
society to which DR.. AmeS be-
longed after his return from the
war, and will act as his escort
in the procession. Supt. Bracket
yesterday accepted the position of chief
marshal, and was empowered to ap-
point his aides. The general committee
of arrangements was increased, and is
now constituted as follows:
c. NJ. Foote. chairman; George ". Cooley,
s. E. Olsen, W. H. Trip II. II. MalIoy j. n.
Preston, NJ. Gallagher, Ii. W. H. Donahue, j.
H. Eye.
The following committee on music was APP
pointed: Frank Danz Jr. and II. A. Thyle.
The large committee will meet again
tonight, and societies that intend to
join the procession are requested to
send representative to the meeting.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25
Nj aben Arraigned.

Editor c. B. Maben, of the Free
Lance, who was indicted by the grand
jury for criminal libel, and in whose
case A. d. Smith is the complaining
witness, was arraigned yesterday Dy
proxy before Judge Hooker in the dis
trict court. Col. Ripley, his attorney,
treated the matter as a good joke, and
told the court that he could find no
libel in the Free Lance article. and
would therefore enter plea of not
guilty. The case was set for trial Oh
Nov. 5.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25
The Case Dismissed.

1t looks as if the war cloud which has
lowered for some time past over the
heads of W. Ii. AdamsOn, the loan
agent, and H. P. Norris. one of his
former employees, had been at last tenn
porarily dispelled; the last of the ac-
tons and counter actions which these
two men have brought against each
other during the past few months name
", the case against Norris for diSpOSing
of mortgaged property, in which Adam
son was complainant. being dismissed
CeSfprdaV
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25
The GrowIer Caused 1t.

A gang of DagoS. who have hang
ont in the alley between Washington
avenue and Third street and Sixth and
Seventh avenues north, engaged in a
Bacchanalian orgie last night, which
became so loud and exciting after the
growler had circulated for some time
that the police entered the place and
took five men and two women to the
central station. where they were
charged with disorderly conduct.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25
AN ADVANTAGEOUS OFFER.
Janney, SemDie & Co. Will Give
$4,000 for the Bridge.

OdHueys ScIlDie "a 20 VIII Oiso
$4,000 for the Bridge.
Janney, Semple & Co. submitted to
City Engineer Rinker yesterday prop
Osition which is quite likely to result
in the removal of the suspension bridge
and the completion of the new
steel arch structure at no far dis
tant day. Their proposition is to re-
move the old bridge without one cent of
expense TO the city, and at the same
time to pay $1,000 for the material in
the bridge. AS one of the principal OBJ
ieetiOns urged against Mr.. Rinker's
plan of taking out the old bridge is that
the expense of removing it would be
quite as much as it would cost to
repair the bridge and make 1t
perfectly safe. Mr.. RiDker is of the
opinion that the old bridge is in such
condition that it can never be made Ell
tirely safe by repairing it, and strongly
advocates the completion OF the new
bridge for several reasons, prominent
among which are the advantages OF
having the streets cleared of the tow
ers and anchOrageS, which are both I'M
sightlysand incOnvenient, and the i'll
creasing of the width of the roadway
from 10 to 90 feet.
The cost of the new structure would
not be so great as some imagine, either
The half already built cost 100000, but
S24. $50 of that amount was for the
pneumatic caisson; S1l ,662 for eXcava-
lions and foundations, and no inconsld-
cradle amount for masonry, all of which
will serve for the new bridge, thereby
reducing the cost of the new on what
Mr.. Rinker claims is liberal estimate
to $50. $50. The matter will come before
the next meeting of the council.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25

tracks on Como avenue in the Twenty
third ward. There are two other cases
OF the Manitoba against the city on the
calendar, and these require in part the
Same testimony add are being combined
as far as possible. Ex-Governor Mar
shall was witness in the case, and
number of witnesses present were the
oldest citizens of Minneapolis. The
road will endeavor to paove that Como
avenue has never been legally declared
q street
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25
" Popcorn John"

J.H. Nicholson, whose soubriquet of
Popcorn John " is very familiar to the
police, was arrested yesterday for
throwing a chair through a window at
2IO Second street north. Judge Ma
honey discovered that he had an old Of
fender to deal with, and sent John to
Camden place for a couple of months
retirement and systematic physical ex-
erciSe,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25
4 ADJUSTMENTS.

Harris theater was packed to the
doors last evening with a brilliant audi
ence, and Mr.. Goodwin was called be-
fore the curtain after each act. To
morrow at the matinee "A Gold Mine"
will be given at the request of many
citizens. "The Bookmaker" will not
be given until Friday night.
There is no doubt of the success of
Agnes Villa and her company in The
World Against Her" at the BUOu. 1t
is pronounced. Matinee to-day at 2:SO.
Another large audience saw Richard
Golden in "Old Jed Prouty' at the
Grand last evening.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25
A Scripps Lacquer Home.

William Cheney, of st. Anthony Park,
q millwright who has charge of the me-
chanical departments in the Washburn
mills, has just returned from a tour
abroad. where he went as member of
the Scripps league. Mr.. Cheney talks
interestingly of the results of the eX-
petition and in general of the condition
of foreign labOrers. 1t was his ObSerVa-
ton that foreign laborers get about SO
per cent less wages than American and
pay more for their living. The Paris
exposition, he says. is a great exhibit.
and the worlds fair in America will
have to be up with the times to beat it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25
The COOLER NOW.
A Young Man Who Got Gay on
the Street.

the Street.
A young man who claimed to be an
employee of Wyman, Mullin & Co. made
a very unseemly exhibition of himself
on the new bridge last evening, insult
Ing ladies and making himself generally
disagreeable. He finally got his face
up against another mans fist after in
sulting some ladies who were
ON their way to the EXPOSE
ton accompanied by gentleman
named Dunn. and when he had been
we'll pounded an officer appeared and
placed him under arrest. He fought
The officer until the treatment he re-
eeived discouraged him, and when they
got to the station his courage returned
and he engaged in another catch-aS-
eatch-can contest. The fellow was de-
ridedly full and more than decidedly
mean
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25

II Nh =
These amounts for city and county made
the rate on the city 10.l mills, and for the
county 2.4 mills.
The park commission was allowed its
usual 5-10-mill tax, the library board $40
mills, the school board mills. To
these were added the 1-mill coun-
ty school tax, 1-mill state school
tax and the state tax of IL mills, and the
whole rate, outside of the ward taxes,
footed up 2O.4 mills, an increase of
"a mills over last years rate. The
following rates were agreed uoOn for
ward taxes: First ward, rs; Second
ward, Is: Third ward, 2; Fourth ward,
|: Fifth ward, 8; Sixth ward, 2.5; Sew
enth ward, 2; Eighth ward, Rs; Ninth
ward, Q; Tenth ward, 2.5: Eleventh
ward, 2: Twelfth ward, 2.5: Thirteenth
ward, 2.5.
The urhnln rate of taxation including
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25
The POstOffice, Please.

Postmaster Ankeny expects to have
the keys of the postofice turned over to
him early in October. AS the postoffice
approaches near completion the en-
ployeS of the Office find more and more
reason to be delighted with it. 1t prom
Uses to be airy, light and roOmy, and to
afford the finest facilities possible to the
public. The furnishings are now arriv-
inn
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25
COMO AVENUE.
The Manitoba Road Brings Action
tn Make the CITY Vacate.

% WI N'O ~
An important case came on for trial
yesterday before Judge Hicks in the dis
trict court. 1t occupied all day and will
probably consume good deal of time
before it is finally settled. 1t is that of
The st. Paul. Minneapolis & Manitoba
Railroad Company against The City of
Minneapolis. The action is brought for
the purpose of enjOining the city from
building crossing over the Manitoba
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-25
THEY STOLE REVOLVERS.
Knights of the BulPs-Eye Visit
Sam Morton.

sam N1OftOn.
The lot of the base ball manager is
not a happy one. Sammie Morton
worked hard all the spring time fight
ing Aid. Loye and other birds of the
Ween-Olsen flock, andlafter contending
for the past few months with the adj
verse opinions of the cranks, has man.
aged to lay up a few simOleos to buy
crackers and cheese for himself and
Hank Hoch during the winter. Now,
Just as the season was about to draw
to a fairly successful close, some
naughty burglars had to break into
Sammie's store night before last, and
carry away a lot of pearl-handled re-
volvers, which he had been expecting to
sell to the Flambeau club if that body is
ever called into action. The loss is $50.