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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
WEARY OF LIFE.
Gave Up the Problem, Aided by
Laudanum.

He stood on the bridge at midnight,
discouraged, for he had seen better
days, and uppermost in his thoughts
was a desire to terminate an unhappy
existence. He must have been deter
mined that the coroner's jury who de
cided the cause of death would earn its
salary, for he took poison. jumped head
first to the ice below. cut his throat, and
on the ice and snow stood fair chance
of death by freezing. 1t was shortly
after Z o'clock yesterday morning
when q citizen passing down the
river discovered the body of man
bv the side of the crib that protects the
pier of the c., st. z. q X. e. railway
bridge. The man at first appeared to
be dead, but closer investigation
proved that life was not yet extinct.
The snow and ice was covered with
blood from the wound in his neck and
the bruiSe on his forehead, and near
him were found TWO small bottles that
had contained laudanum and q bloody
penknife. The police were notified and
the unfortunate man was taken to the
central station, where it was found, i'll
addition to the injuries mentioned, that
both legs and arms were broken. Re
man was subsequently, removed to the
city hospital, where he soon recovered
consciousness and told to Chief Clark
the story of his misfortuneS and his
suicidal attempt.
He stated that his name was Samuel
Rothschild, that he was formerly en-
gagged in the restaurant business at 253
and 257 Asylum street, Hartford, Conn,
where his mother now resides. He
failed in business and came West to
Chicago, where be remained q few days
at $40 Berling street. with the family OF
his brother, Lewis Rothsehild, a travel
ing salesman for Chicago house. In
Chicago he resolved to commit suicide,
and purchased the drug with that in
tent, but came on to st. Paul to end his
existence. He arrived here Wednesday
and rented a room in block on Robert
street, and spent the following day
wandering about the city. Wednesday
night he went to the dime
museum, where he fell in with a
woman of the town, whom he
accompanied to saloon near by. There
he spent the last of SIG which he had gu
arriving in the city, and in a fit of de-
spondeney, he wandered to the river to
end his existence. About midnight. he
SAID, he Watkeu out upon tie DTluSe,
then down to the lower end of the crib,
where he took the poison. He did not
remember whether he fell or jumped to
the ice, but remembered recovering con
seriousness and cutting his throat with
the penknife some time afterwards. He
stated that he was ali Odd Fellow, but
did not wish assistance from the order
or from his relatives as he did not care
to live. His death resulted at the city
hospital last evening.
Rothschild was Il man thirty-seven
years of age, of a jewish cast of eoun-
fenance and was nuite well dressed
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
CONDUITs AND BRIDGES.
Public. Improvements Argued Be-
fore Council Committee.

fore a Council committee.
An argument of the Dorsett conduit
system occupied the attention of the
council committee ON streets during
the greater part of their session last
evening. The discussion was inaugu-
rated by c. P. Wainman, superintend-
ent of the Northwestern. Telephone Ex
change company, who presented all
ordinance granting the company the
privilege Of laying a system OF under
ground conduits for the telephone
wires. The Dorsett system, under
franchise granted by the city council
several months ago, proposes to receive.
the wires of telegraph, telephone, cleo!
trio light, and, in fact, all electrical
wires Of the city. The power of con-
duction, it is claimed by the telephone,
company, is so great that it is impOSSi-.
bic to use telephone wires in a conduit
with electric light currents, and they,
consequently, ask permission to lay a
conduit system of their own. Electrical
apparatus was produced to show
the peculiar sensativeneSs OF the
telephone instrument in contact with
other electrical currents. LAS friend
of Mr.. Dorsett," Maj. PostlethWaite
fJuIlpeQ u his lGtl, dSStttlllS 6Ilde IL ,
trick to deceive the committee. They
do use their wires in close connection
with other wires right in this city," A
spirited argument was carried on until
the principals were exhausted, when
the committee postponed the matter
until March l, instructing the chairman
to investigate the Dorsett and other
conduit systems.
The committee recommended favor
ably the ordinance increasing the limit
of expenditure by the building in
spector for salary OF clerks and sub
ordinate inspectors. The ordinance
provides an expenditure not to exceed
$4,000 per year, and delegates to the
chief inspector the power to hire and
discharge employees of the department
at will.
Plans were presented by City Engi-
neer Rundlett for bridge across the
Mississippi river at Broadway street,
specifications being furnished for both
a drawbridge and a high bridge. The
cost of the drawbridge was estimated
at S3S3,5S4, and of the high bridge 1896,
7S4. The committee recommended the
adoption of the plans for high bridge.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
1 DoMEsTICs II ENGLAND.

LnClH fiSiiOSCS stuo 1hStH n ssy->.
The slavery" of the Lodging
House.
1t was the custom in the household of
a late United States Judge who lived in
the Mohawk valley to have broiied
chicken, game and similar flesh dainties
on Friday, IN order to cheat the ser
wants. who, being Roman Catholics,
couldn't eat meat on that day, out of
their share.
ss-This practice finally forced the "hired
man," exasperated at being weekly
T tantaiized by the sight of forbidden
food. into declaring:
tsIf we have chickens agin on Friday.
begorra, I'il ate thim!' Ii is not on
record whether he kept his word or
not.
His Honor need not have descended
to this petty practice to save his chick
ems had he lived in England. There,
in small households like his, the do
mestics never expect to eat what their
employers Go. The latter may fare
sumptuously every day, while the
former comparatively seldom have
meat, and live principally on potatoes
and bread. with tea for beverage.
Provided they get enough of the cup
they do not complain. The cook. in adj
dition, enjoys as a prerogative of her
Office tn e cup which inebriateS-that is,
she has an allowance of four cents day
for beer.
The wages are in proportion to this
poor table. Both cook and house
maid may be procured even in London
for SIS month. TO Offset this, both
cook and housemaid are required to do
less work than would be required in this
country. where they would be better
paid. The housemaid, for example, is
not expected to wash the windows;
that would be mira dig. Accordingly,
the windows are washed by Limited
Liability company (all companies are
limited in Great Britain since the Glas-
gov bank failure). at the rate of cents
window. Then the laundry work is
neither the cook nor the houSemaid is
expected to demean herself by washing
even her own clothes.
These privileges, however, are en-
joyed only by the servants in a private
household, and arc not shared by the
lodging house ''slavey," as the English
maid of all work is called. She washes
windows, and everything else Except
possibly herself that ought to be
washed, at periodical intervals. some
times widely separated, to be sure; is
cook and housemaid in one, and works
from early morning until late at night.
Her pay is i'll inverse proportion to the
amount of work she does. 1t is seldom
more than 81 or SIPS a week. Thus
even a private housemaid. getting but
$3.50 week. may look down upon a
''slavey,' for she. at any rate. has leis-
ure in which to attend to her private af
fairs-lnueh more leisure, as has been
intimated, than the average American
housemaid. She looks down literally
and not iguratively. A ''slavey'' never
preSumes to address a private house
maid other than as Miss or Mrs"
even when the other calls her by her
|. Christian rame, and the housemaid is
recognized by the social superior to the
slaVey. Altogether an English house
I hold differs considerably from al Ameri-
can,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02

''eur idea was to spare no expense to
max it the sample room par excellence
of this country. and before we obtained
possession there was an outlay neces-
sary of upwards of $4,000. The panels
on the ceiling are not freScoeS, but
paintings on canvas by one of the most
celebrated artists OF New York, and
they are so arranged that il we desire
at any time to remove them to another
portion of the apartment we would
merely have to remove the blocks which
now answer the purpose of frames"
A brilliant, bewildering but attractive
display greetS the vision of those who
patroniZe this establishment and it has
become the rage now when a stranger
comes to ST. Paul to invite him up to
Smith d Dayidson's on tour of iDSpec-
ton; and even a prohibilioniSt cannot
restrain explanations of delight at the
prospect spread before him after pass
ing through the swinging doors. For
the past twelve years the firm has been
catering to the wants of the inner man
at the Merchants cafe, corner Fourth
and Sibley streets, and it is noted as
one of the most enterpriSing and saga
cious III the Northwest. A Canadian
by birth, Mr.. Smith is now in his thirty
eighth year, and. after leaving Western
Canada, he carried on business at De-
to this city, and has since been identi-
fed with its interests. He is justly
proud of the results of the skill EN-
ployed in fitting up his present eStab-
iishment Cd jackson street, where he
remains on duty, while his partner
looks after the resort in the wholesale
district
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
UNCLE SANS TROOPS.
News of the Army in Brief Para.
graphs.

Gen. Ruger returned from Washington
yesterday.
The leave Of absence granted Capt John
w. Pullman, assistant quartermaster, is ex-
tended one month.
Col. Andrew j. Smith, q. s. A., was yester-
day placed upon the retired list of the army.
to date Jan. %, 1889.
First Lieut.. j. G. Galbraith, R. G. NJ. First
cavalry, has been appointed fire marshal for
the post of Fort Custer, Mont.
Lieut. Charles G. Morton, Sixth infantry,
is ordered to report in person to the supern-
tendent of the seminary at Gainesville, East
Florida, for duty as instructor Of military
science and tactics.
A court martial. of which Capt Fl. 81. Hum
phreys and First Lieut.. George Fl. Kinzie,
Fifteenth infantry, are respectively presi-
dent and judge advocate, is ordered to meet
at Fort Buford, Oak.
Leave of absence for six months, on sur
geon's certificate OF disability, has been
granted First Lieut.. John j. Haden. Eighth,
infantry, with permission to leave the limits
of the division OF the Missouri
By direction of the secretary of war Lieut..
Col. Thomas F. Barr, deputy judge advocate
general, having completed the duty upon
which he was ordered to Washington, D. c.,
will return to his station ct Chicago.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
BROUGHT BIG BASKETS.
An Invading Party Storm the
County Jail.

County Jail.
Friends of Sheriff and Mrs. Bean sur
prised them last evening at their home
in the Jail building. The party took the
host and hostess by storm, and, to carry
out the plan for an evenings pleasure.
brought with them large baskets laden
with the deIicacies of the table. Equal
to the occasion, the joviaI sheriff and
his entertaining wife soon made room
where the revelers of the even
ing could dance to the music
formed the rear guard of the visiting
company. All heartily INDUCED in a
lunch in about midnight, and after re-
peatedly eompIimenting the sheriff on
the well-kept appointments about the
Jail quarters, and Mrs. Bean for her
successful entertainment, the happy
party wendell its way homeward.
Among those present were County Com
missioner Boyd and wife, Anton Jordan
and lady, Charles E. McCarron and
lady. E. A. Boyd and lady, Milton Nc
Lane and lady, Charles K. Boyd and
lady, James K. Brown and lady, S. A.
Thompson and lady, William Thomp-
son and lady, Anton Eurke, George
Raedler and wife. c. d. Strong and
wife, 4. A. Van Humphrey and wife,
Gates A. johnson, Jr., and wife, Lew
Rosenkranz and wife, B. Vahsen and
wife, Nick Hardy and wife. Henry
Mondehr and wife, George B. Boyd and
lady, A. P. Boyd and lady, Albert and
Arthur Rene, Miss Emma Fink, Larry
Miller and lady, Charles Benhour and
lady. John E. McCarron and lady, John
Lunkenheimer, Arthur j. Bethume and
lady, Charles E. Metz and wife, 2. j.
DreiS and wife, and E. Montfort.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
GLoBULES.
Diphtheria prevails at $50 Charles stree

Diphtheria prevails at 159 Charles street.
The council committee on parks meets at
city hall at o'clock this afternoon.
> a marriage license was issued yesterday to
Louis Gedauldig and Elizabeth Maid.
Twenty-six births, three deaths and one
marriage were bulletined at the health office
yesterday.
The council com mittee on police will meet
at 1880 O'Clock tonight at the Office OF the
Germania bank. 49,
2 1Last month was an unusually busy one for
the fire department, forty one alarms having
been turned in.
The Williams College alumni win have
their annual dinner at the Minnesota club
next Friday evening,
William Mahoing was yesterday held to
the district court on charged of bastardy
Preferred by Rose Moynhan. 2s'1
Miss 0ttie Walther will entertain the l. M.
IsCooking club of saltwater and the Y. D.
C.'s Of this city, Saturday evening.
ST. Paul lodge of Elks will formally open
its new hail, corner Fifth and Robert streets,
this evening with a social session.
The matinee at the People's Theater to-day
Will be made attractive to ladies with
souvenir photographs of Misses lie Baron
and Young.
W. J. Hineman's livery stable at 1s2 East
Eighth street was slightly damaged by fire
last evening, an employe having upset a
lantern in the lott.
1.-The Ramsey County Bar association and
the bar in general will meet III joint session
at the chamber of commerce this afternoon
at2 O'Clock, to consider the municipal court
bill
The report of City Treasurer Refs for the
past month shows the receipts to have been
S735 ,422.44. and disbursements SILL,
4Sv.3J. A balance Of 1872, S57.44 remains
in the treasury.
The financial statement of the treasurer of
the board of education for the past month
shows that the receipts were So. 9l9, and dis
bursements S19, $50. 81, leaving balance on
hand of So 2y7.06.
There will be a meeting for young men at
noon at $3.50 o'clock. and C. B. Wagar gen.
eral secretary of the Y. NJ. c. a., Augusta,
Me-, will deliver an address.
A whist match will De played this evening
at the St. Paul Chess, Checker and Whist
club between the st. Paul and Minneapolis
, clubs. This is one Of series being played,
the clubs visiting each other alternately.
The number of liquor licenses issued by
the city treasurer was increased yesterday to
227, being forty seven less than the number
issued for the corresponding period last
year. Among the heavy investors III liquor
privileges was William HaInm. who secured
forty-one licenses, for which he paid into the
treasury SAL 900.
Union services will be held in the First
Baptist church tomorrow evening under the
auspices of the Ramsey County SUNDAY
School association in the interests of the
Horton will preside. and Rev. MIR. Carna-
han, of the First Presbyterian church, Messrs.
s. II. Dyer, c. Z. Lee, M. D., and j. w. Griggs
will deliver addresses
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
A LARGE PARISH.
Practical Results Accomplished
by the City Missionary Society.

Practical Results Accomplished
by the City Missionary society.
The report of City Missionary E. r.
Irmscher for 1883 was received at
joint meeting of the Ramsey County
Bible society and the Evangelical Mis-
-isterial association held in the Y. M. G.
A. parlors. The parish of Mr. Irmscher
is a large one, but, judging from his re-
port, he has accomplished all that in
eesssnt and devoted labor could posi-
bly, do. Six thousand two hundred and
twenty visits, 615 Bibles and Tesla
ments, and n, 629 books and tracts dis
trbuted are figures which mean a vast
amount of energy and weary toll. TO
13G homes Mr.. Irmscher brought not
only the message of the gospel, but the
practical proof of its power in Christian
sympathy. supplying the delicacies re-
CURED by the sick, and needed assist
ance TO those buffeted by misfortune.
Two papers are published under the di
rection of this society. one in English, the
other in the German language. The
report of the treasurer, Mr.. ID. d. Mer-
rill. was read and approved. In view
of the demand which is likely to be
made on the resources of the society as
the result of the present religious can
vass, it was decided to request the pas
tors of the city to obtain contributions
from their congregations.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President. Rev.
Robert Christie, ID. D.; vice president,
j. G. Quinby; treasurer, d. d. Merrill;
secretary, Ii. Knox Taylor; agent, Rev.
f. II. Irmscher. Executive committee:
W. w. Hackett, Rev. M. D. Edwards,
r. p. Lewis, Rev. A. J. d. Haupt. L. s.
Armstrong, Andrew Peterson. Com
mittee in charge of city mission work:
Rev. Robert Forbes, D. D., chairman;
Rev. E. j. Funk, H. Knox Taylor, Revs.
Robert Christie, ID. D.. s. e, Smith, d.
d., w. w. Dawley, j. Ongman, Messrs.
W. l.. Wilson, Fl. HI. Howard, j. A. Sa-
bin and Il. l.. Schumacher.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

A. J. Cheney left for Chicago last evening
c. E. Loyett, of Duluth, was i'll the city yes
terday.
Postmaster Phillips, Mazeppa, is at the
Clifton.
Alderman Julius Howard. Duluth, is visit
ing friends III the city.
j. G. johnson, superintendent of the Cen
trail Iowa railway, was in the city yesterday.
Irving Trask, a prominent resident of Aber-
deem, accompanied by his wife, is in the city
on a brief visit.
Col. T. c. Sullivan, e. S. A., and wife re-
turned to the city yesterday and are stopping
at the Ryan.
Thomas Stoddard, of Marshalltown. To-,
was a caller at the Duluth general Offices
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. W. II. S<naIlwood and family arrived
in the city last evening from Duluth, and
will reside here in future.
j. M. Patterson, New Bork; II. L. Dover,
Philadelphia and T. P. Calkin, Binghamp,
ton, were among the travelling m en- registered
atthe Ryan yesterday.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
WON BY THE CLOCK.
A large Sum Demanded by a
Victim.

The stock exchange Of J. Fl. Maher.
315 jackson street, vas closed yester-
day on an attachment suit by Mat
Clark, of Saltwater. The suit was
flied in Washington county, Clark
claiming that the concern owed him
IS, 500. The discrepancy in the ac-
counts between plaintiff and defendant
arose out of playing" the electric
clock, which was prominently brought
to public notice about six months ago.
when a victim brought suit against the
firm to recover 81, 100 lost. Cha rk has
been very attentive to the chance game
the past year, and from the judicial
proceedings, the clock was the aggra-
Yator of the evil in this case. Mr.. Clark
wants his money back under the
gambling act.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
A WanderfuI Book.

ssThe demand for Robert Elsmere,'"
avs a New York exchange, 'has not
decreased a particle, but is gaining in
strengtlr-a fact that stamps it as the
lost wonderful book of the present dee
ade.'' In the same manner has the
popularity of the st. Paul & Duluth
Railroad been sustained by the value of
the service given over the Duluth
Short Line'' to and from st. Paul, Min
neapolis. Duluth, West Superior and
the great lakes. The road offers the
best facilities for travel, and its efforts
to please are fully appreciated by dis
corning public. Information furnished
by A.. b. Plough, General Passenger
Agent, st. Paul, MINI, or by any ticket
agent.
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DESIGNS and COL0RINGS.
Finest qualities, latest and
most fashionable
DESIGNS and COLORlNGS.

All patterns shown are
confined to us exclusively.
They are finished on the best
fabrics obtainable, are very.
soft, and will wash without
loss of lustep. They will.
neither spot, crease nor wear
shiny.
Come in and look at them.
If you appreciate handsome.
goods, you will enjoy your.
visit, and nothing pleases us
better than to have you enjoy
the pleasant sights we offer.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
THE LATEST FAD.
Society Devotees Informally En-
tertained at Tea.

The order of afternoon entertainments
seems to have undergone change, and
in place of the reception OF O'clock
tea, where all ones 500 feminine friends
gathered to talk about the weather.
there is now the informal tea from
which half of the 500 are excluded to
give the other half something besides
the weather to discuss. Yesterday aft
ernoon Mrs. j. =, Elmer, at her
home Oil West Third street, enter
tanned number of friends in the
prevailing unceremonious fashion, in
honor of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Howard
Y. Elmer. A musical programme varied
the pleasure of the affair, which was
enjoyed by Mesdames J. ". White. J.
Jackson, William FL. Lightner, j. B.
TarboX, c. NJ. GriggS. E. |. Frost. j.
Townsend, J. j. Parker, E. f. Glenn,
Gheen; Misses Patterson, Smythe,
Sturgis, Noyes. Bigelow, FIandrau,
Forepaugh, Bend, Newport. McLaren,
Wilder, Knox, Dean. Katherine Dean,
harrington, Hale, Rice and Nauman.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
PLEASURE UNREsTRAINED.
An Agreeable Party Gathered by
Miss Marguerite Jameson.

Miss Marguerite Jameson entertained
a large number of friends at her home,
EGO Iglehart street, Tuesday evening,
being assisted in receiving her guests by
Misses Malva Nadoliek, Grace MacDon-
aid and Minnie Simpson, Minneapolis
The musical talent of several of the
party contributed materially to the
charm Of the evening, which was char
acterized by exceptional freedom from
restraint. After refreshments, includ-
ing pastries, confections and light
wines, were served. the parlors were
cleared and dancing enjoyed until the
usual hour.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
Eouipped With Boxes.

The new boxes were put into Market
hall yesterday, and to-day it will be
given over to the decorators, who will
work continuously until the curtain
rises Monday evening on Margaret
Mather's ..Romeo and Juliet"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02

nocent, and the crime was fixed upon
his brother. Thomas Claherty. The
latter fled from the city. but returned
recently and was arrested. He was ar
raigned in the municipal court yester-
day and was sentenced to ninety days
in the WorkhOuSe.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
Galleries to Be Closed.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. beginning
tomorrow the Reading Coal and Iron
company will shut down all but twenty
of its fifty coIlierieS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
Sentenced to Succeed His Brother

John Claherty was arrested last 0cto-
Der for assaulting Carl Rhromo with a
stone. Rhromo was dangerously in
iured and Claherty was confined several
weeks pending recovery. An infesti--
CATION proved that the accused was in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02

..,,, read The Wants each week
Mf/yEOY1S Always finding what they
seek.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
C,L OAK 5!

While Winter CIoaks are
not so new as these silks
they were new a few months
ago. If you wish to buy one
now you will be astonished at
the NEW PRICES. Many of.
them may be bought for less
than we paid for them, and
we bought them as cheap as
anybody in this country.